24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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]

1971 USSR Postal Stamp, celebrating the 24th Congress

Valentina Tereshkova, bottom left, with delegates at the 24th CPSU Congress

Agenda

The Congress agenda consisted of:

1. The Report of the CPSU Central Committee delivered by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
2. The Report of the Central Auditing Commission of the CPSU delivered by G. Sizov [ru], Chairman of the Auditing Commission.
3. 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.
4. 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]