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2 Is the decision of the minority that we must take a decisive stand immediately for organizational crystallization of the class farmer labor forces thru a convention on May 30th so that the class farmer labor forces may act as a unit in relation to the July 4th Third Party convention correct?
3 The protest of the minority against removals of Party workers for factional reasons.
I do not know just how soon the delegation will be able to leave but we will hasten the matter in every way possible. I hope that the delegates can be gotten off within two or three weeks' time.
We are writing you in advance of the arrival of our delegation so that you can bring the whole matter before the E C of the C I and have the necessary preparations made so that we can present the case as quickly as possible. It is very essential in view of the critical situation in regard to our Labor Party policy and the general situation in regard to the Farmer Labor movement that some of the members of the delegation return to this country as quickly as possible in order to participate in the various conventions which are planned for May 30th and July 4th and in the negotiations in relation to these conventions.
It is not likely that all of our delegation will be able to remain for the meeting of the enlarged executive committee owing to the situation as outlined above and it is our request that preparations be made to act upon the controversy immediately upon the arrival of the delegation in Moscow.
We have sent you the minutes of our various committee meetings from time to time and also various documents and we trust that these are on file in Moscow so that they will be available in submitting the controversy to the Executive Committee of the C I. We will send today additional copies of the various documents so that all the papers will be available.
Fraternally yours,
Executive Secretary
CER:PEB OEA 12755
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Document 4
Kolerov to CPUSA, "C. I. Decision . . . ," 1924, RTsKhIDNI 515-1-255. Original in English with annotations in Russian script. The annotations date the telegram as before 17 June, and the text itself indicates that it was probably sent before 4 June. Magnus Johnson was a U.S. senator from Minnesota and a leading figure in the Farmer-Labor Party. "Bill" was William Foster. "Kolerov" was Vasil Kolarov, a Bulgarian Comintern official.
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