V. I.

Lenin

247

To:   LYDIA FOTIEVA [1]

Comrade Fotieva:

1) Urgently find the author, have a talk with him,
reassure him and toll him that I am ill but will see to it that
the matter is dealt with.

2) Please have his letter typed in several copies:

1 for Molotov

1 for Solts, Central Control Commission.

3) When sending the letter to Molotov add on my
behalf: I propose that a Control Commission should be sent
to the Don consisting of a member of the All-Russia Central
Executive Committee + 10 (or 20) of Sverdlov men (taking
the author along with them), and that everyone found guilty of plundering should be shot on the spot .

13/VII.

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Written in connection with a letter from I. A. Semyannikov,
a Communist Red Armyman, who informed Lenin about cases of
mismanagement, stealing and abuse of power by food supply
workers and responsible Communists in the Don region. He requested
immediate measures to stop these scandalous practices which were
arousing indignation among the workers and peasants.