V. I.

Lenin

445

To:   G. L. SHKLOVSKY

Dear G. L., Please send 500 copies of the pamphlet (indicating Absender and
registered ) [1] immediately and by the cheapest possible means to the following
address:

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Mr. L. Lore (for A. Kollontay)

German Language Federation Socialist Party

Spruce Street. 15. New York (N. Y.)

United States of America .

According to your calculation there are orders for 500+500=1,000
(I.S.D. [2] gratis or at 10 pfg.?)+1,500 Jugend =2,500+500 America==3,000.

It would be good to start on a 2nd edition while the type is set up,
but we have no money . Couldn’t we induce the
Jugend, [3] by giving them now 500 instead of 1,500, to arrange a deal
themselves with the Berne printing shop for a 2nd edition? (How
much will it cost? If not much and if we can be sure that the Jugend will
not let us down, perhaps we could borrow the money and publish it
ourselves?)

Will you please think this over well and arrange the whole business.

Best regards, Yours,

V. Ulyanov

P.S. Please hand the enclosed letter to that Lett (who took my
address from you round about 5–8.IX and called on me in Sörenberg on 10
or 11.IX.1915). Very urgent. Please find him as quickly as possible and
hand him the letter.

Do not spend a kopek more money. Don’t give it to any body .