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Raúl presides over Communist
Party Conference
THE
1st National Conference of the Communist Party of
Cuba (PCC), presided over by Army General Raúl
Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of
the Party, began this morning.
 The
opening words were given by José Ramón Machado
Ventura, PCC second secretary.
Delegates then moved into four commissions to
discuss the issues contained in the Conference draft
document: the functioning, methods and style of work
of the Party; political and ideological work; cadre
policy and finally, PCC relations with the Union of
Young Communists (UJC) and mass organizations.
 The
initial version of the Conference document was
published last October and debated in 65,000-plus
meetings of Party nucleuses and UJC grassroots
committees. Members made more than one million
proposals in relation to the document, which
resulted in the modification of 78 of its 96
objectives and the incorporation of another five.
 The
811 delegates to the Conference discussed the
modifications proposed in provincial meetings in
early January. They are now continuing these
discussions within the four commissions.
The
Conference was convened by the 6th Congress of the
Party in April of last year. It closes tomorrow,
Sunday.
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