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the ¢j pale a coachmen drove
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The Soviet leader noted with
satisfaction the development of
good relations with France,
Italy and other European states.
“The development of the situ-
ation in Europe, as throughout
the world, is obviously: unfavor-
able for the designs of West
German militarists and revan-
chists. Their policy is living
through a deep crisis, an ex-
pression of which is the recent
change of leaders in the Bonn
government.”

In China, said Brezhnev,
“the great-power, anti-Soviet
policy of Mao Tse-tung and his
group has entered a new, dan-
gerous phase. This policy is
damaging the interests of the
embattled Vietnamese people,
preventing as it does the estab-
lishment of a united  anti-
imperialist front. Nor is it pos-
sible not to see the damage that
the present course of Mao and
his group is causing to the in-
terests of the Chinese people
themselves — the workers, the
peasants, the intellectuals—and

quickly jumped out and ran for
the warmth of a nearby res-
taurant.
* * *
Some 4,000 tourists from 30

countries poured into Moscow |

for the recent Winter Festival.
Main attraction was not the

what a blow it is to the Com-
munist Party of China. This is
a great tragedy for all real Com-
munists in “China, and we ex-

press our deep sympathy to .

them=. .<

“By exposing the ideology
and policy of the present Pek-
ing leaders, which have nothing
in common with Marxism-Len-
inism, we are struggling not
against the Communist Party of
China, not against China, but
for the Communist Party of
China, for bringing it back to
the road of internationalism,
for its unity with all fraternal
parties on the principled basis
of Marxism-Leninism, of the
general course of the Commu-
nist movement.”

Dealing with the ripening
conditions for a new interna-
tional Communist meeting,
Brezhnev said that ‘such a
meeting “must be preceded by
large-scale preparatory work,
broad consultations and cre-
ative discussions of pressing
problems of our time.”

Russian winter, but the Soviet
stars of ballet, music and stage,
performing in such famous the-
atres as the Bolshoi, the mag-
nificent Kremlin Palace of Con-
gresses and the venerable Mos-
cow Art Theatre.

Next big winter event com-

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THE UNITED STATES Supreme Court has. ruled that New
York State may not fire public school teachers — or any other
civil servant—solely because they are members of the Communist
Party. The decision described the state’s law as “a highly efficient
terror mechanism” and a menace to academic freedom . . . The
effect of war-inspired secrecy on the advancement of science in the
U.S. will be one of the: major subjects probed by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science during the current
year. :
* * *

SOVIET AUTHORITIES closed Moscow’s first semi-public
exhibition by a group of modernist Russian painters only half an
hour after it opened. It was not clear who had ordered the closure.
The only official explanation was that the room was needed for a
film show. No reason was given for the next day’s cancellation . . .
U.S. Defence Department has announced plans for the spending of
millions on bases in Britain indicating they are planning a long stay.

* * * ,

WAVES of anti-war demonstrators greeted South Vietnam’s
puppet premier, marshall Ky, on his tour of Australia and New
Zealand . . . British troops and police have been using tear gas
against demonstrators in Aden who are protesting continued British

occupation.
* * *

NEGRO REPRESENTATIVE Julian Bond has now taken his
seat in the Georgia State Legislature. He had been denied it be-
cause of opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam but the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled that he could not be denied his seat...
Farmers in Ireland have been blocking the roads with their ma-

‘chinery as part of their agitation for increased government grants

and subsidies.
* * *

FIVE CENTRES in Europe and America will be linked by the

Early Bird Satellite Feb. 5 in an all-color program of-an exhibition ©

of the works of Picasso as well as the auctioning of one of his
‘paintings in aid of the restoration of the historic art of Florence...
Equal rights in Texas may soon be the case if a bill is passed giving
wives the right to shoot their husbands’ lovers if they catch them
in the act of adultry. Texas husbands already have the right to shoot
their wives’ lovers.
* * x “aN

AFTER FOUR YEARS’ work the filming of War and Peace has
been completed in Moscow. Well-known Soviet actor Sergei Bon-
darchuk (seen in Canada in Othello and other roles) both played the
main part, that of Pierre Bezhukov, and was the film’s producer .

Winter days are glorious in Moscow

ing up is the sixth Spartakiad for the Winter Olympics in
of the Soviet trade unions, Grenoble, France, The 10 events
Some 10 million people willpar- include ski-jumping and ski-
ticipate, and the cream of this racing, ice hockey, figure skat-
crop, about 2,500 sportsmen, ing and other winter sports.
will compete in the finals from In the USSR sports are for
Feb. 27 to March 9. all the people, and the Spartak-

The Spartakiad is a warm-up jad is one means of introducing
physical culture into the every-
day life of Soviet: citizens.

* * *

Despite the cold weather,
these are glorious days in Mos-
cow. Jack Frost creates new

panes every night, and when
the sun shines and the crisp
snow crackles underfoot, . a
brisk walk in Gorky Park
among the snow-laden trees re-
quires the pen of a poet to de-
scribe one’s feelings of pure
delight.

So if any of you readers have
been hesitating about visiting
the Soviet Union in winter, my
friendly advice is to. “button up
your overcoat” and come along.
You will discover that a Mos-
cow winter is something to be
enjoyed, and the warmth of the
welcome you will receive from
Muscovites will soon make you
forget that it is 20 degrees be-
low outside.

February 3, 1967—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 9

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