Mr. Brazauskas has said that the Lithuanian Communists risk being decimated in local politics unless they dissociate themselves from Moscow.

Lithuanian Communists, who voted in December to secede and form a new party, will not be the last to do so, he said.

Also among the speakers was a representative of the minority of Lithuanian Communists who refused to adhere to the new body and pledged allegiance to the Soviet party.

Delegates fear a split as minority hardline grouping displays bitterness Lithuanian Communists vote to be independent.

Moscow's Next Move It is uncertain what action the party leadership in Moscow could take against the Lithuanian Communists.

No first-hand accounts of the Lithuanian Communists' meeting in the Kremlin were immediately available.

But he urged Lithuanian Communists to "think it over once again" and consider the negative results on their republic.

The Lithuanian Communists formed a separate party, which favors independence.

The Lithuanian Communists are expected to formally declare their autonomy from the Moscow leadership at a party congress beginning Dec. 19.

Lithuanian Communists have quietly begun talks with K.G.B. officials on disbanding or at least curtailing the agency.