Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 26 - From Marx to Mao

LETTER TO THE C.C. OF THE R.S.D.L.P.(B.)225writing before the decision was taken, began to dispute theCentral Committee’s decision after it had been taken.That is strike-breaking in the full sense of the term. Aftera decision has been taken, any dispute is impermissiblewhen it concerns immediate and secret preparations for astrike. Now Zinoviev has the insolence to blame us for“warning the enemy”. Is there any limit to his brazenness?Who is it that has damaged the cause, frustrated the strikeby “warning the enemy”, if not those who came out in thenon-Party press?How can one come out against a “decisive” resolution of theParty in a paper which on this question is band in glove withthe entire bourgeoisie?If that is tolerated, the Party will become impossible,the Party will be destroyed.It is ridiculing the Party to give the name of “dissentingopinion” to that which Bazarov learns about and publishesin a non-Party paper.Kamenev’s and Zinoviev’s statement in the non-Partypress was especially despicable for the additional reasonthat the Party is not in a position to refute their slanderouslie openly. I know of no decisions regarding the date, Kamenevwrites and publishes his writings in his own name andin the name of Zinoviev. (After such a statement, Zinovievbears full responsibility for Kamenev’s conduct and statements.)How can the Central Committee refute this?We cannot tell the capitalists the truth, namely, thatwe have decided on a strike and have decided to conceal themoment chosen for it.We cannot refute the slanderous lie of Zinoviev andKamenev without doing even greater damage to the cause.And the utter baseness, the real treachery of these twoindividuals is precisely in their having revealed thestrikers’ plan to the capitalists, for, since we remain silentin the press, everybody will guess how things stand.Kamenev and Zinoviev have betrayed to Rodzyanko andKerensky the decision of the Central Committee of theirParty on insurrection and the decision to conceal from theenemy preparations for insurrection and the date appointedfor it. That is a fact and no evasions can refute it. Two mem-