V. I.

Lenin

Martov’s plan is a good one [1] : it’s necessary to work for
it, but we (and you) cannot do this directly. We shall be
open to suspicion. It’s necessary that, in addition to
Martov, non-Party Russians and patriotic Russians should
approach Swiss Ministers (and influential people, lawyers,
etc., something that can be done in Geneva as well)
requesting them to have a talk about it with the German
Government’s Ambassador at Berne. We cannot take part, either
directly or indirectly; our participation will spoil it all.
But the plan, in itself, is a very good one and is very right.