Date: 1910-03-29
Source: ru:PSS/v47

Source: PSS vol 47

resolutions, every omission in a resolution, every single incident—even the most trivial—
at the plenum, all in order to find loopholes. Now, how are we to conceive of a person, acting as a pendulum in this context, who has never attended a plenary session and has long since ceased working with us in the RSDLP centers? Surely that is utterly impossible! To do so would mean bringing the entire process to a standstill—at a time when we must address the most critical issues at every single meeting. After all, Leder would be forced to reply, “I don’t know,” to the thousands of arguments and petty quibbles raised by the Mensheviks—arguments which, as you well know, are devilishly adept at exploiting every scrap of factional dirt*. So, can we really expect such a person to act effectively in these crucial moments?

No. No. We are not asking for the impossible from the R.S.D.**. We understand its strengths, its needs, and the demands of our Polish work. We do not burden Warski or tear him away from his literary endeavors among the Polish community. But you must absolutely keep him on our Central Committee, as we agreed upon during the plenary session. Without Warski, we are utterly incapable of

“overcoming” the crisis—of achieving a change in the composition of the Central Committee. Once the crisis has passed, once the composition of the Central Committee has shifted, then… but even then, for heaven’s sake, not Leder.

If it is still impossible to retain Warski, then give us Karский instead. But right now, Warski is absolutely, unequivocally indispensable.

Sincerely yours. Best regards to Rosa.

Yours, Lenin

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Sent from Paris to Berlin

First published in 1925

in Lenin Collection III

Printed from the manuscript