V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v38;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

RESOLUTION ON A POSTAL-TELEPHONE-TELEGRAM
FROM L. B. KRASIN 1
[August 9, 1921]

Yes. We shall refer it to the Council of Labour and Defence !tomorrow! 2

In a postal-telephone-telegram to the Secretariat of the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee, People’s Commissar for Foreign Trade L. B. Krasin and Deputy People’s Commissar for Finance A. O. Alsky requested “that the question of reserving the silver of Western Siberia be placed before the Political Bureau as a matter of exceptional urgency...” (underlined by V. I. Lenin), pointing out that “the purchase of cattle in Mongolia and the provisioning of Red Army units there depend on its immediate settlement.” This resolution is Lenin’s reply to a note written by V. M. Molotov on the telegram: “Shall I refer it, as you suggested yesterday, to the Council of Labour and Defence? V. M.” (Central Party Archives of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the C.P.S.U. Central Committee).

2 This question was discussed at the meeting of the Council of Labour and Defence on August 10. It was decided to instruct a commission consisting of L. B. Krasin, A. O. Alsky and V. M. Molotov to settle the matter within three days.