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U.S. threatens oil nations

Hungry for oil and growling

The United States oil corpora-

- tions and government appear to

be launching an all-out attack

_ On the oil exporting nations in

_ vestment restrictions on the

a desperate attempt to recover
their: stranglehold over the oil
industry and the price of oil.
While the majority of oil ex-
Porting nations are taking steps
to gain more control over their
resources through nationaliza-
tion, increased taxation and in-

In the Socialist

Soviet Union
By ANATOLI STRELYANY
_ APN Commentator
MOSCOW — This January

_ Marks the 70th aniversary of the

eed Revolution, in Russia.
Sa © Communist Party of the
fe viet Union Central Commit-
© resolution, it is assessed as
the first people’s revolution of
fan Imperialist epoch, the revo-
tion which started a new
Period of the world history, the
eeted Of political upheavals and
evolutionary battles.
ae Was bourgeois-democratic in
Character and aims, but the

Proletariat came out in it for

poli first time as an independent
Itical force, and its leading

Tole was embodied in the Bol-

— Workin

Shevik Party. In the course of
© Tevolution a union of the

; & Class and the peasantry
peer to shape up for the first
Mme in history.

democratic republic, an 8-

hour Working day, confiscation

Of la
aoe formulated by the Lenin-
~ oO made up the basis
Baa € joint struggle of workers
Fi Peasants.
hie for the first time in
litical there emerged such po-
viets Organizations as the So-
= a Workers’ Deputies and
Soldie e Soviets of Peasants’ and
strike TS Deputies. They ted
eing | and the armed uprising,
lutice, in this way organs of revo-
tions ary Power, of the revolu-
Por the democratic dictatorship
aa € proletariat and the peas-
Sovig: They were a prototype of
-t power in its present form.
Soe : Communist Party of the
net Union considers that the
a €nce of the First Russian
the Benen and Lenin’s ideas of
lets -Ominating role of the pro-
mat in the revolutionary

Ndlords’ lands — the de-.

American-owned giants, the U.S.
is retaliating with its usual at-
titude of the politics of domina-
tion. Secretary of State Kiss-
inger threatened military inter-
vention in the oil exporting na-

’ tions of the Middle East if their

supply and price of oil to the
United States does not please
that country’s government. And
a Foreign Trade Law was pass-
ed in which oil exporting coun-
tries are excluded from tariff

struggle of: the masses, are par-
ticularly topical:today, when the
international working class is
winning a leading role in the

broadly-based, democratic, anti-

imperialist movement.

The CPSU believes that the

wider and deeper .the revolution-
ary movement of the masses, the
more.important the role of the
proletarian, Marxist party as the
vanguard of the working class.
This conclusion challenged op-

portunism and _ revisionism,
whose inner essence remains un-
changed.

In Soviet society, the society
of developed socialism, the lead-
ing role of the working class, of
the Communist Party and of the

Soviet State is indispensable for

further development.

Cuba
HAVANA — The 11th World

Student and Youth Festival will
be held in Cuba in 1976, an-
nounced Isidoro Malmierca,
member of the Secretariat of the
Cuban Communist Party.

“For the first time a Latin
American country will play host
to the young people from around
the world, of different ideologies
and tendencies, but united by
common goals of anti-imperialist
solidarity and peace,” Malmierca

said. :

aria
Baer — Although children’s
operative therapeutics began in
Bulgaria only two decades ago,
Bulgarian surgeons have succeed-
ed in keeping abreast of world

standards. Soviet specialists with

whom they are often in contact

have been of great help to them. —

In Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna
there are now four children’s
clinics and scores of ¢hildren’s
surgical wards and departments

benefits, and are subject to im-
port restrictions.

United States Attacks Criticized
The new Bill violates the Gen-
eral System of Preferences
adopted by the United Nations
six years ago. It has been blast-
ed by OPEC member nations as
a reflection of American policy
designed to control the raw ma-
terials market and exploit the
natural resources of developing
nations. : :
Statements by Henry Kissing-
er and other top U.S. officials

’ concerning the use of force

against Middle East oil produ-
cers have been criticized widely,
not only by those countries af-
fected by the statements. Egypt
criticized the “‘ill-timed state-
ment” of Kissinger as harmful to
Arab-U.S. relations, saying that
his threat was “unacceptable.”
One country that is under a
major attack by the American
government is Venezuela, the
largest oil producer in Latin Am-
erica and the third largest in the
13-member Organization of Pe-
troleum Exporting Countries.
Petroleum exports account for
98% of that country’s income,
thus making it extremely vul-
nerable to U.S. economic attack.
Nationalization the Most
Important Task This Year
Nationalization of the oil in-
dustry will be the most impor-
tant task of the Venezuelan
government in 1975 with a draft
bill drawn up by the Presidential

in hospitals. The children’s clinic
of the Medical ‘Academy at the
Pirogov Emergency Hospital in
Sofia is the largest. Its six wards
(for the newly born, for those
suffering from abdominal, chest
and urological disorders and for
injuries and intensive care) treat
more than 3,000 children every
year and hold consultations for
about 18,000 children who are
outpatients.

Czechoslovakia

BRATISLAVA — After suc-
cesses in Moscow and Nice the
high standards of Czechoslovak
book culture was confirmed at
the 1974 Exhibition of the Most
Beautful Book in the World,
held in Leipzig in the German
Democratic Republic. Competing
with some 30 countries, two
books of the Slovak Writers, and
Tatran Publishing Houses—“Ly-
sistratos” by Aristophanes, and
“The Song about Slovakia” by
Pavol Koys and Karfol Kallay,
won. honorary acknowledge-
ments and were ranked among
the most beautiful books in the
world.

Mongolia

- ULA NBATOR (ADN) — Geo-
logists from the German Demo-
cratic Republic and the Mongo-
lian People’s Republic are co-
operating in the search for ores

in the desert areas in eastern

Mongolia.

GDR specialists have been
working at an ore mine and
dressing plant at Burentsogt
since 1971; a modernized section
of the plant was taken into op-
eration in early 1974.

The agreement also provides
for Mongolian miners to attend
training courses in the GDR, and
for GDR specialists to assist the
Mongolian colleagues on the job.

Oil Reversion Commission be-

fore President Perez and due for |

examination by Congress when
its session begins in March.

The document provides for
complete state take-over of all
phases of the industry including
marketing abroad. At present
the industry is controlled by 22
foreign oil companies, the ma-
jority being U.S. based. The com-
panies had expected to retain
control over the lucrative mark-
eting side of the industry, thus
the draft Bill means a serious
set back for their profits.

The Bill reads: ‘Foreign trade
in petroleum and its products
will be managed and controlled
by the State, through the agen-
cies now in existence or to be
created for the purpose. .. . It
is stipulated that if there is fail-
ure to come to an agreement, the
court will order the prior occu-
pation of the holdings and rights
subject to expropriation. The
government is not obliged to de-
posit the amount of any compen-
sation payment.”

Compensation will be paid for
no more than the net worth of

‘holdings, facilities, plants and

equipment. Deductions will oc-
cur for the value of oil extracted

Mc

outside concession limits, social
security and other payments due
to workers if they have not been
received and debts to the Na-
tional Treasury.
Oil Companies Retaliate
Against Nationalization

The oil companies themselves
are retaliating against the Vene-
zuelan government, attempting
to thwart nationalization plans.
One tactic is designed to remove
the best oil technicians from the
country, whether they be Vene-
zuelan or foreign with the aim
of causing serious problems in
sectors-where long-term training
is necessary. Also interpreted as
a manoeuver to cause set backs
is the abandonment of more than
5,000 oil wells by various com
panies. :

The U.S. Government’s For-
eign Trade Law has already re-
sulted in a loss of trade for
Venezuela through the cancella-
tion of large textile orders. This
aspect of American pressure on
the OPEC countries of. Latin
America is an obvious ploy by
the government to aid the oil
companies in retaining their
holdings and control in OPEC
member countries through cut-
ting off needed ‘trade.

Peace Congress hits
Kissinger oil threat

TORONTO — John Morgan,
President of the Canadian Peace
Congress, Jan. 10 termed the
recent statements of Henry Kis-
singer that the United States
might. use armed aggression

against the oil producing states

of the Mid-East “as further evi-
dence’ that the foreign policy of
the United States continue to
serve the profit-making interests
of the giant monopolies, in this
instance Western oil monopolies
such as Exxon, Standard Oil,
etc., whose incredibly high pro-
fits during the so-called fuel
crisis indicate utter contempt for
public opinion and complete con-
fidence in their men in Washing-
ton, represented not only by
former Rockefeller employee
Kissinger but now by the Big
Boss himself crowned recently
as Vice-President.

“Unable, as in Chile, to ar-
range fascist overthrows of the
Mid-Eastern governments con-

cerned, the giant monopolies
through their Washington repre-

‘sentatives threaten direct mili-

tary action, thus reproducing in
the Mid-East the hell of Viet-
nam. This is a scheme to make
the American people pay in
blood and treasure while corpor-
ate profits mount.

“The days of unbelievably low
oil prices such as we have seen
during the 75 years are over, but
it is not through war with Mid-
Eastern countries that fair costs
to the public are established, but
through control of corporate pro-
fits,’ Mr. Morgan said.

“Nor would war with the Mid-
Eastern countries be in any way
a matter of quick military vic-
tories, as in the old gun-boat
days. Before the Mid-Eastern
pecples let their oil and other
resources fall once more under
complete Western domination,
they have warned that they will
destroy them and sabotage any
attempts at reconstruction. The
Mid-East is already the area in
which a third world. war could
begin; Kissinger’s statement in-.
creases rather, than lowers ten-
sion, Men who propose war are
playing with nuclear fire.

The Canadian Government
should make clear its rejection
of Kissinger’s incredible state-
ments and support genuine poli-
cies aimed at peace. Kissinger’s
statements should be brought for
censure before the United Na-
tions.”

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