The Communist Manifesto exam paper." On 23 November, just before the Communist League's Second Congress (29 November – 8 December 1847), Engels wrote to Marx, expressing his desire to eschew the catechism format in favour of the manifesto, because he felt it "must contain some history." On the 28th, Marx and Engels met at Ostend in Belgium, and a few days later, gathered at the Soho, London headquarters of the German Workers' Education Association to attend the Congress. Over the next ten days, intense debate raged between League functionaries; Marx eventually dominated the others and, overcoming "stiff and prolonged opposition", in Harold Laski's
Prague Manifesto Soviet Constitution, however, the Prague Manifesto was anti-communist, calling for the abolition of collective farms, among other things. Many aspects of the Manifesto closely resemble the political program of the Russian emigré organisation, the National Alliance of Russian Solidarists (NTS), of whom several of Vlasov's key allies were members, such as General Feodor Trukhin. The Manifesto specified that an "honorable peace" with Germany "not disturbing the honor" of Russia would be achieved. It also stated that the help of Germany was welcome as it provided "the only realistic possibility" of removing Stalin from power. General Vlasov proclaimed the Prague Manifesto