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

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Can a country be socialist when the imperialist countriesheaded by the United States have nurtured it with severalbilli<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> U.S. dollars?This is indeed out <strong>of</strong> the ordinary and unheard <strong>of</strong>!Apparently, Comrade Togliatti speaks more plainly thanComrade Khrushchov. Togliatti did not mince his words; hesaid the positi<strong>on</strong> taken by the Statement <strong>of</strong> 1960 <strong>on</strong> the Ti<strong>to</strong>clique was “wr<strong>on</strong>g”. 1 Since Khrushchov is bent <strong>on</strong> reversingthe verdict <strong>on</strong> the Ti<strong>to</strong> clique, he should be more explicit;there is no need <strong>to</strong> pretend <strong>to</strong> uphold the Statement.Is the Statement’s verdict <strong>on</strong> Yugoslavia wr<strong>on</strong>g and shouldit be reversed? Togliatti says it is wr<strong>on</strong>g and should bereversed. Khrushchov in effect also says it is wr<strong>on</strong>g andshould be reversed. We say it is not wr<strong>on</strong>g and must not bereversed. All fraternal Parties adhering <strong>to</strong> <strong>Marx</strong>ism-Leninism and upholding the Statement <strong>of</strong> 1960 likewise sayit is not wr<strong>on</strong>g and must not be reversed.In doing so, in the opini<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the leaders <strong>of</strong> the CPSU, weare clinging <strong>to</strong> a “stereotyped formula” and <strong>to</strong> the “junglelaws” <strong>of</strong> the capitalist world 2 and are “ ‘excommunicating’Yugoslavia from socialism”. 3 Furthermore, whoever doesnot regard Yugoslavia as a socialist country is said <strong>to</strong> be goingc<strong>on</strong>trary <strong>to</strong> facts and making the mistake <strong>of</strong> subjectivism, 4whereas in shutting their eyes <strong>to</strong> the facts and asserting thatYugoslavia is a socialist country they are “proceeding fromobjective laws, from the teaching <strong>of</strong> <strong>Marx</strong>ism-Leninism” andhave drawn a c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> “a pr<strong>of</strong>ound analysis <strong>of</strong>reality”. 51Palmiro Togliatti, “Let Us Lead the Discussi<strong>on</strong> Back <strong>to</strong> Its RealLimit”, L’Unita, January 10, 1963.2N. S. Khrushchov, Report <strong>to</strong> the Sessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Supreme Soviet <strong>of</strong>the USSR, December 1962.3Open Letter <strong>of</strong> the Central Committee <strong>of</strong> the Communist Party <strong>of</strong>the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> <strong>to</strong> All Party Organizati<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>to</strong> All Communists <strong>of</strong>the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong>, July 14, 1963.4Ibid.5N. S. Khrushchov, Report <strong>to</strong> the Sessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Supreme Soviet <strong>of</strong>the USSR, December 1962.144

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