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

THE GROWTH OF THE REVISIONISMOF THE CPSU LEADERSHIPAfter the Moscow Meeting of 1957 with its unanimouslyagreed Declaration, we hoped that the leadership of theCPSU would follow the line laid down in the Declaration andcorrect its errors. We regret to say that contrary to the expectationswe and all other Marxist-Leninist fraternal Partiesentertained, the leadership of the CPSU perpetrated increasinglyserious violations of the revolutionary principles of theDeclaration and the principles guiding relations among fraternalParties and countries, and departed farther and fartherfrom the path of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism.The revisionism of the leadership of the CPSU grew.This development aggravated the differences in the internationalcommunist movement and carried them to a new stage.In complete disregard of the common conclusion of the 1957Declaration that U.S. imperialism is the enemy of all thepeople of the world, the leadership of the CPSU passionatelysought collaboration with U.S. imperialism and the settlementof world problems by the heads of the Soviet Unionand the United States. Particularly around the time of theCamp David Talks in September 1959, Khrushchov laudedEisenhower to the skies, hailing him as a man who “enjoysthe absolute confidence of his people” 1 and who “also worriesabout ensuring peace just as we do”. 2 Moreover, comrades ofthe CPSU energetically advertised the so-called “spirit ofCamp David”, whose existence Eisenhower himself denied,alleging that it marked “a new era in international relations”3 and “a turning-point in history”. 41N. S. Khrushchov, Speech at the Mass Meeting in Moscow, September28, 1959.2N. S. Khrushchov, Press Conference in Washington, September 27,1959.3A. A. Gromyko Speech at the Session of the Supreme Soviet of theUSSR, October 31, 1959.4New Year message of greetings from N. S. Khrushchov and K. Y.Voroshilov to D. D. Eisenhower, January 1, 1960.75