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October 21, 1945
TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin and Cde. C.M. Molotov, 'The Assertions of An Associated Press Commentator; etc.'
Articles on Stalin's alleged death, retirement or vacation and the implications of his possible retreat from politics.
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October 22, 1945
Telegram, Akopov to Cde. Stalin
Report on new models of trucks being produced in the Soviet Union.
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October 22, 1945
TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin and Cde. C.M. Molotov, 'Radio Broadcasts; Sadak's Article'
TASS reports on rumors of Stalin's illness in Congolese and Turkish newspapers as well as a Turkish analysis of Soviet politics.
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October 23, 1945
TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin et al, 'Report of a TASS Correspondent in France'
Report that the French press has been instructed by the Ministry of Information not to spread any information of foreign policy favorable to the USSR.
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October 23, 1945
TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin and Cde. C.M. Molotov, 'Radio Broadcast'
The Soviet embassy in London responded to rumors by announcing that Stalin's health is "excellent."
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October 23, 1945
TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin and Cde. C.M. Molotov, 'Radio Broadcasts'
Rumors continue to circulate that Stalin is ill, and Soviet representatives have neither confirmed nor denied these rumors.
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October 24, 1945
TASS News Summary, 'A Denial of the Press Department of the Soviet Embassy in London
Reports of that Stalin is ill.
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October 26, 1945
TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin and Cde. C.M. Molotov, 'London Report About Norwegian Newspapers; Etc.'
TASS reports on rumors that Stalin is ill and blames the American press for fueling these rumors.
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October 27, 1945
TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin et al, 'Radio Broadcast'
US Ambassador to the Soviet Union Harriman told the press that Stalin was in good condition when they met in Sochi.
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October 28, 1945
TASS Digest Distributed to Cde. I.V. Stalin and Cde. C.M. Molotov, 'The London Correspondent of "The New York Times" About Comrade Stalin; etc.'
TASS reports on newspaper articles in the foreign press disputing rumors of Stalin's illness.
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October 29, 1945
Telegram, V. Molotov, L. Beria, G. Malenkov, and A. Mikoyan to Cde. Stalin
Molotov, Beria, Malenkov, and Mikoyan ask Stalin to approve an announcement awarding the Order of Lenin to A.A. Andreyev on the occasion of his 50th birthday.
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October 30, 1945
Telegram, Molotov to Cde. Stalin
Draft reply to Malinovsky concerning Soviet troops in Manchuria, including instructions to avoid responsibilities for the security of Manchuria; allow the Chinese government's representatives to land at Huludao and Yingkou; allow the Chinese planes to land at Fengtian and Changchun
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October 31, 1945
Telegram, L. Beria and G. Malenkov to Cde. Stalin
Request for Stalin's opinion about the nomination of several candidates for the People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
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October 31, 1945
Cable, L. Beria to Cde. Stalin
Beria asks Stalin for permission to fly to Sochi.
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October 31, 1945
Cable, L. Beria to Cde. Stalin
Beria asks Stalin for permission to fly to Sochi.
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October 31, 1945
Telegram, L. Beria to Cde. Stalin
Draft decree mandating that all trucks be produced with wooden cabins and bodies in order to save metal.
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November 01, 1945
Cable No. 3504 from Stalin to Cde. Beria
Stalin asks Beria not to come to Sochi.
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November 01, 1945
V. Molotov, L. Beria, G. Malenkov, and A. Mikoyan to Cde. I.V. Stalin
Letter to Stalin on draft decree abolishing the war tax.
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November 01, 1945
Decree of the USSR Council of People's Commissars, 'The Timeframes for the Abolition of the Imposition of the War Tax'
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November, 1945
Handwritten Note from Molotov to Cde. Stalin, conveying Message from S. Saracoglu
Molotov suggests that Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic Şükrü Saracoğlu's telegram congratulating Stalin on the 28th anniversary of the October Revolution be published in the press.