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March 14, 1940

Concerning the Secret Cipher Unit of the USSR Consulate in Urumqi

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[handwritten: from Minutes Nº 13

Politburo decisions between 17 February and 17 March 1940

 

point 198 is in classified storage]

 

from 14 March 1940

 

[…]

 

198. An NKVD issue.

 

Permit the division of the combined secret cipher unit of the USSR Consulate General and Trade Mission in Urumqi into independent secret cipher units.

 

Excerpts have been sent:

 

to Cdes. Molotov (NKID), Dekanozov, Mikoyan, and Beria.

 

[…]

 

 

The Politburo directs the NKVD to permit the division of the combined secret cipher unit of the USSR Consulate General and Trade Mission in Urumqi into independent secret cipher units.


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Source

RGASPI f.17 op.162 d.23, l. 52. Obtained by Jamil Hasanli and translated by Gary Goldberg.

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2015-04-02

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121879

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