V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v48; en:MT;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

17. XI. 12.

Dear Comrade,

I have just sent you a telegram about our acceptance of the combination agreed upon by you and Rubanovich.

We ask you to present to the commission, for its information, both this combination and our shade of opinion, if we differ from you on the following point.

Kautsky’s article in No. 6 of *Neue Zeit*, after the October session of the ISB, is clearly the official opinion of the Germans, Austrians, and others. We decidedly disagree with the central point of this article (pp. 191-192, especially from the words “Dabei müssen” to “heischenden Massen”).

Kautsky’s conclusion amounts to a renunciation of the revolutionary mass strike. This is inadmissible both from the Russian standpoint (100,000 political strikers now in St. Petersburg with revolutionary meetings and sympathy for the sailors’ uprising!) and from the all-European standpoint. However, you know our point of view from the literature and, I hope, will not refuse to discuss it with Comrade Kamenev.

Our delegate to the ISB is Comrade Kamenev (M. Rosenfeld, 11 Rue Roli, 11, Paris XIV).

Please telegraph him if you do not go, and if you do go, see him before the commission in Basel (M. Rosenfeld, Poste Restante, Basel).

If, by any chance, you do not go, please cast your vote in writing for the election (of Rubanovich or Kamenev) to the commission.

Yours faithfully, N. Lenin
Wl. Uljanow, 47 Lubomirskiego, Autriche, Krakau.