The International Party

The Protracted Conflict

Leonid Brezhnev will soon be seventy. For some while his health has been poor; he is believed to have a form of bone cancer, held somewhat in check by chemotherapy, in which Soviet medicine has made considerable progress. Looking back on Brezhnev’s public activities during these concluding years, it can be seen that a large and increasing portion of his effort has been directed toward one persisting goal: to restore Communist solidarity.