Telegram to L.M. Kaganovich, August 25, 1931

Source: Tom 17

Kaganovich.

I have no objection to the People's Commissariat of Agriculture's proposal on seed aid, provided that the amounts are obligatorily reduced from 459,000 centners to 300,000. The proposal of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade regarding the sale of oats should be accepted.

Stalin

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Source: Stalin and Kaganovich: Correspondence, 1931-1936, p. 64.

RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 76. L. 35.

Note: On August 26, 1931, the Politburo resolved to issue as seed loans: to the Urals 185,000, to Western Siberia 80,000, and to Bashkiria 35,000 centners of seed. On August 25, the Politburo authorized the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade to export in August, from the available 110,000 tons of oats warranted at ports, 50,000 tons.