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:
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.