TO ALL GUBERNIAL AND DISTRICT ECONOMIC COUNCILS

To all gubernial and district economic councils:

Central Press is sending to the localities No. 44 of the Collection of Enacted Laws, containing the "Directive of the Council of People's Commissars." The "Directive" is primarily intended for economic councils at the gubernial, district, regional, and volost levels. I propose to you in the most categorical manner to specially and most strictly ensure that the "Directive of the Council of People's Commissars" be received by volost, regional economic councils; in places where such do not exist, by the volost executive committee. I place personal responsibility upon the chairmen and secretaries of gubernial economic councils and district economic councils for the receipt of the "Directive" by volost executive committees. I point out to you the absolute necessity of bringing the "Directive of the Council of People's Commissars" to the very volost and village, so as to give the opportunity for the broad masses of the peasantry to become acquainted with the latest resolution of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Gubernial economic councils are proposed to take measures to send the telegram to district economic councils, gubernial and district departments of Central Press.

Chairman Lenin

Written in August, not earlier than the 4th, 1921