V. I. Lenin

Source: en:CW/CW43; ru:PSS/v46;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

January 15, 1903.

Dear L. I.,

I have received the materials from the Rostov people (this is, strictly speaking, only a hint of materials!) and a letter from three of them. I shall not be able to use it in No. 31. And, you know, in my opinion it is not worth printing*: there is a rather unpleasant smell about it—three people who have fled abroad declaring their solidarity! 218

Why don’t they write to Rostov-on-Don instead, so that the Don Committee (which, of course, knows them and trusts them) could (1) send a declaration of solidarity, and (2) give us an official commission to publish a pamphlet on Rostov? Would it not be better to wait a little for such a declaration than to print a private letter?

Or are the addresses in Rostov not functioning? If so, let them give all the necessary information, and we shall try to send someone to re-establish contact.

I press your hand. Yours, Lenin