V. I.

Lenin

488

To:   G. Y. ZINOVIEV

I was ever so glad to get your plan of the collection. [1] You shouldn’t grudge the 2,000 frs., really (it will
bring in some money, and the money will be ours , not the
kulaks’). It’s not worth quarreling and upsetting ourselves over such
perfectly lousy people. These people will be wiser after the lesson, I
assure you.

I quite agree with you that Bukharin ( and Yuri) should
formally be asked to immediately give a discussion article on
self-determination. We shall publish it. Will you write to them? I’m so
furious now with Bukharin that I cannot write. Write at once. To Bukharin
in addition: about Höglund and the Norwegian strike.

But we must fix the size as strictly as possible both for ourselves and for others. Essential!!

I quite agree also that Radek’s theses should go in.

I should like to write about self-determination—on Junius—and about
defeatism (+“imperialism and opportunism”+on the Chkheidze Duma group).

We must get Varin’s article immediately. Ought we not get him to write
another one about Ireland? I think we should!

George and Tinsky (the latter provisionally) should be commissioned to write something: we must encourage the youth.

On the Internationale preferably 3–4 short articles with a
brief introduction from the editors. [2]

Let’s make exact arrangements as to length.

Best regards!

Lenin