V. I.

Lenin

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To:   I. RUDIS-GIPSLIS

Dear Comrade Rudis, I am very much surprised at your writing: “I
cannot understand Lenin’s attitude in this matter” (i. e., my attitude
towards the conciliator resolutions of the Lettish
Congress [1] ).

Didn’t Herman tell you that I fought tooth and nail? The conciliators
won, however. We must fight on now, but fight with sense.

The arrests don’t surprise me, since the Congress was arranged by the
liquidators with an outrageous lack of secrecy. The whole of
Brussels knew about it! The whole of Paris!

This will be a lesson—beware of the liquidators!

Show this letter to Herman. I am waiting for news as to when the
resolutions are to be published. Pravda should do this before anybody else . [2]

N. K. sends her regards.

All the best, Yours, Lenin