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The Chargé in the Soviet Union ( Barbour ) to the Secretary of State

676. Soviet Press February 26 carries decree Supreme Soviet USSR ordering separation naval forces from Ministry Armed Forces and formation All-Union Naval Ministry USSR. Ministry Armed Forces renamed War Ministry. Admiral I. S. Yumashev named Naval Minister.1

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  1. Admiral Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev was the Commander in Chief of the Naval Forces of the Soviet Union, 1947–1951.