V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v49; en:MT;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Dear Friend,

Have you received Abram’s article (back) and the article for the Central Organ?

I am sending a few more articles for *Kommunist*. (In my opinion, there is no need to worry about size. We must by all means include Abram. Facts are needed. Variety is needed. Better to make No. 1 fuller. If necessary, add 5% and hire a second compositor.)

I am sending material for the Central Organ.

Calculate the size (now the Central Organ will be smaller, won’t it?) and let us finish.

I think there will be no conference of the Left now: Kautsky & Co. will call a general one.

Radek is silent.

I disagree with the end of your article (about *Nashe Slovo*). We must attack the “peace” as presented by *Nashe Slovo* a hundred times more sharply. Not to justify ourselves (“that is not the point”, “we recognise”), but to attack: the *Nashe Slovo* people utter empty phrases about “peace”, seeking peace with the social-chauvinists. The essence of their slogan is that peace means peace with the social-chauvinists. It must be noted (and developed) that peace without conditions is nonsense, a phrase, rubbish. Then it must be developed that peace has a different meaning for the dark masses (à la “Gaponade” 127), but as a party slogan it is charlatanism. We are for participation in Gapon-type unions, but against “Gapon-type” slogans. I advise you to correspond further on this.

Yours, Lenin

I am sending Fridolin’s letter. I advise you to invite him; let me know whether you are writing to him, or whether you want me to write. ((Return all letters from Radek, Fridolin, etc.))...

But you haven’t, it seems, told me all the “titles” of your new items? eh??

In my opinion, we ought to get Alexinsky’s book *La Russie et la guerre*.

What do you think?

“Bibliography and Notes” in *Kommunist*, in my opinion, it would be better not to sign (for the sake of variety and so that the same names do not appear all the time).

Put this proposal to the vote. Yuri, if he wishes, may keep his signature (“Pyotr Kievsky”): I propose his note 128 for the same section.