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University experts agreed recently that the trial of the Gang of Four--former Chinese leader Mao Zedong's widow and three members of the Politburo during his rule--should impugn Mao's image in the minds of the Chinese people. But at the same time, they doubted that the trial represents the adoption of Western legal procedures in the People's Republic...
...three others: former Politburo members Zhang Chunqiao, 63; Yao Wenyuan, 49; and Wang Hongwen...
Kosygin also asked to resign from the Politburo; that request will probably be taken up at the next party congress in February. The retiring Premier is believed to have suffered two heart attacks in the past four years, and has long been afflicted by painful circulatory ailments. Kosygin's absences from public view have become more frequent and prolonged. "He has been trying to resign for some time," a family friend explained last week. "He just wanted to rest and fish...
...aging fragility of the Soviet leadership. Although he has appeared robust and vigorous in his recent public appearances, Brezhnev is 73 and suffers from a host of ailments, reportedly including cancer of the jaw and heart disease. The average age of the inner circle of the ruling 15-man Politburo is 69. Most Kremlinologists agreed that the Kosygin move did not presage any major shake-up or policy shift. If anything, it was expected to enhance Brezhnev's own already dominant power. A master of political survival, who was said by Dissident Leader Andrei Sakharov to be "the most...
...been known as a Brezhnev protegé ever since the two studied metallurgical engineering at neighboring technical institutes in the Ukraine in the 1930s. He became deputy chairman of GOSPLAN, the state planning committee, in 1963, a Deputy Premier in 1965 and a full member of the Politburo last November. By then, as First Deputy Premier, he had already become Kosygin's virtually full-time standin...