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Khrushchev also drastically reduced the powers of Gosplan, the government planning body that he blames for most of Russia's economic failures, and established a new agency, the Council of the National Economy, headed by Economic Boss Veniamin E. Dymshits. Khrushchev also set up a new national construction monopoly designed to eliminate the squandering of money and labor in regional building projects. Almost equally wasteful, complained Khrushchev, are bribery and theft by "leading officials," who stole $61 million in money and materials during the first six months of the year. To fight such economic crimes, Khrushchev ordered the creation...
Stubborn, jut-jawed Veniamin Veis, whose father works in a Soviet fishery, is no scientist, but he too dreams big dreams for himself and Russia. "I want to give all my strength to the victory of Communism," writes Veniamin. "Consequently I want to become a diplomat. I can imagine myself defending the interests of the Soviet Union. I want to be like Molotov. But to become a diplomat of the Molotov type, one must study...