V. I.

Lenin

584

To:   THE BUREAU OF THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE [1]

Only just now, at 3.15 p.m., July 7, I learned that a search was made
at my flat last night, despite the protests of my wife, by armed men who
produced no warrant. I register my protest against this and ask the Bureau
of the C.E.C. to investigate this flagrant breach of the law.

At the same time I consider it my duty to confirm officially and in
writing what, I am sure, not a single member of the C.E.C. can doubt,
namely, that in the event of the government ordering my arrest and this
order being endorsed by the C.E.C., I shall present myself for arrest at
the place indicated to me by the C.E.C.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( N. Lenin )

Member of the C.E.C.

Petrograd, 7/VII.1917