LETTER TO T. I. POPOV

April 1, 1918
To Comrade T. I. Popov, Manager of the Moscow Office of the State Bank

I ask you to take note that the safekeeping of the gold reserve rests entirely on your responsibility, and all communications on matters pertaining to this shall be conducted by you directly with me or with Comrade Gukovsky, while the communication of any information to other institutions and persons is absolutely forbidden.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)