V. I.

Lenin

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To:   CAMILLE HUYSMANS

21, Tavistock Place, London W.C.

Dear Comrade Huysmans, Comrade Isetsky (Salomon, Rue Goppart 78, Bruxelles) has probably
informed you that three Russian comrades, members of the Russian
Social-Democratic Labour Party, Sarah Ravich, Khojamiryan and Bogdasaryan,
arrested several months ago in
Munich, [2] are being kept in conditions extremely.... [1]

...  that they have gone on hunger strike (Hungerstreike in German, [I
don’t know] what the equivalent is in French).

Their lawyer, the German Socialist Bernheim, writes us that it is
absolutely essential to prove that the arrested people are members of the
Social-Democratic Party. I have sent him my official statement
certifying that the arrested persons are members of our Party. But he considers that my statement is not
enough and that it is necessary to have the fact confirmed by the
International Socialist Bureau.

I hope, dear comrade, that you....

... that the deposition testifying that the three arrested in Munich are
members of the Social-Democratic Labour Party is signed by a representative
or else the secretary of the International Socialist Bureau, and that the
signature is witnessed by a notary public. Comrade Isetsky (Salomon) will
forward the deposition to Geneva....

Accept, dear comrade, my fraternal greetings.

Vl. Ulyanov ( N. Lenin )