Word: kirilenko
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...summit, the biggest uncertainty was the health of the ailing Soviet party chief (see ESSAY). Brezhnev seemed in good shape two weeks ago during his visit to Budapest, where he declared: "We shall go to Vienna fully prepared for an active and constructive dialogue." In Moscow, Andrei Kirilenko, who as the party's Central Committee Secretary-General is No. 2 to Brezhnev, told U.S. Ambassador Malcolm Toon that both countries expected "a great deal" of the summit and expressed the hope that both would make "great efforts." A Soviet official told TIME: "While we can hope for frequent summits...
...important decisions are made by consensus. That certainly includes any decision about which of them should be first among equals. While a retouched newspaper photograph here or a discordant note in a speech there may hint at squabbles and realignments, and while Brezhnev's possible heir, Andrei Kirilenko, may seem to be up one week and down the next, there is little doubt that whoever eventually succeeds Brezhnev will be a Brezhnevite, drawn from the ranks of the present inner circle. Meanwhile, it is easier and safer for his colleagues to keep renewing Brezhnev's own contract than...
...ever differed from Brezhnev's on any issue, he has kept quiet about it; one Western diplomat in Moscow refers to him as Brezhnev's "paper shuffler." Nonetheless, Chernenko now ranks fourth in the party hierarchy, after Brezhnev, Ideologist Mikhail Suslov, 76, and Central Committee Secretary Andrei Kirilenko, 72. Chernenko now must be considered as a possible successor to his patron, or at least as a behind-the-curtain bossmaker in a post-Brezhnev...
Brezhnev's departure from power could set off a struggle for succession, since there is no designated heir. The closest thing to a favorite has been Andrei Kirilenko, a colorless functionary who sometimes stands in for Brezhnev when he is on vacation. But Kirilenko is also...
...that Brezhnev would prefer an orderly transition and a new regime that will continue his policies. Nonetheless, they predict a possibly lengthy power struggle under cover of a caretaker "collective leadership." If Brezhnev were to retire in the near future, his titular successor would probably be Politburo Member Andrei Kirilenko, 69, an old Brezhnev crony, who has acted for Brezhnev during his recent illnesses. Kiril Mazurov, 61, at present Kosygin's standin, is expected to inherit the premiership. Potential second-stage succes sors to Brezhnev's job include such relative youngsters as Fyodor Kulakov, 58, who supervises agriculture...