V. I.

Lenin

Copies to the Chairman and Secretary of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee

28/V.1921

All People’s Commissars should have printed copies of the circulated and distributed

Draft Instructions of the Council of Labour and
Defence

signed by Lenin and Chairman of the C.L.D Commission
Comrade Obolensky (Osinsky).

This draft is being submitted to the session of the
All-Russia Central Executive Committee opening at 1 p.m. on
30.V.1921.

All People’s Commissars are obliged

1) by 2 p.m. on Monday, 30.V.1921, to prepare in writing their
amendments and addenda to the Instructions on all points, items and
subitems directly or indirectly applying to the commissariats concerned;

2) within the same time, to prepare an initial draft of items (for
reporting) and subitems (i.e., a more detailed list of particular questions
to be reported on). This applies to all commissariats without exception, to
each People’s Commissar on behalf of his respective commissariat.

This is obligatory, since the All-Russia C.E.C. will endorse the
general Instructions consisting of two parts: a) the Instructions of the
C.L.D. covering reports by the economic commissariats; b) Instructions of
the C,P.C. covering reports of all commissariats without exception,
economic and non-economic.

The latter reports will form the last, additional “Fifth Group of
Questions”. Each commissariat is to draw up a list of the most important
questions for the report on the same pattern as the questions Nos. 1 to 27
contained in the draft Instructions of the C.L.D.

The reports will be printed in about 1000 copies by each Gubernia
Executive Committee and each Uyezd Executive Committee (the technical
possibilities of printing no less than I sheet a month by each uyezd have
been ascertained by me and arranged with the Paper Industry Board. Printing
and presentation of reports are planned for from 6 to 4 Limes a year, to be
finally decided upon by the All-Russia C.E.C. simultaneously with the
endorsement of these Instructions.

Each People’s Commissar is obliged, by the above date (by 2 p.m. on
30.V.1921), to submit in writing, in 3-5 copies, a short list of the most
important questions to be included in the report of the respective
commissariat.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Chairman, C.P.C.

To be communicated immediately, in writing or by telephone,
with the commissar’s signature of receipt, and in his absence, with that of
his deputy, reporter or Board member.

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