Date: 1915-09-19
Source: ru:LS/v14

V. I. LENIN — TO K. RADEK
19/9 [Zörenberg, 1915]
Dear Radek!
Many thanks for the Manifesto and the Report.
1) Is it not possible to obtain 20 free copies of this issue of the Berner Tageswacht, for distribution to the groups within our Party?
2) In the Manifesto, the phrase “revolutionary proletarian class struggle” has been replaced with “uncompromising.” Is this truly loyal on Grimm’s part?
3) The Report makes no mention of the fact that a portion—namely, one-sixth—of the German delegation (and two-thirds of the Swiss delegates) also signed our draft resolution. Is this truly loyal on Grimm’s part?
Please share your opinion: should we not formally write to Grimm about this?
4) Does Grimm guarantee that our draft and our declaration will be printed in full in the detailed report (the minutes of the proceedings)? Yes or no?
5) The Report contains numerous inaccuracies; not a single word is said about the vote on our draft!
No vote was held on the question of splitting off from—and dissolving—the bureau (Grimm & Co).
We must act.
Yours, Lenin
P. S. Please send me our draft and our declaration.

Not a single word about our pamphlet (= report) from Grimm! What a swindler!

[Translation.]
Dear Radek!
Many thanks for the Manifesto and the Report.
1) Is it not possible to obtain 20 free copies of this issue of the Berner Tageswacht for distribution to the groups within our Party?
2) In the Manifesto, the words “revolutionary proletarian class struggle” have been replaced with the term “uncompromising.” Is this truly loyal on Grimm’s part?
3) The Report fails to mention that a portion—namely, one-sixth—of the German delegation (and two-thirds of the Swiss delegates) also endorsed our draft resolution. Is this truly loyal on Grimm’s part?
Please share your opinion: should we not formally write to Grimm about this?
4) Does Grimm guarantee that our draft and our declaration will be printed in full in the detailed report (the official record of proceedings)? Yes or no?
5) The Report is riddled with inaccuracies; not a single word is said about the vote on our draft.
The question of splitting off from—and dissolving—the bureau (Grimm & Co.) was never put to a vote.
We must take action.
Yours, Lenin
P. S. Please send me our draft and our declaration.
Not a single word about our pamphlet (= report) from Grimm. What a swindler!

1 We are referring to the official Manifesto and the report on the Zimmerwald Conference, originally published in No. 218 of the September 18, 1915, edition of the Berner Tageswacht—a publication of the Swiss Social Democrats, edited by R. Grimm. These documents were later reprinted in No. 1 of the Bulletin der I.S.K. (“Bulletin of the ISK”), dated September 25, 1915.
2 The archives of the Lenin Institute preserve a copy of the German leaflet containing the text of the official Manifesto adopted by the First Zimmerwald Conference, marked with a series of underlinings and marginal notes by Lenin. Incidentally, at the relevant passage in the Manifesto, the word “unversöhnlicher” (“uncompromising”) is circled in pencil and connected by an arrow to the word “revolutionären” (“revolutionary”) written in the margin.
In the Russian translation of the Manifesto, published in Nos. 45–46 of the Sozial-Demokrat on October 11, 1915, the term “uncompromising” was retained.
3 The archives of the Lenin Institute hold a copy of the report’s printout, annotated with pencil underlinings and marginal notes by Lenin. To that particular passage