Paraphrase of Code Cablegram                                                  
                                                    Received at the War Department                                                
                                                          at 9:02, June 24, 1941.                                                         
London, filed 15:10, June 24, 1941.
 
                              The fol1owing is the distribution of the Russian divisions along the German
border at the commencement of hostilities:
 
                           Military            Infantry       Cavalry            Tank              Task
                           Districts           Divisions      Divisions          Divisions      Brigades
 
                           Western*                 14                2                     -                   7
                           Pri Baltlir                 25             10                     -                 16
                           Trans Caucasian        7                1                    -                   2
                           North Caucasian        3                4                    -                   1
                           South Leningrad        8                -                    2                   7
                           North Leningrad      18                -                    -                    6
                           Odessa                     16                3                   -                   16 
                           Kiev                         31                9                   -                  16
                           Reserve in
                           European Russia        8                1                   4                   -
 
                           Totals                     130              30                   2                 62
 
            * It is felt by authorities at the British War Office that the number
 
of divisions shown for the Western Military District is small but no other 
 
identifications have as yet been made.
 
                                                                      LEE
 
                           Distribution:
                   THE PRESIDENT             
                                 Secretary of War
                                 State Department
                                 War Plans Division
                                 Office of Naval Intelligence
                                 GHQ
                                 G-3