Source: Tom 17

September 23, 1929

Tatka!

Received your letter about Kovalev. I am not very familiar with the case, but I think you are right. If Kovalev is guilty of anything, then the editorial bureau, which is the master of the operation, is three times more guilty. Apparently, they want to make Kovalev a "scapegoat." I will do everything I can, if it is not already too late.

The weather here keeps shifting around.

I kiss my Tatka firmly, very firmly, firmly.

Your

Joseph.

September 23, 1929.

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Source: Joseph Stalin in the Embrace of His Family. From the Personal Archive. P. 27. AP RF. F. 45. Op. 1. D. 1550. L. 25.