INSTRUCTION TO THE SECRETARY

[1918, no earlier than December 2]
Inquire of the Main Artillery Directorate. Demand its written
answer immediately, Lenin
1 Written on the telegram of the chairman of the Tambov Provincial Executive Committee
and the head of the Labor Department of the Provincial Soviet complaining about the criminal inactivity
of the Main Artillery
Directorate regarding the Tambov
Powder Factory in terms of its use of highly valuable tech-
nical and economic equipment, to improve housing condi-
tions for workers.
In the text of the telegram, the words: "Main Artillery Directorate"
are underlined by V. I. Lenin.