Microfilm (positive). Filmed by the Departmental Records Branch, the Adjutant-General's Office, from originals now in the custody of the Military Records Branch, Federal Records Center, Region 3, General Services Administration. "Covering the period 1917 through 1941 and comprising about 28 linear feet of documents, the records chronicle the activities of the Russian Communist Party in and around Smolensk". Contain a separate series labeled respectively 116/154e, 116/154f, 116/154g, 116/154h, 116/155, 116/156, and 116/157, and two are identified as RS 921 and RS 924. Some of the film is in the "R" category. WKP 276 and WKP 388 are missing. Often cited as the Smolensk Archives. Reel 1 contains a film of the card catalog of the files prepared by the Departmental Records Branch; also contains a classified index to the records prepared by Merle Fainsod.
