and losses which have been imposed on us. she spirit of proletarian internationalism of the Chinese @om- Munists and the Chinese people has stood a severe test. The Communist Party of China is unswervingly loyal to proletarian internationalism, upholds and defends the principles of the 1957 Declaration and the 1960 Statement guiding relations among fraternal parties and countries, and safeguards and strengthens the unity of the socialist camp and the international Ommunist movement. 23 In order to carry out the common program of the international Communist movement unanimously 48reed upon by the fraternal parties, an uncompromis: ‘Ng struggle must be waged against all forms of oppor- ism, which is a deviation from Marxism-Leninism. The Declaration and the Statement point out that -Tevisionism, or, in other words, right opportunism, is the main danger in the international Communist move- Be Yugoslav revisionism typifies modern revision- 18m, _ The Statement points out particularly: i P 4 The Communist Parties have unanimously con- €mned the Yugoslav variety of international opportun- ; » @ variety of modern revisionist ‘theories’ in Concentrated form.” It goes on to say: ater betraying Marxism-Leninism, which they term- _*¢ obsolete, the leaders of the League of Communists Ugoslavia opposed their anti-Leninist revisionist Program to the Declaration of 1957; they set the eee of Communists of Yugoslavia against the ~ national Communist movement as a whole, severed ,. Country from the socialist camp, made it depen- ia so-called ‘aid’ from U.S. and other imperial. east S The Statement says further: : “The Yu again: ment. Under the pretext of an extra-bloc policy, Y engage in activities which prejudice the unity of all th “© Peace-loving forces and countries.” goslav revisionists carry on subversive work Therefore, it draws the following conclusion: ct - che €xposure of the leaders of Yugoslav revi- S and active struggle to safeguard the Com- Bone. Movement and the working-class movement : € anti-Leninist ideas of the Yugoslav revision- |}. ™ Temains an essential task of the Marxist-Leninist Parties» : a ae question raised here is an important one of Ple for the international Communist movement. | a Tecently the Tito clique have publicly stated | ang €y are Persisting in their revisionist program ee 4nti-Marxist-Leninist stand in opposition to the % ’tation and the Statement. ~ Sey S. ™Mperialism and its NATO partners have spent ‘Tt thousand millions of U.S. dollars nursing the Sige for a long time. Cloaked as ‘“Marxist- and flaunting the banner of a “socialist Y, the Tito clique has been undermining the ational Communist ‘movement and the revolu- a ee Cause of the people of the world, serving as tae lal detachment of 6S. imperialism. tio thee Completely groundless and out of keeping with Positive. to assert that Yugoslavia is showing geal 8nd tha tendencies,” that it is a “socialist country, ee t the Tito clique is an “anti-imperialist force.” . Cer “Yugog ain persons are now attempting to introduce the AV revisionist clique into the socialist com- 8nd the international Communist ranks. This St the socialist camp and the world Communist - i Parties and countries and despite the many difficulties is openly to tear up the agreement unanimously reached at the 1960 meeting of the fraternal parties and is absolutely impermissible. Over the past few years, the revisionist trend flood- ing the international working-class movement and_ the many experiences and lessons of the international Communist movement have fully confirmed the cor- rectness of the conclusion in the Declaration and the Statement that revisionism is the main danger in the international Communist movement at present. However, certain persons are openly saying that dogmatism and not revisionism is the main danger, or that dogmatism is no less dangerous than revision- ism, etc. What sort of principle underlies all this? Firm Marxist-Leninists and genuine Marxist-Leninist ' parties must put principles first. They must not barter away principles, approving one thing today and an- other tomorrow, advocating one thing today and an- other tomorrow. Together with all Marxist-Leninists, the Chinese Com- munists will continue to wage an uncompromising struggle against modern revisionism in order to defend the purity of Marxism-Leninism and the principled stand of the Declaration and the Statement. While combating revisionism, which is the main danger in the international Communist movement, Communists must also combat dogmatism. As stated in the 1957 Declaration, proletarian parties “should firmly adhere to the principle of combining... universal Marxist-Leninist truth with the specific prac- ‘tice of revolution and construction in their countries.” That is to say: On the one hand, it is necessary at all times to adhere to the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism. Failure to do so will lead to right opportunjst or revisionist errors. On the other hand, it is always necessary to proceed from reality, maintain close contact with the masses, constantly sum up the experience of mass struggles, and independently work out and apply policies and tactics suited to the conditions of one’s own country. Errors of dogmatism will be committed if one fails to do so, if one mechanically copies the policies and tactics of another Communist Party, submits blindly to the will of others or accepts without anaysis the program and resolutions of another Communist Party as one’s own line. Some people are now violating this basic principle, which was long ago affirmed in the Declaration. On the pretext of “creatively developing Marxism-Lenin- ism,” they cast aside the universal truth of Marxism- Leninism. Moreover, they describe as “universal Marx- ist-Leninist truths” their own prescriptions which are based on nothing but subjective conjecture and are divorced from reality and from the masses, and they force others to accept these prescriptions uncondi- tionally. ‘That is why many grave phenomena have come to pass in the international Communist movement. A most important lesson from the experience of the international Communist movement is that the develop- ment and victory of a revolution depend on the exist- ence of a revolutionary proletarian party. There must be a revolutionary party. “There must be a revolutionary party built according to the revolutionary theory and revolutionary style of Marxism-Leninism. There must be a revolutionary party able to integrate the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism with the con- crete practice of the revolution in its own country. There must be a revolutionary party able to link the leadership closely with the broad masses of the peopje. There must be a revolutionary party that perseveres in the truth, corrects its errors and knows how to con-— duct criticism and self-criticism. a Only such a revolutionary party can lead the pro- letariat and the broad masses of the people in defeating imperialism and its lackeys, winning a thorough victory in the national democratic revolution and winning the - socialist revolution. . ee: If a party is not a proletarian revolutionary party but a bourgeois reformist party; oe If it is not a Marxist-Leninist party but a revisionist : party; If it is not a vanguard party of the proletariat but a party tailing after the bourgeoisie; If it is not a party representing the interests of the proletariat and all the working people but a party repre- senting the interests of the labor aristocracy; If it is not an international party but a nationalist — party; If it is not a party that can use its brains to think for itself and acquire an accurate knowledge of the — trends of the different classes in its own country through serious investigation and study, and knows how to apply the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism and integrate it with the concrete practice of its own country, but instead is a party that parrots the words of other, copies foreign experience without analysis, runs hither and thither in response to the baton ots certain persons abroad, and has become a i of revisionism, dogmatism and everything but Marxist- Leninist principle; Then such a party is absolutely incapable of leading the proletariat and the masses in revolutionary strug- gle, absolutely incapable of winning the revolution and absolutely incapable of fulfilling the great historical mission of the proletariat. : : = : A This is a question all Marxist-Leninists, all class- conscious workers and all progressive people every- — where need to ponder deeply. . 25 It is the duty of Marxist-Leninists to distinguish — between truth and falsehood with respect to the. dif- ferences that have arisen in the international Com- munist movement. In the common interest of the unity for struggle against the enemy, we have always advo- | cated solving problems through inter-party consultations and opposed bringing differences into the open before the enemy. As the comrades of the CPSU know, the public polemics in the international Communist movement © have been provoked by certain fraternal party leaders and forced on us. Since a public debate has been provoked, it ought to — be conducted on the basis of equality among fraternal _ parties and of democracy, and by presenting the facts and reasoning things out. _ ; — Since certain party leaders have publicly attacked other fraternal parties and provoked a public debate, it _ is our opinion that they have no reason or right to — forbid the fraternal parties attacked to make public replies. : Since certain party leaders have published innumer- able articles attacking other fraternal parties, why do they not publish in their own press the articles parties have written in reply? — : Latterly, the Communist Party of China has been _ Subjected to preposterous attacks. The attackers have _ raised a great hue and cry and, disregarding the facts, have fabricated many charges against us. We have — July 26—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 13 _ aes