Lot 488
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich (1894-1971) First Secretary of the Communist Party (1953-1964) and Premier of the Soviet Union (1958-1964).
Typed Document Signed ("N. Khrushchev"). One page, 6¾ x 11¼", Moscow, April 15, 1944. Signed in red pencil. Being a transcription of a phone conference with Stalin. Several penciled notations and corrections. Accompanied by certified translation. One horizontal and one vertical crease with some wrinkling at the intersection, ¾" tear at top right, and the right edge shows trimming. In very good to fine condition.
This document, relayed via telephone, concerns autopsy and funeral considerations for one Comrade Vatutin. The message begins with comments on a possible autopsy: "…The professors wanted to perform an autopsy on comrade Vatutin's body. His wife protested against it…as a result of prolonged observation of the patient, the cause of death is known precisely and an autopsy cannot reveal anything new. For those reasons it was agreed not to perform an autopsy…." The next section of the letter concerns arrangements being made for Vatutin's funeral -- several members from the upper levels of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic have formed a commission to plan the event. Khrushchev is likely referring to General Nikolai Vatutin, the liberator of Kiev, who was seriously wounded by Ukrainian partisans either February 29 or March 1, 1944, and later died. A War hero, Vatutin certainly would have warranted the level of funeral being considered here.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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