V. I. Lenin

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

G. V. PLEKHANOV**

Dear Comrade,

We would propose that a meeting of the Council be held on Monday, January 25, at 4 p.m.,
at the Landolt restaurant.

* The phrase was added by F. V. Lengnik as follows: “of opinions a guarantee against possible mistakes by the centres.” — Ed.

** The letter was written on behalf of the foreign representative of the Central Committee, F. V. Lengnik. — Ed.

If you fix another place and time, please let us know not later than Sunday, for one of us lives far from Geneva.

As regards the secretaryship, we think it would be sufficient to avail ourselves of the services of
Comrade Martov, who was already appointed secretary of the Council at its first meeting.

We would resolutely protest against Comrade Blumenfeld being secretary, for,
firstly, he is not conspiratorial (he informed Druyan of Lenin’s membership of the Central Committee), and,
secondly, he is too expansive, so that calmness and businesslikeness are in no way guaranteed—
even to the point of danger of a scandal and of locking the door. Thirdly, we may perhaps have to raise in the Council the question precisely concerning him personally, as a purchaser of Party literature.

If you consider the secretaryship of a special person necessary, we propose for this
Comrade Bychkov, who is an old member of the Iskra organisation and
a prominent Party worker (member of the OC), being moreover most impartial and capable of calmly keeping all the records.

Members of the Council...

P.S. I shall have to make a special trip to Geneva for the Council meeting, and the mail to
Mornex takes quite a long time. Therefore I would very much ask you either to send me a letter
not later than Sunday (in the daytime), in case the meeting is fixed for Monday, for otherwise I shall not be able to receive the notification in time.

Otherwise, I would ask you to postpone the meeting until Wednesday.

My address: Mornex...