those pre-war days, the secretary of the leningrad city committee of the kuznetsov party, alexey alexandrovicht the same thing is happening on the western borders, how then can we understand tas’ statement, from the categorical expressions, the hand of comrade stalin is guessed? yes you are right. comrade stalin's goal is clear. first, we need to calm possible fears. germany. you you know that the western press regularly publishes disinformation that we are going to be the first to start a war. i understand it. well, secondly, tas’s statement is a dummy, so to speak, a trial balloon to encourage germany to make a similar statement regarding the soviet union. and yet, if i were the military, i would move some parts of the district closer to the border. “under no circumstances should you give the germans any reason for provocations, but you will be more active in speeding up our work to strengthen the border while i am in you're on vacation, that means you're going, yes, comrade stalin insisted. aunt masha, aunt masha , my little dove, you are mine, we are all yours, okay, okay, okay, okay, let