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munist movement, they ignore the standards and principlesset out in the Declaration and Statement, and try to bringother parties under their influence and control.A graphic example of the CPC leadership’s special linewithin the socialist camp and the world communist movementis its position on the Albanian question. As is known, in thesecond half of 1960 the Albanian leaders openly came out witha Left opportunist platform on the main questions of our time,and began to pursue a policy hostile to the CPSU and theother fraternal parties. The Albanian leadership started ananti-Soviet campaign in their country that led to a rupture ofpolitical, economic and cultural relations with the Soviet Union.The overwhelming majority of Communist and Workers’parties emphatically condemned this anti-Leninist activity ofthe Albanian leaders. The CPC leaders took a totally differentposition and did everything they could to use the Albanianleaders as their own mouthpiece. It is known now that theChinese comrades plainly pushed them into open struggleagainst the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries andfraternal parties.In their attacks on the CPSU and other Marxist-Leninistparties, the CPC leaders allot a special place to the Yugoslavquestion. They try to make it appear that the difficulties inthe communist movement are caused by the improved relationsof the Soviet Union and other socialist countries with Yugoslavia.Contrary to the facts, they persist in asserting thatYugoslavia is not a socialist country.As is generally known, in 1955 the CPSU together withother fraternal parties took the initiative in normalizing relationswith Yugoslavia so as to put an end to the prolongedconflict, for which the greater part of the blame lies withStalin. At that time the CPC leaders had no doubts as to thenature of the socialist system in Yugoslavia. The People’sDaily wrote then that “Yugoslavia has already achieved importantsuccesses in the building of socialism.”581