KHRUSHCHEV NIKITA: (1894-1971) First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1953-64. T.L.S., N. Khrushchev, in green ink, also signed by L. Gavanovitch, one page, 4to, 13^th September 1947, to tovarisch Stalin, in Cyrillic. Khrushchev, in his recently appointed capacity as First Secretary of the Ukraine Communist Party, states in part `..To tovarisch Stalin,   We report that the annual plan of grain procurement in the quantity of 38.350 poods (1.384.940 Lbs), that had been established for the Kharkov region, has been implemented ahead of schedule on 12th September of this year. The kolkoz and sovkhoz of the region delivered 38.542 poods (1.391.880 Lbs) or 100.5% on 13th September. We called the Secretary of the Kharkov Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine tovarisch Churaev to determine an additional over-plan grain delivery in order to compensate the shortfall in bread according to the plan in the southern regions of Ukraine. In addition to the Kharkov region, the annual plan of grain procurement has been fulfilled by the Transcarpathian region on 25th August, by the Lvov and Ternopol regions on 1st September, and by the Rovno region on 5th September… We continue to prepare grain procurement in the kolkhoz, sovkhoz, and peasant farms of the mentioned regions, which have not fulfilled yet their obligations´ Signed at the base in purple ink `L. Vaganovitch´ and beneath in green ink by Khrushchev. Annotated at the base that the document would be forwarded `..through high-frequency communication system, to the special department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union´. With several corrections and additions in purple ink in the hand of Vaganovich. Left edge uneven, otherwise G to VG

 

Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) Soviet Dictator. Leader of the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party 1922-52.