V. I.

Lenin

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To:   THE SECRETARY OF THE COMINTERN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

It is highly important for us to have exact and regular
information about the collection of donations by foreign
workers in aid of the starving in Russia. The Politbureau
yesterday adopted a decision [1] which has been sent to you.
I believe that responsible persons should be appointed for
each country, or group of countries, to follow the labour
press of various parties, taking down the exact figures, and
naturally, confining themselves only to:
1) the results of
the collection of donations;
2) exact indication of currency
in which the donations have been made;
3) indication of
date on which the donations have been collected; and
4) name of newspapers from which information has been
taken, and the party or organisation making the collection.

There is need to bring out under a separate head any resolutions by parties and trade unions about one-day
wage contributions.

I should very much like to have a reply about what exactly has been done by the Executive Committee and
when we could hope to have the first summarised results.

Lenin