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

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The Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong>’s persevering struggle for peace and internati<strong>on</strong>alsecurity, general and complete disarmament, eliminati<strong>on</strong><strong>of</strong> the vestiges <strong>of</strong> World War II, negotiated settlement<strong>of</strong> all internati<strong>on</strong>al issues, has yielded its results. Ourcountry’s prestige throughout the world stands higher thanever. Our internati<strong>on</strong>al positi<strong>on</strong> is str<strong>on</strong>ger than ever. Weowe this <strong>to</strong> the steadily growing ec<strong>on</strong>omic and military might<strong>of</strong> the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong> and the other socialist countries, <strong>to</strong> theirpeaceful foreign policy.The CPSU Central Committee declares that we have beenfollowing; are now following, and will c<strong>on</strong>tinue <strong>to</strong> follow theLenin policy <strong>of</strong> peaceful co-existence <strong>of</strong> states with differentsocial systems. In this our party sees its duty both <strong>to</strong> theSoviet people and the peoples <strong>of</strong> all other countries. Toensure peace means <strong>to</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tribute most effectively <strong>to</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>solidati<strong>on</strong><strong>of</strong> the socialist system, and, c<strong>on</strong>sequently, <strong>to</strong> thegrowth <strong>of</strong> its influence <strong>on</strong> the entire course <strong>of</strong> the liberati<strong>on</strong>struggle, <strong>on</strong> the world revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary process.The deep difference in the views <strong>on</strong> war, peace and peacefulco-existence held by the CPSU and other <strong>Marx</strong>ist-Leninistparties, <strong>on</strong> the <strong>on</strong>e hand, and the CPC leaders, <strong>on</strong> the other,was manifested with particular clarity during the 1962 Caribbeancrisis. It was a sharp internati<strong>on</strong>al crisis: never beforehad mankind come so close <strong>to</strong> the brink <strong>of</strong> therm<strong>on</strong>uclear waras it did last Oc<strong>to</strong>ber.The Chinese comrades claim that in the period <strong>of</strong> the Caribbeancrisis we made an “adventuristic” mistake by supplyingrockets <strong>to</strong> Cuba and then “capitulated” <strong>to</strong> American imperialismwhen we withdrew the rockets from Cuba.*Such asserti<strong>on</strong>s utterly c<strong>on</strong>tradict the facts.How did things actually stand? The CPSU Central Committeeand the Soviet government had reliable informati<strong>on</strong>that United States imperialism was about <strong>to</strong> launch armed* Such allegati<strong>on</strong>s were made in the leading article in the People’sDaily <strong>of</strong> March 8, 1963, “On the Statement <strong>of</strong> the Communist Party <strong>of</strong>the U.S.A.” [Note in the original.]547

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