from Soviet News
In an item in the November 2nd issue of Soviet News, M. Maximov had this to say about economic policy now K. has gones .
"In the West some people are trying to meke gueges and are asking themselves: ‘Will the replacement of the Prime Minister lead to the plan for stepping up the development of agriculture and light industry being abandoned? Will these branches fail to get the large allocations planned by the December and February plenary meetings of the central committee of the CPSU? Doesn't the change of leadership mean a change of policies in connection with the raising of the people's living standards?!
"All these questions can be answered with one short word: "No!" In both its internal and foreign policy, the USSR is abiding by the general line, by the tasks put forward in the Communist Party Programme, in the decisions of the party congresses. The line of the party and the state is not determined by the will of one individual; it is the result of the collective will and collective thought, of collective decisions.... The task of speeding up the production of consumer goods for the population continues to hold Zod ee.” Comment: this categorical statement seems designed to refute the speculation that it was a "light industry v. heavy industry" dispute which lead to K's fall.