Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 16 - From Marx to Mao

146V. I. LENINBy declaring otzovism “a legitimate shade of opinion”,the platform of the Vperyod group shields and defends otzovism,which is doing great harm to the Party.In view of all this, the personal declarations of the majorityof comrades of the Vperyod group that they will carryon a sincere correspondence with the Central Organ, thatthey will fight against the otzovists in a principled and comradelyway, that they will co-operate sincerely in utilisinglegal opportunities, that they will combat all attemptsto disrupt the legal workers’ organisations and enterprises—these declarations do not inspire confidence and make onefear that the Vperyod group will wage a struggle against theParty line in local work and in the work of preparing fora conference.My attitude to the local functionaries of the Vperyodgroup will depend on their activities in Russia and howthey put their declarations into effect.LeninWritten at the end of December 1909(the first half of January 1910)First published in 1933in Lenin Miscellany XXVPublished according tothe manuscript