[1921]

June 14 [1921]
Comrades Khalatov (People's Commissariat of Food), Fomin (People's Commissariat of Transport),
Andreev (All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions) and Alsky (People's Commissariat of Finance)
It is necessary to immediately, without any delay, take decisive
measures to provide food and currency for the dredging work in the middle and upper reaches of the Volga.
I request that you inform me what real measures have been taken
regarding the note from the Control Commission Expedition from Kazan 1 of June 14 of this year, signed by
Kameshev and others, and Comrade Kolegayev's telegram No. 2868.
Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defence, Lenin