V. I.

Lenin

Re Decision of the C.P.C. Allocating Funds for the Upkeep of the Poor Peasants’ Committees

2 x 6½ = 13

Within a week .

Temporarily and tentatively pending amalgamation with the Soviets or
delimitation of jurisdiction.

Instructions on whom to be given to and on what conditions.

Fix the liability of the recipient and under no circumstances issue
further sums unless the first is accounted for.

Payment through the Commissariat for

Food. [1]

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Notes:
[1]
At a meeting of the C.P.C. on October 15, 1918, the People’s
Commissariat for Food tabled a proposal that 40 million rubles be allocated
for the upkeep of the Poor Peasants’ Committees, apparently for a period of
six months at the rate of 6.5 million rubles per month. In view of the
impending amalgamation of these committees with the local Soviets, Lenin
proposed a 2-month allocation of funds (”2 >< 6½=13”). The
C.P.C. adopted Lenin’s proposal for the allocation of 13 million rubles;
the other proposals of Lenin’s were also included in the decision of the
C.P.C. (see Decrees of the Soviet Government, Vol. III, Moscow,
1964,pp. 593-95).