Omsk, Siberian Revolutionary Committee
Samara
Saratov
Ufa Provincial Executive Committee, copy to provincial land department
Rostov-on-Don
Uralsk
Chelyabinsk

In order to organize the systematic resettlement of peasants to Siberia and the grain-producing provinces, the Council of People's Commissars has resolved to permit immediately the travel of delegate delegations to clarify resettlement conditions on the ground. Urgently ascertain the volume of available suitable land reserves. Telegraph to the People's Commissariat of Agriculture by July 10 these data with an indication of: 1) the quantity of desyatinas; 2) their location; 3) the number of parties of tillers capable of being immediately accepted, broken down by souls of both sexes in each district and volost; 4) the landing sites. Separately indicate the possibility of placing [settlers] in state farms, as well as the general need for labor. Immediately organize the preparation for receiving delegate delegations and resettled persons, requesting where necessary the instructions of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture.

* The telegram was also signed by the People's Commissar of Food A. D. Tsyurupa. —Ed.