V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v52;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TO THE MAIN PEAT COMMITTEE
I. I. RADCHENKO, FROM LENIN

Comrade Radchenko,

Here is an example of how you disregard my advice.

You sent the papers on Shatura on April 14, extremely voluminous. Without clearly stated
proposals written separately.

I was busy and could not read them; they lay salted until May 23.

And you kept silent!

This is outrageous!

You should have enclosed two papers:
a) We request the Political Bureau to close the matter, for it is utterly useless (5 lines). The documents, it is stated, have been handed to Lenin.
b) We request that a telegram (or telephone message) be signed: why are you not delivering 2 (4)
boilers, explain the reasons, do not allow red tape. Lenin.

Then both these notes should have been sent in copy to Fotieva, so that she could remind me.

In that case we would have achieved results, and I would probably have signed on April 15 or 16.

In future, do it only this way.

It is not difficult to enclose 2-3 notes of 5 lines each, with copies to Fotieva. You yourselves must draw the business conclusions, and not force me to extract five lines of business conclusions from a dozen pages.

Read this to Vinter and send me your and his acknowledgment that you both have understood these instructions and accepted them for execution.

May 23, 1921. Lenin