Comrade Beria!
Your efforts as C-in-C are inadequate. Redouble your zeal by recalling how I saved the revolution at Stalingrad when all seemed lost. I hold you personally responsible in these matters.
Find the counter-revolutionary bourgeois spies who are sabotaging the great socialist workers war struggle and punish them. We authorize the immediate summary dispensing of revolutionary justice to all enemies of the state. Front and Army leaders whose loyalty in any way questioned are urged to volunteer for punishment battalions.
Take appropriate action against capitalist provocateurs who spread lies about the mighty and victorious Soviet armed forces. The nest of fascist invaders at Tambov must be liquidated no later than tomorrow. Report to me in person when this is done. On to Berlin!
Party Secretary Stalin
