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Khrushchev convened a meeting of the Presidium on June 26 1953, where he launched an attack on Beria, accusing him of being in the pay of British intelligence. Beria was taken completely by surprise. He asked, "What's going on, Nikita Sergeyevich? Why are you picking fleas in my trousers?" Molotov and others then also spoke against Beria, and Khrushchev put a motion for his instant dismissal. Malenkov then pressed a button on his desk as the pre-arranged signal to Marshal Georgy Zhukov and a group of armed officers in a nearby room. They immediately burst in and arrested Beria.
Beria was taken first to the Moscow guardhouse and then to the Bunker of the Headquarters of Moscow Military District.
Defence Minister Nikolai Bulganin ordered the Kantemirovskaya Tank Division and Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division to move into Moscow to stop security forces loyal to Beria from rescuing him.
Many of Beria's henchmen were also arrested...
WI Loyal to Beria forces attempted a coup in order to save him before Bulganin calls for reinforcements?
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