NOTE TO I. P. GORBUNOV.
To Gorbunov.
[February 13 (January 31), 1918]
1) The decree on the issuance of Liberty Loan bonds instead of
money must be sent to print today, January 31, without fail (so that
it is in the newspapers tomorrow)1.
2) Then this decree needs to be sent to Spunde 2.
3) The Expedition of State Papers must work
*February 2, 1918, on "Sretenie".3
Take action.

According to Lenin's order, the decree was published in the press on
February 15 (2), 1918 (see "Izvestia VTSIK" No. 26 of February 15 (2),
1918).
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A. P. Spunde (Lenin mistakenly wrote "Spunte")— was the chief
commissar of the State Bank.
3 Lenin uses the old style date here.