NOTE BY A. D. TSURUPE
[19201
He does not defend theses; he merely relies on a template.
“We have little,” is all he says. One cannot speak in such a manner.
He fails to grasp the current political dimensions of the issue.

The Council of People’s Commissars repeatedly discussed the food question at its sessions. It is possible that the note now being published was drafted during one of these meetings, where N. P. Bryukhanov, Deputy People’s Commissar for Food Supply, delivered a speech on this very issue.