Word: politburo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...served for two years as Moscow's Ambassador to Peking. (In the early '30s Kuznetsov earned an M.S. at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, and worked in the open-hearth division of the Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, Mich.) In praising the new Vice President, Politburo Member Mikhail Suslov, 74, referred to Kuznetsov's "rich experience of life." In his speech of acceptance, Kuznetsov pledged to dedicate "all my strength" to fulfilling the high honor bestowed on him. As for who may some day succeed Brezhnev, the Kremlinologists will have to look for other clues...
Last week's unscheduled session at the White House was convened at Gromyko s request. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance dashed back to Washington from the U.N. General Assembly session in Manhattan. Gromyko brought the Politburo's approval of a formula aimed at breaking the SALT deadlock. From the White House meeting and Vance-Gromyko talks in New York City later in the week, the following prospective compromise for SALT II has emerged...
...last week, honoring the memory of Mao Tse-tung on the first anniversary of his death. Although they joined in the tributes, Peking's new rulers also issued a discreet warning against exaggerated respect for the late beloved Chairman. In a Red Flag article broadcast by Peking radio, Politburo Member Nieh Jung-chen argued that Mao's thoughts should be used as a general guide to the solution of China's problems, not followed slavishly. Nieh said, "All correct ideas are subject to changes on the basis of time, location and conditions. Otherwise they will become metaphysical...
...some aides from one of his commands, the elite 15,000-man palace guard, Wang strode into Mme. Mao's sumptuous villa in the Forbidden City - and promptly arrested her. A few hours before, he had taken into custody Party Vice Chairman Wang Hung-wen and two other Politburo figures - the other three members, along with Mme. Mao, of the celebrated Gang of Four...
...violation of the established mode of U.S.-Soviet diplomacy. It was a mistake for Vance to spring a sharp revision of the weapons ceilings, which had been approved by Ford and Brezhnev at the 1974 Vladivostok summit, on Soviet leaders whose basic conservatism and advancing age (Politburo average: 67) make them unable to respond quickly to changes. Carter and Vance also gave the press details of the new proposals; the Soviet leaders are accustomed to the kind of confidential diplomacy skillfully practiced by Henry Kissinger, and they especially resent being embarrassed or put on the defensive before the world...