Northern (N): Soviet Union (NS). Reports on Trial and Execution of Beria

A file of correspondence on the trial and death sentence of the former Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Union, Lavrentii Beriya. Documents in the file include commentary on two communiqués published by the Soviet Press on Beriya's trial and execution; details of the chairman and members of the Supreme Court Special Session who presided over the trial of Beriya and his accomplices; commentary on an article by Frank Borkenau published in Die Welt; and details of a conversation between an acquaintance of a member of the British embassy in Moscow and a Soviet army official who acted as Beriya's bodyguard during the trial.