V. I.

Lenin

Draft Decision for the C.P.C. on Control of S.E.C. Expenditure [1]

The C.P.C. instructs the representatives, one from the
State Control and one from the Commissariat for Finance, to form a
commission which, not later than tomorrow, shall start an inspection of the
books of the accounting office under the Fuel Department of the S.E.C. and also other accounting offices
of the S.E.C.

Comrade Bogolepov is charged with summoning the commission.

The same commission is charged with: first, specially examining the
question of forms of accountancy; second, demanding precise statements in
writing signed by all the persons concerned certifying their participation
in the allocation of money and the conduct of business operations of the
various departments of the S.E.C.

The commission shall furthermore demand of the people in charge that
they present in the near future the appropriate documents from all
subordinate institutions and persons through whom expenditure of
S.E.C. sums is effected.

The C.P.C. reprimands the S.E.C. and especially its Fuel Department for
the extremely irregular manner in which they conduct business.

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Notes:
[1]
This draft, proposed by Lenin during the discussion of the question of
“The Organisation of Control Over Expenditure by all Departments of the
Supreme Economic Council”, was adopted at the C.P.C. meeting on March 28,
1918.