Politburo

A Politburo was a ruling council for communist political parties.

Nikita Khrushchev exercised considerable control over the Politburo even after he was removed as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1964. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

In 1989, the Seventh Doctor travelled to East Berlin, posing as an agent of the Politburo named Major Johann Schmidt. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive)