The 1923 did not, as had been hoped, trigger a German version of the Russian October Revolution, but it did demonstrate the intensity of revolutionary aspirations within the Communist Party of Germany. As a representative of the party's left wing from the western part of Germany, in January 1924 König travelled to Moscow to take part in discussions with the leadership of the Communist International (Comintern) and to denounce Heinrich Brandler, a disgraced former leader of the German party who was now being blamed for the failure of the "Deutscher Oktober". At the of the Comintern, in June/July 1924, König was elected a member of the organisation's "International Control Commission".