The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Supreme_Soviet" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Presidium of the Supreme Soviet">Soviet Presidium</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">Communist Party Central Committee</a> each vote to accept <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a>'s "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.