V. I.

Lenin

I. Answer the tittle-tattle about Bonapartism. Nonsense.
Beneath dignity to reply. Freedom of agitation for congress.
No stand by Central Committee qua talis , [1] unlike Central
Organ.

It’sthe committees that must decide, and the Central
Committee invites them to weigh the pros and cons calmly and
carefully, hear both sides, study the documents without
undue haste, with an awareness of Party duty.

II. Call for positive work. Importance of present juncture:
the war. Appeal of Central Committee delegates in the

Council. [2]

Repeat. Ideological struggle must not interfere with positive work. Impermissible forms of
struggle. Differences and divergencies should not be exaggerated.

III. Attempt gradually to establish passable relations. (Karl Kautsky’s appeal. [3] )

Central Committee proposes terms for a modus vivendi :

1) The right for all six to publish everything at
the Party’s expense.

2) Idem for writers’ group with representation at
congress.

3) Suspension for a prolonged period of the appointment and
dismissal of members.

4) Guarantee for a prolonged period of certain rights of the minority.

5) Guarantee that all Party publications will be
distributed and delivered at a committee’s wish.

6) Truce for at least six months; the finale—a 16-page
pamphlet shared half-and-half. The minority to have the
last word.

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Notes:
[1]
As such.— Ed .

[2]
See pp. 147–49 of this volume.— Ed .

[3]
In a letter printed in Iskra , No. 66 (May 15, 1904), Karl Kautsky had urged
that no Party Congress to discuss the differences between the Bolsheviks and
Mensheviks should be called until a “truce” was established in
the Party.