V. I.

Lenin

Draft Decision for the Council of Labour and Defence on “Algemba” [1]

Set up a Commission of

2 State Planning Commission

2 oilmen or fuel men

2 Chief Oil Board

2 railway engineers ascertain within 2 weeks

1) what part of the Algemba railway work has been carried out;

2) ditto the pipeline;

3) in particular’ present provision of rails and pipes, and the
prospects of full provision;

4) the possibility of supplying fresh water to the Emba oilfields and
other conditions for ensuring work on the Emba;

5) check comparative cost of delivering oil to the centre via
Rakushi-Astrakhan by waterway and via Saratov by railway and pipeline;

6) possible and probable terminal date of Algemba railway and pipeline
construction;

7) possibility, probability and cost of acquiring and delivering extra
river and sea craft for the transportation of oil from the Emba via
Rakushi-Astrakhan;

8) go into other aspects of the problem.