[London,] 31 August 1866 

Dear Becker, 

It is absolutely imperative that Jung be made President of the 
congress,” 

1. because he speaks the 3 languages, English, French, and 
German. 

2. Jung truly represents the Central Council., Odger (who further- 
more only knows his mother-tongue) was not elected by the 
Central Councit; we elected 4 delegates, with Jung at the head; 
Odger was only to go if he could raise the money himself 
(guaranteed by us, of course). He has done nothing for the 
Association. 

3. Cremer and Odger have hatched a very mean plot to prevent 
Jung and Eccarius leaving on the very last day. 

4. Odger wishes to be elected President of the congress as a means 
of impressing the English and imposing himself as President of 
the Centra Councu. for next year, against the wish of the great 
majority of the Covncu. 

5. Cremer and Odger have both betrayed us in the Reform 
League, where they came to a compromise with the bourgeoisie 
against our wishes.*!° 

6. Mr Cremer has morally debased himself completely. All his 
efforts are now aimed at securing a ‘paid’ post for himself, so that 
he need not work. Jn no circumstances must he therefore be elected 
as General Secretary by the congress. (The only paid post.) They 

a The letter bears the stamp: International Working Men’s Association / Central 
Council / London. 

must elect Fox, on the pretext, which is incidentally true, that the 
General Secretary must know more than one language. 

9." The President of the Cenrrat Counc. must not be elected by the 
congress but here in London, as a figure of merely local importance. 

10. At the election of the President for the congress, you must say 
at the outset that an international congress can only be presided 
over by a man who can speak the various languages, simply to save 
time, etc. 

11. Convey this to Dupleix. 

12. I should be glad if you would get Eccarius to translate the 
instructions which I wrote in the name of the Central Committee 
for the London delegates into German beforehand. 

Regards and handshake. 

Your 
Karl Marx