Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Love IN the NTemIIn
Ascetic Stain Ignores Women.
But Scandal Envelopes Aides

Stains private life. The world
knows nothing about him as a
youthful seminarian or as prom
Using young revolutionary. Most of
those who knew him at that time
are now dead, and Stain himself
does not like to recall those days
"a sentiment which his bio
graphers UNDERSTANDABLE respect.
More details are known about the
men around Stain.
Much gossip centerS now on
Georgi M. Malenkov. deputy presi-
dent of the Council of Ministers
and presumed successor to Stain.
A man of loose morals, his taste
IN women is rather coarse and
switches often. Although he is
married, no one ever seems to have
seen his wife or to know anything
about the married life of this
otherwise uninteresting 48-year-
old Bolshevik Casanova.
An altogether different type is
L. P. Beriya, dread boss of the
secret police. In the Offices of this
Cougar man of the (Slav)
world are to be found some of the
smartest and most beautiful
women of all Soviet Russia
Hollywood-type blends, beautifully
dressed, groomed, perfumed, and
intelligent. Foreign women who
have met Beriya confirm the
stories about his attraction for
the ladies, add that he is beau
tifully hammered with a knack
for a well-turned compliment.
Like other top Reds. Beriya is
rarely seen with his wife and lit
tie is known of her. The eXcep-
tons to this rule are Molotov. L..
i M. Kaganovich and trade wizard
A. I. Mikoyan; but their wives
offer meager ground for scandal.
Far different is this from the
hectic days of the early '30s,
when all Moscow society sum-
mered in the beautiful little resi-
dental suburb of Sieriebrianney
Dor. The Communist bosses all
owned charming villas Called
DachaS) which had belonged to
the wealthier Moscow merchants
before the revolution.
Foreign diplomats shared much
more freely in the life of this little
paradise, enjoying cocktail par
ties dances, moonlight picnics
and daytime excursions. There
was much flirting and among the
ladies rumored especially free
with their favors were the wife
of the ecclesiastic comm!ssar. Iju-
nartcharsky. the wife of Marshal
Jegorov and the wife of Lunart-
charsky's successor. Bugnov. All
three in the dangerous age, IS to
40. they carried on violent affairs
with various foreign ambassadors.
In their defense, however it ought
to be noted that there we're also
ugly rumors that they worked for
the dread NKVD.
But this idyll came to an end
in 1887, when the great purge
took place. A new era began, in
which fear became a ruling fac
tor in the lives of Soviet official
dom. But it would be a mistake
to think that love died completely
within the walls of the Kremlin
as they closed tighter. 1t merely
became simpler" and lost its
aura of scandal.
There is for instance an insti-
tuition in Moscow popularity
known as MVD's "Harem." In it
are gifted girls who are trained
in Western fashions. smart and
charming, with perfect manners
and fair knowledge of other
Languages. Their discipline is hard
and they are bound to follow or
ders implicitly. They have no
personal ideals; the are mistresseS
to all men, but they have given
themselves only to the Soviet.
Their favors are lavished on those
who can pay in the only cur
rency they accept: information.
They never marry except on di-
rect orders from the MVD. and
these are usually the only Soviet
citizens who ever get permission
to marry prominent foreigners.
1t has happened that true love
has vanquished Soviet red tape
and that women without connec-
ton with the secret police have
married foreigners and gone
abroad, but this is rare. For the
MVD's "harem" is among the
most dangerous of all Soviet Sc
cret weapons and it's keen edge
must not be dulled.