V. I.

Lenin

543

To:   INESSA ARMAND

Dear Friend, If Switzerland is drawn into the war, the French will occupy Geneva
immediately. To be in Geneva then is to be in France, and from there, to be
in touch with Russia. I am therefore thinking of turning over the
Party funds to you (for you to keep on your person , sewed
up in a special little bag, as the bank won’t let you draw it during the
war). I am writing to Grigory about this. These are merely plans, between
ourselves for the time being.

I think that we shall remain in Zurich, that war is improbable.

My very best regards, Yours, Lenin

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