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“We Communists have got to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology. But we are going to continue massive military programs. . . (soon) we will be in a position to return to a much more aggressive foreign policy designed to gain the upper-hand.”

Quote by Leonid Brezhnev

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Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a key political figure in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Born on December 19, 1906, and died on November 10, 1982, his leadership had a profound impact on the political, economic, and military policies of the Soviet Union. more

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