V. I.

Lenin

1908

January 7, 1908

Dear Pyotr, Nadezhda Konstantinovna and I arrived at Geneva
today. [2] We haven’t decided finally where to stay:
Alexander Alexandrovich is very much against Geneva, and we
are reconnoitring in other places.

But we have to find out just what the situation here is
as well. Please write immediately (1) whether you know of a suitable person to manage the printing press and the
forwarding section [3] ; (2) what you think of the doc [tor] [1] as such;
(3) what particularly should be borne in mind about the printing press; [does it need ] an owner in view of the
fact that it [belongs] to the C.O. of the Bolshevik [group]
of the Stockholm Congress? Why do you consider only the
Menshevik printing press to be the property of the C.C.?
(4) Do you think that a weekly paper is possible, and what
approximate sale could it count on? 300–500–1,000?

We received your letter in Berlin amidst the panic caused
by the arrest of the
17, [4] and therefore destroyed it without a sufficiently attentive reading.

Reply to the address....

How is your health? When [app]roximately will [you ] be able to come back here? Has your health [at all ]
improved during this period?

All the best....