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What particularly incensed Sergeyev and other supporters of traditional Marxist-Leninist doctrine was a draft charter that Gorbachev presented to the plenum of the party leadership -- the first complete restatement of basic principles in 30 years. In Sergeyev's view, Gorbachev's document was too "social democratic," a derogatory term among hard-liners. What he meant was that Gorbachev wanted to abandon basic communist principles. Instead, he has advocated a democratic, parliamentary-style party and a mixed economy. "If the Gorbachev line should triumph," warned Sergeyev, "there will no longer be a Communist Party -- not even in name...
...plenum was not marked this time by bitter personal attacks against Gorbachev. His opponents, said Sergeyev, a professor of political economics at Moscow's Academy of Labor and Social Relations, were trying to stage "a revolt on their knees." There were angry outcries in the hall during the closed sessions, he said, but when the time came to vote, Gorbachev always + won. The General Secretary had trumped his critics by embracing their call for a special congress before the end of the year, thus deflecting their attempts to force an immediate schism in the party or a change of leadership...
While a trial seems unlikely, the Initiative is distressingly strong. It represents 3.5 million party members and has considerable support among the apparatchiks who sit on the Central Committee. Gorbachev could face serious trouble later this month, when the Central Committee meets in a plenum. Clearly worried, he published last week a speech warning that "if the party remains in its present state, it will lose all future political battles and elections...
...want to comment on the plenum. I have an unpleasant feeling about it, particularly because some participants called for the introduction of a state of emergency and demanded Gorbachev's resignation. This goes against my own convictions...
...former Minister of Finance, confirms the complex's growing role in Kremlin politics. Two of Pavlov's first deputies are alumni of defense industries. Of the 38 Cabinet ministries, at least 20 have a direct role in running the military-industrial complex. At last week's Central Committee plenum, a man in uniform was added to the Politburo. He is Major General Mikhail Surkov, head of the Communist Party organization inside the armed forces. At the same time, the party secretary in charge of military production, Oleg Baklanov, was named Gorbachev's deputy on the President's Defense Council...