MALENKOVIS RECONCILIATION WITH ZHDANOVITES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200050021-5
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: May 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT lialenkov!ts Reconciliation with Zhdanovites
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1. On '26 Feb 54, the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party
t4 ed,over the powerful Commission of the Cadres of the Party to S. D. Zxastle
with the objective of strengthening the consolidation of the Party.
2. We action is undoubtedly the prelude to a new purge, in which many of Nolotovls
followers will be involved, and possibly some Red Army figures, ins1udin rs al
ghhmlkov .
3. I atiev, formerly secretary of the party in Uzbekistan, and down to October 1953
1111eesetar7 of the ' 1losoow 00=10601 ,18 one of the Most controversial figures in the
Soviet hierarchy, and one of the last survivors of the Zhdanov group. dilly
recently his he Tome to an understanding with the group. following W ov and
~v,. Be was elected a supplementary member of the Central ttee as
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paralY as March 1939 and a full member of the Presidium in October 1952. After the
.death of Stalin he was entrusted with the administration of the secretariat of the
Central 'm ttee on 7 fir 53, but only one week later he was pushed down'toJfifth
limber of' the Secretariat. These rapid changes were the result of deep interna],
intrigues, in which ygnatiev,has been engaged since the beginning of his career.
4. Iguatier his never abandoned Zhdanov=s theory of the supremacy of Soviet political
efficiency, and'has continued to press for Immediate Commoilst revolutionary '
activity abroad. Several time he has been in danger of arrest as a'sectarian.Dur~
old War II Ignatiev was,a rather obscure official of the Orgburo, but as such
he was involved, in the investigation of the Polish Jewish Workers Party, which led
to the execution of its leaders, Alter and Ehrlllsl'., This action gained him
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promotion and associated him with the anti-Semite wing of the party. The state
seeurity forces and'secret'services, where Jewish influence was strong started
a
purge of "ti-Semites, and Ignatiee quiok,y lost all the-ground he htd gained
in the alter-Bhrlioh'affair. Things bedame still sore difficult for'Igpatiei'
ch e of the war h wZhdsnov entered'a conflict with his rival,.galerikoe.
Al t ahe Md. ?ite given less and'less iaportant'posts and'hli,
ippeared at an and. Aooua career
ing the Jews as responsible for his misfortupes, Ignatiev
secretly This engaged
was~ed the year anti-Jewish Intrigues which went on in the Kremlin until
e year of Zhdanovts death; perceived that A. I.
d-inisAngiffs the new leader of Zhdanovts group, would be unable to stand against
aalenkov, and made his peace with the new dominant group.
5. In spite of this change of front, Ignatiev remained a minor figure in the Party.'
apparatus and was used only'for purges in the secretariat. But in 1950'Nalenkov,
alread* involved in the struggle With Molotov and'Beria for the sudoegsiof to
Stalin. decided to use I
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This was a warning to the led Army 'leaders that they were in danger of murder, and
an accusation of neglect against the services headed by Beria.
Beria retorted'by obtaining the rehabilitation of the Jewish doctors shortly after
Stalints death, and Ignatiev was sent to the Bashkir Autonomous Republic to ri
~ppi$e the Party apparatus there. This did. not 'put 'a halt to the negotiations
tfiren Mtlenkov'and Ignatiev, as the, representative of the Zhdanovites, and these
negotiations gained impetus after Beriats arrest.
7. Igliatiev finally agreed to give Malenkov his whole-hearted support against the
golotov group, and in restoring Party discipline'in"the Red Army. In return
Maleakov and'Rhrushchev'were forced to agree to'pursue a more dynsalo Cotmoni+pt
policy in world affairs, as soon as the situation in the'Ireilin oli~ared:':The"
reconciliation"with the Zhdanovites has greatly strengthenetkovtii posi ion
in'the Zrealin, but it has made it nor* difficult for his to ppe'ase the radical
elements in the Central Committee,.
8. Ignatiev now aspires to be Minister of Internal affairs and head of the'MYDi' The
Zhdanovites who follow his are oonvinoec! that time 'is being wasted in delaying
Coianist revolutionary action abroad. They be],leve`that no real negotiations
should be undertaken with the West" and she in favor of' intensi
lying the e , class '
struggle in the Waste= orbit 3and of a general'increate of Com unist:presiure.
Ignatievts new promotion brings this group into a more influential position.
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