"USSR NKO
Directorate of Armoured and Mechanized Forces of the 1st Belorussian Front
August 18th, 1944
To the Chief of Staff of the 16th Air Army, Lieutenant-General of Aviation, comrade Braiko
According to a report of the 1st Krasnodar Mechanized Corps, Lieutenant-General Krivoshein, on August 5th, 1944, an adjutant of the 219th Assault Air Regiment, Sr. Lieutenant Polyakov, stole a Willys vehicle along with the driver, Golub, belonging to the 19th Mechanized Brigade.
I ask for your order to return the Willys vehicle to the 19th Mechanized Brigade and to take measures against Sr. Lieutenant Polyakov for his selfish actions.
I ask you to report on the measures taken.
Chief of Staff of Armoured and Mechanized Forces of the 1st Belorussian Front, Colonel Ulyanov"
RE: #102615
According to the commander of the 219th Assault Air Regiment, the Willys and its driver were picked up in nonfunctional condition for the provision of technical aid. A report on the situation arrived before your request. The Willys was repaired. I ask you for directions where to send it.
If this is not a realistic representation of the situation, I ask you to inform me so that the commander of the 219th Air Assault Regiment can be held responsible.
Chief of Staff of the 16th Air Army, Lieutenant-General of Aviation, Braiko"