V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v16;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

REMARKS ON THE DRAFT RULES OF THE FOREIGN ORGANISATION OF THE R.S.D.L.P. DRAWN UP BY THE FOUNDING CONGRESS OF THE F.O. IN MARCH 1905

Clause 2, delete the second part as contradicting the Party Rules (i.e., from the words “members of any”... to the words: “of a local group”).¹

Clause 2, supplement the note at the end:
“according to the Party Rules, to the Central Committee of the Party”²

Clause 3, replace with a new one, based on the Party Rules, of the following content:
“The F.O. of the Party, as a union of groups, has all the rights of the Russian committees of the Party, with the sole limitation that it renders support to the Russian movement only through the intermediary of persons or groups specially appointed by the C.C.”³

Clause 6 [change the second sentence as follows:] replace with the following: “The C.F.O. is elected annually by the congress of groups. Co-optation into the C.F.O. and expulsion of members from it are carried out on the general basis, according to the Party Rules, as in any Party organisation.”⁴

Clause 7, delete the words: “The C.F.O. has the right to declare local groups as having withdrawn from the F.O.”⁵

Clause 12 add:
“From the total sum of the income of the F.O. as a whole, the C.F.O. transfers to the C.C., according to the Party Rules, 90%.”⁶

§ 13 delete entirely.⁷

§ 14 without changes.

§ 15 add: “and is confirmed by the C.C. of the Party.”⁸

add:
§ 16. Both local groups and the C.F.O. are obliged, according to the Party Rules, to submit fortnightly reports to the C.C. of the Party.⁹

¹ When the Rules were confirmed by the C.C., the indicated second part of Clause 2 was deleted (see below, p. 116).
² This addition was not included in the confirmed Rules.
³ When the Rules were confirmed, the 3rd clause proposed by Lenin was written in the blank space left. The draft Rules had the 3rd clause reading: “3) The Foreign Organisation is the sole Party organisation abroad and enjoys all the rights of the Russian committees, with the exception of the right of direct communication with Russia.” “The Literary Publishing House of the Foreign Organisation is under the control of the Central Committee of the Party.”
⁴ The 6th clause in the draft Rules read: “The Committee of the Foreign Organisation is elected annually by the congress of groups, which also determines the number of its members. In the event of the withdrawal of its members, the C.F.O. proposes candidates for its composition for a vote by means of a poll of the groups.” The clause was re-edited, with only the first part of the change proposed by Lenin being adopted. For the clause in its confirmed form, see below, p. 117.
⁵ When the Rules were confirmed, these words were deleted.
⁶ When the Rules were confirmed, these words were written in.
⁷ Clause 13 was confirmed in the wording of the draft drawn up in March.
⁸ When the Rules were confirmed, these words were written in.
⁹ The additional Clause 16 was written in when the Rules were confirmed.