I had the honour of submitting to you, by citizen Dupont, at your 
meeting of September 26, a communication addressed to me by the 
Lisbon Federal Council regarding some trade matters of Interna- 
tional Sections there, which required immediate action here. I 
have seen this communication published in The International Herald” 
but have not had any intimation that the Federal Council has taken 
any further steps in the matter. 

As I am bound to give an account to my Lisbon Correspondents 
of what I have done on behalf of the parties interested, I hope the 
Federal Council will be good enough to let me know whether 
anything, and what, has been done by the Council with regard to 
the subject in question. 

I remain Citizens fraternally yours, 

Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVI, script 
Moscow, 1935 

a The rough manuscript has Engels’ note: “London, 16 October 72. To Brit. 
Fed. Council wegen [on account of] Portug. Strikes.” — Ed.