New Faces Rise in Soviet Leadership Under Brezhnev
The 241 member Central Committee expands with a third new members including Brezhnev allies and aides while ministers and rising regional officials gain prominence. Two Jews join the 811-member Central Auditing Commission as the party tightens control amid a consumer oriented policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Shabad
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid L. Brezhnev
Central Auditing Commission
Central Committee
David A. Dragunsky
Vladimir I. Peller
Siberia
Soviet Union
Veniamin E. Dymashits
Aleksandr B. Chakovsky
Literaturnaya Gazeta
Secretariat
Brezhnev
Georgi S. Pavlov
Brezhnev Aide Circle Expands With Key Promotions
The article notes promotions and new appointments within Brezhnev’s staff and related ministries. Georgi Tsukanov and Konstantin Chernenko receive higher roles, while Viktor Dobrik and Andrei Aleksandrov agentov gain central positions. Ministers in irrigation, machinery, chemicals, and power sectors gain emphasis. Col General Ogarkov and Anatoly Dobrynin advance, with Arbatov and Inozemtsev also highlighted in ties to U S affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgi E. Tsukanov
Central Auditing Commission
Tsukanov
Dneprodzerzhinsk Steel Institute
Brezhnev
Andrei M. Aleksandrovagentov
Auditing Commission
Viktor F. Dobrik
Central Committee
Dneprodzerzhinsk
Ukraine
Ivano-Frankovsk
Nikolai V. Ogarkov
United States
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
U.S
Georgi A. Arbatov
United States Research Institute
Nikolai N. Inozemtsev
Institute of World Economy
Easter tensions loom in Northern Ireland as troops poised
In Belfast and across Northern Ireland authorities brace for Easter violence. About 18 000 troops and police patrol six counties while reinforcements could fly in. Armagh hosts a planned Easter march through a Catholic neighborhood amid sectarian tension and roadblocks.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Britain
Armagh
Ian Paisley
St. Patrick
Ireland
William Conway
Church of Ireland
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Morgantown, West Virginia
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Ralton Peacock
Fruitwood
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VU Verning
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Kling
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