Source: Tom 17

Moscow. CC VKP(b).

To Kaganovich.

On the question of the Communist faction's voting in the election of the Reichstag president, we propose the following position: in the first round, we put forward our own candidate. In the second round, we withdraw our candidate and give our votes to the Social Democrat, declaring that we are voting for the Social Democrat so as not to facilitate the election of a fascist.

Stalin, Molotov

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Source: Stalin and Kaganovich. Correspondence. 1931-1936, p. 287. RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 79. L. 34-35.