DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS
APRIL 17, 1918

Twenty million rubles are allocated to the disposal of the Supreme Council of the National Economy for granting advances to peasants for sowing sugar beet—on condition that the Supreme Council of the National Economy takes all necessary measures guaranteeing the proper expenditure of these sums and their timely repayment.

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