TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE, PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE RCP(b)

Confirming the strict execution in the manner of a combat order of the quota set by the People's Commissariat for Food for the shipment of grain to the bases according to the March plan, I instruct, given the severe situation of the Republic, to take all measures and demonstrate maximum energy in fulfilling the assigned task, bearing in mind that only through intense and conscious work by all agencies can we ensure an exit from the prolonged food crisis, which has been extremely exacerbated by the lack of fuel for transporting grain to the center from individual outlying regions.

Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense Lenin*