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Memoirs
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I'm not really sure why I read this book, other than my longtime obsession with Soviet-era Russia. Andrei Gromyko was the USSR's longtime foreign policy apparatchik, but these memoirs aren't particularly elucidating of who he was or the times that he lived in. Published in 1989, they do serve as an interesting time capsule, however. The world Gromyko believed in pretty much collapsed as soon as he was done writing. It is like he is the insect preserved in fossil amber.
"The 27th Party Congress of February 1986 created a new leadership under Gorbachev. The country and the whole world know this leadership to be capable of the great tasks facing the party and the people. Cool-headedness and perseverance, calm, accurate calculation, careful planning of every step and its consequences, and reliance on the entire spectrum of political, scientific and technical information available to the leadership -- all these are, combined with purposefulness and the will to carry out far-reaching plans for our future development. ...
"I am convinced that when we reach the year 2000, which has been set as the completion date for these far-reaching plans, the Soviet people will be able to look back at the previous fifteen years and see that the party has indeed successfully mobilized the country's vast reserves, and that the leadership has indeed acted correctly in carrying out the Leninist line.
"As a communist to the marrow of my bones, I respect the profound learning of Marx, Engels and Lenin, and the great spirit of our people as they build the communist society. When I cast my gaze over our great country, I feel I want to share my sense of confidence in tomorrow. What gives me that confidence? First, the fact that we have a wonderful people who are capable of solving the most difficult problems. Secondly, we have a wise and perceptive party, closely bound to the people. Thirdly, we have a leadership worthy of the great tasks it has set before society at this crucial stage in its development and in the international situation."
"The 27th Party Congress of February 1986 created a new leadership under Gorbachev. The country and the whole world know this leadership to be capable of the great tasks facing the party and the people. Cool-headedness and perseverance, calm, accurate calculation, careful planning of every step and its consequences, and reliance on the entire spectrum of political, scientific and technical information available to the leadership -- all these are, combined with purposefulness and the will to carry out far-reaching plans for our future development. ...
"I am convinced that when we reach the year 2000, which has been set as the completion date for these far-reaching plans, the Soviet people will be able to look back at the previous fifteen years and see that the party has indeed successfully mobilized the country's vast reserves, and that the leadership has indeed acted correctly in carrying out the Leninist line.
"As a communist to the marrow of my bones, I respect the profound learning of Marx, Engels and Lenin, and the great spirit of our people as they build the communist society. When I cast my gaze over our great country, I feel I want to share my sense of confidence in tomorrow. What gives me that confidence? First, the fact that we have a wonderful people who are capable of solving the most difficult problems. Secondly, we have a wise and perceptive party, closely bound to the people. Thirdly, we have a leadership worthy of the great tasks it has set before society at this crucial stage in its development and in the international situation."
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October 1, 2016
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Finished Reading
November 19, 2016
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