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By. ANDREW ROSENTHAL
Associated Press Writer
, MOSCOW The Communist
Party Central Committee is
expected to convene a plenum
today that could name a new.party
chief to succeed Yuri V. Andropov.
The late president's body lay in
state yesterday near the Kremlin
and Soviets lined up for miles in 10-
degree weather to pay their
respects.
There was no announcement by
late last night of who the new
general secretary would be.
Attention still focused on'
Konstantin U. Chernenko, the 72-
year-old Politburo member who
has played the most visible role
during the period of mourning, as
well as some of the younger
members of the ruling body.
These included Grigori V.
Romanov, the 61-year-old head of
the party disciplinary body, and
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, a 52-year-old
technocrat whose power is said to
have increased significantly under
Andropov.... , , , . •
Andropov is to be buried
tomorrow, with dozens of foreign
heads of state and government
leaders in attendance, and
considering usual practice in the
Soviet Union it seemed unlikely
that the party would delay
proclaiming a new leader until
after the funeral.
There were unconfirmed reports
circulating among Western
correspondents in the Soviet capital
that the plenum would be convened
this morning in time for the
expected afternoon arrival of most
foreign dignitaries.
Japan's Kyodo News Service
quoted the Soviet Ambassador to
Japan, Vladimir Y. Pavlov, as
saying the meeting would be today.
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Andropov, who suffered severe
kidney disease and diabetes, died
Thursday at the age of 69 and his
death was announced Friday.
Soviet mourners by the thousands
lined up to pay their respects at
Andropov's casket for a second day
in the red-and black-draped Soviet
House of Unions.
A half-mile to the southeast,
dozens of official cars were parked
outside the Central Committee
offices. Other cars bustled in and
out of the parking lot and driveway.
The activity was uncommon for a
Sunday, but not surprising for a
transition period. It was the only
outward sign of what was certain to
be intense discussion within the
party's upper echelons.
The ultimate authority in the •
Soviet Union rests within the ruling
Politburo, and the new party
general secretary will be chosen
from among its 12 surviving
members.
Chernenko was designated head
of Andropov's funeral commission,
a post that in the past has gone to
the, man who succeeded a deceased
party leader. ChernenkO fir§t
in the line of Politburo members
who filed past Andropov's funeral
bier on Saturday and Offered their
condolences to his family.
Andropov was funeral
commission chairman for his
predecessor, Leonid I. Brezhnev
He led the Politburo in. viewing
Brezhnev's body about one hour
before his appointment as general
secretary was announced on Nov.
12, 1982.
Chernenko wields significant
power in the Politburo and is
believed to have sought Brezhnev's
job before it was awarded to
Andropov. But there were factors
including his advanced age and
the rise of others - within the
Politburo which left Western
observers uncertain about whether
Chernenko has indeed taken the top
party post.
Some believed the Politburo
might appoint a younger man who
might hold power longer. Andropov
died after 15 months in office.
Chernenko said in an article
published Sunday that improving
relations with the United States is
"more important than ever
before." _
But Chernenko warned that the
Soviet Union will not tolerate the
United States' gaining military
superiority.
The article, published by The
Sunday Times of London, was
written before Andropov's death
Thursday. It is intended as an
introduction to a collection of
Chernenko's speeches to be •
published in Britain on March 5.
Chernenko said in the article that
Moscow harbors "no secret
intentions or malicious designs.
"We are open to the world," he
said. "In its foreign policy, the
Soviet Union Attaches top priority Besides
...a change , in leadership in
to safeguircling and strengthening - the SOviel Union, the death of Yuri
peace and is determined to end the Andropov may provide a catalyst
arms race. . for changing the power structure in
"We are in favor of an active and
fruitful dialogue with nations living
under a different social system to
ours, the United States and Great
Britain in particular," Chernenko
wrote.
But he stressed, "The Soviet
Union has great military might. We
are capable of meeting any
challenge effectively.
"We hope, however, that nobody
will be tempted to test the Soviet
Union's strength again. We are not
seeking military superiority, of
course, but we will not concede to
any nation g4ining such superiority
over us."
Geidar Aliev
Soviets may realign Politburo
By MIKE NETHERLAND
Collegian Staff Writer
that 67-year-old state, two
University experts on Soviet affairs
said during the weekend.
Although The Washington Post
yesterday reported that 72-year-old
Politburo member Konstantine
Chernenko is likely to succeed
Andropov, both political science •
professor Vernon Asparturian and
history professor George Enteen
see a greater role for the younger
members of the aging Politburo.
If•the Communist Party
leadership looks to the long term,
Asparturian said Friday, it will
appoint a younger member as
party General Secretary and one of
Marines may return to
Lebanon if necessary
By GREG MYRE
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger said
yesterday the administration has
not ruled out sending U.S. Marines
back into Lebanon after they are
withdrawn to Navy ships off shore.
Weinberger said that if all
factions in Lebanon agree to
withdraw troops, "you would well
need some neutral force and it
could well be the Marines."
`lf we can get an
agreement by Syria
to withdraw, and
the Israelis
continue to adhere
to their agreement
to withdraw, then
again there will be
a necessity for ...
a neutral
peacekeeping
force.'
—Caspar Weinberger,
defense secretary
Appearing on NBC-TV's "Meet
the Press," Weinberger said a
necessary precondition for the
return of U.S. troops to Lebanese
soil would include a Syrian
agreement to withdraw troops
from the war-torn country.
"If we can get an agreement by
Syria to withdraw, and the Israelis
Grigory Romanov Mikhail Gorbachev Konstantin Chernenko
the old guard as head of state two
different posts traditionally held by
the same man. Asparturian said
the leadership is badly skewed
toward the older crowd (one-half of
the 12 Politburo members are more
than 70 years old) and there may be
pressure to allow for a more
youthful leader.
While doubting that two posts
might be divided, Enteen believes
there is potential for rearranging
the Politburo to allow younger
members to acquire foreign
relations experience. The youngest
member, 52-year-old Mikhail S.
Gorbachev, while well traveled, is
cheifly concerned with domestic
agricultural affairs. Leningrad
party cheif Grigory'V. Romanov,
61, only recently increased his role
in foreign affairs and has been
distant from the Moscow power
center
continue to adhere to their
agreement to withdraw, then
again there will be a necessity for
. . . a neutral peacekeeping
force," he said.
If the Syrians agree to leave,
Weinberger said, the neutral force
will be required "to give
confidence to the withdrawing
troops . . . You would well need
some neutral force and it could
well be the Marines as part of it."
Weinberger's comments follow
President Reagan's order last
week that the roughly 1,500 troops
at the Beirut airport be redeployed
to U.S. naval vessels off shore.
The defense secretary said that
action has not altered the original
U.S. mission of "providing a
,stabilizing force for troops
withdrawing," but added, "how
. we achieve it may indeed differ
from time to time."
Weinberger said it is "perfectly
feasible" that the entire
withdrawal of U.S. troops can be
completed within 30 days. But he
said the actual date "depends on
consultations with other members
of the multinational force"
countries, which include Britain,
France and Italy.
Other administration sources
have said that all but a force of 200
Marines assigned to guard the
U.S. Embassy in Beirut will be
removed within a month.
Weinberger reiterated
testimony he gave on Capitol Hill
last week, saying: "The United
States is not leaving Lebanon in
any sense. When you have one
battleship, two carriers and 23
competent vessels, you haven't
left the area."
Enteen said a more gradual shift
in the power structure would allow
a more orderly and smooth
transition'. Despite seeing a need .. _
for change, both professors admit
that any attempt to shift power and
prestige away from the old guard
will meet resistance. Asparturian
said that Politburo status is highly
coveted for its privileges and
recognition. The former Politburo
member becomes a "non-person."
Although neither Asparturian nor
Enteen see a dramatic increase in
the military's role at the Kremlin,
Asparturian said it is possible that
Marshal Nikolai V. Ogarkov could
be made a Politburo candidate.
Ogarkov's unusual press
conferences after the downing of
the Korean airliner last year is an
indication of his growing
prominence and influence.
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