Word: grechko
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...because they fear that a new agreement would prevent them from catching up with the U.S. qualitatively. When Kissinger was in Moscow in March, optimistically predicting a "conceptual breakthrough" on arms control, he was not able, significantly, to get appointments with top Russian SALT negotiators or Defense Minister Andrei Grechko...
Recent Soviet charges of American treachery also reach deep into the past. Exploiting the Russians' grief over their immense losses in World War II, a Soviet history, introduced by Defense Minister Andrei Grechko, accuses the U.S., Britain and France of inciting Germany to destroy the U.S.S.R...
...Kurdish guerrilla army, called Pesh Merga (which means "facing death"), is led by a tenacious nationalist, Mulla Mustafa Barzani, 75. It numbers about 40,000 regulars. Iraq can draw on a 90,000-man army that is well equipped and advised by the Soviet Union; Defense Minister Andrei Grechko flew to Baghdad for consultations soon after the negotiations between the government and the Kurds broke...
...pursuit of detente. The two Politburo members dismissed (the official phrase was "relieved of duty")-Pyotr Shelest and Gennady Voronov-have been notable opponents of his diplomatic initiatives, as well as of some of his domestic efforts. Among the four men promoted -Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, Defense Minister Andrei Grechko, KGB (secret police) Chief Yuri Andropov and Leningrad Party Secretary Grigory Romanov-at least two are expected to play large roles in helping Brezhnev's plans work...
...Grechko, 69, is the first soldier to serve on the Politburo since 1957. A Brezhnev ally, he has supported the easing of East-West tensions even though it involves an inevitable reduction in the importance of the military. Inside the Politburo, his expertise will be invaluable to Brezhnev on such complex issues as the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions conference...