Word: tito
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...Marshal Tito and the party high command wanted to replace the nine-man Politburo with a new 13-member executive committee; the delegates approved. The high command wanted to get rid of Blagoje Neskovic, a Politburocrat and a Vice Premier, because he had been displaying pro-Cominform sympathies; the delegates sacked Neskovic...
...that you do not want me to go on," he shouted, "then I hereby accuse Comrade Petar Stambolic of stealing my wife." The congress was stunned: Comrade Stambolic, sitting stone-faced on the platform behind Djuric, is no less a personage than the Premier of Serbia and one of Tito's closest friends. Comrade Djuric began to sputter out his bill of particulars, until someone had the presence of mind to turn off the microphone...
Shortly, Comrade Djuric's words were drowned in angry shouts. "Throw him out!" Quickly, Djuric was thrown out, and Comrade Tito himself took command of the situation. There would be, he promised, a thorough investigation of the charges-but he could already predict that an investigation would prove Comrade Djuric to be a Cominform agent. Unsurprisingly enough, that is just how it came out. Before adjourning, the congress formally accused Comrade Djuric of deviationism and declared him "unworthy to hold party functions...
None of this was calculated to give aid and comfort to those who still think that Mao Tse-tung is bound to become another Tito...
...secure this, Stevenson, if elected, must deal both with China and the non-communist nations. First, he would try to resurrect another Tito (or failing that, sit tight until the Mao regime collapses and then rush in to help the next regime). This requires a mixture of firmness and flexibility, applied over a long period of time. Currently, Korea is a showcase for that sort of policy, where the UN fights if it must but never passes by a chance to negotiate, where it clings stubbornly to a hand-full of basic principles, but compromises on less essential points...