To expedite the reply to the Union, I proceeded as follows. V. I., L. Gr., and I have accepted the draft reply here and sent it to Julius (it is important to discuss it there with P. And. as well). Julius must immediately forward this reply to you together with my letter.

If you approve of the reply, then hand it over to Olkhin (and arrange with him so that he conducts relations either through you, or give him Richter's address. Better through you).

If you do not agree with the reply, then immediately put to a vote precisely formulated amendments (or new text), and tell Olkhin that the matter has been somewhat delayed as a result of voting by the "geographically dispersed" collegium.

I am very glad that you are writing an editorial on "The Alleged Friends of the Proletariat" and in the preface to Tun you are settling accounts with Tarasov (a page from the history of socialist thought).

Of course, in the preface to Tun this is most appropriate.

The failure of the Austrian path at *Iskra* — nonsense. So far everything is going splendidly there by three paths. Dementyev is working wonderfully and writes punctually.

(It would be good if you would call in A. N. as well to put to a vote on the Union's letter, on the entire tactics of the CC and on the selection of our members to the Foreign Section of the CC).

I press your hand firmly. Your Lenin

P. S. So I am waiting for the editorial in the next few days? N'est ce pas?*

P. P. S. Write, to what have you agreed with Olkhin? Did you sketch out anything unifying and what precisely? Did you speak about *Borba*, *Svoboda*, *Krasnoye Znamya*?

* — Is that not so? — Ed.

Sent from London to Geneva

First published in 1925 in Lenin Miscellany IV

Printed from the manuscript