To V. D. BONCH-BRUEVICH *

[December 9, 1910. Paris.]
Dear V. D.! I received a letter from you some time ago, but, to my regret, I was unable to form a clear picture of the translation work that concerns us.
I’ve heard that you’re deeply dissatisfied with something.
With what? How? Why?
Have you managed to resolve the issue?
I know nothing about it.
This is extremely, profoundly distressing. And we must act with utmost urgency, for hostile elements are striking from behind. We have done all that could be done here to secure the missing funds. A benefactor has come forward. We are sending one thousand rubles—please arrange things so that we do not remain without timely information. At least once a week, we must be kept informed about incoming translations and the like. Otherwise, all we hear are rumors of discontent—and nothing more. Some people, it seems, are fabricating distinctions between liquidationism and the liquidators themselves. Here’s the gist…
* Printed from a manuscript written by Lenin and signed by him and Zinoviev (“Grigory”). After the signatures, there is a postscript in Zinoviev’s hand, which reads: “P.S. We agree to allocate the necessary thousand rubles from the ‘trustee’ funds.” Ed.
** Printed from a copy held in the Department of Police. Ed.
*** Regarding the newspaper “Zvezda.” Ed.

LETTERS FROM THE ERA OF “ZVEZDA” AND “PRAVDA”

What’s needed is neither this nor that!
Well, in any case, you yourself will surely put up a fight. Please give my regards to V. M. Your wife sends her warmest greetings.
S[tarik].
1 The funds required for the publication of “Zvezda”