V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v46; en:CW/CW34;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

5.XI.

1) Lalayants left for you yesterday.

2) I already wrote yesterday about the scandal here and about the fact that Plekhanov took fright and entered into negotiations with them.* They presented their terms: 1) restoration of the old editorial board, 2) co-option of several persons to the Central Committee, 3) two votes in the Council, 4) recognition of the League Congress as legitimate. In other words, they agree to peace only on condition of a complete surrender of positions, the disavowal of Wolf and the “neutralisation” of the present Central Committee. My personal opinion is that any concessions on the part of the Central Committee would be humiliating and would completely discredit the present Central Committee. Lan and Neil must come here as quickly as possible, everything is at stake—and if the Central Committee is not prepared for a decisive struggle, a struggle to the finish—it would be better to surrender everything to them at once. To permit such demoralisation, to enter into such deals, means to ruin the whole cause. I repeat, this is my personal opinion. In any case, come without delay so that we can decide together what is to be done.

Written in the hand of N. K. Krupskaya