At this time, the aging leader rarely called Politburo meetings.

"Politburo meeting, in the morning for a change," Sears said, scanning the first page.

But these reports were from officials and others who were not direct participants in Politburo meetings.

That was how he spoke of it at the weekly Politburo meetings.

A stenographic record of this Politburo meeting has not been located.

The plotters struck on 8 November, a day before a Politburo meeting.

When he finally wheeled himself into the Politburo meeting, all the others had arrived.

You only had to look at him at the Politburo meetings.

A lot of interest in last week's Politburo meeting, but for that he'd have to wait for his sources to report in.

He is not the kind of fellow you'd want to confront in a dark alley, or, for that matter, at a Politburo meeting.