V. I.

Lenin

199

To:   J. A. BERZIN

1/XI.

Dear Berzin, I have received a lot of books from you. Many thanks.

I hear that all are at loggerheads over there. We shall
take Shklovsky and Zalkind.

In case of anything, write; I shall sign your orders (to
your subordinates), so that they will not dare quarrel and
will strictly carry out your orders.

Stay in bed and follow the treatment strictly; you ought
to be living not in Berne, but in the mountains in the sunshine, in some place where there is a telephone and a
railway, and you should send a secretary to Berne and people
should travel to you.

In the German translation of The State and Revolution an unfortunate error has crept in: the postscript is not
dated. Yet the whole point is to show that the postscript
was written after the October Revolution. Namely: 30.
XI. 1917. Could not a correction slip be pasted in?

Some capable comrades are on their way to you. Do not grudge money , particularly through them, for propaganda
in France.

All the very best, Yours, Lenin

N.B.

Prepare everything for the eventuality that the Entente
will force Switzerland to deport you. Bereit sein!! [1]

P.S. If the French translation of The State and Revolution is ready, put it out at once , but in the publisher’s
preface criticise both Kautsky and Vandervelde ( Le Socialisme contre l’Etat ), because Vandervelde slurred over ,
concealed, distorted everything of importance about the state.

I am sending about half a pamphlet against Kautsky.
Will you please have it translated as quickly as possible
and let me know by telegram: Antikautsky is being translated into German, French or Italian. Otherwise I’ll have
it done here.

I hope you sent Staat und Revolution to Berlin? The more the better!