V. I.

Lenin

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To:   THE TVER COMMITTEE OF THE R.S.D.L.P.

20/XII.

Dear Comrades, Your letter received. Nadson’s poem The Songs of Mephistopheles . [1]

We have sent only two letters direct to you, yet you acknowledge receipt of
three.... Why don’t you reply as regards the Zemstvo campaign and write
anything about local affairs? The conciliators claim the Tver Committee
tends to side with them, and cite as proof your contribution printed in
Iskra No. 79 and signed “Tver Committee”. We sent you a letter
through a comrade announcing the publication of the new Majority paper
Vperyod . In it we explain in detail what compelled us to start the paper, what its tasks are,
and so on. Let us know whether you have received this detailed letter and
what you think of it. For God’s sake write us about the state of affairs,
about local work. We know nothing about work in Tver at present, whether
you have literature and technical facilities, whether leaflets are
published and what kind, how extensive the committee’s contacts are, how
the Zemstvo campaign is being conducted, and so on and so forth. Repeat
about 1) Rogova, 2) Bolshak, 3) Dedushka. — Lenin