V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v49;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

VIA GERMANY

I, the undersigned, certify by my signature:

1) that the conditions established by Platten with the German Embassy have been communicated to me;

2) that I submit to the instructions of the leader of the journey, Platten;

3) that I have been informed of the news from the *Petit Parisien*, according to which the Russian Provisional Government threatens to prosecute for high treason those
Russian subjects who travel through Germany;

4) that I assume full political responsibility for my journey;

5) that Platten has guaranteed me passage only as far as Stockholm.
April 9, 1917
Berne–Zurich
N. Lenin*

1917

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* The document was also signed by the other travellers. *Ed.*