55. To M. N. POKROVSKY, Y. A. LITKENS AND O. Y. SCHMIDT
28.I.1921
To Comrades
1) M. N. Pokrovsky
2) Y. A. Litkens
3) O. Y. Schmidt
Please let me have by 8.00 p.m. today:
1) the available printed material (in reports, articles, pamphlets, etc.) with the text of the laws in force (resolutions, instructions)
on primary schools
and secondary schools
2) ditto—technical schools
3) ” trade ”
4) on the number of primary and secondary schools and also of higher educational establishments;
5) on the number of schools, open or closed, or not working, and educational establishments of the various levels and types;
6) in addition, if there is no printed material—and if it is impossible to indicate the issues of newspapers or magazines carrying such materials—please send me data on the questions indicated which have not been printed, if available.[1]
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
Chairman, C.P.C
Notes
[1] Lenin received the necessary information on establishments of the People’s Commissariat for Education and on school premises occupied by various establishments, texts of the laws in force, resolutions and instructions on secondary schools, on vocational and technical training, and material of the Party conference on public education.