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Soviet Party Overhaul Aims At Open Elections And New Congress
The first Communist Party conference in 47 years ends with a radical political reform plan led by Mikhail Gorbachev. Elections for party officials and a Congress of People's Deputies would replace old structures, with annual meetings and fixed five year terms. Delegates debate glasnost and call for end to elite privileges while clashes over press openness surface amid pledges to democratic reforms.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Josef Stalin
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Congress of People’s Deputies
Politburo
Alexander N. Yakovlev
Boris N. Yeltsin
Ivan Laptiev
Tavestia
Grigory Baklanovy
Znamya
Yuri Bondarev
Yeltsin
Urals
Ligachev
Andrei A. Gromyko
Mikhail S. Solomontsev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Boris Yeltsin
Alexei Medvedev
Timofeyey
Roger
Associated Press
Yuri Mityunov
Democratic Union
Mityunov