V. I.

Lenin

Letter to the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) with a Draft of Directives to Comrades Travelling Abroad

Comrade Molotov for members of the Politbureau

In view of Comrade Radek’s trip abroad, and Comrade Sosnovsky’s, too, I hear , — in view of the fact that a flair for diplomacy is not one of the strong points of these most valuable and important workers, I propose
that the following directive be issued by the Politbureau:

“ The Politbureau impresses upon all comrades travelling abroad that
the present moment calls, on the one hand, for the greatest restraint in utterances and talks about the Mensheviks and the
Socialist-Revolutionaries, and, on the other hand, for a relentless
struggle against and the greatest distrust towards them (as the most
dangerous de facto accomplices of the whiteguards)”.

17/III. Lenin

P.S. Please get this voted by telephone . [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
The Politbureau adopted Lenin’s proposal on March 15, 1922.