TELEGRAM TO ALL GOVERNORATES' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES AND GOVERNORATES' FOOD COMMITTEES, SIBREVKOM, TURKPROD, BUKHREVKOM
May 28, 1921
The difficult food situation should least of all affect the nutrition of the Red Army, which is now significantly reduced in number and will continuously be reduced to the established size. The fulfillment of the quota, the transition to the food tax, and the general food situation of the country do not give the center confidence to sufficiently provide the units of the Red Army with the necessary food, but the army should not experience hunger. Therefore, all local bodies—first and foremost, governorates' executive committees—must pay utmost attention to the supply of the army, assisting with all means at their disposal. Governorates' food committees are obliged to satisfy the needs of the army first of all through commodity exchange, within the limits of the orders given by the center. The difficult food situation, exacerbated by the transition from the quota to the food tax, should least of all affect the army. This task becomes a priority for the governorates' executive committees during this transitional period.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense
Lenin
Printed from the original, signed by V. I. Lenin.