 In June 1956 , Molotov was removed as Foreign Minister , and in June 1957 , was expelled from the Presidium ( Politburo ) following a failed attempt to remove Khrushchev as First Secretary . Although Molotov 's faction initially won a vote in the Presidium , 7 – 4 , to remove Khrushchev , the latter refused to resign unless a Central Committee plenum decided so . In the plenum , which lasted from 22 – 29 June , Molotov and his faction were defeated . Eventually , he was banished as ambassador to the Mongolian People 's Republic . Molotov and his associates were denounced as " the Anti @-@ Party Group " but , notably , were not subject to the physical repressions that marked the Stalin years . In 1960 , he was appointed Soviet representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency , which was seen as a partial rehabilitation . However , after the 22nd Party Congress in 1961 , during which Khrushchev carried out his de @-@ Stalinisation campaign , including the removal of Stalin 's body from Lenin 's Mausoleum , Molotov ( along with Lazar Kaganovich ) was removed from all positions and expelled from the Communist Party . In 1962 , all of Molotov 's party documents and files were erased by the authorities . 
