V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v46; en:CW/CW36;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

14. XII. 00. 12 p.m.

Dear P. B., Forgive me for troubling you needlessly with a telegram. Not having received the article in the morning, I decided (after your telegram of yesterday) that something had happened, and decided to inquire by telegram, especially under the influence of a desperate letter from the printing-office. And your article arrived a few hours later! I hasten to inform you, at your request, immediately of its receipt, and again apologise for the telegram.

I am very, very glad that we shall soon see each other; “Brother”* will probably arrive in a day or two, and Alexei perhaps in two or three weeks.

There is still no article from Paris about the International Congress—I sent a telegram today.

I may have to leave for a time before the newspaper comes out, to dispose of various trifles (we have made a big miscalculation in the number of thousands of letters and are now cutting out a lot!), but this will take only three or four days.

Write whether to rent a room for you or only to look at one beforehand.

I will ask V. I. about your requirements and will start looking.

Excuse the brevity—I am very tired and in a hurry.

A firm handshake.

Yours,
Petroff