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Defense Minister Andrei Grechko, visibly disturbed, repeated a question posed by Navy Chief Sergei Gorshkov: "Is our Mediterranean fleet going to go back to depending on Odessa for supplies and fresh water? This would mean we will have to contract our navy in the Mediterranean...
...react to the mining, some Sovietologists were not surprised that the initial Russian reaction was a relatively moderate statement of disapproval that jeopardized neither the West German vote nor Nixon's visit. The Soviets did their best to maintain a business-as-usual attitude. For example, Marshal Andrei Grechko, the Defense Minister, flew to Syria for a four-day visit. The reason is that for the past three years, Moscow's foreign policy has been based on three major considerations...
...What spy?" asked the man at his side, an Izvestia correspondent who was aboard the cruiser because Defense Minister Andrei Grechko, Fleet Admiral Sergei Gorshkov and General Aleksei Yepishev, the top political commissar for the Soviet military, were paying a visit to Moscow's Mediterranean fleet...
Historic Roles. In connection with Grechko's visit last week, Izvestia emphasized Russia's ancient historic role in the Mediterranean, tracing its beginnings to a navigation treaty signed by the Principality of Kiev in the 10th century. The Russian presence in the Mediterranean was forcefully reaffirmed in 1770 when Admiral Orlov defeated the Turkish fleet at Tchesme. Later the Russians made a series of amphibious landings on the Ionian islands and even captured Corfu in 1799. "No, we are not guests in this sea," crowed Izvestia. "Many glorious victories of our people are connected with it." (Izvestia conveniently...
Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is going into the Congress stronger than ever. A year ago, when his leadership was under attack because of grave shortcomings in the economy, Brezhnev managed to consolidate his power with the help of the KGB (secret police) and Marshal Andrei Grechko, the Defense Minister. As a sign of Brezhnev's ascendancy, his was the only signature to appear on the draft of the new five-year plan (1971-75). It was the first time such a document was signed by a single person since 1952?when the sole signature was Joseph Stalin's. Still...