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

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have in view, first <strong>of</strong> all, that the USSR does not interfere inthe internal affairs <strong>of</strong> other states.” Receiving a corresp<strong>on</strong>dent<strong>of</strong> Le Figaro <strong>on</strong> March 19, 1958, he said, “We do not wantFrance <strong>to</strong> grow weaker, we want her <strong>to</strong> become still greater.”To curry favour with the French imperialists, the leaders<strong>of</strong> the CPSU did not dare <strong>to</strong> recognize the provisi<strong>on</strong>al government<strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> Algeria for a l<strong>on</strong>g time; not until thevic<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> the Algerian people’s war <strong>of</strong> resistance againstFrench aggressi<strong>on</strong> was a foreg<strong>on</strong>e c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> and France wascompelled <strong>to</strong> agree <strong>to</strong> Algerian independence did they hurriedlyrecognize Algeria. This unseemly attitude broughtshame <strong>on</strong> the socialist countries. Yet the leaders <strong>of</strong> the CPSUglory in their shame and assert that the vic<strong>to</strong>ry the Algerianpeople paid for with their blood should also be credited <strong>to</strong>the policy <strong>of</strong> “peaceful coexistence”.Again, let us examine the part played by the leaders <strong>of</strong> theCPSU in the C<strong>on</strong>go questi<strong>on</strong>. Not <strong>on</strong>ly did they refuse <strong>to</strong>give active support <strong>to</strong> the C<strong>on</strong>golese people’s armed struggleagainst col<strong>on</strong>ialism, but they were anxious <strong>to</strong> “co-operate”with U.S. imperialism in putting out the spark in the C<strong>on</strong>go.On July 13, 1960 the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> joined with the UnitedStates in voting for the Security Council resoluti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> thedispatch <strong>of</strong> U.N. forces <strong>to</strong> the C<strong>on</strong>go; thus it helped the U.S.imperialists use the flag <strong>of</strong> the United Nati<strong>on</strong>s in their armedinterventi<strong>on</strong> in the C<strong>on</strong>go. The Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> also providedthe U.N. forces with means <strong>of</strong> transportati<strong>on</strong>. In a cable <strong>to</strong>Kasavubu and Lumumba <strong>on</strong> July 15, Khrushchov said that“the United Nati<strong>on</strong>s Security Council has d<strong>on</strong>e a useful thing”.Thereafter, the Soviet press kept up a stream <strong>of</strong> praise for theUnited Nati<strong>on</strong>s for “helping the government <strong>of</strong> the C<strong>on</strong>goleseRepublic <strong>to</strong> defend the independence and sovereignty <strong>of</strong> thecountry”, 1 and expressed the hope that the United Nati<strong>on</strong>swould adopt “resolute measures”. 2 In its statements <strong>of</strong> August1Izvestia, July 21, 1960.2Komsomolskaya Pravda, July 30, 1960.199

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