V. I. Lenin

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V. I. LENIN — K. RADEK
[End of August, 1915. Sörenberg.]

Lieber Genosse Radek!
Enclosed your draft. Not a word about social-chauvinism and opportunism and the struggle against them!! Why such embellishment of evil and concealment from the working masses of their main enemy in the Social-Democratic parties?
Will you insist ultimatively on not saying an open word about the ruthless struggle against opportunism?

I hope to come 2 days earlier (i.e., 2-3 September), if you inform me that the Germans will also come (otherwise Zinoviev will come alone).
(Your draft is too “academic”, not a battle-cry, not a battle-manifesto.)
Will you send your draft to Wijnkoop? Do you demand that they (the Dutch) come?
Please send me immediately the translation (German) of my draft (about which you wrote to Wijnkoop) and the translation of our 1913 resolution (national question). So, 2 items.
We must make every effort to bring out our pamphlet (in German) before September 5. I am writing today to Kasparov to help you and find another translator (in Bern — Comrade Kinkel). Can you (with Kasparov) work “express” and translate this pamphlet within a week? And printing? Is it possible to print in 3-4 days?? We must make every effort to do this!
Please reply immediately.
Yours, N. Lenin.

[Translation.]

Dear Comrade Radek!
Enclosed your draft.
Not a word about social-chauvinism and opportunism and the struggle against them!! Why such embellishment of evil and concealment from the working masses of their main enemy in the Social-Democratic parties?
Will you insist ultimatively on not saying a word about the ruthless struggle against opportunism?

V. I. LENIN — V. M. KASPAROV

I hope to come 2 days earlier (i.e., 2-3 September), if you inform me that the Germans will also come (otherwise Zinoviev will come alone).
(Your draft is too “academic”, not a battle-cry, not a battle-manifesto.)
Will you send your draft to Wijnkoop? Do you demand that they (the Dutch) come?
Please send me immediately the translation (German) of my draft (about which you wrote to Wijnkoop; and the translation of our 1913 resolution (national question). So, 2 items.
We must make every effort to bring out our pamphlet (in German) before September 5. I am writing today to Kasparov to help you and find another translator (in Bern — Comrade Kinkel). Can you (with Kasparov) work “express” and translate this pamphlet within a week? And printing? Is it possible to print in 3-4 days? We must make every effort and do this!
Please reply immediately.
Yours, N. Lenin.

1 The original draft of the resolution drawn up by K. Radek is not in our possession. In a revised form this draft was adopted as a basis at a private conference on September 4, 1915 (see p. 155).
2 This refers to the resolution on the national question adopted by the “summer” conference of the C.C. (Works, Vol. XVII, p. 11).
3 This refers to the pamphlet by G. Zinoviev and V. Lenin, “Socialism and War. (The Attitude of the R.S.D.L.P. Towards the War)” (see Lenin’s Works, Vol. XVIII, p. 185). The German translation of the pamphlet was distributed to the participants at the conference.
4 V. Kasparov — a Bolshevik, was elected to the Committee of Organisations Abroad at the Berne Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. Organisations Abroad in 1915.
5 Kinkel — a Swiss Social-Democrat.