V. I.

Lenin

359

To:   INESSA ARMAND

Dear Friend, We are now sitting here in special session with the new chairman &
other working men. [7] The situation is excellent. I am extremely glad and thankful
for you that you have freed me ( relieved me [1]

)

from the duty to be in Brussels (Martov is in Brussels. Your task is very
heavy but very important). Thank you many many times for your work so unpleasant
& so important.

Our congress will have place (aura lieu) in August. Al most all
necessary money is already in our hands.

Please talk over with Berzin . [2]

What is his opinion & his plan? Who of them can attend? Their C.C.? Or not? Or even their delegates from the local areas ? [3]

Our congress will be good. Have a frank talk with him, and we shall discuss the rest by letter . [4]

Wire us the results, etc., Saturday night for certain and in fullest detail. On Sunday our telegraph office is open only from 8 to 10 in the morning . [5]

Our chairman is here till Sunday. He must know the results.

If you are asked at the conference whether we (that is, our C.C.) will invite the national organisations to the congress, answer: Yes . [6]

Yours very truly,

W. I.

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Notes:
[1]
These words are in Russian in the original.— Ed .

[2]

* The passages in italics marked with an asterisk are in Russian in
the original.— Ed .

[3]

* The passages in italics marked with an asterisk are in Russian in
the original.— Ed .

[4]

* The passages in italics marked with an asterisk are in Russian in
the original.— Ed .

[5]

* The passages in italics marked with an asterisk are in Russian in
the original.— Ed .

[6]

* The passages in italics marked with an asterisk are in Russian in
the original.— Ed .

[7]
Between July 12 and 19 (N.S.), 1914, a meeting of the C.C. of the
R.S.D.L.P. was held at Poronin under the leadership of Lenin, which was attended by G. I. Petrovsky, A. S. Kiselyov, N. P. Glebov-Avilov
and A. N. Nikiforova, who had arrived from Russia. The meeting was devoted
chiefly to the question of preparations for a Party congress—the date of
its convocation, ways of getting delegates out of the country, etc. The
outbreak of the imperialist war, however, prevented the congress from being
convened.