V. I.

Lenin

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To:   THE C.C. OF THE R.C.P.(B.)

On the basis of § 3 a Note to be sent to the Polish
Government with assurances that we fully agree to, and indeed desire, a decision by the vote of the working people;
we desire agreement on this basis, and agree to concessions
on details, and so on. This to be given as a directive from
the
C.C. [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Lenin wrote this on a letter from the Central Executive Committee
of the Polish Socialist Party to the C.C., R.C.P.(B.). Point 3 of
this letter expressed the desire that the question of frontiers with
Poland should be decided on the basis of self-determination of
the population living in the disputed territories, primarily in
Lithuania and Byelorussia. Lenin’s proposal was adopted by the
C.C., R.C.P.(B.) and was reflected in Chicherin’s letter to A. Y.
Wiêckowski, delegate extraordinary of the Polish Government
(see Dokumenty vneshnei politiki SSSR , Vol. II, 1958, pp. 105–
06).