-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:04 AM Subject: Former KGB chief, Vladimir Semichastny, 77 > > MOSCOW (AP) - A former chief of the dreaded Soviet-era KGB secret > police, Vladimir Semichastny, died Friday of a stroke, news reports > said. He was 77. > > Semichastny headed the KGB in 1961-67. He is believed to have been > active in orchestrating the 1964 ouster of Soviet leader Nikita > Khrushchev, who had introduced some liberal reforms following the > reign of terror of dictator Josef Stalin. > > Khrushchev's successor, Leonid Brezhnev, soon promoted many top KGB > officials - a fact that some researchers cite as confirmation of > Semichastny's prominent role in Brezhnev's coming to power. > Semichastny was named colonel-general and made a member of the Central > Committee of the Communist Party. > > But Brezhnev later dismissed Semichastny as KGB chief in 1967, > appointing him head of the Cabinet of Ministers of the then-Soviet > republic of Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported. > > Semichastny made one of his last public appearances at a news > conference in December, which was timed to mark Chekist's Day, a > Soviet-era holiday commemorating the Dec. 20, 1917, establishment of > the Cheka, a precursor to the KGB. > > There was no immediate information about survivors or funeral > arrangements. > > AP-NY-01-12-01 1903EST > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
