# DRAFT THESIS ON BANKING POLICY
Source: ru:PSS/v54

DRAFT THESIS ON BANKING POLICY

1. Compile an inventory of assets held in banks.
2. Engage a sufficient number of experienced personnel to expedite this undertaking.
3. Nationalization of the banks shall be maintained.
4. All banks shall be consolidated into a single People’s Bank of the Russian Republic.
5. Open as many branches as possible.
6. Declare deposits inviolable—though, of course, this in no way diminishes the state’s right to levy taxes.
7. Allow for free check-based transactions.
8. Fully preserve workers’ control—both in the disbursement of funds.

9. The rationing of cash withdrawals for consumer purposes shall remain in place; a series of practical concessions shall be introduced.

1918