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...member Central Committee, by now painfully aware of the revolutionary spirit in the streets, responded by orchestrating an internal purge. The offensive was led by former Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal, 65, who was replaced last year by Ladislav Adamec, 63. Over the past six months, Strougal, who is still a member of the Central Committee, and Adamec had conspired to take advantage of just such a moment. They agreed that Adamec would publicly call for reform while Strougal used his influence within the Central Committee to oust Jakes and other hard-liners in the Politburo. ) Strougal rallied a core group...
Marian Calfa, the Communist tapped to form a government after Premier Ladislav Adamec resigned Thursday, said on national TV yesterday that "roughly one half of the new government could be composed of experts with no political affiliation...
...government named December 3 by Adamec included only five non-Communists in a 21-member Cabinet and left Communists in control of all key ministries. The announcement prompted widespread outrage and a new round of demonstrations...
Opposition leaders yesterday rejected charges that they had put Adamec under pressure to change the Communist-dominated Cabinet sworn in last Sunday. which they rejected because it included only five non-Communists...
...Monday, hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Prague and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia's two largest cities, against Adamec's new Cabinet. He reopened negotations with the opposition Tuesday...