Acknowledging that in connection with all items on the agenda it has become evident that there is an absence of principled and tactical unity between the ten members of the expanded editorial board of *Proletarii*, on the one hand, and Comrade Maximov, on the other; acknowledging further that Comrade Maximov has recently taken steps aimed also at disrupting the organizational unity of the Bolshevik faction; noting finally that Comrade Maximov has given a negative answer to the question of submitting to the decisions of the expanded editorial board of *Proletarii* and of implementing them in practice—the editorial board of *Proletarii* in its expanded composition hereby removes from itself all responsibility henceforth for all political steps taken by Comrade Maximov.