Belorussia, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Copy to the Economic Council
Teumin's report 1 at the People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade does not answer the
enquiry from the Council of Labour and Defence, as it does not provide numerical material. To telegrams
from the Administrator of Affairs of the Council of People's Commissars 01090
September 8, 01134 September 14, 01161 September 19, 01204 October 1, 01220 October 5, the Economic
Council of Belorussia sends either evasive replies or unsatisfactory answers. I ask
to immediately demand all indicated numbers from the Economic Council, investigate the matter, and hand over the guilty parties

[for] red tape [and] sabotage to court. The required report, signed
by the chairman of the Economic Council, must be dispatched immediately.
Telegraph receipt of the telegram and execution.
October 10 [1921]
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Lenin