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

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the United States? Very well! But <strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> that youmust not support the revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary struggles <strong>of</strong> the oppressedpeoples and nati<strong>on</strong>s in the capitalist world and must see <strong>to</strong> itthat they will not rise in revoluti<strong>on</strong>. According <strong>to</strong> the wishfulthinking <strong>of</strong> the U.S. imperialists, this will leave them free<strong>to</strong> stamp out the revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary movements in the capitalistworld and <strong>to</strong> dominate and enslave its inhabitants, who comprisetwo-thirds <strong>of</strong> the world’s populati<strong>on</strong>.2. In the name <strong>of</strong> peaceful coexistence, the U.S. imperialiststry <strong>to</strong> push ahead with their policy <strong>of</strong> “peaceful evoluti<strong>on</strong>”vis-à-vis the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> and other socialist countriesand <strong>to</strong> res<strong>to</strong>re capitalism there.Dulles said, “The renunciati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> force . . . implies, not themaintenance <strong>of</strong> the status quo, but peaceful change.” 1 “It isnot sufficient <strong>to</strong> be defensive. Freedom must be a positiveforce that will penetrate.” 2 “We hope <strong>to</strong> encourage an evoluti<strong>on</strong>within the Soviet world.” 3Eisenhower asserted that whatever the United States coulddo by peaceful means would be d<strong>on</strong>e, “in order that thosepeople who are held in b<strong>on</strong>dage by a tyrannical dicta<strong>to</strong>rshipmight finally have the right <strong>to</strong> determine their own fates bytheir own free votes”. 4Kennedy said that the “task is <strong>to</strong> do all in our power <strong>to</strong>see that the changes taking place . . . in the Soviet empire, <strong>on</strong>all c<strong>on</strong>tinents — lead <strong>to</strong> more freedom for more men and <strong>to</strong>world peace”. 5 He declared that he would “pursue a policy <strong>of</strong>patiently encouraging freedom and carefully pressuring1J. F. Dulles, Address <strong>to</strong> the Award Dinner <strong>of</strong> the New York StateBar Associati<strong>on</strong>, January 31, 1959.2J. F. Dulles, Speech Before the California State Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce,December 4, 1958.3J. F. Dulles, Testim<strong>on</strong>y Before the U.S. House <strong>of</strong> RepresentativesForeign Affairs Committee, January 28, 1959.4D. D. Eisenhower, Speech at the Polish-American C<strong>on</strong>gress atChicago, September 30, 1960.5J. F. Kennedy, The Strategy <strong>of</strong> Peace, Harper & Brothers, NewYork, 1960, p. 199.292

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