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...very interesting photograph . . . Beria and Malenkov, at the forefront, are merely grasping the bier handles, almost at arm's length, while Molotov is clearly out of step . . . Could it be that some unseen slaves, hidden behind the "bier curtain," are doing the real work...
...rulers of Russia did their best last week to trample out flickering embers of independence in four more "Soviet Republics" embedded in the Communist Empire. Police Chief Lavrenty Beria's purgers "reorganized" and "consolidated" the government of 1) the Baltic Republic of Latvia, enslaved by the Red army in 1940, lost, and recaptured in 1944; 2) the Moldavian Soviet Republic, part of which was snatched from Rumania; 3) the Caucasian Mountain Republic of Armenia; 4) Azerbaijan, which hugs the Caspian Sea near the northern border of Iran. In all four "republics" the pattern was the same; a drastic tightening...
...More Bedbugs. That left the way clear for Beria to reorganize Georgia in his own way. The old "national" constitution was ditched overnight, the President and his staff were fired. Adventurist Rukhadze's Ministry of State Security-the agency most at fault for accusing the "innocents" and showing up Beria-was merged with Interior under a new Beria protege: Vladimir G. Dekanozov. To head the government, Beria chose Valerian Bakradze, who was removed as Premier in the purges of '37; Bakradze proved his loyalty by restoring the three Beria men purged by Stalin last year-Baramiya, Zodelava...
...meeting of the Supreme Soviet of Georgia, Bakradze acclaimed Beria as "the best son of Georgia . . . the outstanding leader of the Communist Party and great Soviet State." Conspicuously unmentioned was Beria's nominal boss, Premier Georgy Malenkov. Was this simply Georgian chauvinism or more evidence of Beria's dominance? Both men could hardly be "the outstanding leader...