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The short paper deals with the system of linear difference equations \(x(t)= A(t)x(t-\tau)\), \(x(\theta)= \varphi(\theta)\), \(0\leq\theta\leq r\), where \(x(t)\) is a vector function of time \(t\in\mathbb{R}\), \(A(t)\) is a square matrix with continuous bounded elements, \(\tau\) is a constant delay, and \(\varphi(t)\) is an initial vector function from some functional space \(H[0,\tau]\). Using the Krasovskii approach the author reduces this initial value problem to the corresponding finite-difference system in the space \(H[0,\tau]\). Under assumption that \(A(t)\) is \(T\)-periodic whereas \(T\) and \(\tau\) are commensurable he establishes some properties of the solutions \(x(t)\), in particular their continuity and differentiability as well as the expression of the Cauchy matrix \[ X(t_0,t)= A(t)A(t-\tau)\dots A(t-(n-1)\tau), \qquad X(t_0,t_0)=e, \] where \(t=t_0+n\tau\) and \(n=[\frac t\tau]\).