LETTER TO G.E. ZINOVIEV

13 (26) October 1911

26.X.11. 3 o'clock.

I have just sent you a telegram with good news.

The telegram (from the city to which you telegraphed yesterday) reads: "Olga K-va will soon be here"1.

It is clear that this means she is leaving with full powers, and in such a situation, our matter is fully secured. In any case, we cannot "give" now.

As a final precaution, I can only recommend the following measure: if the Indian rooster2 agrees to the agreement, conclude it conditionally. Tell him that I must consult with my colleagues, and if they agree, he (the rooster) will receive a certain telegram on Monday.

With this variant, we secure for ourselves the possibility of reconsidering1*.

But I think that Olga's dispatch finally and irrevocably decides the matter in our favor: there is nothing to fear2*.

P.S. We now have four written documents proving the formation of OK and her departure here; for any court, this settles the matter.

PPS. I still advise you to go and see the judge.

Fund 2, op. 1, file 2772 — autograph.

1* To reconsider (German).

2* The rest is Lenin's signature — a flourish.

1 This refers to the arrival in Paris of the representative of the Russian Organizational Commission, G.K. Ordzhonikidze. It was assumed that, having the authority from the Russian underground committees to convene a conference, it would be possible to obtain money from the "holders."

The Russian Organizational Commission was established at the end of September 1911, with its main task being the preparation of the RSDLP conference. The commission fulfilled its task, and by December 1911, delegates began arriving from Russia for the conference (the Prague Conference of the RSDLP, which took place from January 5 (18) to 17 (30), 1912).

2 Advocate Duket de la Haye. Provided legal assistance to the Bolsheviks in obtaining money from the "holders."