The NKVD head Lavrenty Beria described Ulbricht as "the greatest idiot that he had ever seen". Source: Internet
The one football-mad leader was Lavrenty Beria, the sinister head of the secret service. Source: Internet
Secret police became a part of MVD after Lavrenty Beria merged the MGB into the MVD in March 1953. Source: Internet
Voroshilov, Malenkov, and Khrushchev brought about the 26 June 1953 arrest of Lavrenty Beria after Stalin's death. Source: Internet