On 8 April 1918, the flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was discussed at a meeting of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR. The Council proposed that the All-Russian Central Executive Committee create a red flag with the abbreviation for the phrase "Workers of the world, unite!" However, the proposal was not adopted. On 13 April 1918, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee established the RSFSR flag to be a red banner with the inscription "Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic". The text of the decree did not contain any clarification regarding the color, size and location of the inscription, or the width and length ratio of the cloth.