Translated from: ru/1912/1912-04_pismo_k_tsetkin_nachalo_aprelya_1912.txt

Dear Comrade!

The Central Committee of the RSDLP has been definitively constituted and has set about directing party work. First on the agenda is preparation for the elections to the Fourth Duma. The CC has already done a good deal in this regard, but even more remains to be done. Meanwhile, the funds remaining at its disposal are far from sufficient for the continuation, let alone the completion, of the election campaign. In view of this, the Central Committee, in accordance with the decision of the January Conference of the RSDLP, according to which party assets must be concentrated in the hands of the Central Committee, once again appeals to you (this time in writing) with the request to transfer to the Central Committee the party funds in your keeping. Feeling that without these funds the Central Committee will be compelled to discontinue the election campaign already begun, and being confident that you will satisfy this request as soon as possible. We await your reply. With comradely greetings, CC of the RSDLP.

From the archive of V.D. Mochalov.