This was consistent with a former Kremlin guard, Aleksey Akimov, who in the late 1960s claimed that Sverdlov personally instructed him to take a telegram to the telegraph office confirming the CEC's approval of the 'trial' (code for execution), but with strict instructions that both the written form and ticker tape should be brought back by him immediately after it had been sent.
Esta versión concorda coa que deu na década de 1960 un antigo garda do Kremlim, Aleksei Akimov, segundo a cal Sverdlov lle ordenou persoalmente entregar un telegrama á oficina de telégrafos coa confirmación do VTsIK para o "xuízo", pero con instrucións claras de que tanto a mensaxe escrita como a cinta copiadora debían ser levadas de volta inmediatamente despois do envío.