Northern (N): Soviet Union (NS). Weekly Round-Up of Miscellaneous News from HM Embassy

Summary

A file of weekly letters from the British embassy in Moscow concerning developments in the Soviet Union between January and mid-December 1964. The documents discuss the fall of Nikita Khrushchev, the former Soviet leader; the rise of Leonid Brezhnev, the new First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; and the question of which other senior Soviet politicians will support Brezhnev's leadership. The documents also cover recent religious, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union; the Soviet government's acquiescence in the publication of a number of previously banned texts; a campaign launched in the Soviet press encouraging the Soviet public to consume less alcohol; and recent developments in Soviet public opinion, including translations of a number of jokes about the Soviet leadership, particularly Khrushchev, that spread amongst the Soviet public. Other documents comment on recent developments in Soviet agriculture.

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