We start
July 85 review by internal political news.
2nd of July
newspapers inform about a Plenum of Central Committee of CPSU.
The session
debated an organizational issues.
Plenum
granted comrade Romanov’s request to dispense him from duties at Political Buro
and as a secretary of Central Committee. (This was the fall of comrade Romanov)
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| Romanov |
Plenum
appointed two new secretaries of Central Committee – B.Yeltsin and L.Zaikov.
Comrade
E.Shevardnadze becomes a member of Political Buro.
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| New faces - Yeltsin ... |
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| .... Shevardnadze .... |
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| ....and Zaikov |
3rd of July
Supreme Soviet of USSR elects A.Gromyko the Chairman of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet – this was a position of “Soviet president”, largely ceremonial.
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| Gromyko |
Comrade
Gorbachev becomes a member of Presidium, and Shevardnadze – the minister of
Foreign Affairs.
This were
the steps of forming a team, loyal to Gorbachev.
After this
events Gorbachev went to Belorussia,
where he had a meeting with a “senior executives of Soviet army”. (i, 12.07.85)
What about
economics?
Here are headlines
of a front pages of July newspapers
- Steps of
Acceleration
- In union
with science
- Reliability
and Quality
- We need a
new form of management
- Shock
work at Hay time
- Steps of
5-year plan
- Alcoholism
– get out!
- Be
prudent!
- For
sobriety as a way of life
- Thrift is
actual
- Communists
fight for a thrift and economy
- Are we ready
for harvest?
“Pravda”
publishes a big article about Reconstruction. “Reconstruction” was on of three priorities
of 1985 along with Perestroika (Reform) and Uskorenie (Acceleration), but later
was forgotten.
“Heading of
Reconstruction
Our country
achieved a big success in different spheres of economics…
But the
modern demands do not allow us to be satisfied by achieved.
The
equipment at some plants is old, 50 mln.people
are involved into manual labor, maintenance sphere is overblown, some
production has a low quality.
There are
too many construction projects in the country. To complete all of them, without
starting a new one, will take five or six years. (P, 12.07.85)
Soviet economist
Otto Latsis writes about Perestroika in “Izvestia”
Perestroika
is a key in party plans of economic development. Perestroika of structure of
manufacture, perestroika of planning, perestroika of motivation, perestroika of
mindset. (i, 25.07.85)
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| O.Latsis |
«Komsomolka»
explains the national targets in article by economist P.Bunich ‘The strategy of exploring”.
(KP, 9.07.85)
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| Bunich |
So, all central
newspapers set the priorities to Soviet citizens.
Newspapers regularly
inform readers about activity of Limited Soviet Contingent in Afghanistan.
Here is an example:
“TASS – A pilot half-colonel Ochirov is awarded a Hero of Soiet Union for heroizm. This man is also awarded the afghan medal “Military virtue”.”
Then comes
the story about the battle with mujahideen.
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| Ochirov |
My choice - quotation of the month:
«Of course, it is not easy to gain the
acceleration of scientific-technical progress. But when soviet people were afraid
of a difficulties?” Geller, worker of a plant, Birobidzhan (i, 2.07.85)
That is all
about policy. It is summer! To be continued…
Abbr.:
i – Izvestia/Известия
W – The
week/Неделя
O – Ogonek/Огонек
P – Pravda/Правда
KP – Komsomolskaya
Pravda/”Komsomolka”/Комсомольская Правда
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