On the question of the internal constitution of the Central Committee.

In view of the fact that more and more Tsekists can now be found in Moscow, it is resolved:

When a meeting of the Politburo is attended by at least 10 members of the Central Committee, then1*instead of the Politburo there is a meeting of the actual members of the Tsek.

If a decision taken is immediately overturned by three members of the Politburo, that decision shall not enter into force. If the matter is urgent, the Politburo makes the final decision. If the issue is urgent, the final decision is postponed to the Plenum of the Central Committee.

Fond 2, op. 1, d. 16437 - autographs of V.I.Lenin and G.E.Zinoviev.

1* Written by V.I.Lenin instead of the one proposed by G.E.Zinoviev: "When it is possible to gather at least 10 Central Committee members (a quorum of 19)".

1The draft resolution "On the Question of the Internal Constitution of the Central Committee of the RCP(b)", introduced by G.E.Zinoviev and V.I.Lenin, was adopted at a meeting of the plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) on the evening of December 8, 1920 (see: V.I.Lenin. Biographical Chronicle. Vol. 9, p. 541).