V. I.

Lenin

427

To:   G. Y. ZINOVIEV

I am for No. 1 (August) and No. 2 (September). [1]

50 pages for an article is your—pardon—fantasy.

Yuri should not be included in the delegation. [3] He doesn’t know any foreign language. No sense in it. To
pay court to them is harmful. We have one “lady editor”—do you want
another “delegate from the C.C. delegation”? Better not.

I can’t write about Russia. Send Bukharin’s letter. I do not see any newspapers. (I have only Rech .)

It’s annoying that Radek has not been copied. If corrections, the
following should be added:

1) mention of Basle

2) illeg. org., etc. But is it worth sending him
corrections? (for Trotsky?)

Yuri writes that Trotsky will be the only one from Nashe Slovo . This will make cheating still easier for them.

Will Kamenski be there? I doubt it!! Write to him immediately, for you have spoken to him.

I remember you saying that Grimm wanted the conference to be
not in Berne. Are we to return to Berne? If so, 1.IX is too early . (Maybe you will go a bit earlier, or do you have special
business to see to there?)

Alexander wants to go to Russia. I am writing him, supporting this
plan. [2]

A pity there are no C.C. men. He’s the man for us, if it were not for
Kollontai (she is going to America to lecture and carry on internationalist
agitation).

Ludmila has found herself (sic!) without money or a passport!!
I don’t think she will go anywhere.

She has brought French books, which we shall send to you after perusal
(and you return Rappoport, after perusal :
I sent it to you without having had time to read it).

Regards, Yours, Lenin

What about Karpinsky’s article for Kommunist ?

Re the draft resolution, I sent it to you (=draft of condensed
resolution). Did you make a copy? If not, I can send you one. If we are to
prepare our own draft we must hurry.

P.S. “300 years” is no good, in my opinion. Must be rewritten for the
legal publication.