To Kaganovich, copy to Yagoda.

I consider the transfer of the OGPU's design bureaus to the jurisdiction of VSNKh premature.

Stalin

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Source: Stalin and Kaganovich. Correspondence. 1931-1936, p. 103.

RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 76. L. 64.

NOTE: On August 30, 1931, the Politburo considered the question "On Design Bureaus." The decision was postponed; the Politburo instructed Ordzhonikidze and Akulov to submit an agreed proposal. After Stalin's telegram, on September 20 the Politburo resolved to leave the design bureaus under the OGPU. At the same time, the Politburo adopted the proposal of Akulov and Ordzhonikidze to release a certain number of engineers for work in VSNKh according to a list agreed between them.