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Letter to the Secretariat of the CC, RCP(b), May, after 5, 1920
Written on Y. A. Preobrazhenskyâs letter to Lenin suggesting that âa stop be put to the disgusting âpatriotismââ, and mentioning a speech of Radekâs âabout a ânationalâ warâ and a chauvinist article by Bergman in Agitrosta. Preobrazhensky asked to be allowed to give appropriate directives to the editors of newspapers, especially provincial ones. To Preobrazhenskyâs request, Lenin answered: = âI am wholly in favourâ, and he proposed the directive reproduced here.
I propose a directive that all articles about Poland and the Polish war be vetted by editors-in-chief on their personal responsibility. We must not overdo it, i.e., not descend to chauvinism, always draw a line between the Polish landowners and capitalists and the Polish workers and peasants.
Lenin