ABSTRACT
Through Wiik Lenin resumed contact with Hanecki in Stockholm. He wrote him an unofficial letter saying he could not consult with the Central Committee, nor even get in touch with them. The point of this Aesopian letter was that the comrades in Stockholm should take action themselves. For a number of reasons, the Foreign Office proposed the occupation of the Aaland Isles. Lenin took two days to write his message. The thoughts and suggestions reflected his entire experience of twenty-four years. He stated that the Bolsheviks were gaining the majority in Petrograd and Moscow, and that it was time to replace speech-making with action. Perturbed by the Central Committee's failure to acknowledge his letter, Lenin concerned himself with the technical aspects of the insurrection. The Central Committee continued on its conciliatory course. The Bolsheviks attended a democratic conference which resolved to establish a pre-parliament.
