Communist Party’s Policy Making Committee

Puzzle 10 of National Crossword Day Hard Pack

Question is: Communist Party’s Policy Making Committee

and the answer is: POLITBURO

Word Meaning:

POLITBURO — (communism, Leninism and Marxism-Leninism) The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.

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