THE BOLSHEVIKS’ STATEMENT “**.
[January 8, 1909]
A Factual Statement.
In response to Comrade Dan’s statement regarding the circle-based agreements within the Bolsheviks, we must state that our own agreements
* V. P. Denisov. Ed.
** V. L. Shantser. Ed.
*** A. V. Sokolov. Ed.
**** The entire text of the statement was penned by Lenin. The signatures are, in fact,
handwritten. Ed.

“…are conducted among party members—active participants within the Party, those who speak in party organs—while the Me-ki
in their resolution [and] in all their actions implement agreements between party members and non‑party individuals who secretly
work against the Party, seeking to liquidate it and advancing an opportunism unseen even in a single European Social Democratic Party.”
Lenin *
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STATEMENT REGARDING THE MENSHVIK PROPOSAL
ON THE LIQUIDATION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 6.
[January 8, 1909]
A Factual Statement.
The letter from Comrades Martynov and Igorev **—which they had both pledged to submit to the Central Committee but failed to do so within four months—did not concern the reorganization of the Central Committee’s work, but rather its “right to exist” (Existenzrecht), meaning it directly addressed the liquidators’ plans.
N. Lenin.
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THE BOLSHEVIKS AND POLYAKOV’S STATEMENT ON THE QUESTION OF
THE UNIFICATION OF THE PARTY’S NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ***7.
[January 8, 1909]
We note that the Stockholm Congress decidedly did not advocate for federalism.
Lyadov.
Valerian.
Vasilkov. ****
Shestakov ***. Konstantin ******. Grigory. Tyshka. Ledder. Hanetsky. Dombrovsky ******.
Lenin. Viktor ********. Marat. Kuyavsky **’******.
* Besides Lenin, the statement was signed by: “Grigory” (G. Zinoviev),
Lyadov, “Valerian” (A. Sokolov), “Vasilkov” (V. Denisov),
“Shestakov” (A. Buyko), and “Konstantin” (N. Baturin). Ed.
'* B. I. Goreva-Goldman. Ed.
'** The text of the statement was written by Zinoviev. All signatures are, in fact,
handwritten. Ed.
'*** V. P. Denisov. Ed.
***** A. Buyko. Ed.
****** J. J. Baturin. Ed.
******* D. Kraevsky. Ed.
******** J. J. KharaTuta red'
* ******* iQ
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Marxist left-wing ed'

a THE ALL-RUSSIAN CONFERENCE OF THE RSDLP IN 1908

1 For details on the conference’s composition, proceedings, and its significance in the history of the Bolshevik struggle on two fronts during the era of reaction, see Collected Works, Volume XIV, p. 483, Note 1, as well as the article “The All-Russian Conference of the RSDLP” in Proletarii, No. 42, February 25, and No. 43, March 6, 1909.
The conference opened in the evening of January 3, 1909 (December 21, 1908). Sessions were held twice daily—morning and evening—and concluded in the night of January 8–9 (December 26–27, 1908).
* A note was appended to the statement, drafted on behalf of the Central Bureau of Foreign Groups of the RSDLP by Central Bureau Secretary D. Sverchkov, concerning the admission of a delegation from the Central Bureau to the conference with advisory voting rights.
s Two sessions—morning and evening—were devoted to organizational matters (the report and general debates) on January 6. On this basis (and in light of the instructions recorded in the minutes and in the text of the documents), the draft of Lenin’s speech on organizational questions, his proposal regarding the voting procedure for resolutions, and the accompanying explanation to his speech are dated to that same day.
4 We are speaking here of the composition of the Central Committee, which had been elected at the London Congress as one of twelve members. In the “English edition,” this refers to the quintet of the Russian Bureau of the Central Committee (the Russian Collegium of the Central Committee).
8 This clarification was made by Lenin, apparently in connection with the debates surrounding the Social Democratic faction in the Duma.
6 The question of the Menshevik proposal to liquidate the Central Committee had first arisen at the August Plenum of the Central Committee in 1908.
7 This statement by the Bolsheviks and the Polish comrades was made in the context of discussions on the unification of national organizations at the local level.

IV. THE STRUGGLE ON TWO FRONTS
JULY 1908 – NOVEMBER 1911