V. I.

Lenin

564

To:   A. I. SVIDERSKY

Comrade Svidersky, The following desperate position of factories has been
brought to my notice:

Works Management No. 6 of Kaluga Gubernia, the Troitsk–
Kondrovo and Polotnyany factories, formerly V. Howard and Goncharov
Co.

Howardovo station, Syzran-Vyazma railway, and Polotnyany
Zavod station.

Workers approximately .... 2,500–3,000

Office workers ................... 200 persons

Mouths ......................... 12,000 ”

On February 28 this year militarised.

In December assigned Red Army rations. They are receiving nothing. [1]

Please think of some kind of special instruction for food
to be issued to them and send me your reply.

Lenin