Irkutsk
Centrosibir
[May 15, 1918]

The People’s Commissar of Finance informs me:

“Over the past month, according to reports from the Moscow branch of the State Bank, the following amounts have been dispatched:

To Omsk, specifically for food supplies: 120 million rubles.
Irkutsk (90 + 110 + 55), a total of 255 million.”

In the last week alone, the following were sent:
To Tomsk: 15 million; To Omsk: 4 million; To Yekaterinburg: 40 million;
To Barnaul (today): 15 million.
Total: 110 million.

It is projected that, over the coming month, an additional 75 million will be sent to Siberia each week, on top of the usual allocation.”

Please inform me of your receipt of this communication and of your assessment of the situation.

Lenin.