Polemic on General Line of International ... - From Marx to Mao

these were contradictions among the people and not betweenthe enemy and ourselves, and that therefore we should usethe above method.What attitude have Comrade Khrushchov and other leadersof the CPSU taken towards Stalin since the 20th Congress ofthe CPSU?They have not made an overall historical and scientificanalysis of his life and work but have completely negatedhim without any distinction between right and wrong.They have treated Stalin not as a comrade but as an enemy.They have not adopted the method of criticism and selfcriticismto sum up experience but have blamed Stalin for allerrors, or ascribed to him the “mistakes” they have arbitrarilyinvented.They have not presented the facts and reasoned things outbut have made demagogic personal attacks on Stalin in orderto poison people’s minds.Khrushchov has abused Stalin as a “murderer”, a “criminal”,a “bandit”, 1 a “gambler”, a “despot of the type of Ivan theTerrible”, “the greatest dictator in Russian history”, a “fool”, 2an “idiot”, 3 etc. When we are compelled to cite all this filthy,vulgar and malicious language, we are afraid it may soil ourpen and paper.Khrushchov has maligned Stalin as “the greatest dictatorin Russian history”. Does not this mean that the Soviet peoplelived for thirty long years under the “tyranny” of “thegreatest dictator in Russian history” and not under the socialistsystem? The great Soviet people and the revolutionary peopleof the whole world completely disagree with this slander!Khrushchov has maligned Stalin as a “despot of the type ofIvan the Terrible”. Does not this mean that the experience1N. S. Khrushchov, Conversation with the Delegation of the ChineseCommunist Party, October 22, 1961.2N. S. Khrushchov, Speech at the May Day Reception of 1962. Givenby the Soviet Government.3N. S. Khrushchov, Conversation with the Delegation of the ChineseCommunist Party, October 22, 1961.124