V. I.

Lenin

In fulfilment of the decision passed by a conference of the Russian
Social-Democratic Labour Party in the spring of 1902, the Organising Committee proposes to the League of Russian Revolutionary
Social-Democracy, the Union of Russian Social-Democrats

Abroad, [1] and the Foreign Committee of the Bund the formation of a foreign division
of the Organising Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party.

The functions of this foreign division of the Russian Organising Committee
should he as follows:

1) elaboration of the question as to how Social-Democratic organisations
abroad should be represented at the congress. The final decision of this
question depends upon the Russian Organising Committee and then upon the
congress itself; 2) assistance from abroad in the arrangement of the
congress (for example, finances, passports, etc.), and 3) preparation for
the unification of the Social-Democratic organisations abroad, which is so
vitally necessary in the interests of the Party and of the
Social-Democratic labour movement in Russia in general.