Portrait of Russian Leader Yuri Andropov
(Original Caption) Moscow: New KGB Chief. Leading party ideologist Yuri N. Andropov (shown here) was named chief of Russia's secret police, the Kremlin announced May 19th. Andropov's appointment appeared to strengthen Communist Party control of the KGB, which functioned as an almost separate government and carried out the purges under the late Josef Stalin.

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