V. I.

Lenin

To:   L. I. GOLDMAN

To Akim

Dear Comrade, We were very glad indeed to receive your parcel. A
magnificent job; even Tsvetov says so. You misunderstood us. We were not at
all against the publication of Iskra in Russia. On the contrary,
we are fully aware that the business will benefit greatly by it, and a I
ways wanted this to be done, but we confess we had little faith in the
success of the undertaking. Now you have given us that faith. We are
sending you an article by X intended for Zarya No. 2, but in our
opinion it would be very useful to put it out as a pamphlet. You will
probably agree with us when you read it. Print 1,000 copies of it. There
will be no more delays with material. Let us know when you want the copy
for the next pamphlet. Later on we shall send material for the
paper. [1]

We repeat, we are very glad indeed.

There will be an item in No. 7 about the Veto myth—it’s
all sheer nonsense.

You are quite right when you write that Iskra should organise. But you are wrong in saying an organisation should have
been left behind in Russia.

To do this, so to speak, in advance was out of the question; only when things get under way will it be possible to tell how
the organisation should shape. Now—and here you are right—there is
chaos (partly due to the method of delivery), most of our representatives
write to us about this. We are thinking of sending the project we have
drawn up for an organisation to two or three people in Russia for
consideration, and working out the rules for the organisation with their
help. We have not received the Odessa leaflets. Please send them.

[[ BOX-ENDS:

Your new acquaintance whom you met here sends on his own behalf three
cheers to you on this success!!!]] [2]

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Notes:
[1]
It would he extremely important for us to have a Russian edition of
Iskra as soon as possible. If you are not quite up to it, put out
separate articles from the paper. — Lenin

[2]
Postscript to a letter written by Krupskaya.— Ed .