V. I.

Lenin

467

To:   INESSA ARMAND

Dear Friend, We have just received your postcard, and I hasten to answer it, as the
P. O. will soon close. You are not very pleased with the “crowd” of
Samovarchik’s friends, [1] but this young “crowd” is in raptures over you:
that’s what Samovarchik himself writes in their own words. I
congratulate you heartily on the success and wish you still more
of it in future. You are not interested in politics, but you do sympathise
with France: we have excellent information concerning the split
among the German socialists and on how things are going with the
International Socialists of Germany. This news is in favour of
France.

I wish you again all the very best. I congratulate you on your success
and send my best regards—so does Olga.

Yours, Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Apparently this refers to the young French socialists, friends of
G. I. Safarov (Samovarchik), who lived in Paris at the time.