IMPLICATIONS OF STALIN'S COLLAPSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79S01011A001000010030-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: March 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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I:PLICATIONS OF STALIN'S COLLAPSE
Date: March 4, 1953
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SECURITY INFORIvIkTION
IMPLICATIONS OF STALIN'S COLLAPSE
Stalin's illness and imminent death removes from the Soviet scene
the most important single element in the Soviet-Coimmnist system. The
remaining Soviet leaders consequently face a tremendous readjustment
problem.
The Soviet system is such that solution of this problem will
necessarily present grave difficulties and will almost certainly pro-
duce infra-leadership intrigues. It cannot be assumed, however, that
these intrigues will lead to any serious weakening of the regime or to
significant changes in Soviet foreign or domestic policies. In fact
the necessity of displaying to the world a smooth transition to a new
leadership would seem to require a continuance of previous policies.
The 1952 Party Congress and Stalin's October Bolshevik article, together
with
/the ideological lines laid doT.in in the current vigilance drive,