 Both men attempted to obtain increased funding from the Soviet government, with Salogor asking for 222,000 rubles to finance a five-man government of the Moldavian SSR (this request was denied, probably because it was excessively high).In that context, Salogor remained Junior Secretary to 1946, but also supplanted Borodin to become First Secretary of the PCM, on 7 September 1942.He managed to topple his rival by reporting on Borodin's insubordination and violent tactics.