6 May 1946
- Thorn was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Thorn | CPC]
- Viktor Abakumov submitted the names of Sergei Ogoltsov, Nikolai Selivanovsky, Afanasii Blinov, Nikolai Kovalchuk, and Mikhail Svinelupov as candidates to be his deputies at the Soviet Ministry for State Security (MGB). ww2dbase [Viktor Abakumov | CPC]
- Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru departed Uraga, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Uraga, Kanagawa | CPC]
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