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

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1. In the name <strong>of</strong> peaceful coexistence, the U.S. imperialiststry <strong>to</strong> tie the hands <strong>of</strong> the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> and the othersocialist countries and forbid them <strong>to</strong> support the revoluti<strong>on</strong>arystruggles <strong>of</strong> the people in the capitalist world.Dulles said:The Soviet Government could end the “cold war”, so faras it is c<strong>on</strong>cerned, if it would free itself from the guidingdirecti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> internati<strong>on</strong>al communism and seek primarily thewelfare <strong>of</strong> the Russian nati<strong>on</strong> and people. Also the “coldwar” would come <strong>to</strong> an end if internati<strong>on</strong>al communismaband<strong>on</strong>ed its global goals. . . . 1Kennedy stated that if U.S.-Soviet relati<strong>on</strong>s were <strong>to</strong> be improved,the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> would have <strong>to</strong> aband<strong>on</strong> the plan <strong>of</strong>“communizing the entire world” and “look <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>to</strong> its nati<strong>on</strong>alinterest and <strong>to</strong> providing a better life for its people underc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> peace”. 2Dean Rusk has put the point even more bluntly. “Therecan be no assured and lasting peace until the communist leadersaband<strong>on</strong> their goal <strong>of</strong> a world revoluti<strong>on</strong>.” He has alsosaid that there are “signs <strong>of</strong> restiveness” am<strong>on</strong>g the Sovietleaders “about the burdens and risks <strong>of</strong> their commitments <strong>to</strong>the world communist movement”. And he has even askedthe Soviet leaders <strong>to</strong> “go <strong>on</strong> from these, by putting aside theillusi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> a world communist triumph”. 3The meaning <strong>of</strong> these words is <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>to</strong>o clear. The U.S.imperialists describe the revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary struggles by the oppressedpeoples and nati<strong>on</strong>s in the capitalist world for theirown emancipati<strong>on</strong> as being the outcome <strong>of</strong> attempts by thesocialist countries <strong>to</strong> “communize the entire world”. Theysay <strong>to</strong> the Soviet leaders: Do you wish <strong>to</strong> live in peace with1J. F. Dulles, Speech Before the U.S. House <strong>of</strong> Representatives ForeignAffairs Committee, January 28, 1959.2J. F. Kennedy, Interview with A. I. Adzhubei, Edi<strong>to</strong>r-in-Chief <strong>of</strong>Izvestia, November 25, 1961.3Dean Rusk, Address at the Nati<strong>on</strong>al C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the AmericanLegi<strong>on</strong>, September 10, 1963.291

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