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

21 and September 10, the Soviet Government continued topraise the United Nations, which was suppressing the Congolesepeople.In 1961 the leaders of the CPSU persuaded Gizenga to attendthe Congolese parliament, which had been convenedunder the “protection” of U.N. troops, and to join the puppetgovernment. The leadership of the CPSU falsely allegedthat the convocation of the Congolese parliament was “animportant event in the life of the young republic” and “asuccess of the national forces”. 1Clearly these wrong policies of the leadership of the CPSUrendered U.S. imperialism a great service in its aggressionagainst the Congo. Lumumba was murdered, Gizenga wasimprisoned, many other patriots were persecuted, and theCongolese struggle for national independence suffered a setback.Does the leadership of the CPSU feel no responsibilityfor all this?THE AREAS IN WHICH CONTEMPORARY WORLDCONTRADICTIONS ARE CONCENTRATEDIt is only natural that the revolutionary people of Asia,Africa and Latin America have rejected the words and deedsof the leaders of the CPSU against the movements and warsof national liberation. But the leaders of the CPSU havefailed to draw the appropriate lesson and change their wrongline and policies. Instead, angry at their humiliation, they havelaunched a series of slanderous attacks on the Chinese CommunistParty and the other Marxist-Leninist Parties.The Open Letter of the Central Committee of the CPSU accusesthe Chinese Communist Party of putting forward a “newtheory”. It says:1Pravda, July 18, 1961.200