V. I. Lenin

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Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek deepseek-v4-pro) from the Russian; AI-translated.

NOTE TO A. I. RYKOV¹

[July 8, 1919]

In the last few days there has been a heap of threats of resignation: don’t get hot.

¹ The note was written at a session of the Council of People’s Commissars (SNK), during the discussion of the draft decree appointing A. I. Rykov, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the National Economy (VSNKh), as special plenipotentiary of the Defence Council for the supply of the Red Army and Navy. Rykov was dissatisfied with the following wording of Clause 5 of the draft decree: “All credits granted to the People’s Commissariat for Military Affairs for the pay and supply of the Red Army, as well as all credits of the Special Supply Commission, are placed at the disposal of the special plenipotentiary of the Defence Council. The fixing of the time and procedure for the transfer of credits is entrusted to the Special Plenipotentiary of the Defence Council in consultation with the People’s Commissariat for Military Affairs.”
On this score Rykov wrote the following note to Lenin: “I do not agree to these terms. Appoint anyone you like to this post. I am fed up to the teeth with consultations.”