Greetings, Comrade Kaganovich!

I received your letter.

1) You are right that the import items will have to be reviewed and reduced. This is inevitable for many reasons (including the financial crisis in England, Germany, and so on).

2) They say the square on the Arbat (where there used to be a church, in front of the cinema) has still not been covered with cobblestones (or asphalt). This is a disgrace! One of the busiest squares, and it is all potholes! Put pressure on them and make them finish the square.

My health is decidedly improving.

Well, that is all for now. I shake your hand. I. Stalin

24/IX-31.

P.S. I shall be in Moscow at the beginning of October. I. St.

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Source: Stalin and Kaganovich. Correspondence. 1931-1936, p. 117. RGASPI F. 81. Op. 3. D. 99. L. 38.