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I didn't llllS\".'er tho question cone erning Comrade Hanson because I hnd the impression thnt it is necessary to wait for the ll('rcenen t of l!nnscn himself, 'l'hc l"ooom­mondntion you !llld llomrade ua.nnon rm~o seem to Lie absolutely ndoqunte 0 nnd I \.-ould be clad if Cortrnde l{ansen comes here as early ns possible,

After your c\eptn-ture n p:ren·t catastrophe happened here in the house, lly Hussinn collnborator Hita is goine; to be married, lllld that , .. i.th extrnorc\innry speed, tile 15th of this month, She already nll'l1!doned her work, Yon knew thnt I , ... as returning to work. on my "!.enin" book, which means thnt tho :{ussinn collnborntor becomes r:l:!f most illlpo;·truit colluuora ~or for c lone period of tin:e, CJomrade Hae is v:ill1ne to do this \'lark, She is now hard at work on her ltussinn stenography and, As fnr as I oan jude;e by the .first attempts, with evident.success, Nevertheless, there are two obstacles: a) fol" the· next months !tao's J<ussian laneuaee \·.11:1 not be perfect; b) she is fur too precious for mo ns ·an ~-~1(!11 sh steno {l'I'nphor, •r ha. t' s why 1 t seems to roo abeolu tely necessary to try to find·in tho Strites n :tussian tyPist, not necessarily a stenographer at nll, '.rhere will be more than sufficient t:ork ror both thitd Hne would.durins this time. have the possibility to pe:•fect her !lussian, Do yo11 be:Ueve there· is any hope for finding a ;:us sian typist in :·ew York?

I received the letto1• or comi•ade J.ouia, I wU.l answer it in the near future,

l!y bP.!";t '''ishe~ to beth Or you,

LT:rs Leon 'l'rotsey

P,C, I wish .to oorml\micate. to you that comrade Lnnkin waR exca!.len t in eve"t"y renpect ttn~ .!).speoinlly as a "rua:t"d". lie ent!)red on his now duties,'ID!'Ilitation·, with a rer.:ar­l:able assurance and precision, I am very thankful to him,

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Thank you very muoh for your readiness to coz!le hera to he 1!> t:.f!. It in not neceasnry. For the ct:rront needs I have the collaboration of <lne aloo in Huosion and nt !;he SHr:w tir.e 1·:e hope to have u ~e1.•na.nent collnborntor. J"nn is now on n trip to uurnnro \'ihcre n ;tu.ss:L1.n t!'J)ist is !!vtnr.:. · o !reo \tai ting !'or a cable from hin ns to how 1 t n.ll tnrned out. (In ~";rir,cipln she P.~roe; the C'.UCG­tion ic onl~· if sho is skil:rul).

I c:>nfeos I !U~ n bi'o .discmietec\ not to have rece1 vod news nbont the GF,~~rman -book. Elca."l.nr Clark atJstu~ed r1e tim t I\orton would do more !"or the book t!mn Doubledn!' Doran because: (..)he is a lesu known editor und loo}:s .for sensnt'ionul ptibli­cntions; (b)lle is r.Ol'e "radical", The material conditions l>roposod by i·!orton <U'e 15~1. from \'>i:ich lOfo arc for the au thor· nnd 5% !"or the illustrator, . Eut I di<ln •t gi vo ·o:ny definite nns\".el'• Norton was obl1e:ed to ac copt or reJjoQlllr;a·t thin tEo weeks from receipt or ·n!lll:tocript. : lo.we telephone him or · Eleanor• Clark C!" both in order to {<et nn hll!ledia te unuwe.r-• , !1' .rou believe that tile cor:d1t1ons from

· DouhBJ ny Doro:n co:tld ba more advnntar,eoue • then ,~- dutl• to~<n.rd tile auti1or. would be to transr.Ut tho mnmtscript to Dnubl odny: Do J'!lll• . ·

' 1th warm c:reet!nr.e,

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3nre J ncobs l!af-)1' to Gannon

·:·he dtuation with t;,o ::ussinn coll~.horntor is not rcoolv•od. J'nn telephoned un after !1is velJ• long and vcryo tirinr; •.rip thai; tho proposed typist is totnll;r not 1'111 :·or th" job. . hut j.s to bn dc>ne?

I received ti1.e· cnblc sirnorl Gannon .e:ber abnut thP.· ''p!:•of'o!~sional. :.:w·linh stcnorrn.pht:r nnd ittusian translntor", \'ith t!w 1•e:-:nr1:, nit.wsit:li tjtJlinp it•.!lOl'l"eot". I nrn in . doubt. :!:on ''" <li zcu::sed tile r.attcr here, I hnd ;,ita a" my :~uss1nn collnbo~a.tor nr,d at tho snr:.e tine I drear.md or n pcrr:tancnt English collaborator i.:llo kne~,·, r:toJ·e or less, _r~ucsiuu for ey oulTent needs. .r\t the tl.O::!ent thia t.o:rk is done ver~r .J::'PlJ.. by Hae. But I lac!: n r~ood .~u~a1~a_90llabo­rato::.--typ:l:'i'ff If s!te biat·:r; no otltc!',.J..9,Wllt%'.9.1Ji~ows wo.ll .t:t-3 ::~uusinn lnnr.uun:e antl t.~'J)ing~cauu:-:e tf&' \·~ork on · tho Lunin bool:: h'01.lld usc her !'ull til:ao. !~ut the colla.bot•ator prr .. po:Je.d by you nnd Cor.J•ade Cnr.Iion types ·:ussion "irnpm·f~ctly". ..hnt cun be done? Cnn you t!Aanino hor'i' Do you believe tha~ p. ·c,God ~..nelish typist ccu,, in a slul:t. .. t ·tine~~· pcrf'oct hor Z(uns1u.n tY'.;ine? · i~nc anm·:cru these tJ.Uea­tion" ncr-;ntivcly. It w-ould be a terrible blaH for :ne to invite here fran Chicora a coll<tl>al'ntor n::cl then fir:;t ostub-. lish t.;,e fact that the invitation .v:ns u I11Htal:e. I ·<lon•t kn.o\'! \':hut 1'o do.

r reoci V<l<l l'rom Com·ndeo ;;;mohtr..nn nnd Ommon the proposition to n·! ,;c nn artinlo !'or the !L'.: Ill'i'!;Hi!A";:J: :•HAL on tho 20th nnn1vo:·sury or the October ·:e,•olutii>n. I \ould <!o 1t t•:ill1ncl:r but it's itliJansible 1'ol'l:lc in the zn"esent a:!. tuntion; ! O!'.n 1 t dictutc !t.TJ a.rticle: or· QUCh an 1mpor-tnnt olluruotcr 1n m1y other lan1:unGe thnn :atssian. <lao• s Huuainn iu sur1'ic1en ~ for a l<ltter or vhort nrti!lle but not ro1• nn nrticle of &uoh size. Thin is one :;oro reauon to t'it .. d for 1:10 c. .t.\ttsn1nn collnborator •

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In any oase, thin dooa not moo.n thn t you :,rouraelt' uhould acme aince tl•o question iu not so much to hnve your oo llnborntinn rar n few months but to hnve " .E!:A'!UI..!l.!!! oollnborator.

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It i:J nec~:~:;ai."J' to explain l1rc:c1:roly ny present situ­ntion to·snrds oy J::oelish and llu::wi:m colluborntors •

• \:> I toltl n:a! \'Irate ••ou the arrival or Ilno in ll OL'i tical ~:~o:.1ent \',ns nt: inoutir!.nblo help to no, uot •)nl:r for tl.)' l:.nr,lish b~1t also ro~ r:ry _{ussinn oorrc3!JOl:dor~co. Thouc!l i ·t v:ould be hc.1•<.ll:t ponsiblu fo;o rr~c to v.J.•i to n:r OOol: on J .. enin y.i th ;tae, I co.:t dic";a.to to hur not onl:t .~usalan le ttcrs but nlso nhort nr­tlclcs. ?or ~,. ;~HGlish ct·~ .. l"~1~:_w; det!ce I n•:, .. , i~uvc the collttborntion of' Gora·u:lc Enn:.;en. i·,·c bec;.an our ··o rk :rc~·~~::"'dny uttd it tJOcn nll rirht. Jut ti:.a ·::.ts::;i:m cr.!e!3tion re.:::.-'lj.ns o~mn. ~ior~e 1'!0•.:1-:s ur:o Go:·:r.-a.~ie ;tao told ::H! ·thut Ab.!rn 1~ V(':r'l nn:-:ionn t(, hz1ve l'lOl .. col­lnbora t1"Jn in the r:un:\{;:;:;tf at of' "t .. 'rt o new Iu tern:! t1o:nal. You l:.now th::t t t!E !Jm·.• Intornu.tlonni. ie VC!'"/ r:cnr to my henrt. I kno·.-, at the .::;n..:J.c tine :::':"011 c:.·:)c~·i,~uce ho\·; i::J.portn:;.t. it ie tor t;u~ nuc-ccso ol' cor.raon \'0:.'1':: to have ~utual conf"1C.a!co o.nd :)ornor..nl fi'iond­~;hip. !n s~;it.e a: .. thin I OP}'oaed .t~1a dc)a..~ti_tro of ~lo.e. (3he did. ::::.-:~t insist o.t ull: y.:m 1:no\o' her snb•i t of comolctc devotion to ·;>u:rty ,.-:orl: e.I.d :1c::1.; ·::~r::·u :po1"Gt:nnl l"ocC.inenn to hell> l!le in eve-ry :::-u:;pcct.) nut I ra·~~o.t t:uJ quec.ti on o!~ a ::nu~sian typist rc::.nins

· 'J!'On. ~inc :.lc :J:.'H-1~'11~ .. :1ad' nir nclt: o in stnU.:riug ::ru.ss 1an, o.nd she is v·:n.y r;;ifted o.s a. ct~:t:'lcraplle:i:' oven in !tuosinn. But the ·difficulty u:.~iooo t~·m:t the :~act .~hnt shu was n•.)t oducatod iu tllt.'~ Runsian lar~r.:-uase !'rnu. ·her c:tild.hood. fjJle citn ,"..tnd~r-sto.nd .. enmtr-..h in orcler t·o translate :!'ron tht;: :runsirut to the !·;n{~.inh; but she lli.LS not, and I b'oli~ve i't 1~· 1l1l}Oss1blo in a co,.lplc of r.cntl!.s tO v:in, t!1e r..oces:Jo.r:r as!;tt:"ancc .il~ th::. t:;Ubtloties o£ u -rorclit;n llU1£:Ullf,O w}lich is necesse.ry- 1 .. o!" a. atonor,raphcr or t:,rpist·. Un.til a. ~mss1un t;roiot COl!lCS, !t~u' s oolln.Lo:."n-~ o;: 1 s :lbsol\i tHl :l noccs~arl .. for r.1o.

!lu t I nu!: rr; :1elf 1 !.'" 1 t \'>\1Uld Oc r.~e.scnublc an c. oven pcr­r;i ssib lo to ll.O.vc :l.Jl" at the rmx:c ti: tc '.1~ u :~nco1a.n t:rrist (when t:.nd 1:~ u;lo co:.mo), r.i vun ~;-.~: fc..ct tll:1t ;:~!lC~:n \':111 r~::1cin here, ns I holJC 1 :.,<)r LUl indct .. ini"to t1l:;e. You ln.·oto 1:10 + •. llc~t .. ;~~t: ter•tutive ::uo~itul t:r~,ict is onl~" o. syr.1:1::1.thizel". '!'his ~:.lirni'fiws · t1l:.!t her dep;.!.rt\!!'e tr•:•!'l t-hn nt .. ~tnn .wlll not in nr.y ·.-:t!Y p:•ejuC.ico ]mrty v:orl:. \'ii'th Har.non ar. c', \'lith ~0 tltu nit u:t i;ior. :!.Ol V<'ry cu·r..,rent. ;;-,.r :;>tlJ.• i,:cy ;lorson<.<l rL·nr;cns ('nml" 6L"Oi~ tic" in" poi lit 0 r view} I f.i~~c:.uld be ;·J~l1 to :.·ctnin !!no hr.rc n8 lor.r, as 1lO&u1blo, 1nt·t frc·!:'l tho> point or view 01' ola::~<mtnr;• pnrty iuter<!st it \'.t'uld be il.'l.­p11l'n!c.oible lu:-:ury. r:y C'?l1cl~lslon is that ~no should. rotLl!in hore until ~·.e rim\ o. nus sian typist tn.d until \'!B ~·."in tho nsnt\ranoe tll!'C'UI::h t"J:tpe:itnlCe thf".t &he 1H suitable !'or her \'onrk; ttcn and ouly then fino oe.n return Clt tl:o dioponit ion or tho jlarty.

· I om not \".Tltine; ofi"ioitllly to tto cot.l!:l:!.tteo bcoauue n letter in such cirolll,;tancas rnroly cnout•h in oolt'-ol>."l>lanntocy,

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Dear Rae, I I am writing to you (at the S1 gg<'Bt1on 1o1' LD) in connection

with the forthcoming conference. As you know, L.sedoff, usually repres~nted the Russian sed1on and the Bulletin at all conferences. 1\lthout him the RUssian section, though grown much larger. with the addition of new forces, etc. feels terriblytbereaved. It lacks a representative ~1own to other sections; •hati is more, sect1o~• or · leaders who carry on a fight against the indernational leadership · certainly w!ll dispute a manda"te siven in tl\e name of the Russi. an . I section to a canparitivel~ unknown person. !'jut be it as may, the· .. , .. · Russian section and the Bulletin lliUST be rel'lresentod at th:l confer•·. ence. In orden to help our comrades in Fran<:~e to speak in the naiiill · , ' of a section and not just a group of emigre~ it is advisable that . I comrades who group themselves aroucd the Bu~etin (though they may 1 belong to the section of the country in wh1Qh they live) also consider themselves part of the Russian sectlion arxi urge 1nd1V1-c:llally (since ).e never met collec.!;}-vely nor ,~,:,nstituted ourselves offlclally as ;the RUssian sect1orl) upon the •iHusslan. canrades in France that they see to it that a represent~tlve be delegated to the foZ..thcomfg conference. I· have written .:a letter in this sense, you will hav •P write a similar letter.· You [Can write· ·to tm Bulletin (until- y.p ar l!iven a better address) .in a double en'l(elope, the · inside envelop~ mark for LEJla (on second thopght you might haveh>r address, thougA. whether it is still used_ I db not know- so the .· ' ' ' i Bulletin is a iette1• bet). . . . ;~ .

· Now on tljl Bulletin. Hope you will be' bl<> to meke soruetl11..qo. .1.

better <1' 1 t tl!sn I from Jersey. I found. out, that 1111 ividual subs · <. come in very very slowly. Most subs come 1'ro~z,~s New York !llld -the .. •. -·. people feel that they can buy .the Bulletin'- so-.why subscribe? :} i cs~iall;y: _s}.m' e it does net come ln regularl~ ~ But what ean be developed~ ales at meeti:qo s, etc. And for )his an energetic per-: ,. eon :I.e llll eded who lives in New York. With you there I a!u almost . ,

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sure the sales~will jump. Also be on the neck of our bookstore~ that they pay up. their indebtedness. Please, also;rollow up one more matter (consul~ my sister on it). Several mo~hs ago I sent to the Bulletin $10.ll0 by money order. This money was never- received. I ·. made e!1 inquid ·.at the Post Office. But have .hear d nothing since. Find out whetheir Jack heard sometl1.1ng, if not,· l~t him find out . · ., at· the post or~ice ~ thu tunn ··1iO uzcd. to live ~he.t· h!!e hAppened to thi9 inquiry (IUr-a I!lUSt have tbe receipt). · ... 1 ;,., !1.4~·

!rhe lriJil is be1ng,ollected. So ·au r~voir. LD as ~~U-~:A~:~M!;~: know is busy on the cook. Everybody sends. regards to you, inelu.d~ :~;..-':~'·, ing our Mexicari,. "entourage•. Best regsr dst to ,~our very best .man •. ·. :o.:,•",·:

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lie just received loads or material i'rom Vanzler (ha.:a not hBd a o;hanco to look it over thoroughly, just gla~ed at It). I see !'rom yo~ letter to Joe that you

~f~o~!~~t~~e!~:, r~~~~~! ~ ~~:e:lK~=b~~~~~=~o~~.~o c ;r:a:~r~y1 :~.}_ :: ukazatel) 'at the back or each or t e vol1l!Des oi;"J';enln's works, ;'!,..:·: We do not.t.Ban rei'erenees to Trotsk; eta~ in Lenin's works, . - · ,-,.__, only rerer~nces in the alPhabethical notes What is mer.,, · --just take •the l"il:'st edl~ on, read hrou the rare-renlles, - · · -)f:. then compare itwith il. later edition ('"M' er Lenin' a death) ·.-, ---~ and IF YOuj FIND GROSS CHANGES AND OM14ISSIONS (only in this ease) cop~ wh"t is said in the t'irst lCXbi, edition and the changes i _ the later editions. This shou~d not entail much work,

i . . ' . ·Please tell Vanzler (or give hiin tnis part or my lettar) nhht there was no mistake on our part in asking whether Stalin wasjeleeted to the Central Committee at the London congress, No, -nurel~ we knew that he was .!!9.i elected, but we needed . authentic 'proof's (excerpt strom minutes, etc.) we also wanted to know who WAS ELECTED, etc. etc, This datalis now rurnished in . the materihl sent to y.s;>-Q.....&, · • .

'~s to the speed with which matei-ial should-be dis­patched. Lb is now finishing the ohapters!on Stalin's early lire (tm Caucahus, the seminary, work in Batum, Baku, Tif'l:ls, up to say 1903) l'hll data pertaining to this period should be _in hiS ·' hands as sbon as Iossible. Other materiaL is not so urgent. Jesia ,it s!lre isucky that you can help 1h this indispensibl·a v.orkl ' ·

I notice yo~r rererence to looking i'or a job, You cannot . be serious,., You promised to be back in six months Crrantic orrox•ts ars being made to rind a "permanent" Russian "collaborator" in Czeakoslovakia, but 1r it does not JDaterialize? • .,) of this period

·one- and halt modi hs have already pass.,d. Can you be· thinking or · :, · . takins a Jo)l for i'our months. _or so?, .. ·: .;·';:· .. :. ,. .. . . ,. ' \, ' . . . . . . - . . . _: . ~) · · Noth~ new .(at least •specially new"). he:r>e, Dictation. ..·. · _ 1s 'proceedlll?; daily, some data have to b~ :!"cur..d her·:. (vnly ao- tliii:!~.·~-~~~;, · .Last reaort ·we write to New York and Paris -- and you know·_ bowi:'f-Z:~.-;,:~ ::'' meager the matarials at our disposal are hore!), etc, ell g. Almost:;,·,~~ .• -:;, all the wo_r~- now proceeds ~long "the Russian i'ront" ~ _ ,: --'~.":/_j!:}~~

From varlous sources we heltlr" that the situation" in:.:.: .. ·;:g;;. New York is s0111 what disheartening, And New y·ork is the life--giving::.!!=;;:: center," But then each turn is acoompanied by a period or disorgani- -~::: zation, indecision (only when will the turn actually be made?) - : '· -~ those are the overhead expenses,

With best regards to you and Max from , ~the househol~

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Sorry to be lnte; when your letter re the letter to •'

tl:e !~usoie.n Bulletin arrived hero, I rms in ~·.:nshint.:ton. Ginoe

it wo.s nJr opinion the.t e. letter '\'iOUld have r:o1·e weie;ht ii' e few

signntur('!S '''e~e attach8l~ to it rather than just r..y ovm, I waited

till I retu1•ned to i'JY ,·.:here I consultec: tlte Russio.n spea}dng

drei't of r1y letter. no enclose.!·. in copy of t.~1e collective !~us sian

1ette1• sent to tte ::uss5.an Dulletin. I ho}Je it n:F.ets with LD • ~

a11proval.

Th~ s I:one.a:r I'!:!· c~;"'.llinG a T!o:eting of all i1ussie.n spGal:ing

cor:rades and close s~:1pe.tfJ.zers with a view to for1:;.;lng a 111'l .. iends

of' t:te }~Ussi·an Bulletin" club. I•ve ulrcac1y .,,:Lsited Gjnpathizers

'''ho :f'a.,;ored the icl.Sn. -:.:e•ll ~robc.bly s.:t.ia1·t '':ith c. "vmcherin1ta"

end P. sZ':ort lecture soon, though tn:~ r.~if;!lt l.eclde not to start it

till t!:c l!'c.ll; it's up to tile other comrades .to decide this

Eonday.

rec;ar<ling the Eol.shovL: Cent<:l' that . ,,,.. "\} \'res Orc;an:J.zed o.t the end

Col'l .. I;ress was ansY:~rea in c.Lva:;ce in thooe nOtes

I l:e.a sent·in on ~~te.lin's article oti that coll{£roso. I tho,lght

the :i'aot intorestins .so tl:at I .hed copied it; Lenin's nane is

the only One r.1entioneC and I !-:nov: 11f· no othe'r so1trce that would

toention the ne.r:es of tl!e ot.!oers who conposecl the Bolshevik caucus.

Other Heterial will be sent in as soon as 1'1e t~uther it,

nenel'!ber me to the OM and the 1·eat of the household,

I turned over :,)8, to i:.ira who

Cotr.radelYv-:;>

nll'oady hn1°~i:1. 40 nnd it

was all sent to the Bulletin, I havo aleo increaser' the

b\Ultlle ol"<ler by :'.0 l.n r.nt.:toipntion o1' tho oor.lpnir,n on it, ,

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Dear Sara: Uslck called when I was out to say that issues of Pravda

1919-1936, daal1ng '•'- i th ann1 versary articles on the founding or the Red Army were needed imrnedia telyin Coyoacan. I did not see the letter so I do not know whether I can take any liberties, such as copying out only important passag~s, etc. etc. The truth is that each anniversary issue has many more than one leading article on the ~ed Army. ~or ex., the yr. 1922: I am enclosing 12 pages of articles by Toteky, Smirnov, Papernikov,Ventaov, all appearing on Feb,~23rd, Ther,e do not include all the articles in that issue on Pravda • Those listed below I do not intend to copy unless I hear that you wish them. And even those listed do not include greetings to Red Army, poems,etc, You can use your imagination to see how much work would ba involvetl. in getting aU the articles through 1936 if I am to work alone(and I am tne only .. Russian typi~t I know)and if you wiSh the work within 8-10 days. Thoush I have taken off a week from work to do this,still I doubt whether I 1 11 come anywhere neal' the goal unlace I !mow the purpose and thus am given freedom in ci>pying. Please let me know immediately. In the meantime,I will, of course, continue the work. I begur. with yr. 1922 beca.uoe •.the first year, 1919, I'm sending you ., ) a photostat copy tomorrow; the issue from 1920 is mis"ing, and 192' U1i\l had no article, In cases where there is no anniversary articlss, i wonder whether tryino to rind one in a corresponding 1Ssue of Izvest1ya would be as good,

In addition to these articles, you will also find. enclosed an article by Ma.kharadze, that Usick asked me to sand; and one on (and by)~nykidze. The reason I'me sending the latter iS t~-at I re­called t!'tat when the "Old. ilan" wrote ADtiole on Yenukidze he stated

,, that 1t is likely that Yenukidze had dropped out of the movement \p during the· period or reaction; this does not tally with the autobiog~

raphical sketch and if the article is not yet published LD will no doubt be interested in this information.

Have not yet located the Bulletins that Natalia needs to complete her set for binding but am trying to; will let you know later whether there is ·or is not any possibility of securing· t.hem.

Yes, I did note the horrible mistake I had oade 1.n the· ,circular letter 011_the Bulletin and imll'ediately sent out a correc­tion. Am glad to report that I am optimistic on handling 120 copies f,or the simple reason that I have already'sold 90 copies, and we 1v« run short of 1ssuas weeks ago; I could have easily handled 30 more, and don't forget this is JIUffimer and thus no meetings at Vlhich to sell them. Two new new s-o tands. handle the Eulletin now and advertising did the remaining triolt ·to turn the tide toward·· mor~ sales.

Am back to normal, more or less; that is, there is another crisis created in California in my mother having found nut,and my sister .ia about to give birth to a baby, so it may be l11cely that I'll naed to head that way. But, of oourse, ,to send in requests r.or work; I oan do the work almost anywhere. '"bt course, if I have any spa.re moments I also try to find son:e work that. I believe may be useful toLD's present work,

ffi1at's new in Ooyoaoan? And you? I By the way, I work part tim'' for Malamuth and he sometimes

lata me do work ro~ LD on hiS time; so when the prbper occasion arises . he ought to be thanked aocordinsly, Reg11.rds to l.he household.As ever,, * .. ~.ll.1Lt'f!O::IU!I<Or, 11 Jjo::,~.,ck. :1\:.'. r-:•i~'"'O~I-:~· 11 ; J\, ~.··r:::):-~:r,.·, .q::,,:.,_c·~rst !:Oi~Jttt7J,a. 11 ; 1\•

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Dear Sara: . ·l·; .. ,\ .... ' '· .,.;.:;> . l~ tit"'.;. s. . . _ .. ,,,,_,,,.

Enclosed you Will .find lend~ng Elrt!cles in "Pravd3." for· the .. ·years .. ;·:·:.~.:.!~~~~-~ . . ···~f?H 1924, 1925, 19251 PJ.ease note that in the :yaar 1925 the leading articlea · .';;,;,·;,;;~!·~~

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there 1a only an Order, and an accdunt of plenum in which the.·speechea .or. ··'/~.;.m~j_. ! . r' ~ \1, :~ >

Frunze end Uglanov are =•ported but not printed ~s given). Zin the iasue ,. l)i.'1i ' \'k of Feb. 22, however, there is e.n .ert1icle by Podvoisky,. in wh:ich, f'or the . . .· ...

:t"!:rst tl.mD, there is mention or :S,slin, and not me"" rnanti.on bill> in the . : ',\~ . canpsny of Lenin. In the 1926 is~ue Vorcshilw appears w1. th an article . ···.·;~ . in ,,h,ich· he, in pa~sing, so-to-sp~ek, pays hCIDBge to the •unforgettable ., ··\~.\~i~! loader Frunze". Th~s is the. ti~Dl~ timo that I ha.;., noted such mention to ile ; . n '; made .ot Reli Army lea.dera in articles. The~ was such, mentiqn or 1TrOtsky . ' ~rJ' :,

. i . .. . \ -~·1i7· . . but, OIU.y in greetings~. It is. :to/ this reason that I copied the greetings to ·:J!'Jl C~de Trotsky appearing .in 192+• The reason that :tor that year I also . .r, .··, ;~~

• • • J I : ... ·~f;~ copied the announcement. of .hi'l:_,,!'lth( the nella flllllollQcoment, b;t t~e way' ... ·.:.; ·: :' .. >f~ waa··printed in.blaclc type) is b~h because it's both' a month after t~jo death ··: • . ·.: .

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. :. or I.enin, an~. there is an 1nte,sting rot:utation ·or Duranty!s. •theory• of·

LD' a absence from the f'uneral ~J Len1D:•.

·With thJ next . batch I wf. ).1 e.k!p to the ;r:, -~•;;&:~~-~~;~'!: 1 . go backwards.Since· it will be ~f"ssibla :tor ms

rstllrn to work)I vtill at least stve yo~a Cl7oss section of nll the . '.1 . j

wanted, and short sun:cariee or t~cse I can't gat around to typing. 'I

still bo wanted, however, .in full, llright 11111 try to have

'J . • ' o, yes, mne more item, in the yr• 1926 there appears an artiola by a Fronohman,Androa

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: .... . . . . . ~ copied (the ir.tportant passogea) ¥UaUse it ring& SO With tha-'sp!i-J.t' or. '1\'0rld \.

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August 17, 1936 Dear Rae, -~. '

I am writing ngain ln a burry, please forgive. On the !led Army a"tlcl··s. It is n£!;_ necesss"y to copy ant ire artlclns

1 not even entire leaders. No, ,-.hat 1a necessary is to make excerpts of those places where builders of the Red Army nre nruned, ref'et•red toi whnt names are mentioned (for instance Smilga, Lashevich, Frunze). loho is mentioned as builders and participants 1 v.here and ln. what oonnc:ctlon is mentioned Stalin, Lenin, LD1 \\hat lo auld apeclolly. on the Southel'n Front; of LD 1 a role in tt, of Stalin's role in 1t1 , l\ould it be·poaslble also, b•;s1des tho ann.Lversnry 1ssuea, to look oval' the popera for the time of the operations on the Southern Front and at;ainst Yudenich1 'l'o seG what they are saying, "hat nr,rnos they r.a ntion~.

I am enc los.Lng an excerpt .from Bet•1a 1 a book On the History of BolshevUc or,;,anlzatlons in the Caucasus. hould lt be possible to flr.d out where

• and •··hen these retnlniscen:t.aa of Suliaahvlli wore printed; to what per.Lod do· they refer; when waa he a momber of the. Leipzig e;r'!up, before the r& olution of 1905 or aftorf · ·

Trena1nitted to LD the happy news Rl>out the me.gnlficent salo of BulletlnoJ Your mood seems good; ••hat 1S new in tho pnrty1 Hero; we are allnply i:

. dehors de combat, ; . l'lth .the beat or .;.reetln,;e

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