Politburo Resolution of the CC of the VKP(b), September 6, 1945

Source: Tom 18

Politburo Resolution of the CC of the VKP(b), September 6, 1945

On the Organization of Operational Bureaus of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR

In connection with the abolition of the State Defense Committee and the transfer of all its functions to the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, the Politburo resolves:

1. To establish within the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR an Operational Bureau for the purpose of directing the day-to-day work of the people's commissariats and departments and for the resolution of urgent economic questions.

2. The Operational Bureau of the Council of People's Commissars shall be chaired by Comrade Beria L.P. and shall include Comrades Malenkov, Mikoyan, Voznesensky, and Kosygin.

3. The Operational Bureau shall meet no less than once every two weeks and shall report to the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars on all its decisions.

Secretary of the CC

I. Stalin