Translation from German

Paris. 2. 11. 1911.

Dear comrade!

I have just received a telegram from Mrs. Zetkin that she is undertaking "negotiations" with you1. Without going back again to what has happened, under the circumstances, appreciating your theoretical work, in order to save you a great deal of trouble and "participation" in the trial, I consider it my duty to inform you officially at once that after the written statements of Mering and yours there is no way back for us. After these statements, the Panel of Arbitrators no longer exists for us and cannot be restored2.

N. Lenin.

P.S. Since you have informed me of Mehring's resignation from his post, I am compelled to ask you, if necessary, to present this letter to Mr. Mehring as well.

Vl. Ulyanov

4. rue Marie Rose, Paris XIV.

Published - Geyer D. "Kautskys russisches Dossier" ("Kautsky's Russian Dossier"). Frankfurt am Main-New York, 1981, p. 569.

Reprinted from the original in the archives of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.

1K.Tsetkin's telegram to V.I.Lenin has not been found.

2F.Mehring refused to perform the duties of "holder" in August 1911 due to illness, K.Kautsky - on October 5 (18), 1911. K.Zetkin announced her resignation in a letter to the Bolshevik leaders on November 3 (16), 1911.

In a letter to Lenin and the Foreign Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSDLP dated November 5 (18), 1911. K. Kautsky and K. Zetkin stated that the question of the money of which they were "holders" remained disputed and could only be settled with the general agreement of the Bolsheviks, on the one hand, and of all the other factions participating in the January 1910 plenum of the Central Committee, on the other. Until such an agreement was reached, the money would remain in the bank where the "holders" had placed it (see "Kjuitskys russisches Dossier," s. 574-575). Further efforts by the Bolsheviks to obtain the return of the money with the help of lawyers were unsuccessful.

See also doc, 33.