MEMORANDUM TO V. M. MOLOTOV WITH A PROPOSAL TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE RCP(b)
Comrade Molotov!
From all sides, I hear that recommendations—regarding the purging of the Party (case 63)—are being issued left and right out of sheer politeness.
I propose that a circular be published by the Central Committee (in agreement with, and signed by, the Central Control Commission and the Inspection Commission):
“Recommendations may be issued only to those who have personally observed the work of the person being recommended for at least one year, having worked alongside them in one or another party organization.” 64
15/IX.
Lenin
Written on September 15, 1921.
First published in 1939 in the journal “Proletarian Revolution,” No. 1

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