Dear Colleagues! I received a letter from the secretary about the unfortunate article that has put the newspaper in danger288. How regrettable, how regrettable that this unfortunate article was printed (was it by collegial decision?), in which they managed to discern an indication of a connection between the newspapers...

Having just returned home after a trip "on official business"289, I reviewed all the issues that have come out and did not find two articles sent by me (already a month ago!!) in response to F. D. on the question of unity ("The Leader of the Liquidators on the Conditions of Unity" — the title of the first of these articles*). The articles are absolutely necessary — especially in view of the new journal "Struggle"290 — and it is necessary to place them before its publication.

Meanwhile the articles have not been placed, and (as if in mockery of any collegiality) no one has written me a single line about their fate for an entire month!!! ((If they are too long, which however is unlikely, I would place them in "Enlightenment".))

Indeed, I simply do not understand such a way of conducting business! How can one treat contributors and colleagues in such a manner?

Answer me, then!

With greetings, V. I.

P. S. Please send me
"Proletarian Truth" No. 11 (29)
"Path of Truth" No. 2 "New Workers' Newspaper" No. 8 (126).

P. S. Do you have a complete set of the journal "Thought" or separate issues? Please send them.

* See V. I. Lenin. Works, 5th ed., vol. 24, pp. 309-312. Ed.

Sent from Kraków to Petersburg

First published in 1956 in the journal "Communist" No. 5

Printed from the manuscript