MARX TO LEON BIGOT?” 

London, 11 July 1871 

Sir, 

I declare that the letter attributed to me in which I allegedly 
speak of Mr Assi is a forgery, like all the other letters attributed to 
me by the French newspapers. 

I have never dealt with Mr Assi either in private or in public 
with one exception. A few days after the revolution of 18 March 
the London newspapers published a telegram according to which 
that revolution was allegedly prepared by me in secret collaboration with Blanqui and Mr Assi who supposedly had come to Lon- 
don to reach an understanding with me. I then declared in 
The Times that this was all a fairy tale invented by the French 
police.* 

I have the honour of remaining 

Karl Marx