28 July 1921

I request the head of the Department of Industrial Statistics to communicate to me, in the shortest possible time, the following information:

1) what data are received and how often by the Department of Current Industrial Statistics;

2) from how many large establishments;

3) the percentage (even approximate) of correctly submitted reports and brief communications;

4) for which recent months are satisfactory data available;

5) within what period can I obtain the briefest summaries of the latest data, concerning only the main branches of industry;

6) whether the very few especially large establishments are singled out, and if so, how many there are and what data are available on them*.

Chairman of the Council of Labour and Defence
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)