97. To THE AMERICAN SOCIALIST INTERNATIONALISTS^[1]

Written in May 1918 · First published in 1925 in the magazine Ogonyok No. 4 (95). Published in 1960 in the book: Albert Rhys Williams, O Lenine i Oktyabrskoi Revolyutsii (On Lenin and the October Revolution), Moscow. Printed from the text of the book. · page 97

Through the American comrade Albert R. Williams I send my greetings to the American socialist internationalists. I firmly believe that in the long run the social   revolution will be victorious in all civilised countries. When it begins in America it will far surpass the Russian revolution.

Notes

[1] This letter was written in English during a conversation with Albert Rhys Williams, the American journalist, who visited Lenin before leaving for the U.S.A.