MARX TO FRIEDRICH ADOLPH SORGE"”’ 

London, 21 January 1871 
1 Maitland Park Road, 
Haverstock Hill, N.W. 

Dear Mr Sorge, 

All reports from the German sections in America are to be sent 
to me. Eccarius is only the correspondent for the Yankees. As 
Secretary to THE General Councilit he has nothing to do with foreign 
CORRESPONDENCE. 

I had completely forgotten the business about the ‘contribution’ 
of the German section.’ On receiving your letter, therefore, I 
wrote to Eccarius!” whose reply, which I enclose, can also serve as 
a receipt. 

I have already written about the formation of the Central Council 
(we would have preferred the term Central Committee '' to avoid 
confusion).* 

I have not received Kellogg.” It was presumably sent in a yellow 
envelope that I received from the Post Office here. It was torn 
open and had been stamped ‘no contents’. I expect that the 
envelope was not strong enough. 

A few weeks ago I sent to your address a large parcel of 
publications of the General Council. of different dates but up to 
now have had no notice of receipt. They belonged to me 
personally and I sent them because the supplies of the Genera 
Counc are quite exhausted (for the majority of its publications). 

Yours sincerely, 
K. Marx