Source: Tom 17

July 11, 1927

Dear Vyacheslav!

1) Received Zinoviev's article "The Contours of the Coming War." Surely you are not going to print this ignorant abomination? I am categorically against printing it.

2) I read the Politburo directives on withdrawal from the national government in China. I think that soon the question of withdrawal from the Guomindang will have to be raised. Why — I will explain when I arrive. Some people, they say, have a repentant mood regarding our China policy. If this is true, it is regrettable. When I arrive, I will try to prove that our policy was and remains the only correct policy. Never have I been so deeply and firmly convinced of the correctness of our policy, both in China and in relation to the ARC, as now.

3) When should I be in Moscow?

July 11, 1927.

J. Stal.

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Source: Letters of J.V. Stalin to V.M. Molotov. 1925–1936. P. 116.

RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 1. D. 5388.