V. I.

Lenin

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To:   THE EDITOR OF PRAVDA

Dear Colleague, We were extremely sad to see two blunders in Sunday’s
Pravda . First, there was no article about the Basle
Congress, and secondly, you did not print the greetings to the
Congress from Badayev and the others. [1] As regards the
first point, we are partly to blame as well, because we did not
send an article. We were busy with extremely urgent and
important affairs. It would not have been at all difficult
to write such an article, and the editorial board of Pravda
knew that the Congress was opening on Sunday. But the second omission is entirely the responsibility of Badayev.
It is quite unforgivable that he is not concerned about
his paper, that he signs anything that may turn up without
at once taking it to his paper. A workers’ paper in
Petersburg without the co-operation of the workers’ deputy for
Petersburg (particularly as he is a Pravda supporter) is
a stupid situation. It is most essential to pay as much
attention as possible to this important omission, both on
the part of the whole editorial board and on the part of
Baturin [2] (to whom, by the way, please pass on this letter,
and from whom it would be very pleasant to have a couple
of lines), and on the part of the deputy himself.

You asked for the address of Gorky. Here it is: Signor
Massimo Gorki. Villa Spinola. Capri (Napoli). Italie.

Here is the address of a correspondent in Rome; write to him, he will contribute to Pravda : B. Antonoff, Via le
Giulio Cesare, 47. Roma. Italy.

Why don’t you send the money you owe? This delay is causing us great difficulties. Please don’t be late. Why
haven’t you replied to the request to print a notice in the
paper that the editorial board is looking for Nos. 5–10 of
Pravda ?

I wish you all the best.

Yours,
V.