Recognition of the provisional government of Austria following the expansion of its authority to all of Austria.

Draft decree and list of delegates by the Council of People's Commissars on the USSR's joining the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

Request for Stalin's confirmation on the draft reply to Harriman about his meeting with Stalin.

Summary of news reports from Mexico, Sweden, Canada, and Great Britain, most on Stalin's alleged illness.

Molotov, Beria, Malenkov, and Mikoyan suggest receiving American Ambassador Harriman at President Truman's request but argue that Harriman should not be made aware of Stalin's location.

Suggestion for sending instruction to comrade Rudenko in a separate telegram, assuming that the 4th amendment is the primary change.

French newspaper "Pari-Press" reported on rumors of Stalin's departure for the Caucuses on vacation, and claimed this confirmed rumors Stalin was ill; Newspaper "Chicago Tribune" similarly reported rumors of Stalin's retirement and a resulting 'behind-the-scenes battle for power' between Zhukov, backed by the army, and Molotov, backed by the Communist Party.

Stalin asks the ambassador to find the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Beijing and tell him that they agree with the DPRK's thinking on the feasibility of establishing diplomatic relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China.

A request to send Soviet specialists to North Korea. The DPRK especially needs engineers to help them build railways. Shtykov notes that if the Koreans don’t receive aid from the Soviets, they'll turn to the Americans.