V. I. Lenin

Source: en:CW/CW43; ru:PSS/v48;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Yesterday I sent N. V-ch the manuscripts for No. 1 of the Bulletin. I also sent instructions point by point.

Read them. See that they are carried out exactly. Reassure the public that, by God, we shall break up the C.O.C., i.e., appoint our own commission (from the C.C.) apart from it, and, by God, I am not joking, if the publication and dispatch of the Bulletin (a matter of prime importance to the whole Party) is not arranged with the utmost accuracy, and not in the Antonov style.

I demand literal and strict observance of my instructions concerning the Bulletin. That is one.

Secondly: the C.O.C. must set up a business commission, so that Antonov (a nice fellow and comrade, but the most idle dreamer, ridiculously incompetent) should not handle the practical side of the matter.

Publish and print in a printing-plant. The control by the C.O.C. (+ the commission) must be special and daily. Copy out the instructions and observe them with the utmost accuracy.

Push this through the C.O.C., get the commission going. I repeat, it is a matter of the first importance. Reply to me as soon as possible whether everything has been done. I am still here in Brussels, waiting for proofs.

I enclose a letter for Vl. Kh. Read it, give it to N. V. and hand it on.

Appoint the relief commission before my departure from here (I shall stay a week, until Tuesday-Wednesday).

You will understand the importance of the matter and will exert yourself to the utmost, I am sure.

Yours, V. U.

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NB. We haven’t a penny. The C.O.C. must pay for everything.
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P.S. Edisherov is a dead man. Kamsky, too. You will be leaving. Who will remain?

We must have two or three efficient, business-like people attached, to run about, bustle, visit the printing-plant two or three times daily, and bring out the Bulletin on time, conducting all communications with us with the utmost accuracy. And let the C.O.C. exercise “control” from above.