LEP PN .----LETTERS. TO A. SHLYAPNIKOV.

We, however (through Litvinov), should send a) a complete translation of our manifesto, b) a translation of the government communication regarding the arrest of the R.S.-D.R. Faction—and send all this not as a rapport, ne as a report (so that it doesn't come across as if we recognize the conference), but as a communication.
I shake your hand firmly and wish you all the best.
Be careful and sans rancune, n’est-ce pas 4)?
Yours, Lenin.
*) See note 2 to letter 8.
*) Gr. — Grigory — G. E. Zinoviev.
3) The Swedish speech is a speech given by Comrade Shlyapnikov in Stockholm at the congress of the Swedish Social-Democratic Party in 1914. See the letter of 14/XI and 17/XII.
4) Don't be angry, isn't it?

10.
Dear Friend!
I (and Nadezhda Konstantinovna) received a letter from Kollontai.
We are going to answer her.
My letters to you are probably disappearing or delayed: I have written repeatedly to Kobetsky.
Check again.
We received your manuscript. We are thinking of putting it in the Central Organ (or as a pamphlet).
Do you see "Golos"? A turn by Martov is already visible there now,— the attempts by Axelrod to "reconcile" (Martov with Südekum, i.e. Plekhanov),— and next to it Trotsky "against" "amnesty"!
What a mess!
And they scold us for "factionalism" (while themselves reconciling with social-chauvinism for the sake of factionalism!!). A nasty, boring picture.
If you are at the conference, be more careful!
If you speak, I advise you to repeat the speech in Stockholm, adding that the entry into the ministry of the Belgians and French is also treason (albeit with mitigating circumstances). Otherwise, they will think that we are only scolding the Germans out of Russian chauvinism.
In my opinion, it is not worth sending a report, it is not necessary.
But send for information (only) — and on behalf of Litvinov (Litvinoff — 76. High Street. 76. Hampstead. London. N. W.) a complete translation of the manifesto and messages about the arrest of 5 (and 11).
I hope you have now contacted Litvinov?
To A. Shlyapnikov.
[January 1915]
I shake your hand firmly. Yours, Lenin.