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To:
Com. Dimitrov
Com.
Manuilsky
Com.
Moskvin
At
the 15. 8. 36 ECCI party organization meeting, upon hearing the Buzynski case,
some c[omrades] harshly attacked the Polish section for not having signaled its
concerns regarding Buzynski. Even some party committee members (c.[omrades]
Chernomordik and Kotelnikov) reproached the Pol[ish] section for failing to
inform the Party committee in a timely manner about the Buzynski case.
Since
these c[omrades], especially c[omrade] Chernomordik, had been informed about
our conclusion on Buzynski (regarding [his] dismissal from the ECCI apparatus
and expulsion from the VKP(b)) one month before the meeting, on 14. 7. 36 to be
precise, and must have not paid sufficient attention to our conclusion, I
consider their behavior at the meeting as improper. This is especially improper
since I had talked with c[omrades] Manuilsky and Moskvin about the Buzynski
case a month ago (15. 7. 36), and we had agreed that Buzynski should be removed
from work.
It
is strange that instead Buzynski received a pass to a health resort, and the
Pol[ish] section was later criticized for insufficient vigilance.
It
is completely understandable that I was not able to protest at the general
meeting because I considered it inappropriate. But I thought that some of the
ECCI leaders present at the meeting would have found the opportunity to note
that this time the Pol[ish] section had not stood around gaping and, after a
lengthy verification of Buzynski, had raised the issue of his removal from the
ECCI apparatus and his membership in the party in a proper party order (ECCI
leadership, Cadres Department).
But
unfortunately, nobody mentioned that, despite the fact that it could have been
done in a proper way, the more so because we (having noticed the dragging out
of the Buzynski case in the Cadres Department) had sent, on 27. 7. 36, a copy
of our resolution on Buzynski to the CC VKP(b); but it was kept by com. Moskvin
until the investigation of the correctness of our accusations against Buzynski
[is completed]. It seems to me that our letter with a copy of the resolution on
Buzynski is still being kept in the ECCI apparatus (in Moskvin’s Secretariat).
In this connection, I want to remind you that the final resolution of
the question of party membership of some members of the Leontiev group (the
formation of an anti-party clique and suspicion of provocation) has been
delayed for 8 months already, because, in accordance with com. Moskvin’s order,
the correctness of our suggestions regarding those of the group living in
Moscow is still being verified. Meanwhile, those [members of the Leontiev
group] living in the BSSR have not only been expelled already from the VKP(b),
but have been arrested and condemned by the appropriate organs to varying terms
of imprisonment.
I
would also like to remind you that the investigation of the Khavkin-Walter
case, which had been initiated by us in connection with his Menshevik past and
Trotskyist affiliation, has been delayed for a half year already. In February,
our P[olitical] B[ureau] charged me with raising this question with com.
Moskvin, which I did promptly. Com. Moskvin charged com. Krajewski with
verifying the correctness of our accusations, yet Walter continues to work in
OMS.* Besides, he has been sent -- at a time
when the ECCI leadership was aware of the new materials on the
Trotskyist-Zinovievite bloc -- on a trip abroad, before I knew anything about
Y[our] decision on his part[y] affairs.
Since
we, having learned from bitter experience in the past, have considerably
heightened our vigilance, we request most strongly that you guarantee that the
results of our vigilance will be acted upon, and not to give cause, to the
extent possible, to the generally unjustified attacks on us for any supposed
lack of vigilance.
In
conclusion, I ask you to inform me about any directives or observations
regarding our insufficient vigilance, if you have any, and to contribute to
cessation of the groundless attacks against the Pol[ish] section at the general
meetings of the party organization, attacks which unjustly put us in a
difficult situation.
Representative
of the CP Poland in ECCI
Skulski /SKULSKI/
17. VIII. 1936
RGASPI, f. 495, op. 74, d. 399, ll.
11-12.
Original in Russian.
Typewritten.
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* Otdel Mezhdunarodnoi Sviazi, Department of International Relations of ECCI. By this date, the OMS had been renamed the Comunications Department.