24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1971 meeting of Soviet delegates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was convened in Moscow from 30 March to 9 April 1971. The Congress brought together 4,963 delegates, with 102 foreign delegations from 91 countries as observers.[1]
The Congress agenda consisted of:
- The Report of the CPSU Central Committee delivered by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
- The Report of the Central Auditing Commission of the CPSU delivered by G. Sizov [ru], Chairman of the Auditing Commission.
- The Report on the Directives for the Five-Year Economic Development Plan of the USSR for 1971-1975 delivered by A. Kosygin, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers.
- Elections of central Party organs.[2]
The 24th Congress was to have authorized implementation of Victor Glushkov's OGAS information network plan, but ultimately endorsed only expansion of local information management systems.[3]