The American journalist
Reed interviews Kamenev and Volodarsky in the halls of Smolny Institute. They
answered questions about the coming Congress of Soviets. Both of them spoke
conditionally; neither was sure the Congress would actually take place.
Kamenev said that
if it took place, the Congress would certainly represent the will of the
masses, and probably have a Bolshevik majority. Of course, this was his preferred
path for the transfer of power to the soviets.
Volodarsky said that
the Compromisers were trying to see that the Congress did not come off. So the
Bolsheviks “were realists enough not to depend on that!” But apparently he didn’t say, or Reed didn’t ask, what the
Bolsheviks would do in such a case.
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