Over the past decade, the citizens of the USSR have been terrified of their own government. And rightfully so. For too long, Stalin oppressed this country’s people through the use of the secret police force, the NKVD. Entire racial groups would be forced to relocate and move to far off reaches of the USSR such as Siberia. My predecessor used the NKVD to execute entire villages and murdered millions of people. Political dissidents and their families would disappear from never to be heard again. The organization, while governmental in nature, only answered to one man, Josef Stalin. The NKVD even brought itself so low as to collaborate with the German gestapo in areas such as Poland bringing disgrace to our nation, but no more.
As leader of the Soviet Union I will completely restructure the police force and have it renamed as the KGB. Gulags are now a thing of the past. The destalinization of the police force will be swift and thorough. I will remove the former leaders of this program and bring in a new wave of personnel who are untainted by the corruption and inhumanity of the NKVD. Unlike my predecessor, when I remove personnel from a position I do not need to execute them; I need only to demote them in order to prevent further Soviet bloodshed. Torture is officially condemned by the state and any public servants or police carrying out torture in the name of the Soviet Union are not sanctioned in their actions and will face legal consequence.
I will also implement a more socialist legality creating a more fair legal system. This new system will do more to protect ordinary citizens as well as public officials who would have previously felt danger. The criminal code 1958 clearly states that the secret police can no long conduct trials, convict without evidence and witnesses, or solely use confessions to condemn a victim. In addition to this enhanced criminal code, prison sentences in general will be decreased by several years.
Nikita Khrushchev
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