579. To THE PRESIDING COMMITTEE OF THE FRONTLINE CONGRESS^[1]

To the Presiding Committee of Delegates of the Frontline Congress

Written not later than April 29 (May 12), 1917 · First published in 1918 in the hook Seventh (April) All-Russia Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. (Bolsheviks). Petrograd City Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. (Bolsheviks). April 1917. Minutes, p. 364, Note 175. Printed from the original. · page 631

Dear Comrades,

I received your invitation and thank you for it with all my heart. I regret that I am absolutely unable to attend your congress today in view of my commitments to the All-Russia conference of our Party.

The conference proceedings have dragged out, there will probably be an all-night sitting, and I cannot get away for a minute. Please forgive me.

With comradely greetings,
N. Lenin

Notes

[1] The frontline congress of delegates from the army in the field was held in Petrograd from April 24 to May 4 (May 7–17), 1917.