these articles and speeches attacking us in ‘We have also published in full in our press the Soviet leader's report at the meeting of the Supreme Soviet on Dec. 12, 1962, the’ Pravda editorial board’s of Jan. 7, 1963, the speech of the head of the $ J delegation at the Sixth Congress of the Socialist Party of Germany on Jan. 16, 1963 and the Pravda al board’s article of Feb. 10, 1963. have also published the full texts of the two s from the Central Committee of the CPSU dated 2 ant March 30, 1963. 3 We ee replied to some’of the articles and speeches which fraternal parties have attacked us, but have yet replied to others. For example, we have not oes to the many articles and ee, of eon the ees Between Comrade Togliatti ome Important Problems of Leninism in the » World,” — t on the Statement S the Communist , you are referring to these articles when letter of March 30 you accuse Chinese press of making “groundless attacks” on ‘It is turning things upside down to describe Teplying to our attackers as Re gee este cae: antics os “groundless” and ‘so very bad, why do you not publish all seven of attacks,” in the same way as we have your articles, and let all the Soviet comrades Saga ak ter Giese esis ine jacket whe and who wrong? You are of course entitled to wards the discussion of problems by fraternal parties, towards the truth or towards the masses. .We hope that the public debate among fraternal parties can be stopped. This is a problem that has to be dealt with in accordance with the principles of in- dependence, of equality and of reaching unanimity through consultation among fraternal parties. In the international Communist movement, no one has the right to launch attacks whenever he wants, or to order the “ending of open polemics” whenever he wants to prevent the other side from replying. It is known to the comrades of the CPSU that, in order to create a favorable atmosphere for convening the meeting of the fraternal parties, we have decided temporarily to suspend, as from March 9, 1963, public replies to the public attacks directed by name against us by comrades of fraternal parties. We reserve the right of public reply. In our letter of March 9, we said that on the question of suspending public debate “it is necessary that our two parties and the fraternal parties concerned should have some discussion and reach an agreement that is fair and acceptable to all.” ‘The foregoing are our views regarding the general line of the international Communist movement and - some related questions of principle. We hope, as we indicated at the beginning of this letter, that the frank presentation of our views will be conducive to mutual understanding. Of course, comrades may agree or dis- agree with these views. But in our opinion, the ques- tions we discuss here are the crucial questions calling for attention and solution by the international Com- munist movement. We hope that all these questions and also those raised in your letter will be fully dis- cussed in the talks between our two parties and at the meeting of representatives of all the fraternal parties. In addition, there are other questions of common concern, such as the criticism of Stalin and some im- | portant matters of principle regarding the international Communist movement which were raised at the 20th and 22nd Congresses of the CPSU, and we hope that on these questions, too, there will be.a frank exchange Bs eae in the talks. _ ; : With regard to the talks between our two parties: in our letter of March 9 we proposed that Comrade _ Khrushchov come to Peking; if this was not convenient, we proposed that another responsible comrade of the | Central Committee of the CPSU lead a delegation to eae or that we send a Baleriee * to Moscow. -Since you have stated in your letter of March that Comrade Khrushchov cannot come to China, an j since you have not expressed a desire to send a dele gation to China, the Central Committee of the Co munist Party of China has decided to send a delegation to Moscow. In your letter of March 30, you invited Comrad Mao Tse-tung to visit the Soviet Union. As early a Feb. 23, “Comrade Mao Tse-tung in his conversatiol with the Soviet ambassador to China clearly stated t reason why he was not prepared to visit the Sovi Union at the present time. You were well aware of this When a responsible comrade of the Central Co mittee of the Communist Party of China received thi Soviet ambassador to China on May 9, he informed y that we would send a delegation to Moscow in th middle of June. Later, in compliance with the reque of the Central Committee of the CPSU, we agreed postpone the talks between our two parties to July 3 We sincerely hope that the talks between the Chin and Soviet parties will yield positive results and contr bute to the preparations for convening the meeting 0 all Communist and Workers’ parties. It is now more than ever necessary for all Com: munists to unite on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism and of the Declarat and the Statement unanimously agreed upon by . pall parties. Together with Marxist-Leninist parties and revo tionary people the world over, the Communist Party fo) China will continue its unremitting efforts to uph the interests of the socialist camp and thé internatio Communist movement, the cause of the emancipati of the oppressed peoples and nations, and the strug against imperialism and for world peace. — We hope that events which grieve those near ane dear to us and only gladden the enemy will not r in the international Communist movement in: - : future. The Chinese Communists firmly believe that Marxist-Leninists, the proletariat and the revolu ary people everywhere will unite more closely, ov come all difficulties and obstacles and win still grea victories in the struggle against imperialism and world peace, and in the fight for the revolutio cause of the people of the world and the cause of ternational communism. Workers of all countries, unite! Workers and; op: pressed peoples and nations of the — world, ' Oppose our common enemy! _ With Communist greetings, CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF ‘COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHIN