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1953 Press Photo Sergei Kruglov named Soviet Minister of Home Affairs, Moscow

This is an original press photo. Reported Successor To Beria - Sergei Nikiforovich Kruglov, according to the Moscow Radio July 9, has been appointed to succeed Lavrenti P. Beria as Minister of Home Affairs. The post controls the nation's secret police. According to the announcement, Beria has been fired as chief of the secret police and is being held for trial as a traitor for "criminal and anti-state activities" in the interests of "foreign capital."Photo measures 7.25 x 9inches. Photo is dated 07-09-1953.

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