May 3, 1918

The preliminary meeting (on questions raised by Comrades Spiridonova and Karelin) — of members of the Board of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, Comrades Sereda and Meshcheryakov, and Lenin — has reached the conclusion that the questions raised should be regarded as serious political questions and therefore are subject without fail to referral to the Central Committee of the RCP.

The meeting considers it necessary to refer them to the Central Committee urgently and without delay.