PROPOSAL TO THE POLITBURO OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE RCP(b) CONCERNING ARMY REDUCTION
To Comrade Stalin
I propose that we now consult the members of the Politburo on the following proposal:
to endorse Comrade Trotsky’s suggestion to submit to the government, within the month of January, a proposal to reduce the army by 200,000 men; and to ask Comrade Trotsky to specify within what timeframe he believes it is feasible to present such a proposal to the Sovnarkom in a fully formulated manner.172
Lenin
13/XI/1922
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