V. I.

Lenin

Dear V. K., May I trouble you with the following request? I should
like to have for my lecture the issue of the Paris Golos
( Nashe Slovo’s predecessor) in which Semkovsky replied
to me on the question of the self-determination of nations,
and in one footnote (I remember that it was a footnote)
dealt particularly with the comparison between the right
of nations to secede and the right of divorce . I would return
the issue as soon as you required it. If it is impossible to
send it, could the footnote be copied out (it is not very
long)? Perhaps you have in your library, or someone else
in Geneva has, a file of Golos ? I am lecturing here the day
after tomorrow, Saturday. Consequently, if it cannot be
sent so as to reach me on Saturday morning, it is not worth
while sending it at all.

Regards and au revoir , Yours, Lenin

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