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

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ti<strong>on</strong> and <strong>of</strong> the communist movement with the object <strong>of</strong> achievinga comm<strong>on</strong> understanding <strong>of</strong> our tasks and strengtheningsolidarity between our Parties. However, it is not in factplanned that Comrade N. S. Khrushchov will make a <strong>to</strong>ur <strong>of</strong>Cambodia as you menti<strong>on</strong> in your letter. As we all know, inc<strong>on</strong>formity with a decisi<strong>on</strong> passed by our leading bodies <strong>on</strong>February 12, 1963, Comrade L. I. Brezhnev, President <strong>of</strong> thePresidium <strong>of</strong> the USSR Supreme Soviet, will travel <strong>to</strong> Cambodia,as the Cambodian Government has already been notifiedand as has been announced in the press. Comrade N. S.Khrushchov, who has already visited the People’s Republic <strong>of</strong>China three times, does not lose hope <strong>of</strong> availing himself <strong>of</strong>your kind invitati<strong>on</strong> in the future <strong>to</strong> visit China and meet theChinese comrades.We remember that during his stay in Moscow in 1957 Comrade<strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung said that he had <strong>on</strong>ly been in the USSRtwice and had <strong>on</strong>ly visited Moscow and Leningrad. He expressedthe desire <strong>to</strong> visit the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> again <strong>to</strong> becomebetter acquainted with our country. He said then that he wouldlike <strong>to</strong> travel from the Far Eastern borders <strong>of</strong> our country <strong>to</strong>the western borders, and from the northern <strong>to</strong> the southernborders. We welcomed this desire <strong>of</strong> Comrade <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung.The CPSU Central Committee sent a letter <strong>to</strong> Comrade <strong>Mao</strong>Tse-tung <strong>on</strong> May 12, 1960, inviting him <strong>to</strong> come and spend aholiday in the USSR and familiarize himself with the life <strong>of</strong>the Soviet people. Unfortunately, Comrade <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tungcould not at that time avail himself <strong>of</strong> our invitati<strong>on</strong>. TheCPSU Central Committee would welcome a visit by Comrade<strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung. The best time for such a visit would be the approachingspring or summer, which are the good seas<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong>the year in our country. We are also ready at any other time <strong>to</strong>give a worthy recepti<strong>on</strong> <strong>to</strong> Comrade <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung as a representative<strong>of</strong> a fraternal Party and <strong>of</strong> the fraternal Chinesepeople. In this <strong>to</strong>ur <strong>of</strong> our country, Comrade <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tungwould not, <strong>of</strong> course, be al<strong>on</strong>e. Comrades from the leadership<strong>of</strong> our Party would go with him and it would be a fine op-496

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