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”
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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”
Coded Telegram to Moscow on Meeting Between Maksim Litvinov and FDR the Day After the Attack on Pearl Harbor
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 “Coded Telegram to Moscow on Meeting Between Maksim Litvinov and FDR the Day After the Attack on Pearl Harbor”
Translating History 