# Date: September 19, 1915

V. I. LENIN — TO M. M. KHARITONOV
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•The report, which lists the signatures on the draft resolution of the Zimmerwald Left, contains a marginal note by Lenin: “What about the Germans? What about the Swiss?”
In connection with the establishment of the International Socialist Commission, the report states: “This secretariat must in no way replace the former International Bureau; rather, it should be dissolved as soon as the latter has fulfilled its mandate.” In the copy preserved in the archives of the Institute, this passage is underlined by Lenin, and in the margin is written: “Kein Beschluss davon” (no decision was made on this matter).
6 The discussion concerns the draft resolution of the Zimmerwald Left and the statement in which it justified its vote in favor of the official manifesto.
It appears that the reference is to the pamphlet “Socialism and War” by G. Zinoviev and V. I. Lenin.
The letter printed below was written on both sides of a postcard. Addressed to Herrn Charitonof, Scheuchzerstr. 64, Zurich VI. Sender: Uljanow in Sftrenberg (K[an[ton Lu
zern). Postal stamp: September 20, 1945.
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V. I. LENIN — TO M. M. KHARITONOV
ZURICH.
September 19, 1915. [Sorenberg.]
Dear Comrade! I would like to deliver in Zurich approximately a seven-hour lecture on the “International Conference
of September 5–8, 1915.”1 If the topic proves suitable and can yield even a small return, please let me know. (I am also writing to Geneva about this; we need to coordinate dates in advance—I have asked them in Geneva to print joint posters featuring the city’s name and the conference date.) Please share your opinion on this as soon as possible.
By the way: Have you received the German pamphlet recently published in Zurich by Axelrod on the tasks of international social democracy?2 It would be interesting to take a look.
(We will publish a detailed account of the conference in C.O.3— and later in Our Word4, as well as in the Socialist Revolutionary Party’s publication5 and others, and so forth. But I will elaborate more fully than what appears in print, offering my own assessment and conclusions.)
Best regards! Yours, Lenin
1 Whether the lecture actually took place in Zurich remains unconfirmed.
2 The reference is to the pamphlet: P. Axelrod, “Die Kriese und die Aufgaben der Internationaleo Socialdemokratie,” Zurich, 1915 (“The Crisis and the Tasks of International Social Democracy,” Zurich, 1915).