V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v34;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

LETTER TO J. V. STALIN
November 22, 1921

The enclosed document was handed to me by Kiselev. This is an example of the disgraceful way leasing is being carried out in our country.

The inventory is fictitious, like this one. Or there is none at all.

A vast quantity of valuable goods, fabrics, machines, belts, etc., etc., are being stolen by lessees, receivers and deliverers. I have already written to the Cheka about this once.*

* See present edition, pp. 281—283.

1921—1922

Should not a secret conference of the most reliable people be called to discuss measures of combating this?

(a) Catching—a few cases—and shooting; (b) drafting of supplementary instructions;
(c) also—measures of checking, etc.

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

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