Dear L. B.! I am furiously angry at your carelessness: you did not organize letters from the congress!! But I will speak of that elsewhere. You made Kobu waste time that was precious beyond measure.

To the heart of the matter. In my opinion, you handled things brilliantly in Basel — given the circumstances as they were — one could not have done better. There was no better occasion to tear away from the liquidationists. (I understand you — since you still "haven't finished" your letter! — so that the MSB did not at all consider the question of dividing votes.) It came out even, and this was the best outcome given the existing correlation of forces...* The question of the "nationals," in my view, was timely, like all three questions. In a word, on the substance of the matter — felicitations les plus chaleureuses!**

Why was there no signature from Muranov? The telegram was on Sunday after all!!... 133 So far we have seen two out of six: Malinovsky and Muranov. The impression is excellent... The ground is rich, but long work is needed...

P. S. In my opinion, you can agree to parity, but you put forward one condition: the removal of Haase for partiality and insult in the Bureau.

* The manuscript of the document is partially damaged. Here and below several words are illegible. — Ed.

** — the warmest congratulations! — Ed.