V. I.

Lenin

424

To:   G. Y. ZINOVIEV

Return Peuple . Good about Vandervelde, eh? Such will be the
tactics of all of them.

I haven’t a single line from Radek and Karpinsky. It’s baffling! I am
writing them.

Grimm phoned to say that the Vorkonferenz has been put off
till 5.IX and that Zetkin has asked him from prison to send her the
resolution of the minority at the Berne
Conference. [1]

I have sent the Russian text. If you have the German, send it to Grimm.

We shall send Jaurès after we have read it. [2]

I have given “J’accuse” to
Radek . [3]

Return
Kolb. [4]

From the Dutch— nil !!

P.S. I advise putting it in (see the text), having the German
expressions translated.

I don’t see why you should defend the Japanese. Alexander writes
indignant letters, and be has a right to be indignant. Adopted
decisions should be carried out: it was decided (3 weeks ago) within a week!! And now within another month!???

They’re cheats, and I’m not going to wink at their cheating.

I have a right to demand and will demand from them statements in writing and secretaries’ minutes of general decisions (so
that we can catch the cheats, who want to break away and throw the
blame onto us!).

Are they leaving? When? Or not? Two fools engaged in counting money
could have figured out in 3 months how much 100 rubles is worth in frs. or
how much No. 1 costs. These are just flimsy excuses—it’s simply
ridiculous . They will be getting 10 frs. a time from Russia,
feeding us with promises and fooling the shippers!! Adopting decisions just
to fool us!! No, they won’t get away with this.

Lenin

N.B. Bukharin occasionally (pp. 133, 132, 129 in the sub-headings) leaves the old expression
social-state trust (corrected in other places to state-capitalist
trust). [5]

Is this an oversight or deliberate??

You write that you are keeping notes, “hoping to secure
it”. Fulfilment of old decisions ?? By what means?? By “talks”?

I don’t agree to such relations.

P.S. Sheets (and leaflets) should be written and sent to
Alexander.