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Stalin and Kaganovich. Correspondence. 1931–19361934 SEPTEMBER
In 1934, Stalin did not receive visitors in the Kremlin office from July 30 to October 31. Such a long vacation this time could be justified by the relative improvement in the situation in the country.
1934 was the quietest of the thirteen years of Soviet history that began with the "Great Leap Forward" and ended with the German attack. It was in 1934 that some of the fruits of the tortuous industrialization struggle of the previous five years appeared.
Stalin to Kaganovich, Molotov September 1, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 75. Autograph.
Kaganovich, Molotov.
Yours 55. Without data on the size of the Red Army for 35 years and the program to reduce the army in connection with mechanization and some organizational measures, I do not consider it possible to vote for your proposal.
Stalin.
#46
1/IX.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day sent in code from Sochi at 3 o'clock. 3 min. (Ibid. L. 74).Kaganovich, Molotov to Stalin September 1, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. P. D. 84. L. 80, 83. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 59–62. Typewritten text with Molotov's editing. Signatures are autographs.
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From Moscow 1/IX - 34 at 3 o'clock. 53 min. In. No. 47.
Sochi. Tov. Stalin.
We are sending: 1) A draft directive to the plenipotentiary in Tokyo. 2) Draft TASS report on Stomonyakov's conversation with Ota (Sent in series "G").
Please let us know your opinion 1 .
Kaganovich, Molotov.
In connection with the fact that Togo, after listening to our answer through Kozlovsky, announced that he was waiting for an official answer from Yurenev, we outline the following directive to the embassy in Tokyo: Togo made his proposal unofficially and personally on his own behalf, he has no reason to expect an official response from our side. At the same time, Comrade. Kozlovsky, on his own behalf, should offer Togo to continue the informal negotiations begun between them both” 2 . HP 61.
Telegram.
From Moscow 1/IX - 34, 3 hours. 53 min. Series "G"
Sochi. Tov. Stalin.
TASS message .
On August 31, when the Japanese ambassador visited the city of Ota, comrade. Stomoniakova 3, the latter told him that, according to information received at the NKID, on August 22, the Japanese gendarmerie in Harbin arrested a clerk of the material service of the CER, comrade. Golovin and imprisoned in the premises of the gendarmerie on Pochtovaya Street. After some time, she was summoned for interrogation to another room, where during the interrogation the following inhuman tortures were applied to her: metal bars were placed between her fingers, and her fingers were tied with a rope, which was tightly tightened, so that Golovina lost consciousness. Further on interrogations comrade. Golovina's face and head were beaten with fists, her hair was pulled out and water was poured into her mouth and nose. All these tortures were carried out by Japanese employees. On the 27th of August Com. Golovina was taken out into the street in an extremely serious condition and without any help was sent home with the first oncoming cab, warning her that after her health improves, she will be arrested. At present, Comrade Golovina, due to her serious condition, was placed in the hospital with the assistance of the Consulate General of the USSR.
Tov. Stomonyakov stated that the actual report made by Golovina herself to a representative of the Soviet Consulate General in Harbin confirms the worst press reports about the inhuman torture inflicted on arrested employees on the CER in order to force them to confess that they themselves organized those numerous attacks on the Eastern Line of the CER, from which the employees themselves and their families have suffered and are suffering most of all.
On behalf of the Soviet government Comrade. Stomonyakov protested to Mr. Ota against all these actions of the Japanese authorities in Manchuria and pointed out that the Soviet government expected the Japanese government to take decisive measures to stop all these unacceptable actions, which, moreover, cause such obvious harm to relations between the two states. No. 61.
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1 On the same day, Stalin agreed (Ibid. D. 84. L. 80).
2 We are talking about negotiations on the sale of the CER.
3 For details of the conversation, see WFT. T. XVII. pp. 820–821.Kaganovich to Stalin September 1, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 84. Certified typewritten copy; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L.64–65. Autograph.
Owls, secret .
Copy .
Cipher .
Sochi. Tov. Stalin.
1) On the 3rd I leave for Kyiv. I am delayed until the 3rd in view of the side work on the question of the purchase of grain and, most importantly, the redistribution of commodity funds. I think to stay in Ukraine for 10-15 days.
2) T. Molotov leaves for Novosibirsk on the 3rd, Comrade Kirov is scheduled for Kazakhstan, but they have not yet agreed with him, Mikoyan for Kursk and Voronezh, Chubar for the Middle Volga.
Tov. Voroshilov was on maneuvers and we instructed him to take care of grain procurement in Belarus and the Western Region. No. 2219/sh. Kaganovich.
1.IX.34
Kaganovich, Molotov to Stalin September 2, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 86. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 66. Typewritten text with corrections by Kaganovich. Signatures are autographs.
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From Moscow 2/IX - 34 at 23 o'clock. 39 min. In. No. 49.
Sochi. Tov. Stalin.
The Germans made it clear in a conversation with Weitzer that they would agree to a five-year loan if we agreed to accept the clause on current orders in their wording, i.e. we will declare that we will strive to ensure that the amount of current orders remains at the level of the last 12 months. According to German calculations, this amounts to about 45 million marks. The Germans propose to set the interest rate under the loan agreement at the discount rate of the Reichsbank plus 2.1%, which is currently 6.1%.
The previous directive proposed as the first position to proceed from an average loan term of five and a half years, and on this condition to go for a loan cost of 6% per annum, preferably without linking to the discount rate of the Reichsbank. On the question of current orders, the last directive was to go for 20, at most 30 million marks.
We consider it possible to conclude an agreement on the basis of a five-year loan and an interest rate equal to the discount rate of the Reichsbank plus 2.1%, i.e. 6.1%, but do not go on a commitment for current orders over 30 million marks.
Please provide your opinion. HP 63.
Kaganovich, Molotov.Stalin to Kaganovich, Molotov September 3, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. P. D. 84. L. 86, 86v. Autograph.
Kaganovich. Molotov .
Your 63 . I agree with your proposal, provided that - first - your offer means the last concession and we will not make any more concessions, - second - when we issue orders, the Germans undertake to open access to all plants without exception, including pulp mills, to all others chemical plants, to military and aviation plants, and in general to all plants and institutes without limitation, so that we can fully exercise our right of free customers. Without these conditions, I advise you not to sign contracts, because we do not intend to buy any junk from them.
Stalin.
#48
3/IX.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day sent in code from Sochi at 17:00. 24 min. (Ibid. L. 85).Kaganovich, Molotov, Mikoyan to Stalin September 3, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 95. Original. Typescript.
Telegram.
Series "G".
From Moscow 3/IX — 34 6 p.m. 40 min.
Sochi. Tov. Stalin.
We adopt a resolution of the Central Committee and Council of People's Commissars on digging and transporting beets. We approve as a firm plan the current plan for the contracting of beetroot from collective farms, payment in kind to the MTS, and delivery of a total of 141 million centners to state farms. We set the dates for the start of digging and hauling of beets in the main beet-growing areas.
We consider it necessary to ensure the timely export of a large crop of this year's beets to mobilize vehicles of grain state farms and MTS that have completed the delivery of grain: Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions 850, Crimea 150, People's Commissariat of Defense 300, a total of 1300 vehicles. In addition, to ship in advance before September 20 at the expense of the funds of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, the People's Commissariat of Food Industry of the USSR in the IV quarter 1200 trucks.
Please let me know what comments you have. HP P931.
Kaganovich, Molotov, Mikoyan.Kaganovich, Molotov to Stalin September 3, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 92. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 69. Typewritten copy.
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From Moscow 3/IX - 34 at 20:00. 15 minutes. In. No. 52.
Sochi. Tov. Stalin.
Dimitrov raised the question of the need to postpone the convening of the Congress of the Comintern in view of its unpreparedness. Today we talked with the Cominternists. It can be seen that the congress is indeed unprepared: there are no draft theses yet, the speakers have not yet been prepared either, the questions of the congress have not yet been discussed at all in the parties. Of the Cominternists, Manuilsky, Kuusinen for Dimitrov's proposal. Pyatnitsky is against, Kiorin partly supports him, offering to delay for two weeks. There were three proposals: the first was for a convocation at the end of September or the beginning of November, the second was to postpone it until November, and the third was to postpone it until March 1935.
We, all the members of the Politburo and the Cominternists, with the exception of Pyatnitsky, believe that the congress should be postponed until November.
Please provide your opinion. HP 66.
Kaganovich, Molotov.Kaganovich to Stalin on September 3 [1934]
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 742. L. 75–84. Autograph.
3/IX
Hello, Dear Comrade Stalin!
Before leaving, we worked on a number of issues on which we ask you to provide your opinion.
1) We discussed with the people's commissars the limits on the national economic plan for the fourth quarter [artal]. We plan the size of the gross output for the industry of the allied people's commissariats of 11170 mil. rub[lei], i.e. 28.9[%] to the annual plan. The volume of capital work for the entire national economy is projected to be 5,116.2 million. We include in the resolution a clause that the all-Union budget should provide for an excess of revenues over expenditures by 1,500 million rubles. I am sending you a draft resolution 1 .
2) After several revisions, today we finally polished the decision on the purchase of bread, which I am sending you.
The hardest part was raising the funds. The apparatus is not particularly willing to redistribute funds, and especially to allocate a suitable assortment of goods. I had to return several times and force to recalculate. We have not yet distributed the fund of 400 million for the 4th quarter by regions, just as the September fund has not yet been distributed by assortment, but only in rubles. This will be done within the next 2 days. I ask you to communicate your opinion by telegraph on the resolution itself and on your consent to your signature.
3) We have developed a resolution on the harvesting, removal and delivery of beets, the harvest is very good, but they can miss it. Following the example of last year, we set the terms for digging and hauling. We give contracting figures as a solid plan of procurement. We are planning 2,600 machines for beets, of which: 1,200 will be shipped in September at the expense of the NKZ and NKPishcheprom fund in the fourth quarter, 1,110 machines are subject to mobilization at grain farms and MTS that have completed harvesting, and we will additionally mobilize 300 machines from NKODefense. There is no T. Voroshilov, he will be very angry, but in Ukraine and in the Central Black Sea Region this is possible and necessary. We are informing you by telegraph today. We do not send the entire resolution so as not to overload you.
4) Pending the approval of the final regulation on the People's Commissariat of Internal Trade and Food Industry, yesterday we approved the structure (administrations and departments) and the personnel of the chiefs 2 . We send them to you and ask for your opinion. Comrade Zhdanov will write more about this.
5) Krestinsky sent us an inquiry in connection with the conversations between the French and the Poles about our entry into the League of Nations. I am sending you his paper and asking for your opinion. We have not finally established our opinion, we think that the maximum that could be done is for the French to tell them (the Poles) on their own behalf that they believe that it goes without saying that the entry of the USSR into the League of Nations does not change the Riga Peace Treaty , in which the issue of national minorities is settled, but it is even better not to say this. Litvinov will receive an answer, probably tomorrow, which will be sent to you by telegraph .
6) We have already refused T. Troyanovsky's request, but sent it by mail, so he has not yet received 4 .
7) At the Defense Commission, the issue of orders and the budget of the National Defense Committee for 1935 was raised. After some discussion, we postponed the issue. This can be done in a month or two. Just in case, I am sending you a note about these orders and the budget.
8) Based on all your telegrams, we have adopted appropriate decisions, including on trade unions. On the 5th, a plenum of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions meets and will adopt this resolution. There are individual venerable dignitaries from the trade unions who do not particularly like this disaggregation, they are afraid that there will be less “respect” and therefore they willingly savored the fact that the issue in the PB seemed to have met with a hitch and was postponed, but the bulk of the trade unionists meet our decision very well 5 .
8) I ask you, Comrade Stalin, to tell you how to work out in practice your absolutely correct proposals on the Sredazburo and the People's Commissariat of Justice, why not wait a month or two, and then decide? Or move now? 6
9) I wanted to write to you in detail about transport matters, but I will do it after my arrival from Ukraine. I must only say that the NKPS cannot break out of the achieved level of fulfillment of the transportation plan. In August, 57,273 wagons were loaded, 92.5% of the plan against 56,669 wagons in July and 58,083 in June. Apparently, in September-October we will have to work hard on preparing for the winter.
10) Today we are leaving for grain procurement. Kirov is also leaving tomorrow. Here remain TT. Zhdanov, Kuibyshev, Andreev, Rudzutak. Sergo will arrive from the Urals one of these days.
I'll end with this.
Hello to you. Your L. Kaganovich.
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On September 11, 1934, the PB approved those limits according to the national economic plan for the GU quarter of 1934, which were reported by Kaganovich (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 951. L. 49).
2 The Decree of the Council of People's Commissars on the structure of the central apparatus of the People's Commissariat of Internal Trade and the composition of the heads of departments was approved by the PB on September 9, 1934 (Ibid. L. 45, 96–98).
3 Litvinov's telegrams were forwarded to Stalin on 6 September:
"FROM. secret. Cipher. T. Stalin. We are forwarding the just received telegram from Litvinov: “From Prague. September 5, 1934. Your number 9063. It is necessary to declare through Podolsky and through Barta with reference to us that we cannot waive any rights and prerogatives granted to the members of the League, but that in the relations of our minority in Poland, we consider that the corresponding clauses of the Riga Treaty are sufficient. Litvinov. Kuibyshev. 6.IX.34" (Ibid. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 111).
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From Moscow 6DH - 34, 23 hours. 05 min. In. No. 57. Sochi. Tov. Stalin. Litvinov’s telegram No. 12197: “Poland is undoubtedly offended by ignoring it on the issue of our entry into the League, and I would propose to instruct Podolsky to immediately make a statement to Beck with approximately the following content: we are aware that England, France, Italy and other states intend to induce the League to invite us to join it. We tend to respond favorably to such an invitation. In this regard, the newspapers of various countries are spreading rumors about Poland's negative attitude towards this or about its intention in connection with this to raise questions that would complicate the issue. We do not believe these rumors, and in accordance with the relations existing between us, the government has instructed me to speak frankly with you and find out how Poland will vote in the council and assembly if the question of invitation and admission to the League and the granting of a permanent seat in the Council arises there. If Beck confirms that he intends to demand a permanent seat for Poland as well, Podolsky must say that we do not object to this, but that we do not see a connection between these two issues and the establishment of such a connection is not compatible with friendly relations. If Beck touches on the issue of minorities, Podolsky may reply that we have no objection to the exemption of Poland and other states from international obligations regarding minorities. We must hurry with this, because Beck will soon leave for Geneva. Litvinov” (Ibid. L. 119).
On the same day, Kuibyshev also informed Stalin about the discussion at the PB on the issue of relations with Poland: “Scipher. From Moscow 6 / GH - 34 at 19 o'clock. 15 minutes. In. No. 56. Sochi. Tov. Stalin. On September 2, Krestinsky's letter No. 5439 was forwarded to you, enclosing a draft directive from the French Foreign Ministry to the French ambassador in Warsaw. We discussed this project before the departure of the members of the Politburo and were inclined to have Bartu, on his own behalf, without reference to us, answer Beck that he does not understand his concern about the issue of national minorities, since the Riga Treaty, which regulates this issue between the USSR and Poland, will preserve its binding force both for Poland and for the USSR even after the entry of the USSR into the League of Nations. We decided to ask Litvinov's opinion. We have just received the attached telegram No. 12197 from Litvinov today. However, we believe that it is not Litvinov's answer to this request, but is his own proposal, which missed our request. Litvinov proposes that we make an official announcement to the Poles about our attitude towards the League of Nations. There is no need for this now, because on September 4, Beck spoke with Davtyan and suggested through him that we exchange notes with Poland that our previous agreements, including the latest pacts, remain in force even after our entry into the League. Attached is Davtyan's telegram. Litvinov's proposal regarding a conversation with Beck about a permanent seat in the Soviet for Poland is rejected because Beck did not raise this issue either in a conversation with the French ambassador or in a conversation with Davtyan. Finally, Litvinov proposes to tell Beck that we are ready to support in the League of Nations the Polish proposal to change Poland's commitments to the League on the question of national minorities. We consider this proposal unacceptable. Tomorrow the Council of the League of Nations will meet. We consider it expedient: a) To give Bart, through the French embassy in Moscow and through our embassy in Paris, the answer set out at the beginning of the letter, b) Orally in Warsaw to inform the Polish Foreign Ministry for transmission to Beck, who has already left for Geneva, that all our agreements with Poland naturally remain in force, if Beck, not satisfied with our oral answer, insists on an exchange of notes, allow Litvinov to agree to this as a last resort ”(Ibid. L. 117-118). Stalin agreed to this on September 7 (Ibid.). On the same day, September 7, 1934, the PB decided to give Bart the following answer: “Let Bart, on his own behalf, without reference to an exchange of views with the USSR, answer Beck that he does not understand his concern about the issue of national minorities, because the Treaty of Riga, which regulates this question between the USSR and Poland, retains its binding force both for Poland and for the USSR even after the entry of the USSR into the League of Nations. Report orally in Warsaw to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs or through a Polish attorney that all agreements with Poland remain in force. If Beck insists on an exchange of notes, allow Litvinov to agree to this as a last resort” (Ibid. Op. 162. D. 17. L. 33–34).
4 We are talking about Soviet-American negotiations on the liquidation of mutual financial claims.
5 The issue of the restructuring of the trade unions was first decided by the PB on May 3, 1934, and it was submitted for preliminary consideration by the OB (Ibid. Op. 3. D. 944. L. 36). On July 15, 1934, the PB instructed a commission headed by Kaganovich to revise the draft resolution on trade unions (Ibid. D. 948. L. 1–2). On August 29, 1934, the PB approved a resolution on the restructuring of the trade unions. Instead of 47 existing ones, 154 trade unions were formed (Ibid. D. 951. L. 13, 58–66).
On August 5, 1934, the PB allowed Ordzhonikidze a trip to factories and construction sites in the Urals from August 7 until the end of the month (Ibid. D. 949. L. 44).Stalin to Kaganovich, Molotov September 4, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 92. Autograph.
Kaganovich, Molotov .
Yours 66. If the CI Congress is to be postponed, it would be better to postpone it until March 1935 1 .
Stalin.
#49
4/IX.34 2
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The 17th Congress of the Comintern took place in July-August 1935.
2 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day sent in code from Sochi at 13:00. 30 minutes. (Ibid. L. 91).Stalin to Kaganovich, Molotov, Mikoyan September 4, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 95. Autograph.
Kaganovich, Molotov, Mikoyan.
As for the transportation of beets and measures to strengthen them - I agree 1 .
Stalin.
#50
4/IX.34 2
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On September 4, 1934, the decision of the PB was issued on the harvesting, removal and delivery of sugar beets harvested in 1934 (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 951. L. 88–90).
2 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day sent in code from Sochi at 13:00. 31 min. (Ibid. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 94).Stalin to Kaganovich September 6, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 81. Op. 3. D. 100. L. 72–75. Autograph.
T. Kaganovich.
1. It is necessary to establish not a minimum of 60% of food crops for the purchase of bread, but a minimum of 70%.
2. Deductions for regional executive committees should be set not at 20% of the purchased bread, but at 5%, and for ricks not at 10%, but at 3%. You are too liberal. But you have no idea what a catastrophe awaits the state if we do not buy all 200 mil. poods of bread. If the regional executive committee takes 20%, the Rick takes 10%, and the cooperatives take it, what will we have left? Have you thought about it? Our assumption is worse than you think. It is necessary to drum in all the regional workers that our assumption is catastrophic, that this is why we are reducing deductions. It is necessary to drum them in that the fate of our assumption depends on the success of purchases, that purchases are the combat task of the day, that the secretary of the regional committee who has not fulfilled the purchase plan will be punished approximately.
It is necessary to give an appropriate introduction to the decision on the purchase of bread (the decision is not published). It would be better to give separate resolutions for each area .
3. Why didn't the Stalingrad Territory be included?
4. We must immediately organize the purchase of grain in Dalvost and in that part of Vostsibir that is privileged, where there will be no grain procurements and where grain will have to be obtained only through purchases .
Hey! I. Stalin.
6/IX-34
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1 Stalin's proposals were largely implemented in the resolution of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On the purchase of bread from the harvest of 1934", approved by the PB on September 11, 1934. The minimum grain purchase plan was planned at 200 million pounds (RGASPI. F. 17 List 3, D. 951, L. 50, 103–113).Stalin to Kaganovich, Zhdanov, Kuibyshev, Rudzutak September 8, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 2–3. Autograph.
First. You will receive my amendments to the draft resolution of the Council of People's Commissars and the Central Committee on grain purchases today by letter addressed to Kaganovich. In addition to these amendments, I propose to raise the price of purchased bread by 15 kopecks per pood in comparison with the current purchase prices for wheat and 10 kopecks for rye.
Second. The question of creating an allied people's commissariat of justice can be postponed until the plenum of the Central Committee, which, in my opinion, will have to be convened at the end of October or at the beginning of November, 1 but the question of abolishing the Sredazbyuro could be decided upon the return of Molotov and Kaganovich from the trip.
Stalin.
#55
8/IX.34 2
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1 At the plenum of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks in November 1934, the issue of the NKJ was not considered.
2 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day sent in code from Sochi at 17:00. 05 min. (Ibid. L. 1).Kaganovich to Stalin, Zhdanov, Kuibyshev, Shkiryatov, Yaroslavsky September 10, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 16. Original. Typescript.
Encryption.
From Pomoshnaya 10/IX - 34 at 4 p.m. In. No. 65.
T. t. Stalin, Zhdanov, Kuibyshev, Shkiryatov, Yaroslavsky.
Some heads of political departments, dismissed by the Central Committee for misdeeds and inaction, are not averse to leaving the village for more peaceful work. I am submitting the following draft resolution of the Central Cleaning Commission:
“Purge all the heads of the political departments of the MTS and state farms who have been removed from work for misconduct and inactivity. All former heads of the political departments of the MTS and state farms who have been removed so far must be obliged to undergo a party purge within two months.
Please let me know your decision. 1 HP 2.
Kaganovich.
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1 On the same day in cipher from Sochi at 13:00. 59 min. Stalin agreed (Ibid. L.15). On September 11, 1934, the corresponding decision of the PB was issued (RGASPI F. 17. Op. 3. D. 951. L. 49).Stalin to Kaganovich September 12, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 44–45. Autograph.
For Kaganovich.
Got a letter. I consider attempts to achieve new discounts a gross violation of the resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the Union and the Central Committee of the Party. If there is any kind of leadership in Ukraine, then it must know that it is bound by the decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the Union and the Central Committee of the Party, adopted, moreover, with its consent. The grain procurement plan must be carried out completely and unquestioningly.
Stalin.
No. 1
12/IX.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day it was sent in code from Sochi on September 12, 1934 at 21:00. 15 minutes. (RGASPI. F. 81. Op. 3. D. 101. L. 46).Stalin to Kaganovich, Zhdanov, Molotov, Kuibyshev September 13, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 81. Op. 3. D. 100. L. 76–82. Autograph.
T. T. Kaganovich. Zhdanov. Molotov. Kuibyshev.
1) The other day I received a letter from Comrade Kaganovich (he writes from Odessa), where he proposes a new discount on grain procurements in the Ukraine (the letter is attached 1 ). I consider this letter an alarming symptom, because it shows that we can slip into the wrong path if we do not turn things around in time (i.e. now) to a tough policy. The first discount was necessary. But it is used by our workers (not only the peasants!) as a first step, which must be followed by a second step, as a means of putting pressure on Moscow for a new discount. And people such as Comrade Kaganovich succumb (are ready to succumb) to this "atmosphere". This can disrupt our preparations and fundamentally destroy the organizingblank value.
I suggest:
a) No more allowances for the collective-farm and peasant sector , and brand the demand for discounts as opportunism, as a gross violation of the decisions of the Council of People's Commissars and the Central Committee (I answered Comrade Kaganovich in this spirit in the hope that he would read this answer to the Ukrainians, the text of which attached to this letter 2 );
b) Demand the unconditional fulfillment of the plan, and let those regions that do not fulfill the plan be held accountable by the Central Committee for poor work and let them appear in the press as failed regions that did not fulfill the plan;
c) Open an attack in the press (immediately!) on those secretaries and pre-executive committees who are badly managing grain procurements 3 .
2) Pay attention to the Chelyabobsk region, where things are going very badly. Ryndin is a petty demagogue, who pleases the workers, trails behind them and does not know how to lead them, to lead them, afraid to offend them. We must tell him directly : either fulfill the plan completely and on time, or you will be removed from your post. Or either. Let him know that he will be disgraced if he does not give up his tailist "politics" 3 .
I. Stalin.
13/IX 34
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1 The letter is missing.
2 Kaganovich informed S.V. Kosiora, P.P. Postysheva, M.M. Khataevich, E.I. Vegera, N.N. Demchenko, S.A. Sarkisova, V.I. Chernyavsky: “I am giving you a telegram from Comrade Stalin and I think that Comrades Kosior and Postyshev should leave for a longer period in the Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions” (RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 43 ).
On September 30, 1934, the PB approved the decision of the Council of People's Commissars and the Central Committee on the progress of grain delivery in the Chelyabinsk region, to be published in the press. In the resolution, the blame for the backlog in grain delivery was assigned to the regional party committee and its first secretary K.V. Ryndin. Ryndin was warned that if he did not achieve an increase in the rate of procurement, he would be removed from his post as "failed to do the job." A number of workers in the region were removed from their posts and put on trial. The decree provided for the dispatch of a group of senior officials from Moscow and heads of political departments from other regions to the Chelyabinsk region (Ibid. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 953. L. 18, 90).Stalin to Kaganovich, Zhdanov, Kuibyshev September 14, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 32, 32v. Autograph.
Moscow. Central Committee of the CPSU (b).
Your 91 1. I can vote only if you send a nomenclature list of orders, which may need to be improved, if you can tell me whether our enslaving gold agreement with the Germans, by virtue of which we undertake to sell to the Germans everything mined, remains in force and for how long we have gold if I have in my hands the final text of the draft agreement on a five-year loan. In addition, we need not only trade representatives, but also our industrial customers, to be able to visit German factories and obtain the necessary information there. An agreement with the Germans is a very serious matter. We cannot trust Friedrichson alone to sign the treaty on his own responsibility without having the text of the treaty in his hands. Friedrichson is in a hurry because of his youth, but haste in a big business is dangerous. Haste is needed in this case not for us, but for the Germans, who, by treaty with us, want to confuse the cards in Europe, smooth over the bad impression of their rejection of the Eastern Pact, sow distrust of us among the French and improve their internal situation. I advise you not to hurry with the Germans: the Germans will not leave us, because they need an agreement with us more than we do. Summon Friedrichson to Moscow, get the final text of the treaty, send me the information indicated above, and when all the questions are clarified, we will decide on the signing of the treaty.
Stalin.
No. 60 and 61.
14/IX.34 2
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1 Stalin replies to Kuibyshev and Zhdanov's cipher: “From Moscow on December 14-34 at 0000 hours. 15 minutes. Sochi. Tov. Stalin. We consider it possible to be satisfied with the wording proposed by the Germans (the wording of the Germans was forwarded to you in Friedrichson's telegram) and give Friedrichson a directive to sign the treaty. Please provide your opinion. HP 91” (Ibid. L. 32).
Kuibyshev sent Friedrichson's telegram to Stalin on September 13, 1934: “Sochi. Tov. Stalin. I am sending a telegram to Friedrichson: “On September 7, on points two and three, the Germans propose the following final version. The Germpra will provide its support so that deals can be made on all, I repeat, on all the objects provided for in the nomenclature list with the industrial groups in question, and so that these orders are carried out in a normal way. Further, the German government will influence industry in the direction of eliminating difficulties, insofar as they arise in the issuance of orders or their execution. Further, the germpra will strive to ensure that, according to the orders issued, representatives of the trade mission are given the opportunity to visit enterprises in order to verify the progress of the orders, carry out the necessary tests on special orders and make proper acceptance, as well as visit the enterprises to establish the quality of objects subject to orders, since the company has expressed its readiness to accept the order. On the other points of the agreement, we have the opportunity to finish within the limits of the directive. Perhaps it will be possible to extend the stamp agreement for 1935, which is extremely important under the present conditions. Telegraph immediately 11.IX. Friedrichson” (Ibid. L. 26). Telegraph immediately 11.IX. Friedrichson” (Ibid. L. 26). Telegraph immediately 11.IX. Friedrichson” (Ibid. L. 26).
2 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day sent in code from Sochi at 18:00. 36 min. Sent to Kaganovich, Zhdanov, Kuibyshev (Ibid. L. 31).Kuibyshev, Kaganovich to Stalin September 14, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 35. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 100. Handwritten text with corrections by Kaganovich. Signatures are autographs.
Encryption.
From Moscow 14/IX - 34 at 22 o'clock. 15 minutes. In. No. 72.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
The Government of Albania, through its Chargé d'Affaires in Rome, has declared to our embassy in Rome its desire to establish normal diplomatic relations with the USSR and proposes to this end to exchange notes of exactly the same content as we exchanged several months ago with Hungary. We plan the following decision: "Accept Albania's proposal to establish diplomatic relations between the USSR and Albania and instruct the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs to exchange corresponding notes in Rome."
Please let us know your opinion 1 . HP 94.
Kuibyshev, Kaganovich.
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Stalin agreed on September 15 in a cipher from Gagra at 15:00. 15 minutes. (Ibid. D. 85. L. 34). The exchange of notes between the government of the USSR and the government of Albania on the establishment of diplomatic relations took place in Rome on September 17, 1934 (DVP. T. XVII. L. 592-593).Kaganovich, Kuibyshev to Stalin September 16, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 41. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 103. Handwritten text with corrections by Kaganovich. Signatures are autographs.
Encryption.
From Moscow 16/IX-34 About an hour. 10 minutes. In. No. 74.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
As a delegation to the congress of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, the Comintern appointed Shmeral, Kolarov. Smeral had already gone there. We believe that this is not enough and we propose to send Sokolnikov along with them. Sokolnikov himself objects to his sending to Mongolia. We think that his trip should be insisted on. Please let us know your opinion 1 . We are preparing a draft directive of the delegation and will send it to you. HP 96.
Kaganovich, Kuibyshev.
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1 On the same day, Stalin agreed in a cipher from Gagra at 12 noon. 10 minutes. (Ibid. L. 40). On September 17, 1934, the PB approved a delegation from the CPSU(b) and the Comintern to the Congress of the MPRP. Sokolnikov was approved as a representative of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 6, 13).Kaganovich to Stalin September 16, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. P. D. 85. L. 46. Original. Typescript. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 104. Autograph.
Encryption.
From Moscow 16/IX-34 at 17:00. 15 minutes. In. No. 75.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
I received your letter. I received your telegram about the inadmissibility of discounts after leaving Kharkov, sent it by telegraph to Kosior and Postyshev. My instructions at the conference in Kharkov were in the same spirit. Today we will send a directive to the Ukrainians in accordance with your letter. HP 97.
Kaganovich.
Kaganovich, Kuibyshev to Stalin September 16, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 48. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 105. Typewritten text with corrections by Kaganovich.
Encryption.
From Moscow on 16/IX-34 at 19:00. 51 min. In. No. 76.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
Yesterday we sent you texts of invitations to members of the League, Litvinov's reply and a decision of the Council of the League . The final formalization of the admission of the USSR to the League will take place at the general meeting on 18 September. Tomorrow we plan to give the newspapers a brief report on the Geneva meetings and the texts of both documents in the form of a TASS telegram. In addition, we give short editorials in a calmly restrained tone, interpreting the question of joining the League of Nations in the spirit of your interview with Duranty 2 and Litvinov's speech at the session of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR.
Please let us know your opinion 3 .
Litvinov we ask:
1) Why did he not agree with us on the text of the answer and
2) Isn't his strange phrase about the "Briand-Kellogg pact completely eliminating the institution of wars between peoples" 4 distorted in translation ? HP 98.
Kaganovich, Kuibyshev.
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1 See fiberboard. T. XVII. pp. 588–591.
2 We are talking about an interview that Stalin gave to the New York Times correspondent Duranty on December 25, 1933 (published in Izvestiya on January 4, 1934).
3 On the same day, Stalin agreed, the encryption was sent from Sochi at 0000 hours. 36 min. September 17, 1934 (RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 61).
4 We are talking about a G-series telegram sent to Stalin in Sochi on September 16 with the text of the Soviet government’s response to an invitation to join the League of Nations in the transmission of the French telegraph agency GAVAS, which, in particular, said: “The Soviet government is particularly pleased with the fact that that its entry into the League coincides with the consideration by the League of Nations of the issue of harmonizing the charter of the League with the Briand-Kellogg Pact, which outlaws war” (Ibid. L. 52–53).Kaganovich to Stalin on September 16 [1934]
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. P. D. 742. L. 85–89. Autograph.
16/IX
Hello, Dear Comrade Stalin!
1) Arrived in Moscow on September 14 - spent one day on the collective farms of the Moscow region. Your telegram was received by me after my departure from Kharkov, to acquaint the Ukrainian comrades with it. I couldn't.
Nobody knew about my letter to you, neither Kosior nor Postyshev. I received your letter today, and have familiarized all my comrades with it. We consider your instructions correct and accept them for guidance. I would only like, Comrade Stalin, that you be sure that, just as before, so now, I have not weakened the pressure in the struggle for grain delivery. The workers of Ukraine, from the central to the lower levels, did not feel the discount mood in my pressure, the result of this is that this five-day period gave almost 2 million poods more than the last one. The Kyiv region has already completed the plan in full. I hope that by the 1st - 5th of October the Vinnitsa and Kharkiv regions will finish. As for Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk, I sent a telegram to Comrade. Kosior and Postyshev would have sat there for a longer period of time and pressed for the implementation of the plan.
We thought that by this evening we would receive information about the five-day period, but they will be tomorrow. Tomorrow we will work out practical measures in all areas and will publish them accordingly in accordance with your instructions in the press .
This five-day period gives less than the 2nd, so you will have to press thoroughly. Comrade Zhdanov is leaving tomorrow for the Stalingrad Territory. If it were possible, I would go to one of the regions again. Today we have sent you our proposal by telegraph regarding the individual farmer. Tomorrow we will consider the tax proposal and inform you 2 .
2) We have outlined a plan for the distribution of tractors and motor vehicles for the fourth quarter. We send you this project and ask for your opinion. NKZem and NKSovkhoz had to impose tractors, they themselves refused to take so many. NKZem wanted to take not 12,500 wheeled tractors, but 10,000. We gave them 12 thousand [thousand] 500 for this, the same thing happened with the NKSovkhoz 3 .
3) This year we have a brilliant beet harvest, unprecedented in all the years. We added more beet machines. The most important thing is to ensure the full use of the crop. When I was in Ukraine, we took appropriate measures there together with the Ukrainians.
Hello. L. Kaganovich.
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On September 18, 1934, in the editorial of Pravda, “Unconditionally fulfill the grain procurement plan,” the leadership of the East Siberian, Western Siberian, Stalingrad, Middle Volga, Chelyabinsk, Odessa, and Dnepropetrovsk regions was criticized for lagging behind in grain procurement. Other materials of this kind were also published.
On September 17, 1934, the PB submitted the proposals of the People's Commissariat of Finance on the taxation of individual farmers for consideration by a commission led by Zhdanov (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 14).
On September 25, 1934, the PB approved a plan for the distribution of cars and tractors for the 4th quarter of 1934. The conclusion of the resolution stated: unreasonable, and from the point of view of the interests of agriculture - purely harmful ”(Ibid. D. 953. L. 7).Kaganovich, Kuibyshev to Stalin September 17, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 69. Original. Typescript
Telegram.
From Moscow 2 hours. 25 min. 17 / IX - 34. Series "G".
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
According to the law of September 17, 1932, it was forbidden to collect live and dead inventory for fines in the administrative order in the amount necessary for agriculture, residential and utility buildings, food - in the amount necessary before the new harvest, seeds, livestock - "in the amount necessary for the preservation of the economy”, feed for livestock, not harvested. This led to the fact that the individual farmer did not feel any fear of a fine, because nothing could be sold from his property.
We plan the following draft resolution, which changes the existing situation. Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR:
“By changing Article 25-1 of the Fundamentals of the Criminal Legislation of the USSR and the Union Republics and Article 19 of the Regulations on the Collection of Taxes and Non-Tax Payments of September 17, 1932, the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR decide: first, in case of non-compliance on time by individual farms of state mandatory deliveries in kind and non-payment of cash payments, the penalty is levied on all property of individual farms, with the exception of only the house, the fuel necessary for heating residential premises, wearable winter and summer clothes, shoes, underwear and other household items, necessary for the debtor and persons dependent on him. Second, to propose to the governments of the Union republics to bring their legislation in line with this resolution.”
Please let us know your opinion 1 .
Kaganovich, Kuibyshev.
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1 After approval by Stalin, the resolution was approved without changes by the PB on September 17, 1934 (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 14).Kaganovich, Kuibyshev to Stalin September 17, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 67. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 106. Typewritten text with corrections by Kaganovich. Signatures are autographs.
Encryption.
From Moscow 17/IX-34 at 2 o'clock. 30 minutes. In. No. 77.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
Litvinov proposes to appoint as delegates to the assembly, in addition to himself and Rosenberg, also Stein and the secretary of the delegation Gerschelman, they are all together with Litvinov. We believe that although Potemkin is now in the Union and will not be able to be at the assembly, he should also be included in the delegation. The delegation must be appointed by the CEC.
Please let us know your opinion 1 . HP 99.
Kaganovich, Kuibyshev.
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1 On September 17, 1934, the PB approved a delegation consisting of: M.M. Litvinov, V.P. Potemkin, B.E. Stein (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 13).Stalin to Kaganovich, Kuibyshev September 17, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85 L. 67, 69. Autograph.
Kaganovich, Kuibyshev .
First. I propose to create a delegation consisting of: Litvinov, Potemkin, Rosenberg. The secretary of the delegation is Stein. I propose to insist on this and not allow Litvinov to turn the delegation into a family. It would be good to invite Potemkin to go to Geneva.
Second. I agree about the fines for the sole proprietor.
Stalin.
#65
17/IX.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day, sent in code from Gagra at 13:00. 3 min. (Ibid. L. 66).Kaganovich to Stalin September 20, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 86. Certified typewritten copy.
Strictly secret.
Copy.
Cipher.
Sochi. T. Stalin.
We consider it necessary to publish your conversation with Wells in Pravda and Bolshevik.
Please don't object. No. 2488/sh.
Kaganovich.
20.IX.34Kuibyshev, Kaganovich to Stalin September 20, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. P. D. 85. L. 77–78. Certified typewritten copy; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 113–115. The text is Kuibyshev's autograph. Signatures are autographs.
Strictly secret .
Copy.
Cipher.
Sochi. Tov. Stalin.
A scientist physicist, a citizen of the USSR, Kapitsa again arrived in the USSR (at the Mendeleev Congress). On our instructions, comrade Pyatakov negotiated with him about work in the USSR, Kapitsa refused for reasons:
a) the exceptional conditions that were granted to him in England for scientific work (although Comrade Pyatakov offered him everything he required);
b) a personal duty to the head of the Cambridge Institute, Rutherford, who helped him become a world-famous scientist;
c) the unfinished nature of certain works begun in England, after which, after a few years, he is ready to work in the Union, whose citizenship he greatly values.
Kapitsa said that he was ready to give all his inventions to the Union and invited any scientific delegation to his laboratory in Cambridge to accept his inventions, as well as students for training. In particular, while in Kharkov, Kapitsa handed over to the Institute of Physics and Chemistry the drawings of his machine for the production of liquid helium (liquid helium eliminates any resistance to the conduction of electric current and thereby causes a revolution in electrical engineering).
We offer:
a) talk to Kapitsa again on behalf of the government;
b) if the negotiations do not lead to the desired result, detain Kapitsa to serve his military service, which he has not yet served;
c) in any case, not to let Kapitsa go abroad, even temporarily, since there is every reason to think that he will no longer return to the Union, but will hide his inventions;
d) as a last resort, apply arrest.
The detention of Kapitsa in the Union will cause a great uproar in England (his connections with Baldwin, Simon and other political figures in England are known), on the basis of which Krestinsky strongly objects to the detention. We think that this situation, when our citizen supplies a foreign country with inventions of military importance, must be put an end to.
Please urgently communicate your opinion 1 . Voroshilov is familiar with this issue. No. 2492/sh.
Kuibyshev. Kaganovich.
20.IX.34
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1 September 21, 1934 in cipher from Sochi at 5 p.m. 45 min. Stalin agreed (Ibid. D. 85. L. 76).Kaganovich to Stalin September 20, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 80. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. P. D. 50. L. 111. Typewritten copy.
Encryption.
From Moscow 20/IX-34 at 17:00. 36 min. In. No. 81.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
In view of the difficulties with the sale of commercial sugar in those republics, territories and regions to which the decision of the Central Committee to reduce prices for commercial sugar 1 has not been extended , we plan to adopt the following resolution: “To establish from October 1, 1934, the following uniform reduced prices for sugar sold through a commercial fund: for refined sugar 13 rubles per kilogram, for granulated sugar 10 rubles per kilogram.
Please provide your opinion. HP 103.
Kaganovich.
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1 On July 27, 1934, the PB approved a decision to reduce commercial prices for sugar by 3 rubles per kilogram (the price for refined sugar was set at 12 rubles, and for granulated sugar - 10 rubles per kilogram) in the Ukrainian SSR, the Azov-Chernomorsk Territory, Kursk , Voronezh, Moscow and Leningrad regions (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 949. L. 28).Kaganovich, Ordzhonikidze to Stalin September 20, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 100. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 112. Handwritten text. Signatures are autographs.
Encryption.
From Moscow 20/IX-34 at 18:00. 51 min. In. No. -82.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
We plan to appoint Pudalov as chairman of the technical council at the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry. We propose to divide Glavmashprom into three main departments with, approximately, the direction:
1) one central office for mechanical engineering of light industry;
2) the second head office for secondary engineering;
3) the third head office for pump-compressor and diesel engineering.
Please let us know your opinion 1 . HP 104.
Kaganovich, Ordzhonikidze.
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1 Stalin agreed on September 22, 1934 in a cipher from Gagra at 11 a.m. 02 min. (Ibid. D. 85. L. 99). On the same day, the corresponding decision of the PB was issued (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 23).Kaganovich to Stalin September 20 [1934]
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 742. L. 90–98. Autograph.
20/IX
Hello, Dear Comrade Stalin!
1) Today we edited the instruction of the delegation to the Mongolian Congress. There are no new political installations in this instruction.
The Delegation is invited to proceed from the old, proven directives. In the organizational question, emphasis is placed on raising the role and relative weight of the party, while proceeding from the unconditional preservation of Gendun. We are sending you a draft instruction and asking you to communicate your opinion by telegraph, since we will have to send it to Irkutsk to hand it over to the delegation that has already left Moscow .
At the same time Comrade Sokolnikov raised a number of questions. The most important issue is to reduce the debt of the Mongolian Republic to us and to defer payments. They owe us around 95 mil. tugriks, this high debt, according to Eliava and Sokolnikov, arose as a result of unfavorable prices for Mongolia in trade with the Union. So they proposed to reduce the debt by 34 mil. tugriks and defer war loans of 28 mil. until 1945. Thus, leave payments in the coming years 33 mil. Tugriks.
We adopted a draft brief resolution without specifying the figures, allowing only Comrade Sokolnikov to conduct conversations in this direction. The rest of the decisions come from the already existing decisions of the Central Committee, but not implemented by the People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade. Just in case, I send them to you. Please let us know your opinion on deferred payments and debt reduction 2 .
2) Comrade Troyanovsky received a cipher from America, in which he again raises the question of concessions and offers his own scheme. In it, he already completely retreats from the loan and speaks only of a long-term loan. Krestinsky, without talking to anyone, sent him the answer himself. I am sending you telegrams from Troyanovsky and Krestinsky and asking you for instructions on what to do? 3
3) A telegram was received from Yurenev about the need to put before Hirota the question of the Japanese government guaranteeing the placement of our orders within 6 months at export prices for export goods and world prices for equipment items. We doubt whether it is advisable now to complicate the negotiations again. I am sending you Yurenev's cipher and asking for your opinion.
He has probably handed over our conditions. The delivery to Hirota was delayed a little due to distortions in the cipher 4 .
4) The Cominternists have asked us about the appeal of the British Independent Labor Party to them to convene an international conference against fascism and war. We are inclined to think that it is inexpedient to go for it. It is not excluded or even probable that Trotskyists are at work here, who, by lubricating or even acting against the united front in France, want to take the "initiative" here.
We send you materials and ask you to tell us your opinion.
5) For grain procurements, we click specifically on each region, in accordance with your instructions. Today, there is still no data on the 4th five-day period. We expect an increase in Western Siberia, in the Chelyabinsk region, in the Middle Volga, in Saratov, however, there will apparently not be a sharp increase in all procurements, due to the fact that some areas are already running out, and some have already left the procurements. T. Zhdanov left yesterday for the Stalingrad Territory.
T. Molotov left Western Siberia for Moscow. In Ukraine, everyone is sitting on the blanks, in this five-day period there may be some increase. We are pressuring the oblasts that have completed the plan so that all the remaining commitments to the individual farmers and collective farmers must be fulfilled 5 , and simultaneously to expand the purchase of grain. In the Moscow region, we will try to complete the procurement plan as soon as possible.
Hello to you. Your L. Kaganovich.
PS We have just received an encrypted message from Yurenev about handing over our conditions to Hirota. I am sending it to you. L. Kaganovich.
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1 The instructions of the delegation of the ECCI at the congress of the MPRP PB were approved on September 23, 1934. The instructions confirmed the previous instructions of the ECCI to the Mongolian communists, the task was set to improve harmony at the top of the leadership of the MPR, recommendations were made on the election of the Central Committee of the MPRP (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 162. D. 17. L. 46, 50–51).
On September 23, 1934, the PB adopted a resolution on Mongolia, in which, in particular, Sokolnikov was allowed, in a conversation with representatives of the Mongolian People's Republic, to raise the issue of the possibility of reducing debt and deferred payments, without naming specific figures. Official negotiations were decided to be postponed until representatives of the Mongolian People's Republic arrived in Moscow (Ibid. L. 46).
3 There are no telegrams. We are talking about Soviet-American negotiations on the settlement of financial claims. On September 23, 1934, the PB suggested that the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs summon Troyanovsky to Moscow for a report (Ibid. L. 45).
4 We are talking about negotiations on the sale of the CER. On September 13, Zhdanov and Kuibyshev sent Yurenev's message dated September 12 to Stalin: “I have fulfilled the order. After a long discussion and repeated insistence by Hirota on the "simultaneous" discussion of the price and other issues, he "divided" the difference between 160 and 120 million and offered us 140 million, I repeat 140 million. (Ibid. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 25). On September 14, Stalin, by telegram to Zhdanov and Kuibyshev, offered to agree to the sale of the CER for 140 million under certain conditions (Ibid. L. 27). On September 19, 1934, the Plenipotentiary of the USSR in Japan, Yurenev, visited the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Hirota, and presented him with new proposals from the Soviet government (a reduction in the redemption price in combination with a number of additional conditions) (DVP. T. XVII. S. 601 - 603).
On September 20, 1934, the PB adopted a resolution on grain procurement work in the regions that, on the whole, had fulfilled the annual tasks for grain procurement. The resolution set the task of achieving in such regions the complete fulfillment of tasks by each individual collective farm and individual farmers (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 18).Stalin to Kaganovich September 21, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 80, 80v. Autograph.
Kaganovich .
Establishing a single commercial price for sugar for the entire USSR is an economic absurdity. Prices should be different, depending on the remoteness of the areas and the difficulty of delivery. It is necessary to establish from three to five zones and, therefore, from three to five different prices: the highest price for the Far East, a little lower for Leningrad, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, the Urals, Central Asia, Siberia; even lower for Moscow, the Volga region, the Central Chernobyl region, the West; even lower for Ukraine, etc. The price you offer can be accepted as the lowest, and for other areas you can give higher prices depending on the zones 1 .
Stalin. #67
21/IX.34 2
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On September 22, 1934, the PB considered the issue of commercial prices for sugar and instructed Veitzer and Mikoyan to submit a draft proposal (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 18).
2 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day it was sent in code from Gagra at 19:00. 40 min. (Ibid. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 79).
Stalin to Kaganovich September 21, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. P. D. 85. L. 85. Autograph.
Kaganovich.
We ought to find out through Umansky whether Wells has any objection to the publication of the conversation. If you don't mind, you can print it in Bolshevik. It is not worth publishing in Pravda.
Stalin.
#68
21/IX.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day it was sent in code from Gagra at 20:00. 50 min. (Ibid. L. 84).Kaganovich, Kuibyshev to Stalin September 21, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 87. Original. Typescript.
Telegram.
From Moscow 21/IX-34 at 16:00. Series "G".
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
We consider it expedient to send the following telegram to the Litke ice cutter with the signatures of the Politburo members: “We warmly welcome and congratulate the participants of the Litke ice cutter, who for the first time in the history of Arctic voyages completed a through voyage from the Far East to the West in one navigation. The successes of the Litke expeditions testify to the lasting conquest of the Arctic by Soviet sailors, to the heroic courage, courage and Bolshevik organization of the entire expedition and crew, and to the deep knowledge of the Arctic among the expedition leaders. In the glorious campaign of Litke, we see a solid guarantee of the speedy transformation of the Arctic deserts into the great northern route of our great socialist homeland. We are entering with a petition to the Central Executive Committee of the USSR on awarding the participants of the expedition of the Litke ice cutter.
We ask for your consent to sign 1 . Kaganovich, Kuibyshev 2 .
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1 On the same day, Stalin agreed (Ibid.).2 Further on the document is the postscript of Dvinsky with a request to transfer the telegram also to Voroshilov. On September 21, from Sochi, Chechulin handed over to Dvinsky about his consent to sign under the greetings of Voroshilov and Kalinin (Ibid. L. 89).
Stalin to Kaganovich, Kuibyshev September 21, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 91. Autograph.
Kaganovich. Kuibyshev .
In addition to my cipher No. 66. Kapitsa may not be formally arrested, but it is imperative that he be detained in the USSR and not released to England on the basis of the well-known law on defectors 1 . It will be something like house arrest. Then we will see 2 .
Stalin.
#69
21/IX.34 3
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1 The law on defectors was adopted by the PB on November 21, 1929 (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 766. L. 7, 15).
On October 23, 1934, the PB accepted Litvinov's proposal to respond to the director of the Cavendine Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, who asked for the return of P.L. Kapitsa that "the Soviet state itself needs Kapitsa's services and therefore does not intend to allow him to work abroad at the present time." In 1935, an agreement was reached on the sale of Kapitsa's Cambridge laboratory equipment to the USSR (See: Academy of Sciences in the decisions of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) - VKP (b). 1922–1952. M., 2000. S. 160–162, 195 -196. Compiled by Esakov V. D.).
3 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day sent in code from Sochi at 22:00. 55 min. (RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 90).
Kaganovich to Stalin September 21, 1934
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A source: Stalin and Kaganovich. Correspondence. 1931–1936 Moscow: (ROSSPEN), 2001 Pp. 492-493
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 97. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 116. Handwritten text. The signature is an autograph.
Encryption.
From Moscow 21/IX - 34 20 hours. 25 min. In. No. 84.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
Slepnev, Vodopyanov and Levanevsky submitted an application to the Central Committee with a request to be admitted to the party.
We believe that this can be done. Please let us know your opinion 1 . HP 107.
Kaganovich.
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1 Stalin agreed on September 22 in a cipher from Gagra at 11 a.m. 4 min. (Ibid. D. 85. L. 96). On September 22, 1934, the corresponding decision of the PB was issued (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 23).Stalin to Kaganovich September 22, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 102, 103v. Autograph.
Central Committee of the CPSU (b). Kaganovich .
First. Debt reduction and payment deferral for Mongolia can be accepted.
Second. The delegation's instruction on Mongolia is not solid, but acceptable.
Third. From Troyanovsky's encryption, it is clear that he will not be able to master the assigned task. I propose to summon Troyanovsky to Moscow and resolve the issue after a serious study with the participation of Litvinov. In general, I am opposed to such serious issues being resolved by telegraph correspondence.
Fourth. I agree with you that it is not worth complicating matters with the Chinese Eastern Railway by putting forward new conditions.
Fifth. In my opinion, we can agree with the proposal of the independent party to convene a conference against war and fascism. At the same time, things must be arranged in such a way that anti-Soviet people like Trotsky have no access to the conference.
Stalin.
#72
22/IX.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day, it was sent in code from Gagra at 22:00. 14 min. (Ibid. L. 102).Stalin to Kaganovich September 23, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 1. D. 4591. L. 1–3. Autograph; F. 71. Op. 10. D. 130. L. 218. Typewritten copy.
T[ovari] to Kaganovich.
23/IX-34
1) Read Comrade Ehrenburg's letter. He is right. It is necessary to eliminate the traditions of RAPP 1 in MORPe 2 . It's necessary. Take up this matter together with Zhdanov. It would be good to expand the scope of the MORP a) the fight against fascism, b) the active defense of the USSR) and put Comrade Ehrenburg at the head of the MORP. This is a big deal. Pay attention to this.
2) Read the report of Comrade Gromov and others. In my opinion, Gromov should be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet] Union, give him the Order of Lenin, and Filin and Spirin should simply be awarded the Order of Lenin. These are wonderful people, and it is impossible to leave them without special attention. Appropriate motivation (without disclosing military secrets) can be drawn up.
Hello. I. Stalin.
PS I will wait for an answer.
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1 The Russian Association of Proletarian Writers, founded in 1925, was liquidated in 1932. It was criticized for sectarianism and intransigence towards other groups of writers.2 International Association of Revolutionary Writers (1930-1935).
Kaganovich, Molotov to Stalin September 23, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85 L. 108. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 117. Typewritten text with corrections by Kaganovich. Signatures are autographs.
Encryption.
From Moscow 23/IX-34 at 17:00. 27 min. In. No. 86.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
In view of the apparent refusal of Germany and Poland to participate in the eastern pact, Litvinov asks to be allowed to start preliminary negotiations with Bartu, Beneš and the Balts on concluding a pact without Germany and Poland, while Poland and Germany retain the right to join the pact later. In addition, Litvinov proposes that the parties to the pact should also help each other in the event of an attack on them by Poland and Germany, which are not parties to the pact.
We believe that we should not rush to initiate a pact without Germany and Poland, and that the decision should be postponed until Litvinov returns. Now Litvinov must confine himself to probing the intentions of the French and others.
Please let us know your opinion 1 . HP 109.
Kaganovich, Molotov.
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1 On the same day, Stalin agreed (Ibid. D. 85. L. 108).
Kaganovich to Stalin on September 24 [1934]
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Tags: Kaganovich
A source: Stalin and Kaganovich. Correspondence. 1931–1936 Moscow: (ROSSPEN), 2001 Pp. 495-496
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 742. L. 99–104. Autograph.
24/IX
Hello, Dear Comrade Stalin!
1) The PB met yesterday.
We discussed a number of practical questions, in particular, the question of attaching enterprises to the people's commissariats of allied industry and the people's commissariat of local industry . Although we tried to defend the local industry, there was no other way out than to take a number of enterprises from the localities and transfer them to the allied people's commissariats. For example, the People's Commissariat of Food Industry used to have almost no allied enterprises, now it had to give away a number of enterprises. I must say that Moscow, which has a lot of light and food industries, has suffered especially.
We heard a report from Comrade Weitzer on the progress of the shipment of goods for the purchase of grain . It can be seen that special supervision is needed here to ensure that the shipment proceeds in accordance with the plan and, most importantly, that the assortment is respected. The purchase has already begun. They are very willing to sell grain for cars, in the Moscow region, for example, in 2 days we sold 120 trucks for bread, we charge 4,000 poods for a 1 1/2 ton car.
2) With transport, some anxiety is again created, the last 4 five-day period gives a decrease in traffic, an unreasonable number of crashes has increased.
Now we are pushing for the repair of locomotives and tracks, for preparations for winter. When the transportation plan for October was approved, both the military department and the People's Commissariat for Heavy Duty had to be cut in order to increase food cargo, bread, vegetables, and a little more wagons for firewood were added.
3) Comrade Friedrichson has arrived from Germany, but we have not yet listened to him. T. Dvinsky sent you his report. Please let us know your opinion. Similarly, I am sending you a note from Comrade Eliava about the sale of gold to the Germans 3 .
4) On your instruction, Comrade N. Kuibyshev got acquainted with the materials in connection with Yaffe's statement on military bacteriological work. The situation there is very bad. I am sending you his note 4 .
Apparently, it will be necessary to discuss after you arrive.
5) I am sending you a note from Comrade Umansky about the amendments made by Wales. Of course, we cannot make these amendments without you. T. Dvinsky is also sending you the amended text of the conversation 5 .
6) Grain procurements are not giving a sharp rise so far.
The Urals and Western Siberia are still going badly, and the Saratov Territory is also going badly. I think that it would be expedient for me to go again for harvesting and for a longer period, either to the Saratov Territory or the Chelyabinsk Region.
Please let me know your opinion.
7) According to all your telegraphic instructions, we have taken the appropriate decisions.
Hello to you. Your L. Kaganovich.
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1 On September 23, 1934, the PB approved a list of enterprises that are part of the local industry (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 1–2).
On September 23, 1934, the STB heard a message from the People's Commissariat of Internal Trade about the shipment of goods to stimulate grain purchases. Funds of goods and measures for their delivery were determined (Ibid. L. 32–34).
3 The note is missing.
4 The note is missing.
5 Stalin's conversation with the English writer Wells took place on July 23, 1934, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm (Historical Archive, 1995, No. 3, p. 140). On August 29, Stalin, in code to Dvinsky for Krestinsky, asked the latter to tell “Umansky and Maisky that the scanned transcript of the conversation with Wales will be in Moscow on September 1st” (RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 84. L. 17). On August 30, Stalin sent the transcript he had corrected to his assistant Dvinsky with the note: “T. Dvinsky! I'm sending a scanned transcript of the conversation with Wales. Make copies (leave the original in the archive - mine) and give three copies to Umansky (Umansky show the original and my corrections in the text) - one of them for Wales, the other for Maisky, the third for himself - send the rest of the copies to the members of the Politburo for information . All this must be done immediately (I was already late with the transcript). Hey!" (Ibid. Op. 1. D. 3151. L. 2–3). After Kaganovich agreed with Stalin, on September 22, 1934, the PB decided to publish Stalin’s conversation with Wells in the Bolshevik magazine (Ibid. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 23), and in No. 17 of the magazine for 1934 it was published. At the end of September, Dvinsky sent a text prepared for publication to Stalin, accompanied by the following note: “Comrade. Stalin! I am sending you a note from Comrade Umansky with Wells' amendments attached. Based on the material sent by Comrade Umansky, I have prepared the text of the conversation for publication in the way it would have turned out if you had accepted the corrections!...] The next issue of Bolshevik is scheduled for publication on September 30th. The conversation with Wells can be included in this issue upon receipt of your instructions” (Ibid. L. 52). On September 28, 1934, Stalin replied to Dvinsky: “You can print the conversation with Wales in the form—with corrections by Wales and Umansky—in which you sent it to me. In the title, instead of "A Conversation with an English Writer," one should say: "Comrade Stalin's Conversation with an English Writer," and so on. The author's inscription above the title - "I. Stalin" - cross out. At the end of the conversation, it is necessary to keep the postscript: “Wrote down by K. Umansky.” On page 21, line 4 from the bottom, add the phrase: “This is what we call it,” etc. (See text). Report this last amendment of mine to Umansky for transmission to Wales. I. Stalin” (Ibid. L. 53). (For all variants of Stalin's editing of the text of the conversation, see: Ibid. F. 558. Op. 1. D. 3151.)Kaganovich, Molotov to Stalin September 26, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 124v. Script. Typescript.
Telegram.
From Moscow 26/IX-34 1 hour. 27 min. Series "G".
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
On September 27, Academician Pavlov turns 85 years old. According to Fedorov, Pavlov does not want a wide official honoring, he may take a bad attitude to the awarding of the order, but he is waiting for the greetings of the Council of People's Commissars. We propose to commemorate the anniversary of Pavlov with the following measures:
First. Send the following greetings to Academician Pavlov on behalf of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR:
“To Academician I.P. Pavlov. On your 85th birthday, the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR sends you warm greetings and congratulations. The Council of People's Commissars especially notes your inexhaustible energy in scientific work, the success of which has deservedly put your name among the classics of natural science.
The Council of People's Commissars of the USSR wishes you health, cheerfulness and fruitful work for many years to come for the benefit of our great motherland.
Council of People's Commissars of the USSR.
Second. Establish an annual state award of 20 thousand rubles named after I.P. Pavlov for the best scientific work in the field of physiology.
Third. To establish five scholarships named after Pavlov, five hundred rubles a month each, to improve the scientific qualifications of young scientists in the field of physiology.
Fourth. To publish during 1935-1936 the collected works of Academician Pavlov.
Fifth. Release in 1935 one million rubles for the maintenance of the biological station in Koltushi.
Sixth. In the press to cover the anniversary of Pavlov, approximately like the anniversary of Michurin.
Please let us know your opinion 1 .
Kaganovich, Molotov.
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1 Initially, the text of the telegram and the project of measures was written by Molotov (Ibid. L. 129-131).
Stalin - Molotov, Kaganovich September 26, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 124. Autograph.
Molotov, Kaganovich.
Pavlov, of course, is not Michurin. Michurin is politically ours, but Pavlov is not ours. This difference must not be blurred in the press, especially in Bukharin's Izvestia. No order should be given to him, even if he would like to receive it. In everything else, I agree.
Stalin.
No. 74.
26/IX.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day, sent in code from Gagra at 13:00. 45 min. (Ibid. L. 123).Kaganovich, Molotov, Ordzhonikidze to Stalin on September 26 [1934]
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 117. Original. Typescript; There. L. 119, 121. Text - Kaganovich's autograph. Signatures are autographs.
Series "G".
Sochi. Chechulin.
We are sending a draft resolution on Gromov, Filin and Spirin.
The very fact of the taxiway flight has already been published, so we consider a detailed motivation possible.
Please provide your opinion.
Kaganovich. Molotov. Ordzhonikidze.
“On awarding the crew of the RD aircraft. Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR.
For special merits in the development of Soviet aviation, for selfless work and achievement of a world record in flight in a closed circle at a distance of twelve thousand four hundred and eleven kilometers for 75 hours without landing, to assign the commander of the taxiway crew, Honored Pilot Gromov M.M. title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
To award the Order of Lenin to the entire crew of the RD aircraft: Honored Pilot Gromov M.M., Pilot-Engineer Filin A.I. and Pilot-Navigator Spirin I.T.”1 HP P1030.
26.IX.Stalin, Voroshilov - Kaganovich, Molotov, Kuibyshev September 26, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 134, 135. Text - Voroshilov's autograph. Signatures are autographs.
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Moscow .
Kaganovich . Molotov, Kuibyshev.
1). We propose to determine the size of the army for 35 years without units of the NKVD and other people's commissariats at nine hundred and fifty-five thousand people instead of the regular strength of this year at nine hundred and seventy-five thousand.
2). When deploying, we propose to have a regular strength of a rifle division of ten thousand people.
3). Determine the number of those called up this year at eight hundred and ten thousand people, i.e. seven thousand less than expected, attributing this reduction entirely to all military units that are not part of the Red Army. To see to it that the number of units that are not part of the Red Army is reduced accordingly and without fail.
Stalin. Voroshilov 1 .
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1 Sent from Sochi in code on September 26 at 0000 hours. 25 min.. On the decoding of the litter: “For. Kaganovich” (Ibid. L. 132).Molotov, Kaganovich to Stalin September 26, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 115–116. Certified typewritten copy; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 120–122. Script. Typescript. Signatures are autographs.
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Sochi. Stalin.
We are sending you Yurenev's draft statement to Hirota in connection with Yurenev's report. No. 2945/shsh.
Please let us know your opinion 1 .
Molotov. Kaganovich.
Draft statement by Yurenev Hirote:
"1. The Sovpra considers it unnecessary to draw up a new balance sheet and cannot agree to the delivery and acceptance of the CER according to the balance sheets, but it agrees to the automatic transfer of the road to the possession and management of Manchukuo immediately after the conclusion of the agreement and after making half of the monetary part of the payment, as well as duly executed obligations for the rest of the redemption amount.
2. When drafting the text of the agreement, along with other clarifications of the main obligations and other details, the Sovpra will also provide specific data on that part of the property that is excluded from the property of the CER to be transferred, and likewise on the number of personnel required to service these properties and institutions.
3. The Sovpra considers as an indispensable condition of the agreement the guarantee of all payments to Manchukuo by the Japanese government.
4. The Sovpra reaffirms the impossibility for him to agree to a further reduction in the monetary share of the redemption amount and insists on paying the entire amount in cash to Uz, i.e. 46 2 /3 million yen, and half of this amount, i.e. 23 1/3 million yen must be paid at the very signing of the agreement.
5. Sovpra further insists on the golden clause.
6. Sovpra also cannot agree to the extension of the delivery time of goods and insists on the right to place all orders within 6 months with delivery within the next 2 years.
In line with Hirota's insistent desires, the soviet refused to establish a nomenclature of orders and prices when signing the agreement. This is possible, however, only on the condition that he is given a real opportunity to place orders in Japan for such goods as he needs within 6 months, and under such conditions as are really normal and fair. The Sovpra awaits Hirota's proposals on this important issue.
7. Sovpra agrees that Soviet workers and employees may be dismissed at any time after the signing of the agreement. It may also agree to a proposal for a warning only 3 months in advance, provided, however, that those dismissed will also be granted a 3-month period of stay in Manchuria after the dismissal to liquidate their affairs.
8. The Sovpra insists on the signing, simultaneously with the sale agreement, of an additional agreement on the transit of Soviet goods and passengers along the CER and on direct communication between Soviet and Manchu railways. HP 2556 /w.
26/IX-34
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1 We are talking about negotiations on the sale of the CER.Stalin to Molotov, Kaganovich, Ordzhonikidze September 27, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 137–138. Autograph.
Molotov. Kaganovich. Ordzhonikidze .
First. I agree with the draft response to the Japanese, but there are amendments: firstly, do not make clauses 5 and 8 ultimatums, and secondly, include a clause on the interest that the Japanese must pay us for the loan that we provide them in the form of the part of the redemption price remaining behind them CER. You can assign 5 or less percent per annum, but any interest must be taken from the Japanese for the loan that we give them. If the Japanese want to get a road immediately, but will pay for it within a few years, then this is a loan that requires an appropriate percentage. It's elementary.
Second. The text about the awarding of Gromov and others must include the words “heroic”, “brave”, otherwise the assignment of the title of hero will not be motivated. Words about "merits in the development of Soviet aviation" should be thrown out 1 .
Stalin.
#75
27/IX.34 2
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On September 28, 1934, the PB accepted Stalin's proposal and approved the corresponding draft resolution of the Central Executive Committee. The awards were presented "for heroism and selfless work in achieving a world record in a curved flight over a distance of 12,411 kilometers for 75 hours without landing" (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 953. L. 12, 82) .
2 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day it was sent in code from Gagra at 14:00. 25 min. (Ibid. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 136).
Kaganovich, Molotov, Kuibyshev to Stalin September 28, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 146. Original. Typescript.
Telegram.
From Moscow 28/IX - 34 17 hours. 10 minutes. Series "G".
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
We draw up a plan for 1934 for the procurement of 1,318,920 tons of raw cotton, or 25,585,000 poods converted into fiber. The actual procurement of 1933 is 1 million 291 thousand 600 tons of raw material or 25 million 80 thousand poods of fiber. The plan for contracting cotton for 1,414,000 tons of raw cotton, or 27,429,000 poods of fiber, approved in January this year. A slight increase in the plan for cotton harvesting against the actual harvesting of last year and a decrease against the contractual plan is explained, firstly, by a decrease in sown areas (1 million 813 thousand hectares against 2 million 10 thousand last year), and secondly, by unfavorable meteorological conditions, due to which, despite significantly better processing yield rose slightly. Places require a smaller plan. We ask for your opinion 1 . HP 1040.
Kaganovich, Molotov, Kuibyshev.
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1 Stalin agreed on September 29 in a cipher from Sochi at 5 o'clock. 17 min. (Ibid. L. 145). On the same day, the PB approved a draft resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On the plan for harvesting cotton from the 1934 harvest." (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 953. L. 16, 83–88).
Kaganovich, Khrushchev to Stalin September 28, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 143. Original. Typescript; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 124. Text - Kaganovich's autograph. Signatures are autographs.
Encryption.
From Moscow 28/IX-34 17:00 55 min. In. No. 90.
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
In view of the special seriousness of the preparation for the operation of the subway, it is necessary to appoint a subway director right now, a worker who certainly knows the railway traffic is needed. We plan comrade. Petrikovsky, former head. Kursk, and now the beginning. Moscow district. Andreev agrees. We kindly ask for your consent 1 . HP 115.
Kaganovich, Khrushchev.
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1 September 29 in cipher from Sochi at 5 o'clock. 16 min. Stalin agreed (Ibid. D. 85. L. 142). On September 1, 1934, A. A. Petrikovsky was approved as the director of the Moscow Metro (Ibid. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 953. L. 19).Kaganovich to Stalin September 28, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 141. Certified typewritten copy; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 123. Autograph.
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Sochi. Stalin.
I fully agree with your proposal about MORP and Ehrenburg. Now Zhdanov is gone, he is in Stalingrad. When he arrives, we will do it. No. 2574/sh.
Kaganovich.
28.IX.34Kaganovich to Stalin September 28 [1934]
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 742. L. 105–114. Autograph.
28/IX
Hello, Dear Comrade Stalin!
1) I received your letter. I answered you by telegraph on both questions. About the MORP and Ehrenburg's proposal, I will send you a draft resolution as soon as Comrade Zhdanov arrives and we work it out together.
2) On the I-16 1 aircraft, according to a note by N. Kuibyshev and Berezin, the question was raised by the Defense Commission, whose meeting will be held on the 3rd.
3) I am sending you our decision on the disclosure of the fact of the flight of the taxiway aircraft. In your award letter, you absolutely correctly write about phrasing it in such a way as not to reveal a military secret, but tt. Alksnis and others tried to convey it to all countries on the same day of the flight without asking anyone. We created a commission, investigated and punished them 2 .
4) From the ciphers, you already know about the fact that agents of the defense in Warsaw beat up our secretary of the military attache. Our embassy was delayed and did not protest against this.
I had to urgently send a written protest. I am sending it to you for review 3 .
5) We have long worked out a draft regulation on a special meeting at the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs. I send it to you and ask for your opinion 4 .
6) On geographical maps, we came to the need to transfer this matter to the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs. They themselves do not want to, but this is the best way out. I am sending you a draft of a short resolution and asking for your opinion 5 .
7) I am sending you materials about our 2 planes 6 that got lost in a night flight and ended up on the territory of Manchukuo. One at the Manchuria station, this one was forced to stay there, i.e. he was detained, the 2nd hit in Eastern Manchuria near Grodekovo. Since there were no Japanese there at that moment, the population helped our pilots and our pilots flew back to us.
Now there is a message that after 2 hours the Japanese arrived in this village and took repressive measures against the inhabitants of this village. Since they are making a fuss about this as well, we decided to make a brief report about the fact to the Japanese authorities, indicating that the pilots would be sanctioned. We also approved Comrade Tamarin's order with penalties for this case.
8) The construction of the metro is going well now, but unfortunately, the other day we had a fire in one mine, where they work as a shield. The reasons have not yet been clarified, in the course of the investigation, the fact that the tow at the winch caught fire is still being revealed.
Either it caught fire from the spark of the switch, or from smoking, or from arson, while this has not yet been established. Extinguished very vigorously, the fire did not develop. The only thing that happened was because of the forced descent of compressed air in the locks, a quicksand went and not far from the Metropol, behind the Kitay-Gorod wall, an old 2-story house collapsed, the residents were evicted in advance. Now the situation in the mine has been corrected and work will begin tomorrow.
From this lesson, we drew conclusions and wrapped up about discipline, vigilance and accuracy in work. I must note that in extinguishing the fire and in solving a complex technical issue with a lock and a quicksand, Comrade Abakumov showed remarkable orientation, energy and dedication. Now we are preparing for operation, installation and launching the construction of stations.
I'll end with this.
Hello to you. Yours L. Kaganovich.
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1 And - 16 - fighter, created by the designer HH Polikarpov.
On September 15, 1934, the PB instructed to urgently investigate the fact of sending abroad and placing in the Soviet press a message about the flight of the RD aircraft without the permission of the Central Committee and the Council of People's Commissars (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 952. L. 6). On September 23, the PB approved a resolution on this matter, which announced penalties for disclosing information about the flight to the head of the Red Army Air Force Ya.I. Alksnis and a number of press and censorship leaders (Ibid. L. 51).
On September 27, 1934, the PB approved a draft protest submitted by the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs to the Polish government against the beating by the police of the attache of the Soviet embassy (Ibid. Op. 162. D. 17. L. 54).
4 PB approved the position of the Republic of Belarus at the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR on October 28, 1934 (Ibid. Op. 3. D. 954. L. 8, 38).
5 By the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of July 15, 1935, the Main Directorate of State Surveying and Cartography was organized as part of the NKVD of the USSR (Lubyanka. 1917–1960. Reference book. Compiled by: Kokurin A.I., Petrov N.V. M., 1997. S. fourteen).
6 The document is missing.
Stalin to Kaganovich September 29, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 150. Autograph.
Kaganovich .
The papers did not contain Friedrichson's note. Check this case, identify the culprits. Stalin. No. 78 29DH.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day it was sent in code from Gagra at 15:00. 50 min. (Ibid. L. 149).Kaganovich to Stalin September 29, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 151. Certified typewritten copy; F. 558. Op. 11. D. 50. L. 127. Autograph.
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Sochi. T. Stalin.
Friedrichson's materials were sent with Eliava's cover note.
Apparently, in my letter I mentioned Friedrichson's note instead of Eliava's note with Friedrichson's materials.
According to Dvinsky, the materials were sent on September 24th. No. 2591/sh.
Kaganovich.
29.IX.34Kaganovich, Molotov to Stalin September 29, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 156. Original. Typescript.
Telegram.
From Moscow 29/IX-34 at 21:00. 54 min. Series "G".
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
We consider it necessary to publish in the press the following resolution of the Council of People's Commissars and the Central Committee on procurement in the Chelyabinsk region (the resolution is attached) 1 . Please provide your opinion.
Kaganovich, Molotov.
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1 The text of the draft resolution is printed further in the telegram. On September 30, 1934, the PB approved it (RGASPI. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 953. L. 90).Stalin to Kaganovich September 30, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 155. Autograph.
Kaganovich .
I propose to publish the resolution of the Central Committee and Council of People's Commissars on the Chelyabinsk region in the form of a message on the front page of Pravda and other newspapers.
Stalin. No. 79 30/IX.34 1
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1 Number and date entered by the secretary. On the same day it was sent in code from Gagra at 12 noon. 56 min. (RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 154).Kaganovich, Molotov to Stalin September 30, 1934
Archive: RGASPI F. 558. Op. 11. D. 85. L. 162. Original. Typescript.
Telegram.
From Moscow on 30/IX-34 at 1 pm. 17 min. Series "G".
Gagra. Tov. Stalin.
We are sending you a draft resolution on the Sredazburo of the Central Committee and other bodies. Please let us know your opinion 1 . Kaganovich, Molotov 2 .
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1 On the same day sent in code from Sochi at 15:00. Stalin agreed (RGASPI. F. 558. Op. I. D. 85. L. 161).
2 Next came the text of the resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks "On the liquidation of the Central Asian Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, Sredazekoso and other Central Asian economic bodies." On October 2, 1934, the PB approved a resolution (Ibid. F. 17. Op. 3. D. 953. L. 22).