24 Apr 1946
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- Joseph Stalin met with Lavrentiy Beria, Andrei Zhdanov, Georgy Malenkov, Anastas Mikoyan, Viktor Abakumov, Vsevolod Merkulov, and Sergei Ogoltsov over the reorganization of the Soviet Ministry for State Security (MGB). ww2dbase [Joseph Stalin | Moscow | CPC]
- USS Preston was decommissioned from service and was placed into the Pacific Reserve Fleet. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | California | CPC]
- Destroyer escort USS Tabberer was placed out of commission at San Diego, California and placed in the reserve fleet. ww2dbase [Tabberer | San Diego, California | DS]




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