Word: orgburo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ante again. The Czech economy could not take it. Last week, in a frantic effort to meet Moscow's demands, the Czech Communist regime was shaken up. The Czech Communist Party 1) abolished its governing four-man secretariat, shifted its job to a Soviet-style Politburo and Orgburo; 2) switched Moscow-trained Rudolf Slansky from his top post as party general secretary to Vice Premier, which may or may not mean that he was kicked upstairs; 3) abolished the Ministry of Heavy Industry, spread its functions among five new ministries; 4) set up a new all-powerful Ministry...
Mikhail Suslov, member of the Bolshevik Party's Orgburo...
Alexei S. Kuznetsov, secretary of the Party Central Committee and member of the powerful Orgburo...