(Untitled), 03 Oct 1942

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/80/126-127

Scope and Contents

Telegram from Premier Stalin to WSC marked "personal and secret" informing him of the deterioration of the situation in the Stalingrad area [Soviet Union] since the beginning of September, due to German air superiority, and asking for supplies of fighter aircraft from Great Britain and the United States. Claims that Germany are manufacturing not less than 2500 combat aircraft a month, far more than the 1300 suggested by British intelligence.

Dates

Creation: 03 Oct 1942

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