V. I.

Lenin

To:   ANTONIN NĚMEC [1]

Paris, November 1, 1911

Dear Comrade, You will be doing me a great service if you can help me with advice and action
in the following matter. A number of organisations of our Party intend to call a
conference (abroad—of course). The number of members of the conference will be about 20-25. Is there a possibility of organising this conference in
Prague (to last about a week)? [2]

The most important thing for us is the possibility of organising it in extreme secrecy . No person, no organisation, should know about it. (It is a
Social-Democratic conference, hence legal according to European laws,
but the majority of the delegates do not have passports and cannot use
their own names.)

I earnestly beg you, dear comrade, if it is at all possible, to help us and tell
me as quickly as possible the address of a comrade in Prague who (in the event
of an affirmative reply) could make all the practical arrangements. It would be
best if this comrade understood Russian—if this is impossible we can also
reach agreement with him in German.

I hope, dear comrade, that you will pardon me for troubling you with this
request. I send you my thanks in anticipation.

With Party greetings. N. Lenin

My address is:

VI. Oulianoff

4, Rue Marie Rose, 4, Paris, XIV.

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Notes:
[1]
Němec, Antonin (1858–1926)—a Right Social-Democrat. From 1897
virtual leader of the Czech Social-Democrats, whom he represented in the
Second International. In 1906–18 Social-Democratic deputy to the Vienna
Imperial Council; in 1918–25 deputy to the National Assembly of the
Czechoslovak Republic.

[2]
This refers to arrangements for the Sixth All-Russia Conference of the
R.S.D.L.P., which was held in Prague on January 5–17 (18–30), 1912.

The Czech Social-Democrats rendered great help in organising this
Conference. They not only gave the premises for the Conference, but
provided accommodation for the delegates in the homes of Czech workers and
generally took care of the delegates. The building in which the Prague
Conference was held (7, Gibern St.) is now a Lenin Museum.