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November 14, 1945
Swedish newspaper Expressen suggests that Western rumors surrounding Stalin's diminishing health will only get worse unless TASS, or some other authoritative Russian source, clearly refutes them.
November 13, 1945
A radio broadcast suggests Stalin is not sick, but merely tired from the war.
November 12, 1945
TASS reports on foreign news stories it views as slanderous to Joseph Stalin, including stories on his declining health and possible successors.
TASS reports on foreign news stories it views as slanderous to Joseph Stalin.
TASS and the NKID (People's Commisseriat of Foreign Affairs) debate the identity of a French news agency refered to in a Reuters telegram in order to make a decision on the possible expulsion of a France Presse correspondent.
November 4, 1945
Lavrenty Beria, Georgii Malenkov, and Anastas Mikoyan confirm the Politburo's decision to rebuke Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs V. M. Molotov for voicing unofficial opinions in a conversation with American Ambassador Harriman. Molotov registers his agreement with the rebuke and vows not to repeat his mistake.
November 1, 1945
Letter to Stalin on draft decree abolishing the war tax.
June 16, 1953
Discussion of the reorganization of the Hungarian government and various reforms following Stalin's death.
October 31, 1945
Request for Stalin's opinion about the nomination of several candidates for the People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
October 29, 1945
Molotov, Beria, Malenkov, and Mikoyan ask Stalin to approve an announcement awarding the Order of Lenin to A.A. Andreyev on the occasion of his 50th birthday.