Word: suslov
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that Tito was a Titoist. From 1949's meeting emerged a call for the "active fight of the revolutionary elements inside of the Yugoslav Communist Party as well as outside." This was taken to mean a campaign to break Tito by all means short of formal war. Mikhail Suslov, the highest Soviet official to attend (he is a member of the Orgburo, next echelon below the Politburo), was reported by returning Cominform delegates to have stated that the Red army itself would never attack Yugoslavia...
...paper blossoms, Stalin was very much alive. The ceremonies hon ored the 24th anniversary of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's death (Stalin, at 68, has now outlived Lenin by 15 years). Surrounded by assorted party bigwigs, Stalin listened to his new Agitation and Propaganda chief, tousled, turbulent Mikhail Andreevich Suslov, make his maiden speech. It was a right promising debut. Said Suslov...