Date: 1908-08
Source: ru:PSS/v17

Statement:

In view of the attempts being made to obscure the fundamental premise underlying the incident under discussion, I hereby state categorically that, right from the outset, I made the following clear and unambiguous declaration:

According to Grigory, Ezra had written to him stating that the younger brother denied the Existenzrecht[40] of the Plenary Central Committee. This report—entirely corroborated by Grigory and yet clearly not refuted by Ezra—constitutes both the illegality of the Meckovs’ actions and the illegitimacy of the Bund’s Central Committee in deliberating upon such a matter. I therefore insist on the urgent retrieval of the actual text of the letter.

Submitted on August 12 (25), 1908