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Answer: presidia
Answer	Crossword Clue
PRESIDIA	Soviet committees
presidia	(in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers
presidia	PRESIDIUM, a former Soviet committee, pl PRESIDIUMS or PRESIDIA

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Answer: presidia