24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was convened in Moscow from 30 March to 9 April 1971. The Congress brought together 4,963 delegates, with 102 foreign delegations from 91 countries as observers.

The Congress agenda consisted of:
 * 1) The Report of the CPSU Central Committee delivered by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
 * 2) The Report of the Central Auditing Commission of the CPSU delivered by Gennady Fyodorovich Sizov, Chairman of the Auditing Commission.
 * 3) The Report on the Directives for the Five-Year Economic Development Plan of the USSR for 1971-1975 delivered by A. Kosygin, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers.
 * 4) Elections of central Party organs.

The 24th Congress was to have authorized implementation of Victor Glushkov's OGAS information network plan, but ultimately endorsed only expansion of local information management systems.