(5 Mar 1976) Delegates at Communist Congress and Leonid Brezhnev giving address
lead in: leonid i brezhnev has pledged that the soviet union ould seek "great new victories for communism" after announcing his re-appintment as party general secretary before the closing session of the 25th communist party congress on friday (march 5).
commentary: the congress was attended by 5,000 delegate representing communist parties all over the world. they gave mr brezhnev a standing ovation when he announced he had been named again to the office of general secretary.
brezhnev, who has already led the country for eleven years, pledged that the new soviet leadership would seek to "ensure great new victories for communism and the cause of speech". dressed in a dark suit and wearing four medals, brezhnev announced his new 16-man politburo, the soviet union's supreme ruling authority, while the congress delegates gave a round of applause to each name. political analysts believed that soviet policies would remain relatively unchanged, with a strong commitment to the policy of detente with the united states.
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