V. I. Lenin

The Third Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

APRIL 12–27 (APRIL 25–MAY 10), 1905

8

SPEECH IN THE DEBATE ON THE CONGRESS AGENDA

APRIL 13 (28)

Iwould have no objection to the proposal of Comrades Mikhailov, Voinov
and
Zimin. {1} But there is a danger that the Congress will overdo the
agenda debate. The agenda at German Social-Democratic congresses runs to 5
or 6 items; we had up to 25 at the Second Congress. There is already a
danger of our debate getting out of hand. I propose that we adopt as a
basis the agenda with a better breakdown.

| Trety ocherednoi syezd R.S.D.R.P. Polny tekst protokolov , Central Committee publication, Geneva, 1905 | |
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Notes:
{1}
The proposal put forward by D. S. Postolovsky (Mikhailov),
A. V. Lunacharsky (Voinov) and L. B. Krasin (Zimin) was that the Congress
agenda should be drawn up under four heads: organisational questions,
tactical questions, attitude to other parties and delegates’ reports. This
proposal was adopted. In the subsequent discussion and amendment, the
agenda was adopted with these main heads: 1) tactical questions; 2)
organisational questions; 3) attitude to other parties; 4) work within the
Party; 5) delegates’ reports; 6) elections.

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