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I’m a Soviet worker reading Pravda on the morning of October 14, 1964. The front page headline states that Nikita Khrushchev has resigned due to old age and health concerns. How hard would it be for me to learn the true nature of the General Secretary’s fall from power?

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I’m a Soviet worker reading Pravda on the morning of October 14, 1964. The front page headline states that Nikita Khrushchev has resigned due to old age and health concerns. How hard would it be for me to learn the true nature of the General Secretary’s fall from power?	607