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informed the Prague party meeting that it is necessary to elect a new central committee and that this should "obviously" be done before the next party congress, due in 1970. Dubcek then equivo- cated somewhat, however, by re- iterating that preparation for the congress requires time. He did say that he will propose to the central committee plenum in May that the congress be convened as soon as possible...