We desire to give the Soviet people absolute liberty of voting for those they desire to elect, those whom they trust to ensure their interests.

How do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don't even dare walk on the grass?

Yes, the electoral struggle [in U.S.S.R.] will be animated. It will proceed around numerous very sharp questions, namely, practical questions having first-rate significance for the people.

Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats.

There is no doubt that the absence of a second front in Europe considerably relieves the position of the German Army, nor can there be any doubt that the appearance of a second front on the Continent of Europe - and undoubtedly this will appear in the near future - will essentially relieve the position of our armies to the detriment of the German Army.

The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.

If things should go too far and deportation of all whiteguard emigres from the United States were demanded, this would be an attempt against the right of asylum promulgated in both the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.