Word: politburos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Moscow, as in other world capitals, the rumor was that the Soviet leaders in the Politburo disagreed over the invasion of Czechoslovakia. "The main Moscow gossip," writes Hardy, "concerns the division over the Czechoslovak invasion. Three out of eleven are said to have opposed...
...North Vietnamese did not reject Johnson's message out of hand. Instead, Politburo Member Le Due Tho, officially described as an "adviser" at the peace talks but actually Hanoi's principal overseer, hurried home via Moscow, where he conferred with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin. Once he reached Hanoi, he found himself embroiled in a bitter debate between North Viet Nam's pro-Chinese and pro-Soviet factions. One or more messages were apparently sent seeking more information. The Administration noted simply that no "breakthrough" response had come from Hanoi. Some U.S. officials feared that the North Vietnamese...
...First "tea break" session held outside formal conference room, affording negotiators opportunity to talk without inhibitions imposed by agenda. Hanoi announces that Politburo Member Le Due Tho is flying to Paris to serve as "adviser"-obviously an influential...
...Sovietologists who predicted a Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia, feels that the West must apply selective measures, such as the cancellation of trade and cultural exchanges, to influence the Soviet leadership, which seems to be divided on the Czechoslovak issue. Says Zorza: "There are people in the Politburo saying, 'We have to push them hard because we have already expended so much political capital.' The proper amount of Western pressure could help the moderates win the day. However, this is a dangerous game, and by carrying the boycott too far, we could damage the liberals. The timing...
...begins to look as though no Communist leader in Eastern Europe is going to consider his summer complete without at least one visit to Czechoslovakia. First it was nearly the entire Soviet Politburo that dropped in, hoping to persuade Czechoslovak Party Chief Alexander Dubcek and his colleagues to mend their reforming ways. Next came Yugoslavia's Marshal Josip Broz Tito to congratulate Dubcek & Co. on standing firm against Moscow. Tito had scarcely departed Prague last week when another visitor arrived, this one again hostile: East Germany's Walter Ulbricht, who had led the propaganda barrage against the Dubcek...