V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v2;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

24.

[August—September, 1915].

Dear Alexander,

It is very, very good that you are undertaking the leaflets.

We are drawing up a detailed plan for them and will soon send it to you and N. I. 1)

But, you know, it is still absolutely desirable that N. I. should write the leaflets in two copies at once (with copying pencil and black carbon paper), and that you (or he himself) should send us the second copy immediately. For leaflets are a very responsible matter and the most difficult of all types of literature.

That is why it is necessary to think them over more carefully and to consult collectively. Considering the slowness of setting, printing and transport, the loss of time involved in sending them here is relatively small and in any case is of no account compared with the importance of well-considered appeals.

How do you think of signing the leaflets?

You forgot to write about this.

Kollontai’s pamphlet 2) is good in conception. But the subject is extremely difficult; to write it with such a degree of popularity is extremely difficult.

In my opinion, corrections are required.

I have already written to her about this, asking her consent to the corrections. 3) If she gives it, I have a ready draft of corrections, and then the matter will move quickly.

As for the trip to your country, 4) the matter is dragging with us, firstly, because of lack of funds (both the journey is expensive and living there is expensive), and, secondly, because of police uncertainty. We shall wait, perhaps, for the return of Bedesh 5) and his news from home.

A firm handshake.

Yours, Lenin.

To A. Shlyapnikov.