V. I.

Lenin

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To:   G. Y. ZINOVIEV

Well, now you’ve said it!! I couldn’t help smiling, really. You’ve
written yourself into “court”.... In fact, any court in every case would
find that to label a proposal to hold over an article as “uncomradely”,
would make collegiate work impossible.

Luckily for you there is no “court”, otherwise you would certainly be
“convicted”.

We still have to “cut down” though. We have bulged out of the
former plan of the collection (Russian material +the discussion on
self-determination). Find out exactly and officially from Benteli what the
cost of a sheet is. We shall then calculate exactly how much we can print (for
nobody prints anything free of charge—remember that!).

Salut!
Lenin

Do I have to return Hamburger Echo to you?

I am sending you Alexander’s article: I don’t under take to cut it!

The Swedish and Norwegian articles are going in too!! [2] What a bother!!

Safarchik must go in, though. You are right. We shall put him in !

Do you get Arbeiterpolitik ? I haven’t seen No. 5 and No. 7 ff [1]