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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Up until the early 70's, ambassidors were never really trusted to be good mouthpieces by the Soviets (too big of a chance of Western influence), so the primary method of communication by the Soviet government when they wanted news broadcast was Radio Moscow.
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I suppose that means that Khrushchev himself was required to "tune in" every morning and memorize the day's broadcast in order to minimize the risk of him undermining the day's political agenda during the course of his daily duties.