From THE LETTER TO HENRIETTE ROLAND-HOLST

8/III.1916 

(5) What are our differences with Trotsky? This must probably interest you. In brief—he is a  Kautskyite, that is, he stands for unity with the Kautskyites in the International and with Chkheidze’s parliamentary group in Russia. We are absolutely against such unity. Chkheidze with his phrases (that he is for Zimmerwald: see his recent speech, Vorwärts 5/III) cloaks the fact that he shares the views of the Organising Committee and of the people taking part in the war committees.* 

Trotsky at present is against the Organising Committee (Axelrod and Martov) but for unity with the  Chkheidze Duma group!!

We are definitely against.

With best regards to you, Comrade Pannekoek and the other Dutch comrades!

Yours,

N. Lenin

V. I. Lenin, Collected Works,

Vol. 43, pp. 515-16