V. I.

Lenin

365

To:   JANSSON OR STIETZ

Poronin, July 25, 1914 (Galizien)

Dear Comrade, Please excuse me for taking the liberty of asking a favour of you
without knowing you personally. The latest revolutionary events in Russia
compel me to it.

I found your address and the address of K.W. Jansson in
Vorwärts (Berlin), 1913, No. 33 (8.II.1913) (“Aus der Partei”:
“Die in Stockholm lebenden deutschen Parteigenossen”). Our contact with
St. Petersburg the usual way (via Warsaw) has now become impossible.

I would therefore ask you to supply us with several good secret
addresses or one good secret address in Stockholm. The address should be
that of a reliable and very punctual comrade. It would be
desirable to receive a permanent ad dress. We can communicate in
German, French or English.

This comrade would have to affix Swedish stamps to letters received
from us and send them to Finland (or to St. Petersburg). Also to send
letters ( in their envelopes ) received from Finland (or Russia) to
our address: Ulianow. Poronin (Galizien). If telegrams are
received—to wire them to us.

If you will be so kind as to arrange this, I shall send you immediately
the necessary sum of money for postal and telegraph expenses (as well as
envelopes, etc.).

I enclose an international reply coupon.

As to my identity, I would inform you that from 1907 to 1911 I
represented the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party on the International
Socialist Bureau. My Party pseudonym is Lenin, my real name Ulyanov. My
former address, given in many published documents of the International
Socialist Bureau, is: Oulianoff. 4. Rue Marie Rose. Paris. (XIV).

Since taking up residence in the country in Galicia I resigned this
post. Our representative on the International Socialist Bureau now is
Comrade Harrison (35. Mornington Crescent. London. N. W.).

Comrade Branting, leader of the Swedish party, knows me. You can
telephone him. In the event of his not being in Stockholm, I am enclosing,
in proof of my identity, some wrappers of socialist newspapers which I am
receiving.

On behalf of the Central Committee of the Russian
Social-Democratic Labour Party, With Party greetings, thanking you in advance,

N. Lenin
( Vl. Ulyanov )

P.S. Will you please send the enclosed letter to Finland.

Wl. Uljanow.

Poronin (Galizien).

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