DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THE POLITBURO OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE RCP(b)
Section 4:
Direct the People’s Commissariat of Finance and the Financial Commission, as well as all comrades involved in matters pertaining to domestic trade, to assemble, within the shortest possible time, a group of individuals possessing substantial practical experience and expertise in capitalist commerce, for the purpose of seeking their counsel on issues related to monetary circulation. Within two days, these comrades are to be formally requested, in writing, to indicate whether they are capable of fulfilling this task—and if so, within what timeframe.
Written on October 20, 1921.
First published in 1959.
In Lenin’s Collected Works, Volume XXXVI

Printed from manuscript