The World : Gorbachev Promotion Due
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The Supreme Soviet is expected to name Communist Party leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev as president when it meets Tuesday in Moscow. Gorbachev was named party chief last March, succeeding the late Konstantin U. Chernenko, but he did not assume Chernenko’s title as chief of state at the time. The session of the Supreme Soviet (the nominal parliament), which will follow a meeting today of the party’s Central Committee, may endorse other changes in the Kremlin leadership, diplomats said.
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