V. I. Lenin

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Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

ON THE PREPARATION OF MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS
I*
[December 31 (18), 1917]

Every Commissar who submits any question for the agenda of the Council of People's Commissars must make a preliminary written statement indicating:
(a) what the question is (briefly) [this indication cannot be confined to a mere reference ("concerning such-and-such"), but must consist of an exposition of the content of the question];
(b) what exactly is proposed to the Council of People's Commissars? (grant money; adopt such-and-such a resolution, etc., precise indications of what the person submitting the question wants);
(c) whether the given question affects the departments of other commissars? which ones? are there written opinions from them?¹

Lenin.

This draft was approved at the meeting of the Council of People's Commissars on December 31 (18), 1917
(see Minutes of the Council of People's Commissars No. 29, item 8, of December 18, 1917).