TASS DIGEST DISTRIBUTED TO CDE. I.V. STALIN AND CDE. C.M. MOLOTOV, 'RADIO BROADCAST'
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The Soviet embassy in London responded to rumors by announcing that Stalin's health is "excellent.""TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin and Cde. C.M. Molotov, 'Radio Broadcast'," October 23, 1945, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, RGASPI, f. 558, op. 11, d. 97, ll. 119. Contributed by Sergey Radchenko and translated by Gary Goldberg. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/134710 - Share
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[stamp: Secret Department of TASS] Top Secret RADIO BROADCAST PARIS, French, 23 October, transcript. LONDON. From London they report: the Soviet Embassy in London has declared that the state of health of Generalissimo Stalin is excellent, but that he is resting in the south of Russia with his daughter Svetlana in connection with the enormous nervous tension associated with his work during the war. They say that Generalissimo Stalin might refuse [otkazat’sya] the rank of Generalissimo of the Red Army. The correspondent of the Sunday Times in Moscow suspects that Generalissimo Stalin is busy with preparation of the issue of how to smooth out those rough spots which appeared at the conference in London. According to the statement of the same correspondent, Generalissimo Stalin will announce the decisions he has made in his speech which he will give on the radio on 7 November. Three copies printed 1st copy – to Cde. I. V. Stalin 2nd copy – to Cde. V. M. Molotov 3rd copy – to file. Outgoing Nº 505ss 23 October 1945 [Handwritten: PR] M. Nº 427 zp