The State of The Soviet Union
The doubts over Soviet commitment to the policy of detente, the increasing influence of the military in party affairs, and the poor Russian grain harvest in 1975, will cause observers to watch the 25th Soviet Communist Party Congress later this month with even keener interest than usual. What changes will be discerned in party policies? What shifts in the internal power balance?
Brian Beedham discusses the state of the Soviet Union with Sir Thomas Brimelow , who has just retired as Head of the Diplomatic Service; Professor Alee Nove , Director of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow; and Professor John Erickson of Edinburgh University.
Producer GREVILLE HAVENHAND