“Depending on what the enemy does, we may have to retire from [sic] a line running south from Lake Peipus in the north, and from the Dnieper bend in the south, but we will hold the Crimea. I think the Red Army’s drive has been blunted, and I am confident that we will run into no military crisis in the East. Moreover, I want you to know that I do not intend to stay on the defensive there forever. Once I get a chance, I am going to attack the Red Army again.
