Source: Tom 17

September 16, 1929

Tatka!

How are your affairs, how was your trip?

It turns out that my first letter (the one that went missing) was received and opened in the Kremlin by your mother. How stupid can one be, to receive and open other people's letters!

I am slowly recovering.

Kisses.

Your

Joseph.

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Source: Joseph Stalin in the Embrace of His Family. From the Personal Archive. P. 24–25. AP RF. F. 45. Op. 1. D. 1550. L. 15.