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

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<strong>of</strong> socialist c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>. Immediately after the formati<strong>on</strong><strong>of</strong> the People’s Republic <strong>of</strong> China, the Soviet governmentsigned with the government <strong>of</strong> People’s China a Treaty <strong>of</strong>Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance, which is a powerfulweap<strong>on</strong> against imperialist encroachments, a fac<strong>to</strong>r forc<strong>on</strong>solidating peace in the Far East and the whole world.The Soviet people generously shared with their Chinesebrothers their experience in socialist c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>, accumulatedover many years, their achievements in the fields <strong>of</strong> scienceand technology. Our country has rendered and is renderingsubstantial aid <strong>to</strong> the ec<strong>on</strong>omic development <strong>of</strong> People’sChina. With the active assistance <strong>of</strong> the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong>, People’sChina built 198 fac<strong>to</strong>ries, fac<strong>to</strong>ry departments and otherindustrial units equipped with up-<strong>to</strong>-date machinery. Withthe assistance <strong>of</strong> our country, China started such new industriesas au<strong>to</strong>mobiles, trac<strong>to</strong>rs, aircraft and others. TheSoviet Uni<strong>on</strong> handed over <strong>to</strong> the P.R.C. more than 21,000sets <strong>of</strong> scientific and technical documentati<strong>on</strong>, including morethan 1,400 major projects. We have invariably helped Chinastrengthen her defence capacity and create a modern defenceindustry. Thousands <strong>of</strong> Chinese specialists and workers havebeen trained in Soviet higher schools and in our industries.Now, <strong>to</strong>o, the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tinues its technical assistance<strong>to</strong> the People’s Republic <strong>of</strong> China in the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> 88industrial enterprises and projects. We menti<strong>on</strong> all this notby way <strong>of</strong> boasting, but <strong>on</strong>ly because <strong>of</strong> late the CPC leadershave sought <strong>to</strong> belittle the significance <strong>of</strong> Soviet aid; nor dowe forget that the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong>, in its turn, received neededgoods from the P.R.C.It is not so l<strong>on</strong>g ago that the Chinese leaders spoke justlyand eloquently about the friendship <strong>of</strong> the peoples <strong>of</strong> Chinaand the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong>, about the unity <strong>of</strong> the CPSU and theCPC, giving a high appraisal <strong>of</strong> Soviet aid and urging thepeople <strong>to</strong> learn from the experience <strong>of</strong> the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong>.Comrade <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung said in 1957: “In their strugglefor nati<strong>on</strong>al liberati<strong>on</strong>, the Chinese people had the fraternal532

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