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Soviet Expert Thinks Facts Missing from Nikita's Fall
A full explanation of Nikita Khrushchev's fall from power in Russia last week may never be known, said Herbert Ellison, chairman of Slavic and Soviet area studies, yesterday.
Prof. Ellison, commenting on lack of information, likened this situation to the secret proceedings in 1957 when the majority of the Soviet Presidium voted against Khrushchev. "Then we didn't learn the essence of the incident for nearly two years," he said.
That time, Khrushchev used the Communist Central Committee to override the Presidium. The Presidium has not been a major force in Soviet policy since that time, Ellison said.
Ellison said he believed the Russian-Chinese split, and the Russian failure in agriculture were prime reasons for the removal of Khrushchev.
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MANY RUSSIAN leaders fear the split with China because it "tears apart the whole Communist worldwide movement." Ellison said.
The Russo-Chinese split has a background of ideological differences, but Khrushchev's personality had become so much a part of the break that reconciliation seemed doubtful with him at the head of government, Ellison said.
Certainly, Russia's failure to reach her potential in agriculture is a major criticism of Khrushchev. "Russia contains the greatest stretch of black earth soil in the world, and experts have said she should be able to produce agricultural products equal to that of the United States." Prof. Ellison said.
KHRUSHCHIEV DID not invent the farm policy, Ellison said, but he failed to change it into a successful policy.
Despite our lack of knowledge about what really occurred in the power shift. Ellison said we should gain more information by studying the Soviet criticism of Khrushchev and by noting the changes in Russian policy under new leadership.
Regarding the two new Russian leaders, Brezhnev and Kosygin, Ellison regards them as being practical rather than theoretical Communists—and in this they are much like Khrushchev.
In regard to whether the two-man rule can be expected to continue, Ellison referred to an analysis by the Institute of the Study of the USSR.
The Institute's analysis indicates that two-man rule does not usually last long, Ellison said. Perhaps one of the current rulers may emerge as the top man, or there is a possibility of a third man taking control.
ELLISON THINKS the new Russian leadership will strive to strengthen Soviet world Communism leadership. "But in this they are bucking the tide of China's desire to be the leader and the increased tendency of European Communist parties to be more independent of Moscow."
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