V. I. Lenin

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Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek deepseek-v4-pro) from the Russian; AI-translated.

V. I. LENIN — G. Y. ZINOVIEV

[Earlier than July 16, 1914. Poronin.]¹

Hanecki presents an “ultimatum”: give 250 crowns, otherwise we won’t go to Brussels²—we won’t send!

I am absolutely against it. It would be even better if they³ do not go.

Let
Tyszka “make peace” with
P. P. S.,⁴ and we shall wait for the reply of the opp[osi]tion.⁵

Delightful!

Take Haneck[i] a negative answer!

¹ Basis for dating: the letter refers to the trip to the Brussels “unity” conference, which took place on July 16–18, 1914.
² The ISB convened a conference in Brussels with the aim of uniting the various groups and factions of the RSDLP (on the preparation of the conference see Lenin’s Works, Vol. XVII, Note 49, p. 710; on the conference itself—Note 177, p. 745).
³ Refers to J. Hanecki and A. Malecki—delegates to the Brussels “unity” conference from the opposition of the Polish Social-Democratic Party.
⁴ PPS—see Lenin’s Works, Vol. XV, Note 227, p. 670.
⁵ Refers to the opposition in the Polish Social-Democratic Party, in which J. Hanecki played a not unimportant role (on the disagreements in the Polish Social-Democratic Party see Lenin’s Works, Vol. XVII, Note 29, p. 702). One of the disputed questions between the Main Board of the Polish Social-Democratic Party, of which Tyszka was a member, and the opposition—the “Rozłamists”—was the question of the attitude towards the liquidators and towards the PPS. Lenin sharply condemned the policy of the Main Board and was sympathetic to the “Rozłamists”. In the report presented to the Brussels “unity” conference, Lenin made the question of the inadmissibility of blocs between the liquidators and the PPS one of the conditions for unity.

The letter is accompanied by an envelope, on the front of which Lenin wrote in blue pencil: “NB To Gregory.”—Ed.