These trends run directly counter to the interests of the Soviet Union, which seeks to dominate the bloc’s economic activities through Comecon, the Communist equivalent of the Common Market ...

A Communist bloc summit conference that planned pro-Arab and anti-Israel strategy has just concluded in Budapest, according to the Czechoslovakian News Agency (C.T.K.). The meeting was held with ...

Following are some of the bloc's best-known figures ... FABIEN ROUSSEL, LEADER OF THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY A lifelong communist, Roussel joined the French Communist Party's youth movement ...