In fulfillment of the decision of the Ninth Congress (I enclose the text of the decision), it is necessary, in my opinion, to set up a permanent interdepartmental commission under the Council of Labour and Defence, under my chairmanship (if comrades have no objection). That is quite sufficient.

15/X. Lenin

Please return it to me with notes on who has read it.

15/X. Lenin

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Written on 15 October 1920.

First published in 1959

in the Lenin Miscellany XXXVI

Printed from the manuscript.