Translation of Two Reports from Beria to Stalin

State Committee of Defense
Comrade Stalin

Reporting on the progress of the operation to exile the Chechens and Ingush as of this morning 24 February, so far taken from population points have been 333 thousand 739 people, of this number were loaded into train echelons 176 thousand 950 people. In the second half of the day of 23 February in almost all districts of Chechno-Ingushetii fell abundant snow, this has created difficulties in the transportation of people, especially in the mountainous districts.

Beria 24 February 1944

State Committee of Defense
Comrade Stalin

The operation to exile the Chechens and Ingush is proceeding normally. Up until the evening of 25 February were loaded into train echelons 342 thousand 647 people. From the loading stations have been dispatched to places of new settlement 86 echelons.

Beria 26 February 1944

Source:

N.F. Bugai, ed., “Deportatsiia: Beriia dokladyvaet Stalinu,” Kommunist, no. 1, 1991, pp. 103-104.