V. I.

Lenin

645

To:   G. M. KRZHIZHANOVSKY

22/ II.
Secret

Comrade Krzhizhanovsky:

In one of his letters to the C.C., Comrade Trotsky, writes about the failure of our planning organs.

This is true insofar as, for instance, the administrative
side of the work at
Gosplan [1] is definitely not organised .

The personal responsibility of every member of Gosplan for such-and-such (principal) functions has not been
established. There is no distribution between Gosplan members
of the work of “general supervision” over the plan’s fulfilment, without which everything == 0.

Etc.

Conclusion: we must hasten with the draft decisions (let’s have them as soon as possible), both about Gosplan’s
staffs and its Presidium (of 15 men?? I think this will make
it worse, because then there will be even less personal
responsibility), and the 3-man Presidium Bureau (let’s see
your arguments: I think this Bureau should be the
Presidium itself). I wonder who could substitute for Pyatakov
for a time (until 15.V)?

The three members of the Bureau (if the C.C. confirms three: you + Pyatakov + Osadchy) should set up the
administrative section anew. If Pyatakov + Osadchy are to be
the administrators, they will answer with their heads for
any “slip” (failure to appoint some Gosplan member to do such-and-such a job, failure to check up on his work,
failure to bring some shortage to notice in good time, etc.). [2]

Hurry on with the final draft of the relationships with the
planning organs of the People’s Commissariats, the composition of the Bureau, etc.

With communist greetings, Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
The State Planning Commission.– Ed. — Lenin

[2]