With no PoDs prior to December of 1968, how can the "Liberal" Communist faction in the Soviet Union (men like Kosygin and Podgorny) have as much influence as possible, at the expense of "Hardline" Communists like Brezhnev? (Note that having Brezhnev killed in January 1969 would be an acceptable PoD here.) More generally, how can the Soviets put their economy and political system on as secure a footing as possible by 1980, given the realm of political reality at the time? And what would be the effect of these changes?