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To:   MAGNUS NILSSEN

27.I. 08

Dear Comrade, Camille Huysmans, Secretary of the International Socialist Bureau in
Brussels, has passed your inquiry on to me. As representative of the
Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party in the International Socialist
Bureau, I can inform you that the Estonian Social-Democrats (if I am not
mistaken, they call themselves the Union of Estonian Social-Democrats) are
part of our Party. There is indeed in Revel a Committee of the Russian
Social-Democratic Labour Party consisting mostly of Estonians. As regards
citizens M. Jurisson and J. H. Seppin, these names are unknown to me. This
in no way militates against them; the organisations of our Party function
in secret and I know none of the Estonian comrades personally. I shall
write to the Central Committee of our Party in Russia and make inquiries
about these citizens (and, to make sure, also to the Revel Committee), but
we cannot expect a quick answer.

With S. D. greetings, Vl. Ulyanov ( N. Lenin )

Address: Vl.  Oulianoff . 17. Rue des deux Ponts. 17.

(chez Küpfer). Genf. Genève .

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