V. I.

Lenin

548

To:   KARL RADEK

Dear Radek, Spectator’s pamphlet [1] is so absurd that at first I had doubts whether it was worth answering. But
as this petty intrigant is trying, by the most despicable and stupid means,
to make capital out of our differences, I presume—especially since he
names me, and only me, personally—that it is my right and my duty to answer him. I shall do everything to have this
reply published not only in Russian.

As regards our draft resolution against defence of the fatherland (for
Switzerland), [2]

I forgot to tell you the following: my draft (the opening §§ in
my theses) satisfied you, that is, I succeeded then in expressing our
common point of view. Why not adopt it as a basis for our joint
draft?

My best regards, Ulyanov

P.S. I have received from America No. 1 of the new weekly
Internationalist . They announce in the Manifesto their solidarity
with the “Lefts in Europe”. The publisher is Pannekoek of
Vorbote . What should I send you—the English original or the
Russian translation?