WORLD Yuri Andropov, a man of Creativity and innovation — Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and President of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR died Feb. 9 in Moscow following a lengthy illness. Andropov served in his Posts for tiie past 15 months having been elected as Party and State leader in November, 1982 following the death of Leonid Brezhnev. Following four days of official mourning, Andropov was buried in Red Square Feb, 14. F; uneral services were attended by statesmen and world leaders including Prime Minister Trudeau, U.S. vice-president George Bush, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy, Chinese vice-premier Wan Li, Italian President Sandro Pertini, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and West German Chan- cellor Helmut Kohl. Present also were leaders from Communist and Workers’ Parties from around the world including Wil- liam Kashtan, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada. By GENNADY PISAREVSKY APN Political Correspondent _ MOSCOW — As they paid their last respects to Yuri Andropov, the Soviet people rendered great homage to the memory of an outstanding leader. A man of extra- ordinary modesty and good will, Yuri Andropov was inspired in his work by the spirit of creativity and innova- tion, Courage and a sober approach to the problems of the day. He hated fine-sounding words, he clearly and neatly formulated the tasks which had to be accomplished, and went deeply into the essence of things. That was his individual hallmark, so to speak, which earned him the high esteem of the people. The Special Plenary Meeting of the CPSU Central Committee on Feb. 13 unanimously elected Konstantin Chernenko its General Secretary. Peace, socialism are one — Kashtan MOSCOW — “I welcome the statement by CPSU General Secretary Konstantin Chernenko,”’ William Kashtan, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada told Novosti press here. “Imperialism is trying to create the impression that there is weakness on the part of the Soviet Union. And again they make the same mistake as before — to under- estimate the Soviet Union, to underestimate the power of the Soviet Union and to underestimate the peaceful aims and intentions of the Soviet Union.. “The USSR will pursue the same policy that it has fought for throughout the years — the policy of peace and peaceful co-existence, of detente, of disarmament based on parity, equality and security. And you can be assured of that because peace and socialism go together which cannot be said of imperialism, because war and imperialism go together,’’ Kashtan said. He offered the Soviet People his condolences on the death of Yuri Andropov and noted that Andropov made the outstanding contribution to the struggle for peace, to the cause of social and national liberation. “Even in the short time in which he lived and acted as General Secretary of the Party and head of the State, he has performed work which will stand as a monument to him,”’ Kashtan said. Dealing with Soviet-Canadian relations, Kashtan said: “It seems to me that they have improved. As far as Canada is concerned and the government, there seems to be a bit of difference between its position and relation- ship with the Soviet Union and that of President Reagan and the U.S. administration. Canadians generally wel- come that and look forward to the further strengthening of economic, cultural and scientific relations between our two countries. We are neighbours, and we should be good neighbors. I think that’s how Canadians would like it tobe. “To both of our peoples I wish a better life, a pros- perous life and, above all, peace to prevent the destruc- tion of the world in which none would benefit and all humankind would be destroyed. I think that’s the wish of those Canadians who now realize, if they had not before, that none will profit by war. 8 e PACIFIC TRIBUNE, FEBRUARY 22, 1984 i CPC condolences TORONTO — “It is with great sorrow that we learn of the untimely Passing away of Yuri An- dropov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,”’ said a cable sent Feb. 10 to the Central Committee of the CPSU by the Cent- ral Committee of the Communist Party of Canada, and signed by General Secretary William Kashtan. “Comrade Andropov was an outstanding Marx- ist-Leninist, a true patriot of his country, a firm internationalist whose contributions to the advancement of the cause of peace, national and Social liberation was outstanding,”’ the message said. | “‘Please convey our condolences to the Soviet people Bae to his family.”’ PHOTO — TASS In his speech to the plenary meeting, Chernenko at- tached paramount importance to continuity in politics. “Continuity is not an abstract notion, but a real, living thing’, he stressed. “The most essential point is, above all, to march on, never stand still; to march on, relying on everything that has already been achieved, building on it, concentrating the collective thought and energy of the Communists, the working class and the entire people on outstanding tasks and key problems of the present and the future’’. “We have many problems. First and foremost, we must promote our economic growth and overcome the difficulties we had to face at the turn of the 1980’s. YURI ANDROPOV 1914-1984 quality,’’ Chernenko said. ‘‘We are putting the advaly tages and potential of our system to better use.’’ AMONB — these improvements, one can mention the strengthening | of discipline and everyone’s enhanced sense of respo™ sibility on the job. The basic guidelines for economic development have been clearly defined and fully reaffirmed in Cher nenko’s speech. These are the intensification of Pf duction, acceleration of scientific and technological pro- gress in every sector of the national economy, imple- mentation of major integrated programs and restructul- : “The State of things in the national economy is now improving, witness the performance of 1983 which saw a rise In our economic growth rates and an improvement of ing of the system of management — everything that is, 12 the long run, to advance the productive forces % society to a higher level. Chemenko: ‘We wish to live in peace W By VLADIMIR KATIN APN Political Analyst Konstantin Chernenko, elected General Secretary of the CPSU, in his first speech again specified the strategic directions of Soviet foreign policy. A course towards peaceful coexistence and towards deliver- ance of mankind from the threat of nuclear war has been and re- mains the main direction. The ad- dress to the Communist Party and the Soviet people, adopted by the - Central Committee of the CPSU, the Presidium of the Supreme So- viet of the USSR and the Council of Ministers of the USSR in connection with the death of Yuri Andropov, says: ‘We wish to live in peace with all countries, and to cooperate actively with all governments and organizations which are ready to work honestly and constructively in the name of peace.”’ This Leninist policy of peace meets the vital interests of not only the Soviet people who fully Support it, but those of other na- tions as well. ‘‘We shall not de- viate one inch from that policy,”’ Chernenko declared. He singled out three major directions of Soviet foreign pol- icy: relations with the socialist countries, with the nations which have embarked on the road of independent development, and with the capitalist states. PHOTO — TASS Stressing the common vital in- terest of the socialist countries in durable peace, Chernenko sup- ported the further promotion of cooperation with them in all fields. Addressing the fraternal countries, he said: ‘‘The Soviet Union will continue to be your reliable friend and true ally.”” One of the fundamentals of Soviet foreign policy has been and remains solidarity with the peoples who have shattered the bonds of colonial dependence, especially with those who are re- pelling the attacks of imperialism which create violence and war in different parts of the world. The third direction of Soviet foreign policy is relations with the ith all countries’ capitalist states. Here the prin- ciple-of peaceful coexistence of states with different social sys- tems has been and remains the foundation of Soviet foreign pol- icy. ‘Today, in the age of nuclear weapons and super-accurate mis- siles, peaceful coexistence is needed as never before,”’ the Soviet leader noted. He expres- sed regret that some leaders of the capitalist countries did not clearly realize or did not wish to realize that fact. _ ~* The Soviet Union clearly sees the threat which is created today by the reckless, venturesome ac- tions of aggressive forces, and have set the task of preventing the military equilibrium from being upset. The Soviet Union has and will have enough means to cool the hot heads of militant adven- turists. This fact is a very substantial prerequisite for preserving peace. Moscow again puts special em- phasis on its determination to cooperate in every way with all states which are ready to facilitate the relaxation of international tensions by practical deeds, and to create an atmosphere of trust in the world. In other words, Mos- cow is resolved to cooperate with all those who will work for stronger peace, rather than pre- pare for war. This is the main di- rection of Soviet foreign policy today and in perspective.