November 11, 1945
Molotov to Cde. Stalin
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3RD UNIT
TOP SECRET
COPY
BY CIPHER
to Cde. STALIN
I permitted the publication of an abridged speech by Churchill. I consider this a mistake because even in our printed form it turned out that the praise of Russia and Stalin by Churchill serves him to conceal [his] purposes hostile to the Soviet Union. In any event it cannot be published without your [Translator’s note: Molotov unexpectedly uses “tvoy”, the familiar form of “your” here] consent. Nº 1296/sh.
11 November 1945 MOLOTOV
26 January 1947 [SIC] Authenticated: [signature] (Luk’yanova)
1-aye
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