ORDER TO THE NARCOMFIN*
December 21, 1918
Be sure to find the culprit in the red tape and bring him to justice.
Inform me whether someone has been found when the money was issued
when it was first allocated
»
first requested?
Lenin
*
The order was written on a telephonogram from the Leskollegia of the VSNH
dated December 14, 1918 (the date is underlined in the original by V. I. Lenin)
with a complaint about the delay by the Moscow office of the People's Bank of money
allocated by the Council of People's Commissars for the procurement of firewood.