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  ^[61] The article "Against the Moscow Conference" was written by J. V. Stalin at the request of the Central Committee of the

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R.S.D.L.P.(B.) which had discussed the question of the Moscow Conference on August 5, 1917. The C.C. resolved to publish its resolution and a leaflet and to print a series of articles on the Moscow Conference in the Central Organ. "Against the Moscow Conference" first appeared as an editorial in Rabochy i Soldat, No. 14, and then in the Kronstadt Proletarskoye Delo on August 12, 1917, and, on August 13, as an appeal of the Party Central Committee in Proletary, No. 1. It was also put out as a separate leaflet.
    In the appeal and the leaflet the last few lines were replaced by the following words:
    "Comrades, arrange meetings and pass resolutions of protest against the 'Moscow Conference'! As a mark of protest against the 'Conference,' join with the Putilov workers today in organizing collections in support of the hounded and persecuted Party press. Do not succumb to provocation and do not arrange any street demonstrations today!"    [p. 207]