As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.

We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.

I do not want to give any orders to the airmen, but get hold of a Komsomol air unit, and say I want volunteers for the job.

Our neighbors use searchlights, for they want more light. I tell you, Nikolai Pavlovich, we need more darkness.