V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v24;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek); AI-translated.

ON THE QUESTION OF RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE PEASANTRY 3.
[End of March — beginning of April 1919]

Plan of urgent measures for the middle peasant:
1) The extraordinary tax on the middle peasants must be eased immediately 2.
2) Send from the Party (3 from each provincial committee) specially to work for the middle peasant 3.
3) Form commissions from the centre (a series of them) for dispatch to the localities in defence of the middle peasant.
4) Work out and approve a plan for Kalinin's trips. Publish dates, places, reception of petitioners, etc.
5) Participation in the trips (under points 4 and 5) from the People's Commissariats of Justice, Internal Affairs, Agriculture, and others 4.
6) Campaign in the press.
7) A "Manifesto" on the defence of the middle peasant.
8) Verification (and cancellation) of compulsory measures regarding entry into communes.
9) Verification of food supply measures in such a direction as to ease requisitions, exactions, etc., on the middle peasant.
10) Amnesty 5.
11) "Recognition of the kulak".
12) Grain and fodder requisitioning.
13) Handicraftsmen and artisans are recognised 6.