The Information Center of the Government of Moscow reported today that the GRU will be handing over declassified documents concerning the Yalta Conference to the Victory Museum. The following is the translation of the Information Center’s press release: On Tuesday, February 4, the Victory Museum will host an official ceremony to hand over archival documentsContinueContinue reading “Freshly Declassified Documents from the Yalta Conference to be Unveiled on 4 February”
Category Archives: World War Two
Declassified Top Secret Cable from Soviet Ambassador Litvinov to Stalin on Roosevelt Meeting the Day After Pearl Harbor Attack
On 8 December 1941, new Soviet Ambassador to the United States Maksim Maksimovich Litvinov met with US President Franklin Roosevelt to present same with his credentials and address the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The following is an English translation of the coded telegram penned by Litvinov that day (sent to Moscow on 10 December).ContinueContinue reading “Declassified Top Secret Cable from Soviet Ambassador Litvinov to Stalin on Roosevelt Meeting the Day After Pearl Harbor Attack”
Top Secret Message to Stalin Captures Chiang Kai-shek’s Emotional Response to Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
On 8 December 1941, the day after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s subsequent declaration of war, Soviet Ambassador to China Aleksandr Panyushkin was called to meet Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek and Minister of Foreign Affairs Guo Taiqi to receive a personal message to be conveyed to Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The message spellsContinueContinue reading “Top Secret Message to Stalin Captures Chiang Kai-shek’s Emotional Response to Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor”
Soviet Intercepted Telegram from UK Foreign Minister Eden to Lord Halifax on 1941 US-Japanese Discussions
On 8 December 1941, the Head of the Soviet NKVD Intelligence Directorate, Pavel Mikhaylovich Fitin, dispatched a special message to Josef Stalin regarding the contents of an intercepted telegram sent on 24 November 1941 from British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden to Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, regarding Japanese-American discussions in Washington. TOPContinueContinue reading “Soviet Intercepted Telegram from UK Foreign Minister Eden to Lord Halifax on 1941 US-Japanese Discussions”
DETI: Part 2 of Interrogation of Red Army Lieutenant Training Soviet Children for the Germans in WW2
Those who have been following the site for the past month know that we have been publishing declassified documents that were published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is Part Two of the first in a series of three separateContinueContinue reading “DETI: Part 2 of Interrogation of Red Army Lieutenant Training Soviet Children for the Germans in WW2”
DETI: Red Army Officer Interrogated for Role Supporting Germans in Training Soviet Youths to Commit Sabotage in Soviet Union
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is Part One the first in a series of three separate interrogations conducted of Yu.N. Yevtukhovich. Yevtukhovich, a deserter from the Soviet Red Army as a Lieutenant, detailsContinueContinue reading “DETI: Red Army Officer Interrogated for Role Supporting Germans in Training Soviet Youths to Commit Sabotage in Soviet Union”
DETI: Details of Sabotage Missions Come to Light from Detained Soviet German-Trained Children
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the fourth in the series of documents translated. This is an undated five-page TOP SECRET report, probably written in September 1943, providing details of the arrest ofContinueContinue reading “DETI: Details of Sabotage Missions Come to Light from Detained Soviet German-Trained Children”
DETI: German-Trained Soviet Teens Parachute Into Kursk Oblast to Conduct Sabotage, 1943
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the third in the series of documents translated. This is a “Special Message,” marked TOP SECRET, dated 3 September 1943 on the arrest of three saboteurs trainedContinueContinue reading “DETI: German-Trained Soviet Teens Parachute Into Kursk Oblast to Conduct Sabotage, 1943”
DETI: NKVD Discovers Saboteur Schools Established by German Intelligence to Train Kidnapped Soviet Orphans
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the second in the series of documents translated. This is a “Special Message,” marked TOP SECRET, dated 25 December 1941 on the discovery of two saboteur andContinueContinue reading “DETI: NKVD Discovers Saboteur Schools Established by German Intelligence to Train Kidnapped Soviet Orphans”
DETI: NKVD Investigates Soviet Orphans Exploited by Germans to Sabotage Soviet Sites, 1941
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the first of the documents translated; the rest will be translated and published on this site over the coming weeks. This is a “Special Message,” marked TOPContinueContinue reading “DETI: NKVD Investigates Soviet Orphans Exploited by Germans to Sabotage Soviet Sites, 1941”
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