V. I.

Lenin

Dear Comrade, Our trip did not come off. [2] I don’t know whether you
have got the letters. If you have, send me a reply to check
whether the post is working. You may now find yourself,
as an exception and an extremely rare one at that, an inhabitant of a non-belligerent country; so that if only the
post from you to us functions, you must be sure to keep
us informed, and send us information from the papers to
which we have no access. Of course, only the most important information (particularly about Russia).

Let me know whether you will have (or whether you already have) any good contacts with Stockholm, and
whether you can transmit letters, provide an address for
money from Russia, etc.

Regards, Yours,
V. I. [1]

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Notes:
[1]
At the top of the letter Lenin wrote, evidently addressing
himself to the landlord: “ Geehrter Herr! Bitte diesen Brief an Herrn Kobezky gefälligst zu übergeben! ” (“Dear Sir, please pass this letter on to
Mr. Kobetsky!”)— Ed .

[2]
An apparent reference to the trip to Brussels to attend a meeting
of the International Socialist Bureau.