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Under the leadership of Prime Minister Ryzhkov and Chairman of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet Vitalii Vorotnkov, a majority of Politburo members seems to articulate views that run counter to Gorbachev's intended reforms of the Party apparatus. The fact that many Politburo members seem to centralize and reinstitute Party bodies such as the Secretariat testifies to Gorbachev's weakness in controlling some aspects of the September 1989 Nationalities Plenum. It is possible that the return of the Secretariat and the assignment to that body of four new secretaries suggests a retreat for reformers in the Party leadership. Keywords: USSR, Political parties; Communists. (Author) (emk).