V. I.

Lenin

Draft Decision for the Council of Labour and Defence on The Question of Restoration of the Baltic Fleet [1]

The Petrograd Soviet and specifically the Petrograd Council
of Defence in the person of its chairman Comrade Zinoviev to be directed to
give special attention to accelerating restoration work on the Baltic Fleet
and coordinating the activities of all institutions capable of assisting in
this matter, while at the same time eliminating all red tape and
establishing effective control over the speedy progress of this work.

The report of the Presidium of the Petrograd Soviet and of Comrade
Raskolnikov on the measures taken by them and the method of work adopted to
be submitted within a fortnight by Raskolnikov and Sudakov (this may be
done in writing).

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Notes:
[1]
Lenin’s draft decision, on the question of restoring the Baltic Fleet
was adopted at a meeting of the Council of Labour and Defence on October
23, 1920.