V. I. Lenin

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

January 1, 1903

Dear Comrade,

Your letter of December 21 and all 19 manuscripts have been received. I intend to publish some of the correspondence (particularly that on the sectarians) in the forthcoming issues of *Iskra*, possibly even in No. 31, which will appear in about two weeks.

Only one thing is not quite clear to me: should they be printed “from the materials of *Zhizn*”? On the one hand, that would be the most natural thing to do; it is the usual practice; it could cause no misunderstanding in Russia—especially if there were also a note (or your letter to the editors) about the cessation of *Zhizn*.

On the other hand, it appears from your letter that the *Zhizn* organisation did not wish to hand over the materials to *Iskra* and that this is a step taken by you personally. In the latter case, do you wish the materials to be printed without any reservations or indication of the source?

Please explain the matter to me and let me have your opinion as to the best way of printing them. Please send your reply to the address I am giving you, which I would ask you not to disclose to anyone, so that it may serve for you alone: Mr. Jacob Richter, 30, Holford Square, 30, Pentonville, London, W. C.

I press your hand and wish you all the best.

Lenin