530. To L. B. KAMENEV

Written on December 2, 1921 · First published in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 54. Printed from the original. · page 394

Comrade Kamenev:

I was given this yesterday by Khinchuk.^[1] Have a look at it and show to all members of the United Economic Commission.^[2]

It looks as if the business is growing, isn’t it? Will someone suggest methods of stricter check-up?

2/XII. Lenin

P.S. Please also send this to all members of the Politbureau.

Notes

[1] This letter was written at the bottom of a typed copy of a report entitled “Centrosoyuz turnover in relations with gubernia societies and district sections. Data on commodity turnover of the sections for September-November 1921 in millions of rubles of present currency”.

[2] The United Economic Commission, mentioned by Lenin, was a commission for “bringing together all economic and financial questions” on whose establishment the Politbureau of the R.C.P.(B.) C.C. adopted a decision on December 1, 1921. L. B. Kamenev was confirmed as its chairman. In accordance with the Politbureau decision, the C.P.C. resolved on December 6: “To consolidate and accelerate the work in systematising and adding to economic legislation, an economic commission of the C.P.C. is to be established” (Central Party Archives of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the C.P.S.U. Central Committee).