Greetings to my dear mama!

How is my mama living, how does she feel? They tell me you are healthy and in good spirits. Is this true? If it is, I am endlessly glad. Our family, it seems, is a sturdy one.

I am well.

My children also feel fine.

I wish you good health; live long years, my dear mama.

Your Soso.

March 10, 1937.

Joseph Stalin in the Embrace of His Family. Moscow, 1993. Pp. 18-19.