V. I.

Lenin

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To:   A. D. TSYURUPA [1]

Comrade Tsyurupa:

I think we should give him a reprimand. This is sheer whimpering and excuses. Before the decision of the
All Russia Central Executive Committee he should have called
up by direct line (and right away, in March, but not in
April). Instead of whimpering, he should have requested
the special All-Russia Central Executive Committee decision in good time. He is a silly whimpering old woman.

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Written on a telegram from P. K. Kaganovich, C.L.D. agent
and Omsk regional food commissar, declaring that, following
the publication in the press of the All-Russia C.E.C. decision
and other material on the lifting of the surplus-food requisitioning, it was impossible to fulfil the targets for the procurement
of the foodstuffs in Siberia.