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Letter to the CC, RCP, June 17, 1919
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Comrade Trotsky is mistaken: here there are neither whims, nor mischief, nor caprice, nor confusion, nor desperation, nor any âelementâ of these pleasant qualities (which Trotsky castigates with such terrible irony).[1] What there is, is what Trotsky overlooked, namely, that the majority of the CC is convinced that General Headquarters is a âdenâ, that all is not well at Headquarters, and in seeking a serious improvement, in seeking ways for a radical change it has taken a definite step. That is all.
Lenin
Moscow, 17/VI. 1919
- â This refers to the decision of the CC, RCP(b), dated June 15, 1919, on General Headquarters. In a statement to the CC Trotsky opposed this decision, which he described as containing âwhims, mischiefâ, etc.