Telegram to L.M. Kaganovich, August 20, 1931

Source: Tom 17

Although I am not familiar with the final draft, I vote for it on trust. It would be advisable to introduce an amendment on splitting the coke association into two: Southern and Eastern. I have no objection to publication.

Stalin

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Source: Stalin and Kaganovich: Correspondence, 1931-1936, p. 53.

RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 11. D. 76. L. 19, 19 rev.

Note: On August 15, 1931, the Politburo examined the question "On Measures to Improve the Coal Balance in the USSR" and approved the draft resolution submitted by the Supreme Council of the National Economy on increasing coal and coke resources. Final editing of the resolution was entrusted to a commission consisting of Kaganovich, Kuibyshev, and Ordzhonikidze. A provision on dividing the coke association into two -- Southern and Eastern -- was included in the final text of the resolution.