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

incapable of winning the revolution and absolutely incapableof fulfilling the great historical mission of the proletariat.This is a question all Marxist-Leninists, all class-consciousworkers and all progressive people everywhere need to ponderdeeply.25. It is the duty of Marxist-Leninists to distinguishbetween truth and falsehood with respect to the differencesthat have arisen in the international communist movement.In the common interest of the unity for struggle against theenemy, we have always advocated solving problems throughinter-Party consultations and opposed bringing differencesinto the open before the enemy.As the comrades of the CPSU know, the public polemics inthe international communist movement have been provokedby certain fraternal Party leaders and forced on us.Since a public debate has been provoked, it ought to beconducted on the basis of equality among fraternal Partiesand of democracy, and by presenting the facts and reasoningthings out.Since certain Party leaders have publicly attacked otherfraternal Parties and provoked a public debate, it is our opinionthat they have no reason or right to forbid the fraternalParties attacked to make public replies.Since certain Party leaders have published innumerablearticles attacking other fraternal Parties, why do they notpublish in their own press the articles those Parties havewritten, in reply?Latterly, the Communist Party of China has been subjectedto preposterous attacks. The attackers have raised a greathue and cry and, disregarding the facts, have fabricated manycharges against us. We have published these articles andspeeches attacking us in our own press.We have also published in full in our press the Soviet leader’sreport at the meeting of the Supreme Soviet on December12, 1962, the Pravda Editorial Board’s article of January 7,50