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

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last century, Frederick Engels pointed out that disarmamentwas possible, describing it as the “guarantee <strong>of</strong> peace.” In ourtime, the disarmament slogan was first advanced as a practicalaim by V. I. Lenin, and the first Soviet proposals <strong>on</strong> completeor partial disarmament were submitted as early as 1922, atthe Genoa C<strong>on</strong>ference. This was in Lenin’s lifetime, andhe formulated the disarmament proposals.The struggle for disarmament is a cardinal fac<strong>to</strong>r in avertingwar. It is an effective struggle against imperialism. Inthis struggle the socialist camp has <strong>on</strong> its side the absolutemajority <strong>of</strong> mankind.The Chinese comrades put out the slogan “spearpoint againstspearpoint” as a counter-blast <strong>to</strong> the policy <strong>of</strong> the other socialistcountries aimed at improving the internati<strong>on</strong>al situati<strong>on</strong>and ending the cold war. This slogan, in effect, brings grist<strong>to</strong> the mill <strong>of</strong> imperialist brinkmanship policy and helps thearms race supporters. One gets the impressi<strong>on</strong> that the CPCleaders c<strong>on</strong>sider it <strong>to</strong> their advantage <strong>to</strong> preserve and aggravateinternati<strong>on</strong>al tensi<strong>on</strong>, especially in relati<strong>on</strong>s between theU.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. They apparently believe that the SovietUni<strong>on</strong> should reply <strong>to</strong> provocati<strong>on</strong> by provocati<strong>on</strong>, shouldfall in<strong>to</strong> the traps set by the imperialist “wildmen,” shouldaccept the imperialist challenge <strong>to</strong> competiti<strong>on</strong> in adventurismand aggressiveness, that is, <strong>to</strong> competiti<strong>on</strong> in unleashing war,not in assuring peace.To take that road would be <strong>to</strong> jeopardize the peace andsecurity <strong>of</strong> the nati<strong>on</strong>s. The Communists, who cherish the interests<strong>of</strong> the peoples, will never follow that road.The struggle for peace, for implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the principle<strong>of</strong> peaceful co-existence <strong>of</strong> countries with different socialsystems, is <strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the most important forms <strong>of</strong> the peoples’struggle against imperialism, against the new wars it is preparing,against aggressive imperialist acti<strong>on</strong>s in col<strong>on</strong>ial countries,against imperialist military bases <strong>on</strong> foreign terri<strong>to</strong>ry,against the arms race, etc. This struggle is in the interests <strong>of</strong>553

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