V. I. Lenin

Source: en:CW/CW35; ru:PSS/v53;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

29/VII.

Comrade Khinchuk!

I hear you are leaving? For how many months? Before leaving you must officially appoint a “deputy” and also unofficially inform me which of the Communists in the Central Union of Consumers’ Co-operative Societies and who are fully experienced (2 or 3 persons) I can approach.

Then, before leaving, you must inform me, very briefly, when, at last,
the co-operative apparatus will begin to function?

I understand it as follows:

1) In how many volosts (of s u c h - a n d - s u c h gubernias) are there shops (co-operative stores) and, consequently, your trade agents, and in how many are there none? How many per volost?

2) How many of the shops (agents) answer the centre punctually on all its questions, and submit
reports? Once a week? Once a fortnight?

3) How many volost shops have received goods? and what goods? (even the briefest answers).
Salt? Kerosene? Textiles? etc.
?

4) How many replies concerning the quantity (that could be obtained in exchange for such-and-such)
of surpluses and raw materials among the peasants?

Grain?
Other food products?
Industrial raw materials? etc.

5) How much has been exchanged during the period under report? What for what?

In my opinion, until such reports are available, there is nothing.

Just talk.

I await your reply.

With communist greetings, Lenin