Dear friends! I send you my warmest greetings. Our situation is very difficult because of the offensive of 14 states. We are making the greatest efforts. The communist movement in all countries is growing remarkably. The Soviet system has everywhere become a practical slogan for the working masses. This is an enormous world-historical step forward.

The victory of the international proletarian revolution—come what may—is inevitable.

Your N. Lenin

Translation from the German

First published in 1942 in the Lenin Collection XXXIV

Printed from a handwritten copy