V. I.

Lenin

595

To:   V. A. AVANESOV

Comrade Avanesov

The chief engineer of the Kashira project, G. D. Tsyurupa , reports shocking delays of cars in their dispatch from
Moscow to Kashira. There is red tape at the People’s
Commissariat for Railways.

With respect to the Kashira project, in view of its exceptional importance for the state, there are a number
of the strictest directives on the extension of all kinds of
assistance and binding all the departments to carry out
assignments for the Kashira project with especial urgency
and especial care.

Please appoint the strictest inquiry into these delays, to
establish exactly who is to blame for the red tape, and
be sure to institute legal proceedings against the guilty
persons.

Carry out the inquiry in the most urgent manner .
Communicate the results to Comrade Smolyaninov for reporting to
me. [1]

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
[1]
The case involving red tape in the movement of freights for the
Kashira project was examined by a team of the People’s
Commissariat for Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection. The guilty
persons were tried by the Revolutionary Military Tribunal.