1917 (DECEMBER) – 1918

1 V. I. Lenin's speech took place during the discussion of the theses
of the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of National Economy V. P. Milyutin on labor conscription.

ORDER TO N. I. MURALOV

31. III. 1918
Comrade Muralov
I propose taking measures to ensure that a printing press is released from Ryabushinsky's
printing house, 2 requisitioned for the Expedition for the Procurement of State Papers
3.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
1 N. I. Muralov — in 1918 — commander of the troops of the Moscow
Military District.
2 P. P. Ryabushinsky — a major Moscow banker and industrialist,
one of the ringleaders of the counter-revolution. He published the newspaper "Utro Rossii",
expressing the interests of the big bourgeoisie. After the victory of the October
Revolution, he emigrated to France, where he carried out counter-revolutionary activities
against the Soviet state.
3 The document contains a note that V. I. Lenin's order
was executed on April 2, 1918.

LETTER TO T. I. POPOV

1. IV. 1918
To Comrade T. I. Popov, Manager of the Moscow Office of the State Bank
I ask you to take note that the storage of the gold reserve rests entirely with you and all communication
on matters pertaining hereto must be conducted by you directly with me or with Comrade Gukovsky
2, while the communication of any information to other institutions and persons is absolutely
prohibited.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

1 T. I. Popov — after the October Revolution, the manager of the Moscow
office of the State Bank, then the manager of the People's Bank.
2 N. E. Gukovsky — after the October Revolution, Deputy People's Commissar and
People's Commissar of Finance, then Plenipotentiary Representative of the RSFSR in Estonia.

NOTE TO G. V. CHICHERIN

1/IV - 1918
Comrade
Chicherin
I am attaching a telegram.
In my opinion, we must answer immediately:
We will immediately make inquiries; we are convinced that
your information is erroneous, etc., etc.
And talk to Peter by telephone immediately.
Lenin
1 The note was apparently written at the same time as the telegram,
sent on April 1, 1918 to the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
of the Petrograd Labor Commune to the effect that a resolution of the Sovnarkom
should be issued on the immediate recall of Red Guard detachments that had
penetrated into Finland against the will of the Soviet authorities, with an insistent
request to communicate the exact text of this resolution (see V. I. Lenin.
Complete Collected Works, volume 50, pages 54-55).

NOTE TO P. P. MALINOVSKY

1/IV. 1918
Comrade Malinovsky!
Please talk to the bearer, Comrade Gorbunov, secretary of the Council of People's Commissars,
about a building plan
2.
Greetings!
Lenin
1 P. P. Malinovsky was the temporary deputy of the People's Commissar
of the Republic's Property.
2 This refers to the preparation of buildings for housing government
institutions in connection with the transfer of the government from Petrograd to Moscow.

1917 (DECEMBER) – 1918

NOTE TO F. E. DZERZHINSKY

6/IV. 1918
Comrade Dzerzhinsky
I instruct you to arrest immediately (search and seize all papers as well)
Spiro, a delegate from the Black Sea Central Fleet and from the Tauride Central Executive Committee, on charges of malfeasance.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
1 V. I. Lenin's note was written after reviewing the protocol
No. 34 of the extraordinary plenary session of the Central Committee
of the Black Sea Fleet of March 23, 1918, at which, with the active
participation of the extraordinary commissar on the Romanian front, the left SR
V. B. Spiro, a resolution was adopted proclaiming the Central Fleet
"the supreme body, independent of the Council of People's Commissars, for managing the entire Black Sea
Fleet" (CPA IML under the Central Committee of the CPSU). At the same meeting, Spiro spoke out
with the disclosure of secret diplomatic information. This issue was considered at a meeting of the Council of People's Commissars on April 6, 1918.

NOTE TO G. V. CHICHERIN
10/IV.

to Comrade Chicherin
The bearer, Comrade Bogrova
1, was a member of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies in 1905, personally well known to me. It is extremely
necessary for her to travel to Switzerland as soon as possible for an
operation (the disease is extremely severe and does not respond to treatment
by local surgeons). Could she be included in the Swiss embassy staff? Please consider this and call
me or we will talk when we meet.
Lenin
1 See this collection, pages 30, 69, 76, 84.