V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v49; en:MT;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

I sent you a parcel today.

(1) I am sending you our theses; whole phrases have been omitted from them. Please insert them at once (you have the rough copy, haven’t you?) and return them to me immediately (for Platten).

(2) Have you another copy? I am afraid Grimm may cheat us. And then we shall be left without our theses before the conference, and at the conference!!

(3) I am rather doubtful whether I should go to the conference. I have no mandate (from the Letts) and probably shall not get one. And as a “guest” it would perhaps be awkward; and perhaps they would even turn me out (the conference is not necessarily bound by the decision of the conference of February 5–8, 1916). 266

What does Radek think about this?

(4) Is Radek “hiding” Frohlich or not? A number of meetings of the Lefts and formal meetings are needed.

(5) Frohlich and others will come to grief (I can vouch for that) if they live in Berne. It is our duty to tell Frohlich and the others: if you don’t want to come to grief, go to some quiet place (somewhere near the conference; Grimm must tell them where it will be); only then can you avoid coming to grief. And there you could arrange a meeting of the Lefts.

Talk to Radek and Frohlich (and what about the Serb? 267 You have said nothing about him) and reply.

(6) The Ledebour people, i.e., the Kautskyans, will probably spoil the whole conference!! Everyone will be looking at them!!

How many will there be from the I.S.D.? 2 (Fr. + ...*)?

And from the “Internationale”?

(7) We must prepare for a fight with Martov and Axelrod over the mandate. Will you undertake to collect material on the points in No. 2 of the Bulletin (on Nash Golos + “Self-Defence” + the speeches of Chkheidze and Chkhenkeli, and so on)? That must be started at once.

(8) A French translation of our theses ought to be made (Inessa will probably agree), otherwise Grimm won’t do it, you know.

Salut. Lenin