Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Yakovlev laghachiri na Central Committee iji rụọ ọrụ na echiche na mgbasa ozi, wee bipụta ọtụtụ akwụkwọ na-emegide America. Ọ gbachitere akwụkwọ nke na-ekwu maka akụkọ ihe mere eme nke iwu mba ofesi US, wee nweta ogo nke kandidat nauk, nke ya na doctorate, na July 1960. N'ọnwa Julaị afọ 1965, Leonid Brezhnev họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ osote onye isi nke Ngalaba Mgbasa Ozi nke Kọmitii Central nke CPSU. N'August 1968, e zigara Yakovlev na Prague dị ka onye nnọchianya nke Kọmitii Central nke CPSU, ma hụ ka tankị na-abanye n'obodo ahụ
Ọ dị mma. O mechara kwuo okwu megide iwepụ Dubcek. N'otu afọ ahụ, e mere ya onyeisi nke otu ìgwè e nyere ọrụ ide iwu ọhụrụ. Yakovlev jere ozi dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke ọtụtụ mbipụta ndị ọzọ wee bilie n'ọkwa dị mkpa nke onye isi nke Ngalaba Ideology na Mgbasa Ozi nke CPSU site na 1969 ruo 1973. Na Jenụwarị 1970, ọ gara US ọzọ wee zute Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, na Jane Fonda, bụ ndị dọrọ ya aka na ntị na Moscow "anaghị enwe ekele maka ihe ize ndụ zuru oke nke ndị agha America". Njem a, ọzọ, agbanweghị echiche ọjọọ ya banyere anyị.