Source: Tom 17

September 22, 1929

To Molotov.

Could you wait on the question of Kovalev at Pravda? It is wrong to make Kovalev a scapegoat. The main blame rests with the editorial bureau. Kovalev should not be removed from the department of Party life: he put it on a good footing, despite Krumin's inertia and Ulyanova's opposition.

Stalin.

September 22. 10:30 p.m. Sochi.

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Source: Joseph Stalin in the Embrace of His Family. From the Personal Archive. P. 41. AP RF. F. 45. Op. 1. D. 74. L. 18.