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...that the 76-year-old Defense Minister was indeed seriously ill, perhaps suffering from a liver disease or felled by a stroke. Western analysts believe that Warsaw Pact Commander Viktor Kulikov, 63, is the most plausible contender to succeed him. One civilian thought to be in the running is Grigori Romanov, 61, the former Leningrad party chief who joined the Central Committee Secretariat last year...
...Committee, which comprises more than 300 members. The importance of having those two titles became clear when Andropov was hastily made a party secretary as a prelude to assuming the top job. The only men who fit the bill at the moment are two of the youngest Politburo members, Grigori Romanov, 61, and Mikhail Gorbachev, 53. U.S. analysts believe that Gorbachev is now firmly established as the No. 2 man in the Kremlin. Thus, despite the political sclerosis, there are indications that the Politburo may be getting ready to hand over power to a younger generation...
...world was puzzled by everything that was going on in Moscow, there was no mood of crisis in the Soviet capital. The two younger Politburo members who are most frequently mentioned as possible successors to Chernenko certainly did not seem to be worried. Grigori Romanov, 61, flew off to attend a function in Ethiopia, and Mikhail Gorbachev, 53, left on an official visit to neighboring Bulgaria. They would hardly have left town if a power struggle were under way in the Kremlin...
...several of his own men into the party machinery, Chernenko could use his power of appointment to consolidate control. But he too may run out of time. For the second time, the Politburo has postponed handing authority to the younger generation, represented by Geidar Aliyev, 60, Mikhail Gorbachev, 52, Grigori Romanov, 61 and Vitali Vorotnikov, 58. One of Chernenko's most pressing tasks will be to find ways of moving men like these into positions of power without threatening the old guard. One possibility is to give one of the "youths" the job of Premier, now held by Tikhonov...
...Grigori Romanov, 61, is thought by some Western observers to be the odds-on favorite to succeed Andropov. A shipbuilding designer from the region of Novgorod, northwest of Moscow, he earned a degree through correspondence courses and night school. Romanov eventually became leader of the Leningrad party organization and was promoted to full membership in the Politburo when he was only 53. In June 1983 he was brought to Moscow to assume a post on the Secretariat, strengthening his position as a contender. Looking dapper and self-assured with every strand of his silver hair in place, Romanov delivered...