Comrade General, you have arrived early.  We can begin our meeting now.  The samovar has just been refilled if you would like a drink.  Very good.  Let us begin.  The historical dialectic propounded by Marx and Lenin and refined by the Great Stalin has proven its inevitable truth.  The fascist invaders of our homeland have over-extended themselves in a futile attempt to seize the city of Stalingrad.  Here along the Chir River, you and your forces will surge through their defenses and drive southward with maximum speed.  The Red Army of workers and peasants will surround the enemy and force his surrender.