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...real causes of Georgi Malenkov's downfall may never be actually learned, but Moscow developments indicate that the problem of the Russian peasantry--a dilemma which Soviet leaders have not been able to solve in 37 years--has once again become crucial...
This agricultural problem, a sore point for the Soviet Union even since the stormy days of 1917, was cited by Malenkov Tuesday as his reason for resigning as Soviet Prime Minister. "I ask you to release me from my post as First Chairman of the Council of Ministers in order to strengthen the Council of Ministers with people who are of more experience, because my lack of experience has had a negative influence on work in the economic sphere," he told the Supreme Soviet...
...over at 16 Dunster St., the home of Harvard's Russian Research Center, Malenkov's resignation was read rather skeptically. Men such as Alexander Eckstein, a research associate who specializes in the economy of the Communist world, saw the resignation more as a statement revealing the shortcomings of Russia's handling of the peasantry than as a cause for a shift in Soviet leadership...
...should be noted that practically the same men that ran the country under Malenkov will continue running it," he said...
...differences between the old Malenkov regime and the new Khruschev-Dulganin government are ones concerning domestic economy and not foreign policy, Shulman said. "Even these differences, moreover, have been completely overplayed by the American press," he added...