To the Head of My Chancellery:
On the basis of Articles 137, 141, 142, and 143 of the Statute of the Imperial Family, I direct You to enter the name of the newborn H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Wladimirovna into the Genealogical Book of the Russian Imperial House, as proof that She has in fact been added to the membership of the Imperial line.
(The original is signed in His Imperial Highness’s own hand:)
Wladimir
23 December 1953
Madrid