May 24, 1921

Comrade Bokiy!

I received your telephonogram. I am completely dissatisfied with 299.

This will not do.

You must investigate the matter in detail and provide me with precise information, not this sort of "impression and nothing": "exaggerated"... "complete cessation of theft is impossible" (??!!)

This is a scandal, not a report.

1) Name all responsible persons for me;

2) describe the organization of the operation;

3) list all thefts
precisely; time; amount.

4) How many total workers?
(approximately their composition? length of service? etc.)

5) What exactly are the measures being taken there to stop the thefts?

Precise indication of measures.

6) When was the court and reckoning held there (April 1920?)? All cases of major trials? Results of those punished?

Inform me of receipt of this and the deadline for completion 300.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

First published in 1959 in Lenin Collection XXXVI

Printed from the manuscript