YUDIN, P F/CHESNOKOV, P I/MITIN, K A

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• Publication Date: August 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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50X1 1. Ilislaa Pavel Feroforovich \1928
the Institute of Red Professorate Yudin was a second-year student.
Yndin is very tall, h curly blon r, is either a Jew or a i ari0, At that
time he VW about thirty years old and now should be about fifty- sive. Among
his fellow students Yudin was regarded as an active Party worker, being a
secretary of the party cell of the Department of Philosophy of the Institute.
The director of the Institute at that time was Iglizieziky. while the director
of the Department of Philosophy, under whom Yudin studied, was Peborin. (He
is still alive, but at one time he was ie disfavor a) By 1930 Yudin was the
ecretary of the entire Institute es Party e11 and managed to obtain a ticket
admitting him to the 16th Party Congress. This VW the beginzing-of hia
active general Tarty work.
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2. At approximately the same time the ao-called "theoeetieal" brigades for the purpose
ef,expoeing nrightiat deviationists!., were or-ganY.zed and, Yudin headed
the "philosophy brigade" whose task was to expoee the school. of Dukharin.
Although this brigade led by Yudin, its nominal he was Mitina who W45
alreadr a faculty Member of the Institute. Other metbers of the brigade were
Raltzevich; KOa tantinova present editor of the magazine, The Questions of
Philosophy"1 _Feodoseev, who eems to be coming up again l'osnelov, now a mere-
ber of the Central Committee and Majall. Although Yudin was the yo L4Uest
of the entire group, he played the most dynamite role ia exposi the Bukharinites.
The impression created by Yudin could be described by his following qualifi-
qations which, although they contributed to his success, may also constitute a
threat for his future career. The main 'horse' which he rides is his strong
ability to 7smell things out") anda keen urderstRnding of the trends of evens
and thinking of the Central Committee of the Party based on the Lenin-Stalin
philosophy, which in the. last analysis is the leading theoretic thinking in
the Soviet Union. This is his most prized qaalificatio . His second qaali-
fication, which to this day was proved helpful to him, is his aggressiveness
and strength with which he paseente and defends his views. He does this with
extreme fanaticism which betrays his theoretical intolerance toward all
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oppositional thinking, and it may prove to be a dangerous one for his
future career. His third ?qualification is his one-sided Party-training
which dominates his scientific work.
4. It is questionable how profound Yudines education and knowledge of the
theoretical philosophy is, as he is not credited with many important
theoretical writings on the subject. He did go through a very intensive
course on Marxism under Deborin, philosophy under Luvob 44111r2i, while
his other instructors were Rubin, Bukharinv Pokrovsky, and Rozhkov. How-
ever, Yudinls graduation from school was not quite normal and while in his
last year of school he was already appointed-director of the Department of
50X1 Philosophy. This, of course, VAS strange and Pokrovaky was re-
sponsible for the rapid advancement of Yudin wver the heads of his instructor,
Deborin? or Pospelov who was already a member of the Central Committee.
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5.
Mitickregards to Yudinis outlook toward the West, it it be recalled that during
WorldiVer,II_,: he was an internationalist and there is no evidence of his
changing from that policy. He is a definite Lenin-Stalitiat to this day.
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YudinA.Oesnotdrink or SMOse, He is definittlyTan ideological Communist
and his career follows his ideology. He Is calm, i.menrtional, tries
to reason with hiSnlind rather than his heart, determined, very capable,.
He can also be described as being very disciplined, clever, self-restrained
and secretive. He knows how to conduct discussions, is-a strong arguer and
a good orator.
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7. His relations with people around him seem to be correct and butane and, in
spite of his-high poiitionvhe.is very modest. He can,Wbest described as
a good workhorse of Stalinism. His career is absolutely independent of
Malftakov,but KaA44;0144, nirig! and Mblotov had direct bear ng on it, as
WIE-raus in close contact them.-Wicould be described generally
as representing the theoretical elite as opposed to MaIenkov who heeds the
bureaucritic.leliterorthe Soviet UrtiGn.
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8. However, it is beginning to appear that udies stock is now quoted a little
lower than it was,prior to the 19th Congress. At this Congress ggicaluys
a student of Yudin was taken into he Presiftum. while ,Yudinbaconly an.2
alternate. This decision of the Congress could serve as a barometer of
Xudin's career, as Chesnokov, who is a second-rater in comparison to Yudin,
actually overtook him. It is possible that some of the above-mentioned '
traits of Yudin are catching up with him, or it may be the question of the
Kremlin groupings, as Chesnokov is, of Course, much closer to Melenkov. In
general, if the Stalinists are slated to fade away, Yudin will go, as his
present situation le difficult and the only thing that may save him is his
tliarty scent.'1
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cheibbor?alesnokov graduated from the Department of Philosophy,
Institute Of nea'Progpssorate in 1935 or 1936i iep,, A little later than
Yudia who already had-be&MOA.Xs,director.' Chesnokov did some writing
on the subject of'currerlt Party45hiloa,90vo a sort of propaganda work,
but he proved to-Ke,a mediocre propagandfte diptinguiehed himself
during his debate with Alexandrov, the Chief of '6'.e Ptop4g3'da Section of
the Central Committee,
Che pokov, who is now approximately forty-five years of age, was orginallY
put forward in 1946 by Zhdanov. Nov he can be placed in Malenkov's camp
as the lattO4s leading trump against Yudin. 50X1
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prepared to write op any theme. In this connection Chesnokov could be
exploited much easier than Yudin who h his own strong convictions.
ll Mitin# K A - Mitin is a member of the Central Committee and to him belongs
the job of putting into order the Yudin brand of the Lenin-Stalinist
philosophy. He taught Yudin in the Academy of the-C=1=1st Education
Krupsky. 1928-1930. He mist be. about sixty years of age. He is
50X1 tall, thin pale, and. very dry. .He belonged. to the
group of Party ascetics. n a very dry in his relations with others.
A an of few words end. an average orator, very nervous, but not hysterical.
3.2. By virtue of his background, Mitin felt out of place among. the theoreticians
and philosophers of the, Communist doctrine and because of this he remained.
in shadow for a long time it was only during the period of the straggle
against the rightist opposition, when unknOwn people were recruited. without
regard to their background, as long as they went along with the Party, /Attila
became a little. miSre prominent. Particularly he began to stand. out as.
supporter of Yudints ideas, to which he .gave th.eoretical expression. This
may explain the reason why Yudin end. Mitin always write. together. The lack
of theoretical knowledge on the part is co lamented by the other.
13. One .cennot 'expect personal initiative or creative ability from Mitin as he
50X1 puts in order Yudinte ideas on philopopiw.
Difitin'owes his advancement to his contact with Yudin. The entire circle
a theoretical agitators it. the Central Committee are &tints pupils or
colleagues. Thus, the whole propaganda apparatus of the Party steads behind.
Mitin and. Xudin.
14. Now Wi,J1 thwdeparture of :Yudin for underground-work in:the Cominfonn, the
direction of the institute of Philosophy of the Aaademy of Sciences is in
the handl of
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