V. I.

Lenin

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To:   CHARLES DUMAS [1]

21/XII–1917

Dear Citizen Charles Dumas, My wife and I recall with great pleasure the time we
met you in Paris, rue Bonier. We are very grateful to you
for the exchange of ideas and for the very accurate information on the socialist movement in France.

I very much regret that personal relations between us became impossible after such profound political differences
divided us. Throughout the war I fought against the “national defence” trend, I always stood for a split, being
convinced that that tendency was ruining socialism completely.

It goes without saying that I am writing this letter not
as a member of the government but as a private individual.

Please accept our greetings, dear citizen, and best wishes
from my wife and myself.

Lenin