V. I.

Lenin

National Councillor
Grimm [1]

Our Party has decided to accept without reservations the proposal that the Russian émigrés should travel through
Germany, and to organise this journey at once. [2] We already expect to have more than ten participants in the
journey.

We absolutely decline responsibility for any further delay,
resolutely protest against it and are going alone. We earnestly request you to make the arrangements immediately and,
if possible, let us know the decision tomorrow.

With gratitude, Lenin, Zinoviev, Ulyanova

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Notes:
[1]
The rough draft of the telegram text written in German in someone
else’s hand has a note by Lenin in Russian: “Sent Saturday night,
March 31, and received by Grimm on the morning of April 1.”

[2]
See present edition, Vol. 24, pp. 27–29, and this volume, p.420 .