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The leader of Yugoslavia's ruling
communist party has proposed that a
third of the party's central committee
be replaced over thj next six@weeks.
Mr Stipe Suvar's proposal, reported by
the country's official news agency,
came as the central committee resumed
its meeting this morning.
He said that the replacement process
should be conducted by secret ballot,
with several candidates for each seat.
Such a changeover would be the biggest
in the country's leadership since
Tito's purge of Stalinists in 1948.
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