V. I.

Lenin

472

To:   G. Y. ZINOVIEV

Today I sent you a parcel .

(1) I am sending our theses; whole sentences have been omitted
from them. Please insert them immediately (you have the rough
copy) and return to me at once (for Platten).

(2) Have you another copy? I am afraid Grimm may let us down. That will
leave us without our theses on the eve of the conference, and at
the conference!!

(3) I am a bit uncertain whether it is worth while my going to the
conference. There is no mandate (from the Letts) and there probably won’t
be. To attend as a “guest” would be rather awkward, I’m afraid; I may be
turned away for all I know (the decision of the 5–8.II.1916 meeting is not
binding on the conference). [3]

What does Radek say to this?

(4) Is Radek “hiding” Fröhlich or not? A number of meetings of the Lefts and formal conferences are needed.

(5) Fröhlich and others will be arrested (I assure you) if
they live in Berne. It is our duty to tell Fröhlich and the others: if
you don’t want to be arrested, go to some secluded nook (somewhere
near the conference; Grimm should tell them where it will
be); that’s the only way to avoid arrest. And a meeting of the
Lefts could be arranged there.

Talk it over with Radek and Fröhlich (what about the
Serb? [1]

You say nothing about him) and let me know.

(6) The Ledebourites, that is the Kautskyites, will probably mess up
the whole conference!! Everyone will be looking at them!!

How many will there be from the I.S.D.?
2 (Fr.+.... [2]

)?

And from the Internationale ?

(7) We must be prepared to light Martov and Axelrod over the
mandate. Do you undertake to collect material point by point of
No. 2 of the Bulletin (from Nash Golos + Self-Defence +Chkheidze’s and Chkhenkeli’s speeches and
so on?)? If you do, you must start at once .

(8) A French translation of our theses ought to be made (Inessa will
probably agree), for I don’t think Grimm will do it.

Salut, Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
This refers to Katzlerowitch, a representative of the Serbian
Social-Democrats.— Ed .

[2]
One word in the manuscript is illegible.— Ed .

[3]
This refers to the trip to attend the Second International Socialist
Conference. At the meeting of the enlarged I.S.C. held in Berne on
February 5–9, 1916, it was decided that the Conference in Kienthal could
be attended by all those who had participated in the Zimmerwald
Conference. Lenin attended the Kienthal Conference as a representative of
the C.C., R.S.D.L.P.