- clarify the reasons for the delay;
- find those responsible.[^275]

Appoint a competent Communist auditor, be sure to add a worker to him, and hurry so that work begins Friday morning (if there is no worker, begin without him, and let him come later).

I consider this matter important: they must provide reports daily. It is necessary to check the work procedures of the food supply department, the order of telegrams (are they in order, is it easy to find them, do they check the time of response and so forth).

I earnestly ask you to do this more quickly and more strictly.

Lenin

First published in 1942 in *Lenin Miscellany* XXXIV

Printed from the manuscript

[^275]: Reference number from original text.