▁prominent ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁Georg ian ▁literary ▁critic ▁and ▁think er , ▁in ▁his ▁mem oir s ▁secret ly ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁while ▁har sh ly ▁critic izing ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁regime ▁and ▁its ▁leaders , ▁distingu ishes ▁Cand ide ▁Ch ark v iani ▁for ▁his ▁hum ane ▁qual ities ▁and ▁strong ▁administrative ▁skills : ▁" Ch ark v iani ▁did ▁not ▁lack ▁comp ass ion , ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁easily ▁convinced ▁by ▁inform ers , ▁and ▁overall , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁bal anced ▁and ▁mod est ▁man . ▁In ▁general , ▁Ch ark v iani ▁was ▁rather ▁rational ▁in ▁handling ▁the ▁affairs ▁of ▁the ▁republic ." ▁( p .   4 6 ) ▁ ▁K ik od ze ▁is ▁illustr ative ▁of ▁the ▁t ensions ▁existing ▁between ▁Ch ark v iani ▁and ▁Ber ia ' s ▁people ▁who ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁Georg ian ▁Int elligence ▁Services . ▁He ▁c ites ▁an ▁example ▁when , ▁after ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁supposed ly ▁on ▁the ▁orders ▁of ▁Ber ia , ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁personal ▁grud ge ▁against ▁K ik od ze , ▁Ber ia ' s ▁prot ég és ▁in ▁the ▁Georg ian ▁NK VD ▁fabric ated ▁charges ▁against ▁him ▁acc using ▁him ▁of ▁having ▁links ▁with ▁Naz i ▁Germany . ▁K ik od ze ▁writes ▁that ▁through ▁the ▁inter ference ▁of ▁Ch ark v iani , ▁the ▁charges ▁against ▁him ▁were ▁lifted ▁( pp ▁ 4 8 – 5 0 ). ▁ ▁Georg ian ▁achiev