An Appeal To The

Of All The

he representatives 6f the Communist and ‘Work-
parties of ‘the: five -continents,

Ww" t
ers’

‘PEACE CAN BE PRESERVED”

gathered in

Moscow for the 48rd anniversary of the Great October
Socialist Revolution, imbued.awith.a sense of responsibility
for the future of mankind, call on you to wage world-wide

struggle in defence of peace,
world war.

against the threat of a new

Three years .ago the Gommunist and Workers’ parties
issued a peace manifesto te the peoples of all the world.

Since then, the peace’ ferces' have won notable vic-
tories in the struggle against the warmongers.

With still greater confidence in the victory of: the
eause of peace we are today able to oppose the war danger

~-that menaces millions of men,
before in the history of mankind have there

women and children. Never
been such

real epportunities to realize the age-old aspirations of the

peoples to live in peace and fr

threat» of:a
catastrophe which
would cause vast _ sacrificé,
the loss of hundreds of. mi-4
lions of lives and would lay-in
ruins the key centres of- world
civilization, the question of
preserving ~peace~ agitates -all
mankind more’ deeply than eve
er before.

In face of the

military

We. Communists: are fight-
ing for peace, for universal.se-
curity, for conditions .in which
all men ‘and all: peoples will
enjoy peace and freedom.

“The goal of every socialist
eountry and of the socialist

eommunity as a _wholeis fe
assure’ lasting peace for vail}
peoples.

Secialism does not need
war. The historic. debate” be-
tween the- old and. the new
system, between socialism -and
gapitalism,.should be settled,
not..by a» world war, but. in
peaceful «competition, “in “sa
competition. as to which. social
System achieves the higher fev-
el of economy, technology and
eulture, and provides the pee-
ple with the best living con-;
ditions

We Communists consider it
eur. sacred duty to do every-
thing in our power to deliver
mankind from the horrors:of a
modern war.

Acting upon the teachings
of, the great Lenin, all the soc-
jalist countries have made the
principle of the peaceful eoéx-
istence of countries with -dif-
ferent socialesystems the cor-
nerstene of their foreign pok-

iey.
‘;In- our -epoch - the - peoples

and states have but.one cheice,
peacefu: “coexistence ‘and

jported by all

eedom.

competition of socialism » and
capitalism, or nuclear war of
extermination. “There is no
other way.

Where does the threat- to
world® peace come from?

All governments . speak of
peace. Yet it is not words that
counts, but ceeds.

Today ‘as in the past, it is
the reactionary, monopoly. and
military groups in~ the ~imper-
ialist countries that» organize
and instigate aggressive wars.

‘Peace is menaced by the pol-

icy of the governments of the
imperialist _ powers, which,
contrary to the will of their
Own ‘peoples, Impose upon na-
tions a disasterous arms race,
fan the ‘cold war’ against
the socialist and other peace-
leving countries, and suppress
the - peoples — aspiration for
freedom.

*

Let the Facts Speak
for Themselves!

The peoples welcomed the
proposals. for ~ universal; com-
piete and controlled disarma-
ment made by the Soviet Un-
ion and enthusiastically sup-
the — socialist
eountries. Who. opposes the
jimplementation of the propos-
vals? It is the governments: of

‘qthe imperialist countries. head-
ed by the United States -of'

America, which instead of
controlled disarmament, pro-

‘pose control over armaments,

and try to turn disarmament
negotiations into empty talk.

The peoples rejoice that for
two. years now . three great

powers have made no. tests. of.

nuclear weapons. “Who | ob-
structs a new step forward

and a_ decision to ban the
deadly tests for all time? It is
the. governments of the im-
perialist powers, which con-
stantly deelare that they in-
tend to resume atomic weap-
ons _ tests;
threaten to-wreck the test ban
negotiations they. were com-
pelled to-enter- into under the
pressure of the seaples.

The -peoples do not-want
foreign military .bases to re-
main in their sovereign terri-
tories.. They oppose aggressive
military -paets; - which -curtail
the independence of _ their
countries and endanger them.

Who. wants. the. policy. of-ag-
gressive: pacts and bases?

It is the governments; of the
Atlantic-bloc countries, which
furnish war bases .on foreign

itarists and revenge seekérs,
put. weapons. of mass annihil-
ation .in their hands ‘and speed
up the atomic arming of NA-
TO troops.

It is the cating ewes of the
United ~ States ~ of “Amercia
which ~have imposed « aggress-
ive military pa¢ts upon Japan,
Pakistan * and. ‘others countries
in’ the. Middle- and: Far» East,
which incite them: against: the
peace-loving® countries, «which
have occupied . South

and.. which..are..reviving.. Jap-

anese militarism. It is they,

who are interfering in the in-
ternal affairs of .. Laos -and

South Vietnam, backing the |—e

Dutch
Iran,
in the Congo, the Portuguese
in Goa and other colonialists,
preparing an armed interven-
tion. against the Cuban revol-

imperialists. in..West

ution, and-. involving Latin
American. countries in » mili-
tary pacts.

It is the United States that
has occupied the ‘Chinese: is-
land of Taiwan, that keeps on
sending military: aircraft -into
the air space ofi the: People’s
Republic of China, and rejects
the latter’s legitimate: right to
have its representatives in thé
United Nations, »

Combat-ready rocket::instal-
lations, depots “stocked «with
nuclear. weapons, airborne: ‘H-
bomb~ patrols, combat --ready
warships and
cruising .the..seas and. océans,

and.a..web..of military! bases.
on. foreign soil —~such--are:

the - present-day ;.practices < of

and -continuously.|:

‘falsehood

‘true goals, to paralyse the will
}of the peoples and justify the

‘People of good will all over
‘the World!
soil to the West German mil- |

the struggle against the men-
} aces of a nuclear missile war,

‘ance of peace,

‘Korea’
-and made ‘it»their| bridgehead

the. Belgian: imperialists-

submarines;

imperialism. In such a situa-
tion; any country on earth, big
or small, may suddenly be en-
veloped by the flames of a
nuclear war.

Imperialism is pushing the
world to the brink of war for
the sake of the selfish inter-
ests of.a handful of big mon-
opolies and colonialists.

The enemies of peace spread
about an alleged
threat of “communist aggres-
sion.’ They need these false-
hoods to camouflage their

arms race,

*

Workers, Farmers,
Intellectuals!

There is no task more press-
ing for mankind today than

for general and complete dis-
armament, for the mainten-
There is no
duty, more lofty today than
participation in that struggle.

Is lasting world peace pos-
sible?

‘We €onimunists reply:

War. is not, inevitable, war |

Photo shows dees of the Soviet dad Gh inane Communist
parties at a banquet December 2 honoring representatives:
of Communist and Workers’ parties attending the historic
conference: at -which: this’ “Appeal: to’ the: Peoples: of: the:
‘World’ -was: adopted. From left toeright:;.A. J.:Mikoyan,.
Liu Shao-chi, N.-S.: Khrushchev, ; sTongs Haleqniaey Fu R..
‘Kozlov, M. A. Suslov.

December 23, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 2

can be prevented, peace can
be preserved and made secure.

This conviction of: ours is.

prompted not only by our will
for peace and hatred of the
warmonger. The possibility of
averting war follows from the
actual facts of the new world
situation.

The world socialist system
is becoming ,an ~ increasingly
decisive factor of our time.
Embracing more’ than  one-
third of mankind, the socialist
system with the Soviet Union
as its main force uses its
steadily growing economic,
scientifie and technical might
to curb the actions of imper-

ialism and handcuff the advo-’

cates of military gambles.

The international working-
class movement,: which. holds
high the banner of struggle
for peace, heightens the vigil-
ance of the peoples and inspir-
es them actively to combat the
aggressive policies of the im-
perialists,

The peoples of Asia, Africa
and Latin America, many mil-
lions strong, who have won
their freedom and political in-
dependence, and peoples fight-
ing for national emancipation,
are: becoming increasingly: ac-

tive. champions: of peace -and.
Continued. on next, page .
’ Seamer: