Original: After a series of secret meetings attended by Meissner , Schleicher , and Heinrich Brüning , the parliamentary leader of the Catholic Center Party ( Zentrum ) , Schleicher and Meissner were able to persuade Brüning to go along with the scheme for '' presidential government '' .
Simplified: During the winter of 1929 1930 , Schleicher had a series of secret meetings with Heinrich Brüning , the leader of the Catholic Center Party ( Zentrum ) .