V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v46; en:CW/CW43;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

5/XII. Dear Comrade! We have received: 1) a statement from the elected representatives of the class-conscious workers of the B.C., R.S.D.L.P., concerning the reorganisation of the B.C.; 2) a leaflet of the Balakhany and Bibi-Eibat workers of October 20; 3) a leaflet of the B.C., “The New Policy of the Fox’s Tail”; 4) “A Necessary Explanation”; 5) a statement of November 9. We have not got the resolutions of the Baku Committee, nor have we received the resolution of the Conference of the Caucasian Committees, which, they say, was sent to us.

Concerning the “statement” it is necessary to note the following. At one time (in the summer) a very detailed letter came from the Caucasian representative of the C.C. about the history of the minority. This letter was immediately forwarded to the Central Organ, so that the Council knew his opinion perfectly well, and so did Glebov, a member of the C.C., who took part in the examination of the case.

The Majority is publishing a pamphlet, “The Council versus the Party,” in which this matter will be dealt with in detail on the basis of the opinion of the Caucasian representative of the C.C. 308

Please let us know what size the packets sent from Sosnowice can be. Answer this question as soon as possible.

At the present moment a heated dispute is going on between the Iskra Editorial Board and the Majority over the question of the Zemstvo campaign. The Editorial Board has issued a preposterous leaflet “for Party members only,” in which it has made a terrible muddle on the question of the attitude towards the Zemstvo people. Lenin has replied with the pamphlet, “The Zemstvo Campaign and the Iskra Plan.”* The question contains nothing of a conspiratorial nature, and yet it is so important that it demands open discussion.

Therefore, demand that the Editorial Board’s leaflet on the Zemstvo be reprinted openly for all. Otherwise it is a scandal: one thing is said in Iskra and another in the leaflet for Party members. This question is agitating everybody. Parvus has sent a letter in which he expresses himself in favour of Lenin’s point of view and against the point of view of the minority. The pamphlet, “The Zemstvo Campaign and the Iskra Plan,” has been sent to you.

Tell Lenochka that her letter has been received; it fell into the hands of the minority and was handed over unsealed. I shall write to her in a day or two; she is much too much of a pessimist....

With comradely greetings,
Lenin