I propose that you urgently gather materials from the departments and chief administrations under your jurisdiction on the question of developing the most valuable goods for the contemporary market (manufactured articles, materials, raw materials, etc.), and after preliminary discussion, send a responsible representative with these materials to the Small Council of People's Commissars for a commission meeting on Friday, July 8, at 11 o'clock in the morning.

I entrust the chairmanship to the Chairman of the Small Council of People's Commissars, Comrade Kiselev.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

July 4, 1921.

First printed in 1945 in Lenin Miscellany XXXV

Printed from the typewritten text signed by V. I. Lenin