V. I. Lenin

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

17/XII.

Dear Friends,  
It is not so much the defeat regarding issue No. 16 that distresses us as the unforgivable silence of the friends (6 or at least 5) in this matter and their carelessness about affairs. This means—cutting the whole thing short, ruining everything. To this day, there is no appeal from the five or six, because they are still in the hands of unreliable people. (No. 3 says himself: it smacks of criminality!) Remember, for God’s sake, that we shall all be held responsible if this terrible supposition proves true. But whatever the cost, the cheque must be transferred to the name of No. 3 or No. 5, and a man of our own** must be placed immediately in charge of the cash, or No. 5 must take over control**. A campaign for subscriptions must be started at once from all quarters, and letters from cooperators on this subject must be printed every day.

We still have no Duma materials: neither (1) statistical reports, nor (2) Duma leaflets, nor (3) the Cadets’ interpellation, nor (4) Kokovtsov’s explanatory memorandum, nor (5) the Cadets’ bill and all the others. Make every effort to obtain these before the Duma is dissolved and send them to us as quickly as possible.

Reply, if only two words, but without delay.