Source: Tom 17

Hello, Mother dear!

I received your letter. Good that you have not forgotten us. I am, of course, at fault before you for not having written lately. But what can one do -- a great deal of work has piled on my head and I could not find time for a letter.

Take care of yourself. If you need anything, write. Nadya will send the medicine. Be healthy and cheerful.

I feel well.

May you live a thousand years.

Yours,

Soso

22/XII-31.

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Source: Iosif Stalin in the Embrace of the Family. From the Personal Archive, p. 16. AP RF F. 45. Op. 1. D. 1549. L. 41, 42.