Kaganovich to Stalin 1933

Stalin, Molotov, Kaganovich correspondence

Kaganovich to Stalin January 31, 1933

Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 741. L. 1–2. Autograph.
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Dear comrade Stalin!

1) Before leaving 1 , I took with me additional proposals for imported spare parts, edited them and now send them to you. We discussed these issues in the commission and, in my opinion, the proposals are indisputable. With the representative of the NKVneshtorg comrade Sorokin, everything was agreed. It has also been agreed with NKTyazhprom on the withdrawal of part of the ball bearings from Sibselmash, a couple of tens of thousands of imported ball bearings have been there for a year now, and now you can undoubtedly take some.

For magneto and additional ball bearings, we give the task to Moscow plants - Elektrozavod and Ball Bearing. When I arrive, I will take measures so that they complete the task. In view of the urgency of these issues, I ask you to vote without waiting for my arrival.

2) I am sending you a transcript of my report at the plenum. I'm ashamed to download you, but if you can, please view 2 .

3) Today we managed to familiarize ourselves with the situation with the repair of tractors. Here they know no more than in NKZem and NKSovkhoz. The sowing committee has developed a repair plan, and the authorities of the Tractor Center, NKZem and NKSovkhozes are helpless in operational management. Rostselmash was given 1000 engines for repairs, I think that they can be given more than 3 . At night we are going to Armavir, after which I will inform you in more detail.

4) Sheboddaev considers it inexpedient to raise the question about food aid now, after my arrival from the regions I will talk to him again 4 .

Hello to you.

Yours L. Kaganovich 5 .

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1 We are talking about Kaganovich's trip to the North Caucasus (January 30 - February 5, 1933) with a brigade, which included representatives of the People's Commissariat of the RCT of the USSR, the OGPU, the People's Commissariat of Land of the USSR, etc. ...] to clarify a number of other issues related to the preparation of the North Caucasus for spring sowing” (RGASPI. F. 81. Op. 3. D. 215. L. 44, 45).

2 Transcript missing.

On January 31, 1933, Kaganovich and members of the brigade visited Rostselmash, Zernotrest and Zernotraktor, attended a meeting of the regional committee bureau (Ibid. L. 44).

4 At a meeting of the bureau of the North Caucasian Regional Committee, Sheboddaev said that “20 mil. pounds, and collected so far 4-5 mil. poods [...] the lack of food is most acutely felt in the Novo-Aleksandrovsky district. Employees of the OGPU who left the regional committee stated about 100 cases of death from starvation, ”etc. (Ibid. L. 74). On February 7, 1933, the PB made a decision: “To release 300 thousand [thousand] poods of grain (rye) at the disposal of the North Caucasian Regional Committee and the Regional Executive Committee for the food needs of the workers of state farms, MTS, MTM, as well as the assets (party and non-party) of needy collective farms » (Ibid. F. 17. Op. 162. D. 14. L. 60).

5 The letter was written on the letterhead of the Secretary of the North Caucasian Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. On the first page of Stalin's litter: "To my archive."

Stalin to Molotov, Kaganovich [February 19, 1933]

Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 741. L. 3. Typewritten copy.
Molotov, Kaganovich !

Do you know who allowed the American correspondents in Moscow to go to the Kuban? They concocted infamy about the situation in the Kuban (see their correspondence). We must put an end to this and forbid these gentlemen from traveling around the USSR 1 . There are so many spies in the USSR.

I. Stalin 2 .

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1 On February 23, 1933, the PB adopted a resolution “On trips around the USSR of foreign correspondents”, which established the procedure “by virtue of which they can travel around the USSR and visit certain points only with the permission of the Main Police Department” (RGASPI. F. 17. Inventory 3, case 916, sheet 25).

2 In the upper right corner of the resolution: “This is an ugly business. It should be discussed in the Central Committee. Molotov. Kaganovich.

Stalin to Molotov, Kaganovich [no later than June 19, 1933]

Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 741. L. 4. Typewritten copy.
Litvinov writes that Rushdie 2 "got it wrong again", in this case, about Beneš and the Little Entente. In general, Rushdie is a talker. It's time to get it. Litvinov asks to expedite the deal with the pact with the Italians. He is right.

I propose to accept Comrade Potemkin's proposals (all 3 points), i.e. regardless of whether the French have been notified of the negotiations with Italy, immediately give Mussolini's consent and submit to him our draft non-aggression plan, entrusting Comrade Potemkin to conduct the negotiations .

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1 In the lower left corner of the letter there is a note: "1.VII.1933".

2 That's right: Aras Rustu-bey Tevfik.

3 We are talking about the Treaty of Friendship, Non-Aggression and Neutrality between the USSR and Italy, signed on September 2, 1933 (DVP, vol. XVI, pp. 494-496). On June 19, 1933, the PB decided by poll: “Accept the proposals of Comrade Potemkin, i.e. regardless of the notification of the French about the negotiations with Italy, immediately give Mussolini's consent to his proposal for a pact and submit to him our draft non-aggression pact, entrusting Comrade Potemkin with negotiating" (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 162. D. 14. L. 162 ).