# DEAR COMRADES!

...so it was absolutely impossible to compress it further to 3 sheets. It will be terribly unfortunate if they don't publish it! Could one then at least petition for placement in a journal of the same publisher? I have, unfortunately, for some reason lost my correspondence with him... As for the author's name, I would prefer my usual pseudonym, of course. If that's inconvenient, I propose a new one: N. Lenivtsyn. If you like, take any other. Regarding the notes—I would very much urge you to leave them; you will see from No. 10 1324 that they are extremely important to me; then in Russia students and so forth are reading this, and they need literature references. I deliberately chose an extraordinarily economical system (in terms of space, paper). With small typeface, 7 handwritten pages—that's only about two printed pages. I very much beg you to leave the notes or to petition the publisher about leaving them. Regarding the title: if the given one is inconvenient, if the word imperialism is desirable to avoid, then put: "The Main Features of the Latest Capitalism." (The subtitle "Popular Outline" is absolutely necessary, since a number of important matters are set forth with an eye to such a character of the work.) The first sheet with a list of chapters, some of which may be titled perhaps not entirely conveniently from the point of view of rigor, I am sending for you: if it is more convenient and safer, keep it with you, don't send it further. In general it would be very pleasant if it were possible to place this and other things in a journal of the same publisher: if you see no inconvenience in this, write them a note about it, and I will be very grateful to you. I press your hand and send my best regards!

Your V. Ulyanov

P.S. I exerted myself with all my might to the "rigor": this is terribly difficult for me, I feel there are countless rough spots because of it. Nothing can be done about it!

Sent from Zurich to Ascona (Bern) (France)

First published in 1932 in the 2nd edition of the Works. Printed from the manuscript.
My dear friend!

I have finally caught up with Platten: he says it's hopeless. Gilbo tells Olga (after experiments with searching) the same. Nadya says all her passports are no good. So the only thing left is for you to write to Olga and so forth and search for a Russian [passport].

Regarding the German consulate, yesterday a Polish woman told Nadya that now they don't give passage to anyone. Sad!

You forgot to send (1) the resolution of the Foreign Organization Committee on the Polish newspaper ("Gazeta Robotnitza"), (2) Grisha's letters about Paris affairs, about Brizon's report and so forth and so forth and so on.

Best greetings! Lenin

Written July 4, 1916. Printed for the first time, from the manuscript.

Sent from Zurich to Bern