V. I.

Lenin

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To:   LYUBOV AXELROD

22/X. 01

Dear L. I., Forgive me for not replying at once and for being very brief: I’ve
again caught something like influenza and my head is absolutely no good. In
my opinion, if no account of the conference can be compiled we should do
the following: all the documents and statements submitted at the conference
to the bureau (the
Geneva [1] resolutions, the amendments to them, the statement of the Union and our
statement on the Bund, our declaration on withdrawal, etc.) should be
printed consecutively, none of the speeches need be given (not
even mentioned, to say nothing of a detailed account), just link
the documents with a couple of words. It seems to me that the documents are
so eloquent and speak for themselves so clearly that it is enough to print
them (merely indicating how, in what order and on what issues they were
submitted or read out) for all sensible people fully to understand why we
walked out. [2]

If you do not have the questions submitted by Frey, ask Leiteisen and
Dan; they may have them.

Try to confine yourself to such a comparison of documents and send the
result as soon as possible to Geneva; they will print them there and perhaps make some minor amendments if such
are needed.

Best regards, Yours....

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Notes:
[1]
In the manuscript: “London”, by mistake.— Ed .

[2]
A reference to the preparation of the pamphlet Documents of the “ Unity ” Conference . The preface was written by
Lenin (see present edition, Vol. 5, pp. 302–05). The pamphlet was put out in Geneva
in the printery of the League of Russian Revolutionary Social-Democracy
Abroad. The reference to G. D. Leiteisen and F. I. Dan suggests that at the
conference they were secretaries from the Iskra and Zarya
organisation.