V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v4;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

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14 XII 02 [London].

Dear G[eorgy] V[alentinovich]! It is a long time since we had any news from you, and quite a number of matters and questions have accumulated.

First of all, about articles for I[skra].

For No. 30 (No. 29 will appear tomorrow or the day after) we have an article by Yuli [Martov] entitled “Autumn Results”.

One more article would be necessary.

What do you think about this?

Please write whether you are writing anything and when you intend to send it—also about the feuilleton: it would be very good to have in No. 30 the feuilleton against Tarasov’s “page” which you proposed.

I shall await your reply.

Further, about the pamphlet against the S[ocialist]-R[evolutionaries].

L. G. [Deich] spoke to me and wrote to you that it would be better for you to undertake it, because besides “dogmatic” criticism you could give a historical parallel with the seventies.

I fully agree with L. G. [Deich] that such a parallel is very, very important; I, of course, cannot even think of it.

And in general I would be very glad if you undertook this pamphlet. I have no great inclination for it myself, and besides, apart from current affairs, I now have the job of preparing for lectures in Paris (Yuli [Martov] informs me that they want to invite me there for 3 or 4 lectures on the agrarian question).

So, everything and everybody is in favour of your getting the pamphlet—and it is absolutely necessary against the S[ocialist-]R[evolutionaries]; they must certainly be thoroughly and from all sides taken to pieces. They are doing us and the cause tremendous harm. So write and tell us what you decide.

L. G. [Deich]’s reply to “Rev[olutionary] Rossiya” has gone into No. 29: you will receive it, therefore, at the end of the week—and you have already seen it in proof. a)