Source: Tom 17

Moscow. CC VKP.

Poskrebyshev.

For members of the Politburo.

I propose to make Kaganovich a member of the Defense Commission as my deputy.

Stalin.

Source: Stalin i Kaganovich. Perepiska. 1931-1936 gg. [Stalin and Kaganovich. Correspondence. 1931-1936], pp. 137-138. RGASPI, f. 558, op. 11, d. 77, l. 4.