[May 9, 1921]

The Politburo of the CC RCP(b), having discussed Svanidze's telegram 1 to
Stalin of May 8, No. 2031, recognizes that the Georgian comrades are making a most serious political mistake by not staunchly suppressing

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with an iron hand requisitions, confiscations, embezzlement, and the eviction
of foreigners from their apartments.
The Politburo of the CC resolves:
1) To instruct the Georgian Revolutionary Committee to immediately issue a resolution
on the strictest prohibition of all such actions under pain of arrest and trial. A copy of the resolution is to be sent
to the Politburo of the CC.
2) The Georgian Revolutionary Committee must immediately appoint an investigation,
first, into the opening of the German-Caucasian bank's warehouse and
the removal of papers. Arrest the guilty parties. Return the papers. Secondly.
Also concerning the goods of the Italian-Caucasian bank.
Thirdly.
Also concerning the railcar of manufactured goods seized in Kutaisi.
3) The Georgian Revolutionary Committee, in agreement with the command of the Caucasian
Front, shall immediately appoint a duo of the most energetic,
militant, and firm communists, one from the Caucasian Front, one
from the Georgian Revolutionary Committee, and this duo shall be entrusted with supervising the cessation of
requisitions, embezzlement, confiscations, and evictions of
foreigners. Report the names of those appointed to us by telegraph.
The Central Committee places personal responsibility for the implementation of these
measures on Makharadze and Gittis 2. The powers of the duo must
be extraordinary, with the right to arrest for the slightest violation.
The duo shall weekly report brief summaries by telegraph
here.
The Central Committee draws the attention of the Georgian comrades to the
exceptionally important significance of Georgia and its trade
with Italy and Germany for the entire RSFSR, especially in view of America's and France's attempts
to disrupt all our trade relations with foreign countries. Negligence in carrying out this entire
directive the Central Committee will consider a crime against Soviet power 3.
1 A. S. Svanidze — in 1921 People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and People's Commissar for Finance of Georgia.
2 V. M. Gittis — in 1921 Commander of the Caucasian Front.
3 The Politburo of the CC RCP(b) at its meeting on May 10, 1921, on the question
"On directives to the Georgian comrades", adopted the draft resolution
proposed by V. I. Lenin.

RESOLUTION
ON THE MEMORANDUM OF THE GLAVPROFOBR 1
Submit to the agenda of the Council of People's Commissars, sending a copy immediately to
Bryukhanov (if he does not yet have it) — or by giving him this copy by evening — so that he gives a conclusion.
We must rob others and give these what they ask for.
10/V [1921]
Lenin