namely, that in spite of the decisions, and in spite of the very useful discussions we shall have discussions in Germany which will not help matters forward but will rather put them back. The differences within the party have remained. The majority of the party holds the point of view of what is here called the Centre. The Centre has only just arisen. The comrades here have often departed from their point of view. They have become crystallised in the course of the last few weeks. And it is no chance that in Germany all the comrades of the Central Committee, all the leaders who hold this point of view, have taken up a more consistent attitude towards the theses than has been the case in Moscow. It is a fact that there has been no hesitation on this question, The theses of Radek and Brandler were rejected.
If all the three groups return to Germany with the will and belief that the German Party needs a swing to the left as it does bread and air—
(Radek: Quite right.)
(Brandler: Quite right.)
(Radek: Brandler Says, quite right!)
That the theses formulated by Zinoviev are correct and give a foundation for the struggle; if they do not act as factions, tendencies and groups; if all groups are prepared to take up new positions in view of the new facts, and if we are able to bring the party up to the proper political level, then I think the Moscow consultation will help us forward.
The resolutions were then voted on jointly and were carried unanimously, without abstentions.
VII.
DOCUMENTS
Declaration of the Minority
Bearing in mind that the unity, harmony, and solidarity of the German Communist Party must be maintained in all its work and struggles, the undersigned have considered it their duty to vote against the political theses of the Executive Committee on the lessons of the October events in Germany.
The basis for unity, harmony, and solidarity in the party must be complete clarity in the attitude to be adopted to the disputed questions arising out of the October events. A clear and definite recognition of the errors committed by the party and the defects it has betrayed, and their causes and consequences, is an indispensable preliminary if the party is to make good its errors and correct its defects and if it is to go forward to the forthcoming decisive struggle as well-prepared as possible to be the leader of the revolutionary proletariat. The political theses lack a certain clearness and definiteness. They have not cleared up the contradiction in opinions, and have therefore not removed the con-
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