V. I. Lenin

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

ON THE SUPPLY OF CARTRIDGES, RIFLES 
AND MACHINE-GUNS
(DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF LABOUR AND DEFENCE,
ADOPTED ON I. V. STALIN’S REPORT, MAY 21, 1920)

1. To fix the necessary monthly output of the cartridge factories for the needs of the army at 35 million cartridges, and to set the condition that it be raised to 40 million cartridges.
2. To fix the necessary monthly output of the arms factories for the needs of the army at 30,000 rifles, with the stipulation that the Council of War Industries, proceeding from this figure, raise it to 35,000 rifles.
3. To fix the necessary monthly output of the machine-gun factories for the needs of the army at 400 machine-guns with one set of spare parts, and 200 complete sets of spare parts.
4. To confirm the decision:
a) on measures for the regular and timely supply of the Red Army ration to the arms and cartridge factories;
b) on placing these factories in the third category under the decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of May 11 of this year concerning workers’ leave during the summer period of 1920;
c) on ensuring the factories of the war industry with labour power;
d) on checking the available stocks and reserving for the Council of War Industries the discovered quantities of lead, hard lead and other metals;
e) on ensuring the cartridge factories with oil fuel;
f) on granting the Council of War Industries the right to use direct-line telegraph communication with the factories of the shock group, to adopt the following addition:
“Instruct the Council of War Industries to come to an agreement within two weeks with the People’s Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs on the question of which factories and in what order direct lines are to be placed at the disposal of the Council of War Industries.
In the event of disagreement, submit a report to the Council of Labour and Defence.”
5. To instruct the Council of War Industries to submit written reports to the Council of Labour and Defence every two weeks on the question of the supply of cartridges, rifles and machine-guns and on the progress of output in this field.

Chairman of the Council of Labour and Defence
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)