Some historians are convinced that by 1964 Mikoyan believed that Khrushchev had turned into a liability to the Party, and that he was involved in the October 1964 coup that brought Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin to power.
Nogle historikere er overbevist om, at Mikojan i 1964 mente, at Khrusjtjov var blevet et passiv for partiet, og at han var involveret i kuppet i oktober 1964, som bragte Bresjnev og Aleksej Kosygin til magten.