V. I.

Lenin

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To:   Y. M. STEKLOV, MARIA ULYANOVA, V. A. KARPINSKY, G. I. KRUMIN

21–VII–21

Comrade Steklov, Izvestia VTsIK Editorial Board

Comrade Ulyanova, Pravda ” ”
Comrade Karpinsky, Bednota ” ”
Comrade Krumin, Ekonomicheskaya
Zhizn ” ”

Copy to Comrade Smolyaninov

I should like to draw your attention to the “Collection
of Government Statutes and Decrees” No. 44 of 1–VII–1921,
“On Local Economic Conferences, Their Reports and
Guidance by the C.P.C. and the C.L.D. Order” (All-Russia
Central Executive Committee resolution).

There is need to insert a number of articles, stating and
giving a detailed explanation of the importance of this
All-Russia C.E.C. resolution, with special emphasis that
no reporting machinery may be set up, because the law designates the gubernia and uyezd statistical bureaus as
the only machinery.

Give a detailed exposition of the fundamental importance of local economic conferences and their reports, which
are published for the information of the public, both for
conducting the new economic policy in general, and for correct economic operations.

Special stress should be laid on the commodity exchange,
then on the development of local economic initiative, on
combating red tape and on enlisting non-Party people for
economic construction.

I request that ROSTA should send two or three short wires on this subject to inform all gubernia and uyezd
towns at once, asking them to carry reprints in all local
Party and Soviet newspapers.

I ask the editorial boards of the Moscow papers to send
me either cuttings of articles inserted in accordance with
my present request or separate issues with articles on this
subject, specially underscored.

It will be Comrade Smolyaninov’s duty to see that this is done and to inform me of any questions that may arise
in the process.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin )

Chairman, C.P.C.

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