V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v49;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Friday.

Dear Friend,

Only today did we receive your long letter, which made us very glad. I am writing
you my fourth letter: all the first three postcards were sent poste restante. If you have not received them, it means either they are being lost, or there are some special rules (or irregularities) concerning letters to be called for. Trotsky wrote to our young Polish
friend that he himself would not write in the Dutch journal* and could not advise his friends of that nation, among whom he lives, to do so. So a struggle with Trotsky even on this question is unavoidable!!

Today we received a postcard from your brother**. It is very pleasant that he has received something (either a letter or a copy of our newspaper from the end of March) and writes about “sympathy”. There, in his parts, there is more sympathy than he expected.

Yes. I almost forgot (I am in a great hurry for the train). If there are special irregularities with letters to be called for, perhaps I am not receiving (I have not had a single one from you), although you write? Drop a line at once: if you under-

* The reference is to the journal “Vorbote”. Ed.
** In conspiratorial purposes, V. I. Lenin refers to L. B. Kamenev as I. F. Armand’s “brother”. Ed.

TO HENRIETTE ROLAND-HOLST. JANUARY 1916

line the date twice, it means you are receiving my letters and writing to me. Drop a line to the same address to which we received your long letter.

I firmly shake your hand, Your Lenin
Why didn’t you send your address earlier???