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And if he did not. his proteges Could not believe that he would die, or if they did. they could not make any discernible moves to get a replacement ready.
The line of succession then went back to Breznev which should have been anticipated. If one had been observant, or could have noted that Chernenko was always at Brezhnev's side when he stumbled on steps. Nelson Rockefellers, as vice president to Gerald Ford, had failed to be alert to President Ford's falling habits. Had he been so. he might have been Ford’s running mate in 1976 rather than Spiro Agnew. Moreover, Chernenko's apartment was just below Brezhnev’s and Chernenko was a frequent visitor in Brezhnev’s kitchen.
Some Sovietologists, unmoved by the evidence of internal political maneuvering and personal ties as bearing on the choice of Chernenko, see his choice as a Soviet answer to Ronald Reagan, a kind of check-mate.
Although Chernenko has gray-white hair and Ronald Reagan's is mahogany and Chernenko wears’, shirts
a->ttnl*‘-lo©sq around the neck while Ronakl’s are as tight and snug as when he posed for shirt advertisements and Cher’s suits are loose and look as though they had been chosen off the rack by his chauffeur while Ronald's are tailored and tight, Chernenko is approximately the same age as is Ronald Reagan. He is reported to be healthy, without any known ailments. He is moderate in his eating and drinking and keeps in shape. He like President Reagan, is re|x)rted to be worried about apathy and worker inefficiency and on a visit to the United States in 1969 was especially interested in IBM and in a data retrieval system so as to better store and have available information on the twenty million members of the Soviety Party.
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