Word: politburos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...again to review the current state of their handiwork. Taking time off from his frantic efforts to find peace in the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger stopped by in Paris to confer with his partner in this year's Nobel Peace Prize, North Vietnamese Politburo Member Le Due Tho.* Later, a U.S. spokesman said that the 4½-hour meeting at the Hotel Majestic had been "good-humored" and that the two men had agreed to keep the "channel of communication" between them open. The paucity of detail was doubtless a reflection of the fact that...
...Communist Party of the Soviet Union was, is and remains the decisive test of one's faithfulness to Marxism-Leninism, to proletarian internationalism." Twenty Soviet divisions -300,000 men-still occupy the country, and the Soviet ambassador continues to sit in on some meetings of the East German Politburo. The East German ambassador to the U.N. is not expected to deviate from the Soviet position by more than a comma...
...Pompidou enjoyed gala ribbon-and-banner treatment at the start of his week-long visit to China. More than 4,000 brightly dressed schoolgirls were at the airport last week to cheer and wave at the arriving 15-man French delegation. Seven of China's new 25-member Politburo were also on hand, including Premier Chou En-lai and the newly risen star Wang Hung-wen (TIME, Sept. 17). Pompidou himself matched the warmth of his welcome. Beginning his two-hour meeting with Mao Tse-tung−twice as long as Nixon's talk with the venerable Party...
...Piao-Chairman Mao Tse-tung's designated successor-denuded the Communist Party's leadership and plunged its bureaucracy into disarray. Since 1971 China has had no head of state, no defense minister, and no army chief. The Central Committee of the Communist Party and the powerful Politburo both have been functioning at half-strength...
...Congress apparently failed to resolve the question of Mao's eventual successor. The announced lineup of the new 21-member Politburo gives no clue as to who ranks where in the hierarchy. To some observers, this suggests that although Chou is clearly No. 2 now, the party may be preparing for a collective leadership during the transition period after Mao dies or retires. By contrast, the Ninth Party Congress, in the process of approving a new constitution, specifically named Defense Minister Lin Piao as Mao's heir. Last week's conclave repaired that embarrassing error. The constitution...