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

the so-called general line of peaceful coexistence pursued bythe leaders of the CPSU is anti-Leninist, it abandons the principleof proletarian internationalism, damages the cause ofopposing imperialism and defending world peace, and runscounter to the interests of the revolutionary struggles of theoppressed peoples and nations.THE CPSU LEADERS’ GENERAL LINE OF“PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE” CATERS TOU.S. IMPERIALISMThe general line of peaceful coexistence pursued by theleaders of the CPSU is firmly rejected by all Marxist-LeninistParties and revolutionary people but is warmly praised by theimperialists.The spokesmen of Western monopoly capital make no secretof their appreciation of this general line of the leaders of theCPSU. They see in Khrushchov “the West’s best friend inMoscow” 1 and say that “Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchevacts like an American politicians”. 2 They say, “Comrade Khrushchevis considered, as far as the free world is concerned, thebest Prime Minister the Russians have. He genuinely believesin peaceful coexistence.” 3 They declare that “this possibilityof better Soviet-American relations has led to the feeling inU.S. State Department circles that, within certain limits, theU.S. should facilitate Khrushchev’s task”. 4The imperialists have always been hostile to the socialistcountries’ policy of peaceful coexistence, exclaiming that “the1“How Nice Must We Be to Nikita?” in the U.S. magazine Time,March 9, 1962.2W. A. Harriman, Television Interview, August 18, 1963.3“Kennedy Helps Khrushchev”, in the British magazine Time andTide, April 18-24, 1963.4Agence France Presse dispatch from Washington, July 14, 1963, onU.S. government officials’ comment on the Open Letter of the CPSU.289