V. I.

Lenin

1913

267

To:   L. B. KAMENEV

Dear L. B., I received your letter and will try to fulfil your requests,
although I can promise no success as yet.

The people are practically all here.... [1]

The first impression (sous toutes rèserves) is most favourable. No “mincing” whatever. We are starting to confer today and
hope to make good progress. When we have finished I shall write to you
again.

They have brought a letter from Alexinsky. I am enclosing it. When you
have read it (and made a copy for yourself) be sure to return it
without delay.

Yesterday an extremely friendly letter arrived from Gorky, who appears
to be utterly “charmed” at the Vperyod people joining
Pravda .

He writes that he and Tikhonov will take the literary section of
Pravda , ... and that “Machism, god-building and all that nonsense
have faded out for good”. Splendid!

It was a mistake of yours to undertake to write a review on Steklov. It
won’t ring true....

They promise to put out Prosveshcheniye in the middle of
January.

Plekhanov wrote to Pravda (through Dnevnitsky), offering to
write an answer to Mayevsky, “provided there is no double
censorship”. They replied consenting. They are awaiting the article. Buryanov has come to see Plekhanov. Plekhanov wrote him
opposing Jagiello’s admission.

An invitation has been received from the Vorstand to a unity
conference: C.C.+O.C.+Plekhanov+Duma group+P.S.D. We’ll send them to the
devil. Entre nous!

I’m in a hurry. Must wind up. Everyone sends you best regards,
especially Malinovsky and Koba. We are terribly sorry you are not here. On
the whole things seem to be on the upgrade . Financially
Pravda is hard up, but we pin our hopes now on Gorky.

All the best, Yours, Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Manuscript partly damaged. Here and further several words
illegible.— Ed .