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Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is going into the Congress stronger than ever. A year ago, when his leadership was under attack because of grave shortcomings in the economy, Brezhnev managed to consolidate his power with the help of the KGB (secret police) and Marshal Andrei Grechko, the Defense Minister. As a sign of Brezhnev's ascendancy, his was the only signature to appear on the draft of the new five-year plan (1971-75). It was the first time such a document was signed by a single person since 1952?when the sole signature was Joseph Stalin's. Still...
...during World War II, fought with guerrillas behind German lines. In the postwar period, he began a rapid rise through provincial Byelorussia's bureaucracy that led to his election to the Politburo. In March 1970, he reportedly joined fellow Politburo Members Mikhail Suslov and Aleksandr Shelepin in criticizing Brezhnev for his handling of the economy. As a result, Brezhnev would probably be happy to see him removed from the Politburo. But Mazurov seems likely to retain his position, largely because he has too much support within the party hierarchy for Brezhnev to remove...
...Stalinist politicians to emerge on the national Soviet scene. He is one of only twelve members in their 40s on the 195-member Central Committee, and he is expected to be elected an alternate Politburo member at the Congress. His main liability may well be his close identification with Brezhnev, who has furthered Katushev's rise. Born in Gorky, he was educated as a metallurgical engineer and went to work in the auto-and-tank works there. In 1961 he switched over to full-time party work and rose to regional party director in Gorky before Brezhnev selected...
...principal authors of the plan were Communist Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev, who personally signed the report in a departure from tradition as one more demonstration of his paramountcy within the Politburo, and Premier Aleksei Kosygin. Among the goals...
...East Germans ("When I die, I'll become a guard and patrol the border between heaven and hell. Show your pass, please.") In Der Dra-Dra, he attacks what he describes as "parasitic power of all sorts"-which suggests Franco and Papadopoulos as well as Ulbricht and Brezhnev...