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Counterpart No. 1

TO ABOLIN, GUBERNIA COMMITTEE, and for the information of UGLANOV

Despite the twice-issued firm directives of the CC to intensify grain procurements there has still been no turnaround in the progress of grain procurements the pace of work of local organizations is impermissibly slow the lethargy is continuing the primary-level apparatus has not yet been roused to action the coops have not been roused the cooperatives are not fulfilling their elementary duties the levers of the government and of the party have not been put into use the supply of manufactured goods has not been put at the service of grain procurements peasants Communists Soviet and cooperative aktiv have not sold their surpluses state farms and collective farms also have not hauled away all their marketable grain what’s more there have been instances in which they have sold grain to private peasants despite approaching deadlines for the peasantry’s payments to the state neokh

apparent Russian garble; meaning unclear

agricultural taxes insurance fees seed loans and payments due on agricultural loans have not been collected for the state, which attests to the laxity of party Soviet and cooperative authorities and the weakness of their influence in the countryside the CC was proceeding from these egregious omissions at the time when in its directives of 14 December and 24 December it ordered you to organize a decisive turnaround in the matter of grain procurements since then more than three weeks have passed, yet there has been no turnaround whatsoever, all this indicates that you are completely impermissibly forgetting in this matter your basic revolutionary duties to the party and the proletariat. In pointing out these facts the CC orders you to achieve a decisive turnaround in grain procurements within one week of receipt of this directive and what is more the CC will regard any excuses or references to holidays or the like as a gross violation of party discipline the CC instructs you:

1) To accept for firm implementation the annual and monthly assignment of the PC of Trade for grain procurements in your gubernia (okrug) and fulfill all current directives of the PC of Trade without delays.

2) To fulfill all work orders of the USSR PC of Trade for the shipment of grain with the strictest precision and on schedule.

3) To accept for firm implementation all previous instructions of the CC in regard to the confiscation of cash savings from the countryside to establish time frames accelerated as much as possible for all payments by the peasantry to the treasury on taxes insurance, seed loans to avoid any deferments on loan obligations to the credit system and to organize the collection of advances for manufactured goods and farm machinery being received to seek early remittances of all payments while simultaneously launching a campaign to circulate peasant bonds and fees on cooperative shares and to urgently establish additional local levies on the basis of laws on self-taxation.

4) When collecting arrears on any kinds of payments, to immediately impose brutal punishments above all against the kulaks special repressive measures are essential against kulaks and profiteers who disrupt agricultural prices.

5) To mobilize without delay all of the party’s best resources including members of the bureaus of gubernia committees, oblast committees and raion committees, as well as the presidiums of executive committees for the purpose strengthening grain procurements in every possible way and to leave them at the site of the grain procurements until a decisive turnaround.

6) To establish personal accountability for the leaders of party Soviet and cooperative organizations for the fulfillment of their assignments in procurements while immediately removing those of them who do not display the abilities and skill to achieve success in grain procurements.

7) To organize a length campaign on grain procurements in the press focusing attention on resolute and systematic criticism of deficiencies in the grain procurement campaign, especially on specific instances of defects in the work of institutions and persons guilty of negligence hindering and disrupting grain procurements without however causing panic among the peasant masses and in towns. The CC warns you that any delay in the implementation of this directive and failure to achieve real success within one week in the sense of a decisive turnaround in grain procurements may confront the CC with the necessity of replacing the current leaders of party organizations. The receipt of this directive and the measures taken are to be reported to the CC immediately.

Secretary of the CC I. Stalin.

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Telegram

OGPU TO STAFF OF OGPU REPRESENTATIVE YOUR WELL RECEIVING CLERK WHO WILL RECEIVE WELL I AM SENDING SECRETLY FOLLOW RECEIVE KK TIFLIS TO ORAKHELASHVILI, NAZARETIAN, PAVLUNOVSKYYOU’RE YOUR INFORMATION SECRET DESPITE THE TWICE-ISSUED FIRM DIRECTIVES OF THE CC TO INTENSIFY GRAIN PROCUREMENTS THERE HAS STILL BEEN NO TURNAROUND IN THE PROGRESS OF GRAIN PROCUREMENTS, THE PACE OF WORK OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IS IMPERMISSIBLY SLOW THE LETHARGY IS CONTINUING THE PRIMARY-LEVEL APPARATUS HAS NOT YET BEEN ROUSED TO ACTION THE COOPS HAVE NOT BEEN ROUSED THE COOPERATIVES ARE NOT FULFILLING THEIR ELEMENTARY DUTIES, THE LEVERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND OF THE PARTY HAVE NOT BEEN PUT INTO USE THE SUPPLY OF MANUFACTURED GOODS HAS NOT BEEN PUT AT THE SERVICE OF GRAIN PROCUREMENTS PEASANTS COMMUNISTS SOVIET AND COOPERATIVE AKTIV HAVE NOT SOLD THEIR SURPLUSES STATE FARMS AND COLLECTIVE FARMS ALSO HAVE NOT HAULED AWAY ALL THEIR MARKETABLE GRAIN WHAT’S MORE THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES IN WHICH THEY HAVE SOLD GRAIN TO PRIVATE PEASANTS DESPITE APPROACHING DEADLINES FOR THE PEASANTRY’S PAYMENTS TO THE STATE, AGRICULTURAL TAXES INSURANCE FEES SEED LOANS AND PAYMENTS DUE ON AGRICULTURAL LOANS HAVE NOT BEEN COLLECTED FOR THE STATE, WHICH ATTESTS TO THE LAXITY OF PARTY SOVIET AND COOPERATIVE AUTHORITIES AND THE WEAKNESS OF THEIR INFLUENCE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. THE CC WAS PROCEEDING FROM THESE EGREGIOUS OMISSIONS AT THE TIME WHEN IN ITS DIRECTIVES OF 14 DECEMBER AND 24 DECEMBER IT ORDERED YOU TO ORGANIZE A DECISIVE TURNAROUND IN THE MATTER OF GRAIN PROCUREMENTS SINCE THEN MORE THAN THREE WEEKS HAVE PASSED, YET THERE HAS BEEN NO TURNAROUND WHATSOEVER, ALL THIS INDICATES THAT YOU ARE COMPLETELY IMPERMISSIBLY FORGETTING IN THIS MATTER YOUR BASIC REVOLUTIONARY DUTIES TO THE PARTY AND THE PROLETARIAT. IN POINTING OUT THESE FACTS THE CC ORDERS YOU TO ACHIEVE A DECISIVE TURNAROUND IN GRAIN PROCUREMENTS WITHIN ONE WEEK OF RECEIPT OF THIS DIRECTIVE AND WHAT IS MORE THE CC WILL REGARD ANY EXCUSES OR REFERENCES TO HOLIDAYS OR THE LIKE AS A GROSS VIOLATION OF PARTY DISCIPLINE THE CC INSTRUCTS YOU: 1) TO ACCEPT FOR FIRM IMPLEMENTATION THE ANNUAL AND MONTHLY ASSIGNMENT OF THE PC OF TRADE FOR GRAIN PROCUREMENTS IN YOUR GUBERNIA (OKRUG) AND FULFILL ALL CURRENT DIRECTIVES OF THE PC OF TRADE WITHOUT DELAYS. 2) TO FULFILL ALL WORK ORDERS OF THE USSR PC OF TRADE FOR THE SHIPMENT OF GRAIN WITH THE STRICTEST PRECISION AND ON SCHEDULE. 3) TO ACCEPT FOR FIRM IMPLEMENTATION ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CC IN REGARD TO THE CONFISCATION OF CASH SAVINGS FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE TO ESTABLISH TIME FRAMES ACCELERATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL PAYMENTS BY THE PEASANTRY TO THE TREASURY ON TAXES INSURANCE, SEED LOANS TO AVOID ANY DEFERMENTS ON LOAN OBLIGATIONS TO THE CREDIT SYSTEM AND TO ORGANIZE THE COLLECTION OF ADVANCES FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS AND FARM MACHINERY BEING RECEIVED. TO SEEK EARLY REMITTANCES OF ALL PAYMENTS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN TO CIRCULATE PEASANT BONDS AND FEES ON COOPERATIVE SHARES AND TO URGENTLY ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL LOCAL LEVIES ON THE BASIS OF LAWS ON SELF-TAXATION. 4) WHEN COLLECTING ARREARS ON ANY KINDS OF PAYMENTS, TO IMMEDIATELY IMPOSE BRUTAL PUNISHMENTS ABOVE ALL AGAINST THE KULAKS SPECIAL REPRESSIVE MEASURES ARE ESSENTIAL AGAINST KULAKS AND PROFITEERS WHO DISRUPT AGRICULTURAL PRICES. 5) TO MOBILIZE WITHOUT DELAY ALL OF THE PARTY’S BEST RESOURCES INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE BUREAUS OF GUBERNIA COMMITTEES, OBLAST COMMITTEES AND RAION COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS THE PRESIDIUMS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES FOR THE PURPOSE STRENGTHENING GRAIN PROCUREMENTS IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY AND TO LEAVE THEM AT THE SITE OF THE GRAIN PROCUREMENTS UNTIL A DECISIVE TURNAROUND. 6) TO ESTABLISH PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE LEADERS OF PARTY SOVIET AND COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THEIR ASSIGNMENTS IN PROCUREMENTS WHILE IMMEDIATELY REMOVING THOSE OF THEM WHO DO NOT DISPLAY THE ABILITIES AND SKILL TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN GRAIN PROCUREMENTS. 7) TO ORGANIZE A LENGTH CAMPAIGN ON GRAIN PROCUREMENTS IN THE PRESS FOCUSING ATTENTION ON RESOLUTE AND SYSTEMATIC CRITICISM OF DEFICIENCIES IN THE GRAIN PROCUREMENT CAMPAIGN, ESPECIALLY ON SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF DEFECTS IN THE WORK OF INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS GUILTY OF NEGLIGENCE HINDERING AND DISRUPTING GRAIN PROCUREMENTS WITHOUT HOWEVER CAUSING PANIC AMONG THE PEASANT MASSES AND IN TOWNS. THE CC WARNS YOU THAT ANY DELAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS DIRECTIVE AND FAILURE TO ACHIEVE REAL SUCCESS WITHIN ONE WEEK IN THE SENSE OF A DECISIVE TURNAROUND IN GRAIN PROCUREMENTS MAY CONFRONT THE CC WITH THE NECESSITY OF REPLACING THE CURRENT LEADERS OF PARTY ORGANIZATIONS. THE RECIPT OF THIS DIRECTIVE AND THE MEASURES TAKEN ARE TO BE REPORTED TO THE CC IMMEDIATELY. SECRETARY OF THE CC I. STALIN. No. 241/s 6/1 28

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