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MEN AND WOMEN OF PEACE IN ALL COUNTRIES
PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF V.I. LENIN

Message by the Presidential Committee Meeting of the World Council of
Peace to the People and the Government of the Soviet Union

Men and women in every continent, in every country, salute the memory
of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, immortal founder of the first socialist state, the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The Presidential Committee of the World Peace Council has the honor
of meeting in the month of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Lenin,
and in the capital of the State which was born out of the great October
Revolution.

Lenin, in our epoch, outlined with scientific precision for all mankind
glorious principles for the struggle for peace and national independence, and
the equality of mankind—principles which inspire hundreds of millions in their
battle for a world from which war and imperialism, hunger, misery and poverty,
domination and exploitation will have been banished for all times.

_ Every people battling for peace and against imperialist aggression, strug-
Bling for liberation from imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism. finds
Strength in the work and ideals which Lenin placed before humanity.

In honor of this year of the Lenin Centenary, the World Peace Council
and its national committees in over a hundred countries have planned, together

With numerous other international and national organizations and movements

4 program of action for peace, larger, more widespread, more numerous than
M the entire history of the peace movement.

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The Soviet Union, from its very birth, proclaimed its dedication to the
Cause of peace. Lenin’s Decree on Peace, signed ‘the very day after Soviet
Power was established, laid down the principles of,a foreign policy of peace.
On this occasion of the Lenin Centenary, the World Peace Council salutes

€ Soviet people and their Government, who are devoted to the establishment
Of relations of friendship and solidarity with other countries and make the
Preservation and strengthening of world peace the cornerstone of their foreign

Policy,
h The Soviet people have defended with their lifeblood the very future of
Peony. No one can ever forget the glorious battles, the undying courage
Of Soviet men and women in the world’s struggle against nazism and fascism.
W, We are on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the end of the Second
i Orld War and the defeat of fascism. Memories come back to those who
Ived through the Second World War—memories of the epic contributions
Made by the Soviet Government and people in defence of freedom and life.
© World Peace Council pays homage to the sacred memory of the 20 million
ee soldiers and citizens who laid down their lives in the cause of peace
the independence of peoples, during the anti-fascist struggle.

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Lenin’s principles of peaceful co-existence between states with different
social systems have been the basis of the foreign policy of the Soviet Union
from the very first days. Peaceful co-existence has become a central point in
the development of international relations.

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Throughout its entire history, the Soviet Union’s actions for peace in
diplomatic and political fields have inspired millions. The Government of the
Soviet Union, implementing and carrying forward faithfully the ideals of the
great Lenin, has continuously placed before the world numerous proposals on
the most vital issues of peace—proposals which have the support of all who
stand for peace. Among such proposals are those for the strengthening of
security in Europe, in Asia and in the world, for general and complete dis-
armament; for the banning of the production and use of weapons of mass
destruction; for the liquidation of colonialism. The Soviet Union’s peace pro-
posals, have time and again, in the United Nations and elsewhere, met with
a response from all who seek peace and have strengthened the work of all
peace movements and organizations.

The Soviet Union today is a mighty bastion in the struggle for peace,
for national independence, for progress and democracy.

The Soviet Union has always given all the support asked for by the
heroic people of Vietnam in their struggle against U.S. agression and for the
right to be masters of their own destiny.

The Soviet Union stands in full support of the Arab peoples fighting
back the imperialist Israeli aggression, in full support of the peoples of Asia,
Africa and Latin America fighting against imperialism, colonialism and neo-
colonialism. :

The World Peace Council representing a wide spectrum of political and
social forces with differing viewpoints has drawn inspiration“from the resolute
and untiring efforts of the Soviet Government and people for peace, against
the threat of a new world war, for the settlement of all international issues
through negotiation and for ending all conflicts and wars imposed on the
peoples by imperialism. :

The peace forces gain confidence in their certainty of finally triumphing
over imperialism and war from the unwavering support which they always
receive from the Soviet people.

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The teachings of Lenin point the road to the victory of peace. To those
who have inherited the legacy of Lenin and built on the foundations which
he laid—the Soviet Government and people—the World Peace Council sends
today its best wishes for new successes for peace, for the happiness and
prosperity of their land and for a better future for all peoples.

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