- Others didn't want it
- Had access to information - control of 26,000 files on members
- Had power of the day to day running
- Decided agendas for meeting
- Supervised Lenin Enrolment in 1923 to 1925 (128,000 joined mostly poorly educated just want jobs)
- Power of patronage - could promote people into party positions
- Stalin understood how great an opportunity it could be
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