March 2, 1922

Thanks to my assistance, you have now received what is necessary for your work. Despite all our poverty and destitution, in addition to the sums previously issued, large sums have been allocated to you.

You must take the strictest care: 1) not to do anything in vain; 2) not to take on more than the funds allotted allow; 3) that the experiments you have conducted obtain the maximum degree of conclusiveness and give final answers about the practical and economic suitability of the new method of extracting peat; 4) to pay particular attention to keeping accounts of the expenditure of the sums allotted to you.

The accounts should be kept in such a way that it is possible to judge the cost of the peat extracted.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)