V. I.

Lenin

TO E. L. GUREVICH

November 3, 1901

Dear Comrade, You told us, in our talk here before the departure,
that however our relations developed—and even if we went
our several ways—you would in any case remain a contributor to our publications. After that we repeated to each
other, even after the sad outcome of our negotiations on
organisation, [1] that we did not in any way “declare war on each other”, and remained political allies albeit
temporarily treading our different ways.

We hope, therefore, that you will continue to send your
letters from France to Iskra . To our regret, we have not
been able to get a definite reply to this question from
the member of your group here. Please, let us know whether or not you intend to co-operate with us in the
future.

You know, of course, how much we value your literary co-operation, and if today, after the formation of the
League, the organisational relations between ourselves and
your group have become more complicated, there are no obstacles to closer literary collaboration on our part, in
any case. We should welcome it.

With comradely greetings....

P.S. From what Ryazanov said I have drawn the conclusion that my words about the possible effect of our
differences on the literary agreement were misunderstood.
All I had in mind was the pamphlets agreement (the League
has set up a special board of pamphlet editors); but the foundation of the League has not affected the purely literary
relations between the editorial board of Zarya and Iskra
and their contributors.

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Notes:
[1]
A reference to the “Unity” Conference of R.S.D.L.P.
Organisations Abroad held in Zurich (see Note 108). Before the Conference,
E. Gurevich-Danevich, a representative of the Borba group, went
to Zurich and then to Munich for talks with Iskra ’s editors.