V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v34; en:MT; es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

ORDER TO THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS SECRETARIAT

July 19, 1919

The delay in approving the instructions on food requisitioning from the army is the most outrageous and intolerable manifestation of red tape.

It is necessary to establish those responsible and generally to investigate this case thoroughly, firstly, to fix responsibility, and secondly—and this is the main thing—to work out practical measures so that such a thing cannot recur.

Therefore, I propose to the institutions named below, which should have concerned themselves with the speediest implementation of the law on food requisitioning, i.e., putting it into effect:

To investigate immediately with all strictness and precision, collecting all documents and interrogating all persons having any connection with the case, the causes of the red tape, and to submit your report, together with proposals for practical measures to eliminate red tape, to the Council of People's Commissars on Tuesday.

The institutions are as follows:

Secretariat of the Council of People's Commissars and the Council of Defence
Central Committee for Food Supply of the Army
Commissariat for Food
People's Commissariat for War
People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)