V. I.

Lenin

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To:   G. M. KRZHIZHANOVSKY

Dear friend, You cannot imagine what is going on here—it’s simply disgusting—and
I beg you to do everything possible and impossible to come here together with Boris, after obtaining the votes of the others . You know that I am now
fairly experienced in Party matters, and I categorically declare that any
postponement, the slightest delay or vacillation, will spell ruin to the
Party. You will probably be told about everything in detail. The gist of it is
that Plekhanov has suddenly changed front, after the rows at the. League Congress, [1] and has thereby cruelly and shamefully let down
me, Kurtz and all of us. Now he has gone, without us, to haggle with the
Martovites who, seeing that he was frightened of a split, double and quadruple
their demands. They demand not only the Six, but also the entry of their people
into the C.C. (they do not say as yet how many and whom) and of two of them into
the Council, and a disavowal of the activities of the C.C. in the League
(activities carried out with the full agreement of Plekhanov). Plekhanov was
pitifully scared of a split and a struggle! The situation is desperate, our
enemies are rejoicing and have grown insolent, all our people are
furious. Plekhanov is threatening to throw the whole thing up immediately and,
is capable of doing so. I repeat, your coming is essential at all
costs.