Petr, hello.

As I see, you received my telegram. I am sending 2,000 rubles. I have no more than that. This money is from my honorarium. As a rule, we do not receive honoraria here; only in exceptional cases do we sometimes receive them. For me, your misfortune is an exceptional case, and therefore I took the honorarium in order to use it for you. In addition to this money, you will be given a loan of 3,000 rubles; I spoke about this with Beria (the secretary of the Transcaucasian regional committee). And he gave his word: "I will definitely carry it out."

So: receive 2,000 rubles as a friendly gift from me, and 3,000 rubles as a loan.

Live many years.

Yours,

Soso.

December 7, 1933.

From the archive of K.A. Korneenkova.

Note: Translated from Georgian. The addressee of the letter had survived a fire.