However, the calculating Amin used flattery to win over Taraki, referring to him in Party and cabinet meetings by such sycophantic titles as 'the star of the east', 'the great thinker', 'the great leader' etc, etc. Lower-ranking members of the Party, taking it as 'official policy', began to use these titles when referring to Taraki. Instead of reprimanding Amin for such blatant flattery, Taraki began to savour the sycophancy.
