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to the Congo to take a direct part in the bloody suppression ofthe Congolese people.12. The Laotian question. When U.S. imperialism steppedup its intervention in Laos in January 1961, the Tito cliquespread the view that the United States “is really concerned forthe peace and neutralization of Laos”. 1 When U.S. imperialismengineered political assassinations and armed conflicts in Laosin May 1963, the Tito clique attacked the Laotian patrioticforces for “putting all the blame on the United States”. 213. The U.S. Alliance for Progress programme. In August1961 the United States forced various Latin American countriesto sign the Alliance for Progress programme, which was a newU.S. imperialist instrument for the enslavement of the LatinAmerican people. This programme of aggression was stronglyopposed by the Latin American people but was praised by theTito clique as “meeting in a large measure the requirementsof the Latin American countries”. 314. The Sino-Indian border conflict. Ever since the Indianreactionaries created tension on the Sino-Indian border in 1959,the Tito clique has consistently supported the expansionism,aggression and provocations of the Indian reactionaries againstChina. It openly spread the lie that “the demarcation of theboundary was already completed at the beginning of the presentcentury and put into the shape of the well-knownMcMahon Line”, 4 and did its best to confuse right and wrong,making the slander that China “permits itself to revise itsborder with India wilfully and by force” 5 and “committed aggression”against India. 615. The Cuban revolution and the Caribbean crisis. The Titoclique has made numerous comments attacking Cuba, saying1Borba, January 13, 1961.2Politika, May 5, 1963.3Komunist, Belgrade, August 17, 1961.4Rad, September 12, 1959.5Borba, December 26, 1960.6Politika, September 3, 1959.170