It is necessary to establish immediately a practical, brief but essential form of reports (2 times a month) of every Party worker from Ukraine1.

5-10 issues to highlight the most important ones. Approve it in the Politburo.

For failure to send reports one should be arrested.

Otherwise we will miss Ukraine1*.

Published in part - V.I.Lenin. Biographical chronicle. Т. 8, с. 166.

Fund 2, op. 1, d. 12277 - autograph.

1*The last two phrases were omitted when published in the Biographical Chronicle

1In Lenin's draft theses on the policy in Ukraine (see doc. 199, paragraph 4 - on the accountability of workers sent from the center to Ukraine), this proposal is partially reflected.

The minutes of the Polit and Orgburo for November-December 1919 do not mention the issue.