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 Rh on Lenin in 1918. Here are the words of the decree as carried in the official Izvestia on November 30, 1920:

In order fully to realize what this means let us quote from the appeal to the Socialists of the world by Martoff, leader of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party an appeal that has been endorsed by the well-known syndicalist Merrheim, head of the French Metal Workers and one of the leaders of the Conféderation Génèrale du Travail. Referring to the above ukase, Martoff, who is well and favorably known by the entire labor movement of Europe, writes:

Let all who would take this warning lightly remember the fatal experiment which has already been made