Our party has decided unconditionally to accept the proposal concerning the passage of Russian émigrés through Germany and to organize this journey immediately*. We are already counting on more than ten participants in the journey.

We absolutely cannot answer for any further delay, decisively protest against it, and are leaving on our own. We urgently request that you come to an agreement immediately and, if possible, inform us of the decision tomorrow.

With gratitude, Lenin** written in the hand of an unknown person

Translation from the German

Written 31 March 1917

Sent from Zurich to Bern

First published in 1924 in Lenin Miscellany II

Printed from a copy,