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SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLESCOMMISSARS. November 3 (16), 1917 . . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDA TO THE DRAFT DECREE ON THE REQUISITIONOF ARTICLES OF WARM CLOTHING FOR THE SOLDIERS ATTHE FRONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERVIEW GIVEN TO GREGORI YARROS, CORRESPONDENTOF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCY. November 15 (8), 1917THE SALARIES OF HIGH-RANKING OFFICE EMPLOYEESAND OFFICIALS. Draft Decree for the C.P.C. . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON THE QUESTION OF THEWAR MINISTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THESES FOR A LAW ON THE CONFISCATION OF APARTMENTAND TENEMENT HOUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON THE QUESTION OFFOLLOWING A SOCIALIST POLICY IN THE ECONOMIC FIELDOUTLINE OF A PROGRAMME OF ECONOMIC MEASURES . . . . .DEMONSTRATION SLOGANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIABILITY FOR UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS. DraftResolution for the C.C., R.S.D.L.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . .THE CONVERSION OF MUNITION WORKS TO ECONOMICALLYUSEFUL WORK. Decree of the Council of Peoples CommissarsTHESES ON THE TASKS OF THE PARTY & THE PRESENTSITUATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS PUT BY A WORKERS DELE-GATION OF ALEXANDRO-GRUSHEVSKY DISTRICT . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR C.P.C. ON STAFF SALARIES INGOVERNMENT OFFICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THE ORGANISATION OF A COMMISSION OF PRACTITIONERS.Draft Decision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INSTRUCTIONS OF THE PROCEDURE FOR TABLINGQUESTIONS IN THE C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR C.P.C. ON THE IRREGULAR ACTIONSOF PEOPLES COMMISSAR FOR JUSTICE I. Z. STEINBERGAND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE PEOPLES COMMIS-SARIAT FOR JUSTICE V. A. KARELIN . . . . . . . . . . . .PLEKHANOV ON TERROR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C.C., R.S.D.L.P.(B.) CONCERN-ING THE EXPULSION FROM THE PARTY OF S. A. LOZOVSKY

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DECISION OF THE C.P.C. ON THE FIGHT AGAINST KALEDIN1. Decision of the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. Addendum to the Decision of the C.P.C. . . . . . .

RATES OF PAY FOR HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS. Draf tDecision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE FOOD SITUATION. Draf tDecision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INQUIRY OF THE C.P.C. TO THE C.C. OF THE LEFT S.R.PARTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C ON THE ORDER OFSUBORDINATION OF THE BALTIC AND BLACK SEA FLEETSON SALARIES. Draft Decision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISIONS FOR THE C.P.C. ON THE ORGANISATIONOF FOOD SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON THE ACTIVITIES OFTHE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY UNDER THE PETROGRADSOVIET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THE CONVERSION OF MUNITION WORKS TO ECONOMICALLYUSEFUL WORK. Draft Decision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DRAFT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWON THE SOCIALISATION OF THE LAND . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DRAFT DECREE ON THE INSTITUTIONOF AN ALL- RUSSIA INTER- DEPARTMENTAL EXTRAORDI-NARY COMMISSION FOR GUARDING THE RAILWAYS . . . . .PROPOSALS ON MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE FOOD SITUA-TION IN PETROGRAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DECISION OF THE C.P.C. CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENTOF SABOTEURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH AT A JOINT MEETING OF THE BOLSHEVIK ANDLEFT S. R. GROUPS IN THE ALL- RUSSIA CENTRALEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. FEBRUARY 19 , 1918. Brie fNewspaper Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH TO THE LETTISH RIFLEMEN. FEBRUARY 20 , 1918.Brief Newspaper Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONOF THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE AND TO ALL DISTRICTCOMMITTEES OF THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY . . . . . . . . .DECISION OF THE C. P. C. ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THEGERMAN PEACE TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TREATY WITH THE FINNISH SOCIALIST WORKERSREPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. Draft Decision of the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . .2. Directive of the C.P.C. to the Russo-Finnish

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SPEECHES AT THE MEETING OF THE C.P.C. March 4 , 19181 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON THE SETTING UP OFA WATER TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT BOARD . . . . . . . . .INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR RANSOME, CORRESPONDENTOF THE DAILY NEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE DRAFT DECREE CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OFSTATE CONTROL OVER ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE . . . . . .ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE ARTICLE THE IMMEDIATETASKS OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT . . . . . . . . . . .

Chapter IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapter V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapter VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapter VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapter VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapter IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapter X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

THE STATE OF INLAND WATER TRANSPORT. Draf t Dec is ionfor the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON CONTROL OF S.E.C.EXPENDITURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE S.E.C.April 1, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDA TO THE DRAFT DECREE ON THE PROCEDUREFOR SENDING COMMISSARS OUT TO THE PROVINCES. . . . .SPEECH AT A JOINT MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OFTHE ALL- RUSSIA CENTRAL COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS,THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE METAL WORKERS UNIONAND THE SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL. APRIL 11 , 1918.From a Newspaper Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TO THE PRESIDING COMMITTEE OF THE FIRST CON-GRESS OF SOVIETS OF THE DON REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DRAFT DECREE ON THE REGISTRATIONOF SHARES, BONDS AND OTHER INTEREST- BEARINGSECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DECISION OF THE C. P. C. ON THE FINANCING OF SUGAR- BEETSOWING CAMPAIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECREE ON THE INSTITUTION OF AN ALL- RUSSIAEVACUATION COMMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DRAFT DECREE FOR THE C.P. C. ON SUP-PLYING AGRICULTURE WITH IMPLEMENTS AND METALS . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DRAFT DECREE FOR THE C.P. C. ONA DEPARTMENT FOR ORGANISING THE CULTIVATED AREADRAFT DECISION FOR THE PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE ONTHE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMISSARIAT FOR AGRI-CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DECREE ON THE FOOD DICTATOR-SHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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MOBILISATION OF THE WORKERS TO COMBAT FAMINE.Draft Decision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON FUEL . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON MOTOR TRANSPORTDRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON PRIVATE PURVEYANCEOF FOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MEASURES TO COMBAT FAMINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ROUGH DRAFT OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE S. E. C. ANDTHE COMMISSARIAT FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON THECONDITIONS OF BARTER BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRYCOMMENTS ON THE DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR THEMANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONALISED ENTERPRISES . . . .LIBRARY ORGANISATION. Draft Decision for the C.P.C.RE DRAFT DECREE ON THE ORGANISATION AND SUPPLYOF THE VILLAGE POOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON THE COMPOSITIONOF THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC WORKS . . . . . . . . . .REHABILITATION OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT. Draf tDecision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON ADVANCING MONEYTO CENTROTEXTIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON THE FINANCING OFTHE CHIEF COMMITTEE FOR THE TANNING INDUSTRYTHE DEMOCRATISM AND SOCIALIST NATURE OF SOVIETPOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERVIEW GIVEN TO THE CORRESPONDENT OF FOLKETSDAGBLAD POLITIKEN. July 1, 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON SUPPLYING THE PEAS-ANTS WITH AGRICULTURAL MACHINES . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON NON- FULFILMENTOF THE DECREE ON MONUMENTS OF THE REPUBLICROUGH DRAFT OF ARTICLE 20 , SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTI -TUTION OF THE R.S.F.S.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH AT A MEETING IN PRESNYA DISTRICT. July 6 ,1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1. Main Provisions of the Decree . . . . . . . . . .2. Remarks on the Draft Decree . . . . . . . . . . .

RE DECISION OF THE C. P. C. ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR THEUPKEEP OF THE POOR PEASANTS COMMITTEES . . . . . . .RE DECISION OF THE C.P.C. ON LOGGING . . . . . . . . . .

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DRAFT DECISION FOR THE DEFENCE COUNCILS FUELCOMMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE WORK OF THE VECHEKAROUGH DRAFT PROPOSALS FOR INTENSIFYING ANDINCREASING FOOD PURVEYANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE DRAFT REGULATIONS ON THE ORGANISATION OF AWORKERS FOOD INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. Draft Decision of the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . .2. Remarks on the Draft Regulations . . . . . . . .

NOTES AT A MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON CART-RIDGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. ) ON ANALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF BANK EMPLOYEES . . . . . . . .PROPOSALS ON THE QUESTION OF FINANCING CENTRO-TEXTIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TO G. V. CHICHERIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING A READING BOOK FORWORKERS AND PEASANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOTES ON HELP TO KHARKOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P.C. ON THE CO- OPERATIVESTHE STATE OF LIBRARY SERVICE. Draf t Dec is ion for theC.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A CONCESSION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.Draft Decision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P.C. ON THE QUESTION OFALLOTTING FARMS TO INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES . . . . . .RE DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C.C. , R. C. P. (B. ) ON THEFOOD SURPLUS- APPROPRIATION SYSTEM IN THE UKRAINEON THE APPEAL OF THE GERMAN INDEPENDENTS . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE ONREGULATING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE VECHEKA,THE RAILWAY CHEKA AND THE COMMISSARIAT FOR RAIL-WAYS AND A LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILOF DEFENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH AT AGITATORS COURSES OF THE MOTHER ANDCHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT OF THE PEOPLESCOMMISSARIAT FOR SOCIAL SECURITY. March 8 , 1919ROUGH DRAFT FOR A C. P.C. DECISION ON THE PRINTINGINDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF S.E.C. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NOTES ON CO-OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C. C. , R.C.P. (B. ) ON SENDINGGROUPS OF WORKERS OUT ON FOOD TRANSPORTATIONJOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE ON SUP-PLYING BREADSTUFFS TO THE RAILWAYMEN . . . . . . . .ON THE QUESTION OF RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLEPEASANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE REPORT ON THE DOMESTICAND FOREIGN SITUATION OF THE SOVIET REPUBLIC ATTHE EXTRAORDINARY PLENARY MEETING OF THEMOSCOW SOVIET OF WORKERS AND RED ARMY DEPUTIES.April 3, 1919 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MOTION TO ENDORSE THE DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THEC.C. , R.C. P. (B. ) CONTAINING DIRECTIVES FOR THE C. C.OF THE C.P.(B.) OF THE UKRAINE . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE ON STEPPINGUP WORK IN THE FIELD OF MILITARY DEFENCE . . . . . . .POSTSCRIPT TO THE APPEAL TO HUNGARIAN INTERNA-TIONALISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. S ECONOMIC COMMISSIONON ALLEVIATING THE POSITION OF THE WORKERS . . . . . .SALARIES FOR SPECIALISTS. Draft Decision . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE ON THEMOBILISATION OF SOVIET EMPLOYEES . . . . . . . . . . .DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF WORKERS AND PEASANTSDEFENCE ON CALLING UP FOR MILITARY SERVICE TRADE,INDUSTRIAL AND TRANSPORT WORKERS AND OTHEREMPLOYEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ORDER TO THE C.P.C. SECRETARIAT . . . . . . . . . . . .DIRECTIVES TO THE COMMISSARIAT FOR AGRICULTURERE MODIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISIONS FOR THE C. C. POLITBUREAU ONMEASURES TO FIGHT MAMONTOV . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SPEECH TO IVANOVO- VOZNESENSK COMMUNIST WORK-ERS LEAVING FOR THE FRONT. OCTOBER 24 , 1919.Reporters Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH TO ADULT- EDUCATION COURSE STUDENTS LEAV-ING FOR THE FRONT. October 8, 1919 . . . . . . . . . .MOTION ON THE QUESTION OF A SINGLE FORESTRY BODYDRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON POTATO PURCHASESNOTES AT A MEETING OF DELEGATES TO THE SECONDALL- RUSSIA CONGRESS OF COMMUNIST ORGANISATIONS OFTHE PEOPLES OF THE EAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.) PLENUM . . . . .RE DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. ) PLENUMON THE COMPOSITION OF THE ALL- RUSSIA CENTRALEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ON IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAY TRANS-PORT. Draft Decision for the Council of Peoples Commis-sars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .REMARKS ON DRAFT REGULATIONS CONCERNING THEBUREAU OF THE R. C. P. (B. ) GROUP AT THE ALL- RUSSIACENTRAL COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS . . . . . . . . . . .THE WORK OF THE FOOD SUPPLY AGENCIES. Draf t Reso-lutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ROUGH DRAFT FOR THE C.P. C. DECISION ON MOSCOWSFOOD SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT C. P. C. DECISION ON GRAIN CONSIGNMENTS TOMOSCOW BY THROUGH TRAINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LETTER TO P. I . POPOV. (Re Consumption by the Popula-tion of the R.S .F.S.R. Before and After the October Revolu-tton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DIRECTIONS CONCERNING THE WORK OF THE PROPA-GANDA-INSTRUCTOR TRAINS AND STEAMERS . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P.C. ON UNLOADING POTATOESAND SNOW CLEARING OF MOSCOWS STREETS AND RAIL-WAY TRACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOTES CONCERNING THE DRAFT REGULATIONS ONBONUSES FOR WORKERS AND OFFICE EMPLOYEES . . . . . .SPEECH AT A CONFERENCE OF CHAIRMEN OF GUBERNIAAND UYEZD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES. February 1 , 190DRAFT DECISIONS FOR THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE ON THESTATE OF TRANSPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .POSTSCRIPT TO DECISIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCEON THE STATE OF TRANSPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PRIVILEGES FOR LOCOMOTIVE REPAIR WORKERS. Draf tDecision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH AT THE FOURTH CONFERENCE OF GUBERNIAEXTRAORDINARY COMMISSIONS. February 6, 190 . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE UKRAINIAN BOROTBISTPARTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERVIEW WITH LINCOLN EYRE, CORRESPONDENTOF THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER THE WORLD . . . . . . . .

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REMARKS ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THECOMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ON THE BOROTBISTS . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON STOCKS OF COM-MODITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .REMARKS ON TROTSKYS DRAFT THESES THE IMMEDIATETASKS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . .THE PROSECUTION OF MINORS. Notes and Amendmentsto the Draft Decree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE ORGANISATION OF STATEFARMS. Draft Decision for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . .RESOLUTIONS OF THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. )CONCERNING BREACH OF PARTY DISCIPLINE BY MEM-BERS OF THE A.C.C.T.U. PARTY GROUP . . . . . . . . . .PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION OF THE PAMPHLETTHE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION AND KAUTSKY THERENEGADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DRAFT REGULATIONS ON SUBBOT-NIKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NOTES CONCERNING THE DECREE ON WORK RATIONS1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SPEECH AT THE STONE- LAYING CEREMONY FOR A MONU-MENT TO KARL MARX. MAY 1, 1920. Newspaper Report . . . .SPEECH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ZAGORSKYWORKERS PALACE, MAY 1, 1920. Newspaper Report . . . . .SPEECH AT THE ELEVENTH ISSUE OF RED COMMANDERSOF THE FIRST MOSCOW MACHINE- GUNNERS TRAININGCOURSES. MAY 12, 1920. Chroniclers Record . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLES COMMIS-SARS ON THE PURVEYANCE OF RAW MATERIALS . . . . . .REMARKS ON THE DRAFT DECREE ON MEASURES FORPROPER DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSING AMONG THEWORKING POPULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ROUGH DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P. C. ON GRAINRESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INTERVIEW WITH M. NAKAHIRA, CORRESPONDENT OFTHE JAPANESE NEWSPAPER OSAKA ASAHI . . . . . . . . .INTERVIEW WITH K. FUSSE, CORRESPONDENT OF THEJAPANESE NEWSPAPERS OSAKA MAINICHI AND TOKYONICHI-NICHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DECISION IMPOSING A PENALTY ON E. Y. VEVER, MANAGEROF GORKI SANATORIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFTHE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL. JUNE 19 , 1920. Newspa-per Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON THE TASKS OF THE R. C. P. (B. ) IN TURKESTANMATERIAL FOR THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE COMMU-NIST INTERNATIONAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. PLAN OF A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THEMEANING OF THE CONCEPT DICTATORSHIP OFTHE PROLETARIATE AND THE FIGHT AGAINSTTHE FASHIONABLE DISTORTION OF THISSLOGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. RE JACK TANNERS SPEECH AT THE SECONDCONGRESS OF THE COMINTERN . . . . . . . . .

3. REMARKS ON THE REPORT OF A. SULTAN- ZADECONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF A SOCIAL REVO-LUTION IN THE EAST . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. NOTES FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONALAND COLONIAL QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . .

DRAFT DECISION FOR THE PLENUM OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. )ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PETROGRAD COMMUNEAND THE PETROGRAD SOVIET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY A. M. KRASNOSHCHOKOV,FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE FAR-EASTERN REPUBLIC . . . . .SPEECH AT A STONE- LAYING CEREMONY FOR A MONU-MENT TO KARL LIEBKNECHT AND ROSA LUXEMBURG HELDIN PETROGRAD. JULY 19, 1920. Newspaper Report . . . . .

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DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON MAXIM GORKYS ARTICLES IN THE JOURNALTHE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL . . . . . . . . . . . .PROPOSALS ON MILITARY QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . .DECISIONS OF THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. )ON THE ORDER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARYCOUNCIL OF THE WESTERN FRONT . . . . . . . . . . . .THE NINTH ALL- RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF THE R.C . P . (B. ).September -5 , 190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. SPEECH ON THE IMMEDIATE TASKS OF PARTYDEVELOPMENT. September 4 . . . . . . . . . . .

2. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE IMMEDIATE TASKSOF PARTY DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. PROPOSALS FOR THE RESOLUTION ON THE IMME-DIATE TASKS OF PARTY DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . .

REPORT ON THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POSITION OFTHE REPUBLIC AT A MEETING OF ACTIVISTS OF THEMOSCOW ORGANISATION OF THE R.C.P. (B. ). October 9 , 190ROUGH DRAFT OF A RESOLUTION ON PROLETARIAN CUL-TURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON THE TASKS OF THE R.C. P. (B. ) IN LOCALITIESINHABITED BY EASTERN PEOPLES . . . . . . . . . . . .NOTES ON THE IMMEDIATE TASKS OF THE PARTY . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL OF LABOUR ANDDEFENCE ON THE QUESTION OF RESTORATION OF THEBALTIC FLEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLES COMMIS-SARS ON THE WORK AND FOOD RATIONS FOR SOVIETEMPLOYEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ESTABLISHING CONTACTS BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC COM-MISSARIATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DRAFT DECISION FOR THE PLENUM OF THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.)ON PROLETCULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE PLENUM OF THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.)DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON CONCESSIONS . . . . .DRAFT DECISION OF THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE THESES OF A REPORT AT THE EIGHTH ALL- RUSSIACONGRESS OF SOVIETS ON IMPROVING THE ACTIVITIESOF THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES IN COMBATING BUREAU-CRATISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU (On Chicher in sMotion That Krasin Be Temporarily Recalled and KrasinsInvited Opinion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C. ON DIRECT TAXES . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION OFTHE C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE THE DRAFTING OF A DECREE ON MEASURES FOR CON-SOLIDATING AND DEVELOPING PEASANT FARMING. Notesto the Commission Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P.(B.) ON THE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH BRITAIN . . . .REPLY TO THE DEBATE ON CONCESSIONS AT A MEETINGOF ACTIVISTS OF THE MOSCOW ORGANISATION OF THER.C.P.(B.). December 6, 190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE PLENUM OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. )ON THE REORGANISATION OF THE PEOPLES COMMIS-SARIAT FOR EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE PLENUM OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. )ON PRODUCTION PROPAGANDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDA TO DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. )PLENUM CONCERNING THE ORGANISATION OF A SPECIALPRODUCTION ORGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THE EIGHTH ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF SOVIETS. Decem-ber -9, 190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. REPLY TO THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT ONCONCESSIONS DELIVERED TO THE R. C. P. (B. )GROUP AT THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS,December 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. SPEECH TO THE R. C.P. (B. ) GROUP AT THE EIGHTHCONGRESS OF SOVIETS DURING THE DEBATE ONTHE REPORT OF THE ALL- RUSSIA CENTRALEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL OFPEOPLES COMMISSARS CONCERNING HOMEAND FOREIGN POLICIES, December . . . . . . .

3. SPEECH ON ADDENDA TO THE BILL OF THE C. P. C.ON MEASURES TO CONSOLIDATE AND DEVELOPPEASANT FARMING DELIVERED TO THE R. C.P.GROUP OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS,December 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TO N. N. KRESTINSKY FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THEC.C. , R.C.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE PLENUM OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON THE PEOPLES COMMISSARIAT FOR AGRI-CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE PLENUM OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P.(B.) ON GEORGIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THEC.C. , R. C. P. (B. ) ON THE LETTER OF TSEKTRAN OFFI-CIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ROUGH DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C. P. C. ON OIL CONCES-SIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C.P. C. ON CHECKING FUL-FILMENT BY THE PEOPLES COMMISSARIATS OF THE DECI-SIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF THE C.L. D. AND THE C.P. C.AMENDMENTS AND ADDENDA TO THE DECISION OF THEC.L.D. ON COPING WITH THE FUEL CRISIS . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P.C. ON THE IMPORT PLANDRAFT OF THE MAIN POINT OF THE C. L.D. DECISION ONTHE GENERAL PLANNING COMMISSION . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH AT A MEETING OF MOSCOW PARTY ACTIVISTS.February 4, 191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOTES ON THE QUESTION OF MOBILISING RAW MATERIALRESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF LABOUR AND DEFENCEON IMPROVING THE SUPPLY OF THE WORKERS . . . . . . .PLAN OF A LETTER TO THE BAKU COMRADES . . . . . . .NOTES ON ELECTRIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1. OUTLINE OF A SPEECH AT A MEETING OF SUP-PORTERS OF THE PLATFORM OF TEN. . . . . .

2. REMARK ON THE AMENDMENT OF RAFAIL(R. B. FARBMAN) TO THE RESOLUTION ON PARTYUNITY, March 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. REMARK ON KISELYOVS SPEECH CONCERNINGTHE RESOLUTION ON PARTY UNITY, March 16. . .

4. REMARK ON MARCHENKOS AMENDMENT TOTHE RESOLUTION ON THE ANARCHIST AND SYN-DICALIST DEVIATION, March 16 . . . . . . . . .

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1. REJOINDER DURING THE DEBATE . . . . . . . .2. REPLY TO THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT ON

CONCESSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPLICATIONS FOR FOREIGN TRADE ORDERS. Draf tResolution for the C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL OF LABOUR ANDDEFENCE ON ALGEMBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C.ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINESDRAFT OF A LETTER OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. ) ON THE ATTI -TUDE TO NON-PARTY WORKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEECH AT A MEETING OF COMMUNISTS AND CANDIDATEMEMBERS OF THE R. C. P. (B. ) OF THE KREMLIN AREA. MAY2, 1921. (From the Minutes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.). . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON MEASURES FOR ACHIEVING CONCENTRA-TION OF PRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PLAN OF A SPEECH AT A MEETING OF THE COMMUNISTGROUP OF THE FOURTH ALL- RUSSIA CONGRESS OF TRADEUNIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PROPOSALS TO THE DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) PLENUM ON CLAUSE 13 OF THE PARTY PRO-GRAMME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. L.D. ON LOCAL ECONOMICCONFERENCES, ON REPORTING AND ON COMPLYING WITHTHE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE C.L.D. . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C.C. , R.C.P. (B. ) . . . . . . .REMARKS CONCERNING THE WORK PLAN OF THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.)PLAN OF A SPEECH AT THE TRADE UNION CONGRESS . . . .TO THE MINER COMRADES OF THE PETROVSKOYE IN-DUSTRIAL GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TENTH ALL- RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF THE R .C . P . (B . ) .May 6-8, 191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TO ALL PEOPLES COMMISSARS AND TO THE CHIEF OFTHE CENTRAL STATISTICAL BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . .BRIEF MONTHLY EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS . . . . . . . .PROPOSALS ON A CHECK- UP AND PURGE OF THE R. C. P. (B. )THE THIRD CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNA-TIONAL. June -July 1 , 191 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. LETTER TO O. W. KUUSINEN AND REMARKS ONTHE DRAFT THESES ON THE ORGANISATIONALACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTIES, ONTHE METHODS AND CONTENT OF THEIR WORK

2. LETTER TO O. W. KUUSINEN AND W. KOENEN . . .3. REMARKS ON THE DRAFT THESES ON TACTICS

FOR THE THIRD CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNISTINTERNATIONAL. Letter to G. Y. Zinoviev. . . .

4. MOTION ON THE DRAFT THESES ON TACTICS . . . .5. SPEECHES AT A MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE

GERMAN, POLISH, CZECHOSLOVAK, HUNGARIANAND ITALIAN DELEGATIONS, July 11 . . . . . .

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MOTION TO THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. , R. C.P. (B. ) ONBONUSES FOR ENTERPRISES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NOTES ON MEASURES FOR COMBATING FAMINE AND STEP-PING UP ECONOMIC WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. P. C. ON THE ORGANISATIONOF COMMODITY EXCHANGE BY CENTROSOYUZ . . . . . . . .MOTION FOR THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .PROPOSALS TO F. E. DZERZHINSKYS CONCLUSIONS ONTHE STATE OF TRANSPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LETTER TO G. Y. ZINOVIEV AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THESECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON THE INSPECTION OF THE PEOPLES COMMIS-SARIAT FOR FOREIGN TRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MOTION TO THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. , R. C.P. (B. ) ONBRINGING UNGERN TO TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A NOTE TO E. VARGA AND THESES ON THE ORGANISATIONOF AN INFORMATION INSTITUTE ON QUESTIONS OF THEINTERNATIONAL LABOUR MOVEMENT . . . . . . . . . . .TO E. VARGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DECISION OF THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C.C. , R. C. P. (B. )ON KEEPING A RECORD OF WORKERS DONATIONS INEUROPE. September , 191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A NOTE TO V. M. MOLOTOV AND A DRAFT DECISION FORTHE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. ) ON NOULENSNOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ADDENDUM TO THE DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLIT-BUREAU OF THE C.C. , R. C. P. (B. ) ON DIRECTIVES TOTHE PEOPLES COMMISSARIAT FOR FOOD . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P. (B.) ON SPENDING FROM THE GOLD FUND . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P. (B. ) ON THE FREE SALE OF BOOKS FROM MOSCOWWAREHOUSE STOCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P. (B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A NOTE TO V. M. MOLOTOV WITH A MOTION FOR THE C.C.,R.C.P. (B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A LETTER TO V. V. KUIBYSHEV AND A DRAFT ENGAGEMENTFOR WORKERS GOING TO RUSSIA FROM AMERICA . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON THE QUESTION OF THE FAR- EASTERN REPUB-LIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RE DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.C. , R.C.P.(B. ) PLENUM . . .DRAFT DIRECTIVES FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C.C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON THE ALLOTMENT OF LANDS FOR SUGAR- BEETCULTIVATION IN THE UKRAINE . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R. C.P. (B. ) ON SOCIAL INSURANCE . . . . . . . . . . . .NOTES ON YUGOSTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A NOTE TO V. M. MOLOTOV WITH A DRAFT DECISION FORTHE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. ) ON THE QUES-TION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE RUTGERS GROUP . . .A LETTER TO POLITBUREAU MEMBERS WITH A DRAFTDECISION FOR THE C.C. , R. C. P. (B. ) AND THE COUNCIL OFLABOUR AND DEFENCE ON THE QUESTION OF RUTGERSPROPOSALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON ASSIGNING A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV TO FOOD SUP-PLY WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P. (B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) ON THE SETTING UP OF A SINGLE COMMISSIONON CONCESSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A NOTE TO V. M. MIKHAILOV WITH A DRAFT RESOLUTIONFOR THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. ) ON THE QUESTION OF AN AGREE-MENT WITH THE RUTGERS GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . .PROPOSALS TO THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENTWITH THE A. R. A. ON THE ORGANISATION OF FOOD PAR-CELS TO RUSSIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A LETTER TO THE POLISH COMMUNISTS . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P. (B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR C.L.D. ON FOWLER PLOUGHS . . . . .

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DRAFT THESE ON THE ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF THETRADE UNIONS UNDER THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY . . . .

1. The New Economic Pol icy and the Trade Unions2. State Capi ta l i sm in the Pro letar ian State and the

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Profit Basis and the Trade Unions . . . . . . .4. The Essential Difference Between the Class Strug-

g le o f the Pro letar iat in a State Which Recog-nises Private Ownership of the Land, Factories, Etc.,and Where Pol i t ica l Power Is in the Hands of theCapi ta l i s t C lass , and the Class Struggle o f theProletar iat in a State Which Does Not RecognisePrivate Ownership of the Land and the Major i tyof the Large Enterprises and Where Polit ical Pow-er Is in the Hands of the Proletariat . . . . . .

5. Revers ion to Voluntary Trade Union Membership6. The Trade Unions and the Management of Industry7. The Role and Funct ions of the Trade Unions in

the Business and Administrat ive Organisat ions ofthe Proletarian State . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8. Contact wi th the Massesthe Fundamenta lCondition for All Trade Union Activity . . . . .

9. The Contradict ions in the Status of the TradeUnions Under the Dictatorship of the Pro letar iat

10. The Trade Unions and the Specialists . . . . . .11. The Trade Unions and Petty - Bourgeois Inf luences

on the Working Class . . . . . . . . . . . . .MEMO TO V. M. MOLOTOV FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THEC.C., R.C.P. (B. ) WITH DRAFT DECISIONS . . . . . . . . .MOTION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C.C. , R.C.P. (B. )ON ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO THE NIZHNI- NOVGORODRADIO LABORATORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DIRECTIVES ON THE FILM BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . .MOTION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C.C. , R.C.P. (B. )ON M. I. KALININS TRIP TO THE UKRAINE . . . . . . . .MOTION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C.C. , R.C.P. (B. )DRAFT DIRECTIVES TO THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND ALLMEMBERS OF THE GENOA DELEGATION . . . . . . . . . .LETTER TO N. I. BUKHARIN AND G. Y. ZINOVIEV . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) IN CONNECTION WITH THE GENOA CONFERENCEON THE PUBLICATION OF A TELEGRAM REPORTING THEPAMPHLET BY PARVUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DRAFT DIRECTIVES OF THE C.C. , R.C. P. (B. ) FOR THE SOVIETDELEGATION TO THE GENOA CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . .MEMO TO V. M. MOLOTOV WITH A MOTION FOR THE POLIT-BUREAU OF THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .MARKS ON N. L. MESHCHERYAKOVS LETTER AND ADRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P.(B.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) WITH REMARKS TO THE DRAFT RESOLUTIONFOR THE FIRST EXTENDED PLENARY MEETING OF THECOMINTERN EXECUTIVE ON PARTICIPATION IN A CON-FERENCE OF THE THREE INTERNATIONALS . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C. C. , R. C.P. (B. ) ON THE TASKSOF THE SOVIET DELEGATION AT GENOA . . . . . . . . .MEMO TO V. M. MOLOTOV FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLIT-BUREAU OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. ) WITH A DRAFT DECISIONON THE NOTE TO ITALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AMENDMENTS AND REMARKS TO THE DRAFT REGULATIONSON THE NARROW C.P.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DRAFT DECISION FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C.P.(B.) ON THE SWEDISH LOAN . . . . . . . . . . . .LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. ,R.C. P. (B. ) WITH PROPOSALS ON THE DRAFT DIRECTIVESOF THE COMINTERN EXECUTIVE FOR THE COMINTERNDELEGATION TO THE CONFERENCE OF THE THREE INTER-NATIONALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LETTER TO THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C. C. , R. C. P. (B. )WITH A DRAFT OF DIRECTIVES TO COMRADES TRAVELLINGLETTER TO THE POLITBUREAU OF THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.) . . . .NOTE TO N. P. GORBUNOV AND PROPOSALS ON THEQUESTION OF THE CO-OPERATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . .AMENDMENTS AND REMARKS TO THE DRAFTDECLARATION OF THE SOVIET DELEGATION AT THE GENOACONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ELEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE R .C . P . (B . ) . March 7 -Apri l, 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. PROPOSAL TO THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ONTHE REPORT OF THE R. C. P. (B. ) DELEGATIONIN THE COMINTERN . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. SPEECH ON THE QUESTION OF PRINTINGADVERTISEMENTS IN PRAVDA , April . . . . . .

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LETTER TO L. B. KAMENEV, A. I . RYKOV AND A. D.TSYURUPA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WORK BETWEENTHE DEPUTY CHAIRMEN OF THE C.P.C. AND THE C.L.D. . .MATERIALS TO THE ARTICLE HOW WE SHOULD REOR-GANISE THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS INSPECTION

1. PLAN OF AN ARTICLE WHAT SHOULD WE DOWITH THE W.P.I.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE W.P.I. ? . . . .WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE W.P.I.? (Continuation) . . .WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE W.P.I.? (Continuation) . . .

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Volume Forty-Two contains items written after the Octo-ber Revolution, which were first published in the CompleteRussian Edition of Lenins Collected Works or which werepublished in Lenin Miscellanies, magazines and newspapers.These documents form an important supplement to theworks included in the various volumes of this edition.

The first group of documents dates to the period fromNovember 1917 to July 1918the period of continueddevelopment of the socialist revolution and consolidationof Soviet power. Mention should be made first of all ofTheses on the Tasks of the Party & the Present Situation,the article Plekhanov on Terror, the Draft Resolutionfor the C.C., R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Concerning the Expulsionfrom the Party of S. A. Lozovsky, the Outline of a Pro-gramme of Economic Measures and a number of chaptersof the original version of the article The Immediate Tasksof the Soviet Government. These deal with the tasks thatfaced the working class after the conquest of power, stressthe necessity for strengthening the dictatorship of theproletariat and suppressing the resistance of the overthrownexploiting classes, and sharply criticise the Right-opportunist elements within the Party.

Several documents relate to Lenins fight to get Russiaout of the war, to conclude the Brest peace treaty (Speechat a Joint Meeting of the Bolshevik and Left S.R. Groupsin the All-Russia Central Executive Committee, February 19,1918, Speech to the Lettish Riflemen, February 20, 1918and others). The numerous decisions for the Council ofPeoples Commissars drafted by Lenin reflect the first stepsof the Communist Party and the Soviet Government in thefield of political, economic and cultural activities.

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A large part of the materials relate to the period offoreign military intervention and the civil war, amongthem: notes on The Tasks and Organisation of the Workof the Council of Defence, Notes at a Meeting of theCommission on Cartridges, Draft Resolution for the C.CR.C.P.(B.) on Sending Groups of Workers Out on FoodTransportation Jobs, Draft Decision for the Council ofDefence on the Mobilisation of Soviet Employees, DraftDecisions for the C.C. Politbureau on Measures to FightMamontov, Proposals on Military Questions, Decisionsof the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on the Orderof the Revolutionary Military Council of the Western Frontand Lenins speeches: Speech to Ivanovo-VoznesenskCommunist Workers Leaving for the Front, October 24,1919, Speech at the Eleventh Issue of Red Commandersof the First Moscow Machine-Gunners Training Courses,May 12, 1920, Report on the Internal and ExternalPosition of the Republic at a Meeting of Activists of theMoscow Organisation of the R.C.P.(B.), October 9, 1920.These and many other documents strikingly illustrate thegigantic activities of the Central Committee and the SovietGovernment, headed by Lenin, in organising the defeatof the interventionists and whiteguards.

A considerable part of the volume is made up of itemsand documents written after the war, when the problems ofeconomic rehabilitation and socialist construction bulkedlarge. Industry, agriculture, science and technology, publiceducation, improvement of the machinery of state, thenational question, foreign policyall these problems weredealt with daily by Lenin, who directed the activitiesof the Party and the Government

The items included in this volume contain importantsupplementary material showing how Lenin worked on theplan of socialist construction.

Of great significance are the chapters of the originalversion of The Immediate Tasks of the Soviet Government(the end of Chapter IV, chapters V-IX and the beginningof Chapter X) which were first published in 1962. In thesechapters Lenin sets forth in greater detail than in the finaltext a number of questions relating to the task of startingconstruction of a new society and reveals the importance

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of solving economic problems and the need for propermanagement of the national economy during the periodof transition from capitalism to socialism. In interviewsgiven to Lincoln Eyre, correspondent of the Americannewspaper The World, and to the correspondent of theJapanese newspaper Osaka Asahi and in his Notes onElectrification Lenin characterises the role of electrificationin building the economic foundation of socialism and devel-oping the productive forces. Questions of the New EconomicPolicy are dealt with in the Reply to the Debate on theReport on Concessions at the meeting of the Communistgroup of the All-Russia Central Council of Trade Unionson April 11, 1921, in speeches made at the Tenth All-RussiaConference of the R.C.P.(B.) during the debate on theresolution on questions of the New Economic Policy, and ina letter To the Russian Colony in North America.

Consistent application of democratic centralism in runningthe economy, scientific planning, rational and efficientmanagement, proper organisation of labour, the introductionof cost accounting, the running of enterprises on a payingbasis, and the use of moral and material incentivesfor developing production were considered by Lenin to bethe most vital principles and methods of socialist manage-ment. Mention can here be made of such documents as theSpeech at a Meeting of the Presidium of the S.E.C., April 1,1918, Comments on the Draft Regulations for theManagement of the Nationalised Enterprises, Salaries forSpecialists, Addendum to the Draft Regulations on Subbot-niks, Draft of the Main Point of the C.L.D. Decision onthe General Planning Commission, Plan of an ArticleCommercial Organisation, Motion to the Politbureau ofthe C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on Bonuses for Enterprises and others.Defining the tasks of economic construction in his Planof a Speech at the Trade Union Congress, Lenin wrote:Work discipline, higher labour productivity, work organi-sation, increased output, relentless fight against slipshodwork and red tape. By this sign shall ye conquer (p. 308).Materials such as: Addendum to the Draft Decision forthe C.P.C. On the Distribution of Agricultural Machines,Draft Decision for the C.L.D. on Fowler Ploughs, thedraft decision on Measures for Improving the Organisation

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of State Farms and others show Lenins concern for therevival of agriculture, for the supply of the peasants withmachines, for the development of the state farms, for supportof the co-operatives on the part of the state and for thecreation of conditions for the socialist transformation ofthe village.

A number of materials deal with questions of culturaldevelopment: the draft decision for the C.P.C. on LibraryOrganisation, Instructions for Compiling a Reading Bookfor Workers and Peasants, Draft Decision for the Polit-bureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on the Chief Committee forPolitical Education, Rough Draft of a Resolution onProletarian Culture, Addendum to the Draft Decision forthe C.P.C. on an Obligatory Science Minimum in the HigherSchools, Draft Decision for the Plenum of the C.C.,R.C.P.(B.) on the Reorganisation of the Peoples Commis-sariat for Education, Directives on the Film Business.These and other documents contain important propositionsregarding the substance and ways of effecting a culturalrevolution, the communist education of the working people,the political enlightenment of the masses.

Of exceptionally great significance is the letter On theEstablishment of the U.S.S.R. in which Lenin put forwardthe idea of creating a Union of Soviet Socialist Republicsas a single multinational socialist state based on a voluntaryassociation of equal and sovereign Soviet Republics. Questionsconcerning the national policy of the Communist Partyand the Soviet Government are dealt with also in theNotes at a Meeting of Delegates to the Second All-RussiaCongress of Communist Organisations of the Peoples of theEast, Draft Decision for the Politbureau of the C.C.,R.C.P.(B.) on the Tasks of the R.C.P.(B.) in Turkestan,Draft Decision for the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.)on the Tasks of the R.C.P.(B.) in Localities Inhabited byEastern Peoples and other items, in which Lenin urgesthe need for unity and fraternal co-operation among allthe nationalities of the Soviet land and for waging a vigorousfight against chauvinism and nationalism.

The speech winding up the debate on the report on con-cessions at the meeting of the R.C.P.(B.) group at the EighthCongress of Soviets contains Lenins important thesis on

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Soviet patriotism: The patriotism of a person who isprepared to go hungry for three years rather than surrenderRussia to foreigners is genuine patriotism, without which wecould not hold out for three years. Without this patriotismwe would not have succeeded in defending the Soviet Repub-lic, in doing away with private property.... This is thefinest revolutionary patriotism (p. 245).

In his note The Democratism and Socialist Nature ofSoviet Power and his Speech at a Meeting in PresnyaDistrict, July 26, 1918, Lenin characterises the Sovietsand reveals the genuine democratism of the Soviet Consti-tution.

Many documents reflect Lenins efforts to improve theworking of the machinery of state, and strengthen state,Party and public control: Proposals for the Distributionof Functions Between the Deputy Chairmen of the C.P.C.and the C.L.D., Proposals Concerning the Work Routine ofthe Deputy Chairmen and the Chairman of the C.P.C., Letterto L. B. Kamenev, A. I. Rykov and A. D. Tsyurupa on theDistribution of Work Between the Deputy Chairmen of theC.P.C. and the C.L.D., Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.)Directives on a Workers Inspection, Materials to theArticle How We Should Reorganise the Workers andPeasants Inspection, etc. A number of documents aredevoted to the strengthening of socialist legality: RoughTheses of a Decision on the Strict Observance of the Laws,Proposals Concerning the Work of the Vecheka, Speech atthe Fourth Conference of Gubernia Extraordinary Commis-sions, February 6, 1920 and others.

Lenin regarded the Communist Party as the guiding anddirecting force of Soviet society. He never relaxed hisefforts to strengthen the ideological and organisationalunity of the Party, he urged the need for doing everythingto develop inner-Party democracy, to rigidly adhere to theprinciple of collective leadership and to strengthen thePartys ties with the masses. These questions are dealtwith in many documents included in this volume: Speechon the Immediate Tasks of Party Development at theNinth All-Russia Conference of the R.C.P.(B.), draftresolution and proposals for the resolution on this question,speech to the R.C.P.(B.) group at the Eighth Congress of

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Soviets during the debate on the report of the All-RussiaC.E.C. and C.P.C. concerning home and foreign policies,Speech at a Meeting of Moscow Party Activists, February24, 1921, Draft of a Letter of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on theAttitude to Non-Party Workers, Outline of a Speech ata Meeting of Supporters of the Platform of Tendelegatesto the Tenth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.), Remarks Con-cerning the Work Plan of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.).

Lenins draft resolution for the Politbureau of the C.C. con-cerning Maxim Gorkys articles in the magazine CommunistInternational is a striking illustration of his high-principledattitude, his intolerance towards the cult of personality.

Of great importance is the series of documents dealingwith the Soviet states foreign policy: the interviews withforeign correspondents, the Draft Directives to the DeputyChairman and All Members of the Genoa Delegation,Draft Directives of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) for the SovietDelegation to the Genoa Conference, Draft Decision for theC.C., R.C.P.(B.) on the Tasks of the Soviet Delegation atGenoa, Amendments and Remarks to the Draft Declarationof the Soviet Delegation at the Genoa Conference and others,which formulate the fundamental principles of the SovietRepublics foreign policy and the aims and methods of Sovietdiplomacy.

These documents show how consistently the SovietGovernment, headed by Lenin, pursued its policy of peaceand establishment of business relations with the capitalistcountries. In his interview given to an American correspon-dent, Lenin said: I know of no reason why a socialisticcommonwealth like ours cannot do business indefinitelywith capitalistic countries (p. 177). At the same time theSoviet Government strongly rebuffed all attempts of theimperialist powers to interfere in the internal affairs of theSoviet Republic or to impose upon it fettering terms of aneconomic agreement. Lenin said: We have reiterated andreiterated our desire for peace. . . . But we do not proposeto be strangled to death for the sake of peace (ibid.).

Notable items in this volume are the documents whichreveal the friendly fraternal relations between the Sovietstate and the countries where the people had come to power.This volume contains the draft decisions for the C.P.C.

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concerning a treaty with the Socialist Workers Republic ofFinland. This was the first treaty in history to be signedbetween two socialist republics, and represented a new typeof international relations between equal sovereign states.The text of Lenins Talk With a Delegation of the MongolianPeoples Republic contains important guidelines on thepaths of development towards socialism for countries witha pre- capitalist social system, and on the specific featuresof the tactics which the revolutionary parties in thesecountries should adopt.

The writings included in this volume are a valuablesupplement to the well-known works of Lenin dealing withthe international labour and communist movements. Mentionshould first of all be made of Lenins letter to Chicherin(at the end of December 1918) outlining the basic ideologicalplatform and organisational principles of the CommunistInternational. Of considerable interest are the materialsrelating to the Second Congress of the CominternthePlan of a Resolution Concerning the Meaning of the ConceptDictatorship of the Proletariat and the Fight Against theFashionable Distortion of This Slogan, Remarks on theReport of A. Sultan-Zade Concerning the Prospects of aSocial Revolution in the East and others. A number ofdocuments deal with the Third Congress of the Cominternand show what a tremendous job Lenin performed inpreparing the basic decisions of the Congress and guidingits proceedings. These include: Letter to O. W. Kuusinenand Remarks on the Draft Theses on the OrganisationalActivities of the Communist Parties, on the Methods andContant of Their Work, Remarks on the Draft Theses onTactics for the Third Congress of the Communist Interna-tional, Speeches at a Meeting of Members of the GermanPolish, Czechoslovak, Hungarian and Italian Delegations.

These documents reflect the irreconcilable struggle whichLenin carried on against Right-wing opportunism, reformismand revisionism, and at the same time against Leftism,adventurism, dogmatism and sectarianism in the interna-tional communist movement. They contain very importantguidelines on questions of the strategy and tactics of theinternational communist movement. The Communist Parties,Lenin emphasised, should focus their attention on the task

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of winning over the majority of the working class, the bulkof the working masses, and prepare them for the socialistrevolution. In a number of documentsDraft Decisionof the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on the Tacticsof the United Front, Letter to Members of the Politbureauof the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) with Remarks to the Draft Resolutionfor the First Extended Plenary Meeting of the CominternExecutive on Participation in a Conference of the ThreeInternationals, Proposal to the Draft Resolution for theEleventh Party Congress on the Report of the R.C.P.(B.)Delegation in the CominternLenin argues the case forthe tactics of a united front, the adoption of a united actionby the working class.

The Appendix to the volume contains questionnairesfilled in by Lenin in the capacity of delegate to CommunistParty congresses and conferences, in the course of reregistra-tion of members of the Moscow organisation of the R.C.P.and under the All-Russia census of the R.C.P. members.

Of considerable interest are the records of Lenins officialorders and instructions, reception of visitors and otherfacts entered in the Journal of Lenins Duty Secretaries.This document reveals how manfully Lenin fought hisillness, giving all his strength to the cause of the Party,the cause of the working class.

Institute of Marxism-Leninismof the C.C. of the C.P.S.U.

35

October 191-J uly 1918

SPEECH AT A MEETINGOF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLES COMMISSARS

NOVEMBER 3 (16), 1917

Comrade Lenin objects to any agreement whatsoeverwith Vikzhel,1 which tomorrow will be overthrown in arevolutionary manner, from below. Moscow must be givencreative, organising, revolutionary reinforcements fromPetrogradthe sailor element, to be exact. The foodproblem: we are getting supplies from the north. Afterwinning Moscow and overthrowing Vikzhel from belowwe shall be getting food supplies from the Volga.

First published November 6-7 , 1 9 2 7 Printed from the handwritten copyin Pravda No. 2 5 5 , in an article of the minutes

by N. GorbunovHow the Working Staff

of the Council of Peoples CommissarsWas Created During the October Days

ADDENDA TO THE DRAFT DECREEON THE REQUISITION OF ARTICLES

OF WARM CLOTHINGFOR THE SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT

The following to be added:Heading: &. . . and on the requisition of flats of the rich

to relieve the needs of the poor.... 1. . . . plus one article of warm clothing in addition to a

blanket (overcoat, winter coat, jacket, felt boots, etc.).

V. I. LENIN36

2. ... The term rich flat applies to any flat in whichthe number of rooms equals or exceeds the number ofpermanent occupants.

The owners of rich flats are obliged immediately, underthreat of confiscation of all their property, to draw upin duplicate a statement listing the articles of warmclothing they have and of those supplied by them to thefront, one copy of which is to be handed to the HouseCommittee, the other to the district Soviet of Workersand Soldiers Deputies.

The owners of rich flats, under similar threat, areobliged immediately to submit in duplicate to the sameinstitutions a statement to the effect that they are vacatingone of two rich flats for the needs of the poor population ofthe capital (that is, two rich families having two rich flatsare obliged to move into one of their flats during thewinter, giving the other up to the use of the poor populationin view of the extreme need created by the war).

The house committees shall immediately draw up listsof rich flats subject to requisition, and the district Sovietsof Workers Deputies shall endorse these lists and definethe conditions and order in which families of the poorpopulation are to move into these flats.2

Written in November,prior to 8 th (2 1st), 1 9 1 7First published in 1 9 3 3 Printed from the manuscript

in Lenin Miscellany XXI

INTERVIEW GIVEN TO GREGORI YARROS,CORRESPONDENT

OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCYNOVEMBER 15 (28), 1917

In connection with the results of the elections in Petrograd in whichthe Bolsheviks won six seats,3 the Associated Press correspondentinterviewed Lenin, the President of the Council of NationalCommissioners, who was elated over the great victory of his party.

37THE SALARIES OF HIGH-RANKING OFFICE EMPLOYEES

What do you think of the results of the elections to the Con-stituent Assembly? the correspondent asked.

I think that these elections have proved a greatvictory for the Bolshevik Party. The number of votes castfor it in the elections in May, August and in September isconstantly growing.4 To get six seats out of twelve in acity in which the bourgeoisie (Cadets5) are strongest,means to win in Russia.

Do you suppose that the Constituent Assembly of such compositionas the results of the elections in Petrograd indicate will sanction allthe measures of the Government of National Commissioners?

Yes, it will sanction, because there will be no majority,according to your supposition, against us, and togetherwith the left social revolutionists6 we shall constitutea majority in Petrograd (seven out of twelve).

What parties will enter into the new Council of NationalCommissioners?

I do not know positively, but I think that only theleft social revolutionists, besides the Bolsheviks.

First published in partin 1 9 6 2

in the journal Istoria SSSR(History of the USSR) No. 2

First published in full in 1 9 6 5 Printed from the typewritten copyin the Fifth Russian Edition of the English original

of the Collected Works, Vol. 5 4

THE SALARIES OF HIGH-RANKINGOFFICE EMPLOYEES

AND OFFICIALS

DRAFT DECREE FOR THE C.P.C.7

Recognising the need for energetic measures to reducethe salaries of high-ranking office employees and officialsin all state, public and private institutions and enterprises,the Council of Peoples Commissars decrees:

1) that the salary limit for peoples commissars befixed at 500 rubles a month where there are no children, and100 rubles extra for each child; housing to be at the

V. I. LENIN38

rate of not more than 1 room for each member of thefamily; 2) that all local Soviets of Workers, Soldiersand Peasants Deputies be asked to prepare and carry outrevolutionary measures to impose special taxes on high-ranking employees; 3) that the Ministry for Finance beinstructed to draft a general law concerning this reduction;4) that the Ministry for Finance and all the respectivecommissars be instructed to immediately study the esti-mates of the ministries and cut all excessively high salariesand pensions.

Written November 1 8(December 1 ), 1 9 1 7

First published in 1 9 3 3 Printed from the manuscriptin Lenin Miscellany XXI

DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C.ON THE QUESTION OF THE WAR MINISTRY8

In view of the fact that General Manikovsky has issueda counter-revolutionary order to the Moscow MilitaryDistrict not to have appointed commanders replaced byelected ones,

in view of the fact that General Marushevsky has beenconducting negotiations with Dukhonin aimed againstthe Council and has made a criminal attempt at sabotageduring the organisation of a delegation for conductingarmistice negotiations,*

1) Manikovsky and Marushevsky are to be arrestedimmediately and not released without the permission ofthe Council of Peoples Commissars9;

2) a thorough screening of the War Ministry personnelto be started immediately and all unreliable elementsamong the high command to be discharged;

3) reliable elements from among the commanders of theLettish rifle regiments to be ordered out at once to Petro-grad;

* The first two paragraphs are in Trotskys handwriting.Ed.

39ON CONFISCATION OF APARTMENT AND TENEMENT HOUSES

4) one Lettish rifle regiment to be ordered out to Petrogradat once10;

5) fulfilment of the above measures to be reported dailyto the C.P.C.

This decision is not to be published.

Written November 1 9(December 2 ), 1 9 1 7

First published in 1 9 6 5 Printed from the manuscriptin the Fifth Russian Edition

of the Collected Works, Vol. 5 4

THESES FOR A LAW ON THE CONFISCATIONOF APARTMENT AND TENEMENT HOUSES11

1) All land (urban) shall become the property of thenation.

2) Houses which are systematically let to tenants shallbe confiscated and become the property of the nation.

3) Owners of houses that are not let to tenants shall,pending the decision of the Constituent Assembly, remain inpossession without any change in their rights of ownership.

4) Several-months compensation (2 to 3 months) toowners of confiscated houses who can prove their ...*

5) Rent shall be collected by (whom?) the Soviets (paidinto the current accounts of the Soviets).

6) Building committees (the trade unions & buildingoffices) shall take charge also of house supplies (fuel, etc.).

7) Rent payment to come in force immediately.8) The building and house committees shall come into

force gradually as and when they are set up by the tradeunions and the Soviets.

9) The heating of the houses and their normal upkeepshall be the duty of the house committees and other insti-tutions (trade unions, Soviets, fuel departments of thetown council, etc.).

Written November 2 0(December 3 ), 1 9 1 7

First published in 1 9 3 3 Printed from the manuscriptin Lenin Miscellany XXI

* The sentence is unfinished.Ed.

V. I. LENIN40

DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C.ON THE QUESTION

OF FOLLOWING A SOCIALIST POLICYIN THE ECONOMIC FIELD12

1) Two or three engineers shall be sent to the SpecialDefence Council for the purposes of control and the draftingof a general plan of industrial demobilisation (Kozminto be charged with forming this group);13

2) A 3-5-man commission of C.P.C. members (and non-members) shall be set up to discuss the major problems ofthe Governments economic policy (Pyatakov and Bukharinto be charged with forming this commission);

3) A conference of food-supply men shall be organised todiscuss practical measures for combating marauding andimproving the condition of the most needy sections ofthe population (Shlyapnikov & Manuilsky to be chargedwith organising this conference).

Written November 2 7(December 1 0 ), 1 9 1 7

First published in 1 9 3 3 Printed from the manuscriptin Lenin Miscellany XXI

OUTLINE OF A PROGRAMMEOF ECONOMIC MEASURES

Nationalisation of banksDrawing money back into the treasuryNew money for large denominationsRevolutionary measures for switching factories to usefulproductionCentralisation of consumption by compulsory associationin consumers societies

41LIABILITY FOR UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS

State monopoly of foreign tradeNationalisation of industryState loans.

Written not beforeNovember 2 7

(December 1 0 ), 1 9 1 7First published in 1 9 3 3 Printed from the manuscript

in Lenin Miscellany XXI

DEMONSTRATION SLOGANS14

To the demonstration slogans published on 28.XI.,I advise adding:

Shame to the Right S.R.s and Chernovites15 who havebroken away from the peasant congress!

Long live the Second All-Russia Congress of PeasantDeputies, which has sided with the Soviet power!

The working people demand that the Constituent Assem-bly recognise Soviet power and the Soviet Government!

Long live the nationalisation of the banks!Down with the saboteurs and striking officials! Boycott

them, use revolutionary terrorism against them!

LeninWritten November 2 8

(December 1 1 ), 1 9 1 7First published in 1 9 5 7 Printed from the manuscript

in the journalVoprosi Istorii KPSS No. 3

LIABILITY FOR UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONSDRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE C.C., R.S.D.L.P.(B.)16

The C.C. establishes the principle:that in all squabbles and personal accusations, the per-

son who makes such accusations without bringing specificcharges before a court shall be considered a slanderer;

V. I. LENIN42

that those who consider themselves affected by suchaccusations shall be invited to take legal action.

Written November 2 9(December 1 2 ), 1 9 1 7

First published in 1 9 4 5 Printed from the manuscriptin Lenin Miscellany XXXV

THE CONVERSION OF MUNITION WORKSTO ECONOMICALLY USEFUL WORK

DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLES COMMISSARS

Comrade Raskolnikov is instructed to immediatelycontact the Commissariat for Trade and Industry, as wellas the Commissariat for Food (Machine Supply Department),for the purpose of immediately arranging for orders to beplaced with the works engaged in naval installationsand repairs. Especially urgent is the production of farmimplements and machines, and the building and repairof locomotives. Primary attention to be paid to theSt. Petersburg Metalworks, which is well stocked withfuel and metal.

The Chief Naval Economic Board is instructed to imme-diately revise the estimates of the Ministry for Marinefor 1917 with a view to stopping all expenditure on thenaval construction programme and all unproductive expend-iture in general, and reallocating the corresponding sumsto useful national economic work. Comrade I. E. Gukovskyis delegated to take part in this work in the capacity ofplenipotentiary commissar in charge of the revision of theestimates of all departments.

Daily reports to the Council of Peoples Commissarson the fulfilment of this order shall be made by ComradeRaskolnikov and the person authorised by the Chief NavalEconomic Board (or by Comrade Gukovsky), as well asby the authorised agent of the Commissariat for Tradeand Industry.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)Chairman, Council of Peoples Commissars

Written November 2 9(December 1 2 ), 1 9 1 7

First published in 1 9 3 3 Printed from the manuscriptin Lenin Miscellany XXI

43THESES ON TASKS OF THE PARTY & PRESENT SITUATION

THESES ON THE TASKS OF THE PARTY& THE PRESENT SITUATION

() Recognition of the revolution of 25.X. as a socialistrevolution.

() Rejection of all limitations to this in the spirit of rever-sion to the bourgeois-democratic revolution (gradualtransition; stage of the bloc with the petty bourgeoi-sie, etc.).

() Dictatorship of the proletariat, its special features ascompared with general, formal (bourgeois) democracy,its tactics.

() Soviet power and the power of the Bolsheviks.() Agreement with the petty bourgeoisie not in the sense

of a bloc for a bourgeois-democratic revolution, notin the sense of restricting the tasks of the socialistrevolution, but exclusively in the sense of the formsof transition to socialism on the part of different sectionsof the petty bourgeoisie.

( ) Bourgeois liberties versus suppression of the exploiters.() Saboteurs and capitalists; capitalists and public

opinion of the bourgeoisie.() The Constituent Assembly and its subordination to the

Soviet power, to the interests and conditions of thecivil war.

() Top organisations (Vikzhel, Peasants Central ExecutiveCommittee, etc.) and the struggle against them.

() Struggle against reformism in its modern presentation:(1) the proletariats hands tied by fellow-travellers

from among the petty bourgeoisie(2) restricted scope of the revolutionary struggle of the

rank and file(3) rejection of terrorism.

Written November 1 9 1 7First published in 1 9 5 7 Printed from the manuscript

in the journalVoprosi Istorii KPSS No. 1

V. I. LENIN44

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONSPUT BY A WORKERS DELEGATION

OF ALEXANDRO-GRUSHEVSKY DISTRICT 17

1) Re the sequestration of mines and works in the Alexandro-Grushevsky District.

Mines and works may be confiscated only after thedistrict is liberated from Kaledins troops and influence.

2) Should the workers now quit the mines and go away to CentralRussia?

They should not quit but go on working as long as possible.Resolution on this question by the Council of PeoplesCommissars: the workers of the Alexandro-GrushevskyDistrict to be instructed to contact Kharkov for the armingof the Red Guard. The comrades to be asked to hold outto the last, as long as they can, and not throw up theirwork.

3) On sending guards to the mines.

Our troops are moving in the direction of Kaledinstroops in sufficient numbers.

4) Re a subsidy of 3,000,000 rubles to carry on the work.

The question of Monotop18 will be settled on the arrivalof Comrade Artyom from Kharkov.

5) Are the bank-notes issued by Kaledins government to beconsidered valid?

The bank-notes are to be considered invalid.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)Chairman, Council of Peoples Commissars

Written December 1 1 (2 4 ), 1 9 1 7First published in 1 9 5 9 Printed from the typed copy

in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI

45THE ORGANISATION OF A COMMISSION OF PRACTITIONERS

DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C.ON STAFF SALARIES

IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES19

The Council of Peoples Commissars decrees that therates of pay recognised by the Government Office StaffsCommission and accepted by the All-Russia Convention ofJunior Employees of Government Institutions shall berecognised as a norm to be guided by.

Written December 13 (2 6 ), 1 9 1 7First published in 1 9 6 5 Printed from the manuscript

in the Fifth Russian Editionof the Collected Works, Vol. 5 4

THE ORGANISATION OF A COMMISSIONOF PRACTITIONERS

DRAFT DECISION FOR THE C.P.C.20

The Council of Peoples Commissars directs the SupremeEconomic Council to organise immediately a Commissionof Practitioners to be charged with collecting orders foruseful products from all departments, institutions andorganisations, passing these orders on to factories that areat a standstill or are being closed down, and checking towhat extent these orders are being passed o