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MPERALIST
GLOBAL STRATEGY

Text of Communique from meeting of representatives of
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the French
Communist Party held Nov. 4-5, 1968.

Cuba industrializes

By WILLIAM DEVINE

In the midst of Cuba’s huge
agricultural development, which
is fact, reports persisted about
industry also growing.

“But how could this be?’, I
kept asking with some disbelief.
Tremendous material and man-
power resources have _ been
channeled into agriculture, and it
seemed impossible anything
could be left. over for industry.

Besides, one of the main aims
of the agricultural push (through
producing big money-earning
export crops) is to finance future
industrialization, with the ‘“‘take-
off’ date for this set for 1970.
So what was this about industry
going ahead in the meantime?
time? :

An answer began to emerge
during a recent trip to central
Las Villas province,

The first stop on our bus tour
of Cienfuegos’ new _ industrial
- zone caused the first jolt to my
disbeliefs. For there before me
was a huge structure which
soon took form as a no-nonsense
thermal electric plant. This
(temporarily name d the
O’Bourke plant) was one of the
things I had heard of. But it
was no myth.

The 21-million-peso O’Bourke
plant, we found out, was not
quite completed, but it was ob-

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viously well on the way. Its
first 30,000 kilowatt generator
was to go into operation soon,
with another one scheduled for
next year. Equipped with Czech
installations, it was built by
Cubans.

Well, that was something to
ponder. But not for long by it-
self. For off in the distance stood
what looked like a huge alum-
inum quonset hut gleaming in
the sun. Our bus soon carried us
there and my no-industry ideas
got their next wallop.

This was the Cienfuegos
bulk-sugar-shipping sea termin-
al. Of course, I’d heard of this.
I’d been told .it’s the - world’s
largest, and that when fully
completed at the end of this
year it will funnel out two mil-
lion tons of bulk sugar annually.
After our tour of inspection,
there remained no doubt of this.

(Cuba, by the way—and put
all doubts aside—has two other
bulk sugar terminals which are
being enlarged, and which for
the 1970 10-million-ton harvest
will ship out three million tons
between them. With Cienfuegos,
that will make five million tons,
making Cuba the world’s largest
exporter of bulk sugar. It’s 10
million tons in 1970 will also
make the island the world’s
largest producer.)

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A meeting took place in the
CPSU Central Committee on No-
vember 4-5, 1968, between the
delegations of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union and
the French Communist Party.

There took part in the meeting
from the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union: L. I. Brezhnev,
General Secretary of the CPSU
Central Committee; A. P. Kiri-
lenko, Member of the Political
Bureau and Secretary of the
CPSU Central Committee; M. A.
Suslov, Member of the Political
Bureau and Secretary of the
CPSU Central Committee, and
B. N. Ponomarev, Secretary of
the CPSU Central Committee.

From the French Communist
Party — W. Rochet, General
Secretary of the FCP; J. Duclos,
Member of the Political Bureau
of the FCP; R. Guyot, Member
of the Political Bureau of the
FCP; G. Marchais, Member of
the Political Bureau and Secre-
tary of the FCP Central Com-
mittee, and J. Kanapa, Member
of the FCP Central Committee.

In the course of the talks,
opinions: were extensively ex-
changed on the international si-

tuation, struggle against imperi- -

alism, urgent problems of the
world communist movement as
well as other questions of com-
mon interest.

The meeting proceeded in an
atmosphere of sincerity and fra-
ternal friendship.

Characterizing the internation-
al situation the CPSU and FCP
delegations stressed that the
most aggressive circles of im-
perialism are trying by every
means to weaken the revolution-
ary forces, primarily the world
socialist system, to retard the
process of the national and so-
cial liberation of peoples. How-
ever, the forces of peace, nation-
al liberation, progress and so-
cialism can inflict defeat on the
“global strategy” of imperialism
and its attempts to aggravate
the international situation. For
this it is needed that all these
forces display vigilance, energe-

tic activity and be united in the

struggle against imperialism.
Unity of the Communist and
Workers’ Parties, their effective
solidarity and close cooperation
must play a decisive role in this.

The CPSU and FCP delega-
tions expressed satisfaction in
connection with the complete
and unconditional termination
of the bombings and other ag-
gressive actions by American
imperialism against the Demo-
cratic Republic of Vietnam and
the agreement reached on the
convocation of talks in Paris in
which there would take part, in

addition to the delegation of the
Democratic Republic of Viet-
nam, also representatives of the
South Vietnam National Libera-
tion Front. They regard this as
an important victory for the
Vietnamese people, and all the
progressive and _ peace-loving
forces of the world.

At the same time both delega-
tions regard the success achiev-
ed as the first stage,on the road
to a peaceful settlement in Viet-
nam. Both Parties, together with
all the peace-loving forces, will
step up their activities for the
achievement of the complete
withdrawal of the American
troops from Vietnam and politi-
cal settlement of the Vietnamese
problem as a whole.

Opinions were exchanged on
the situation in the Middle East
in the course of which it was
stressed that only the uncondi-
tional and strict fulfilment by
Israel of the Security Council
resolution of November 22, 1967,
the main demand of which is the
withdrawal of the Israeli troops
from the occupied Arab terri-
tories, can help to normalize the
situation in the Middle East. The
delegations come out in favor of
the satisfaction of the legitimate
rights of the Palestinian Arabs,
and recognition of the rights of
all states of this part of the
world to existence. The CPSU
and the FCP reaffirm their soli-
darity with the just struggle of
the Arab peoples for national and
social liberation, against imperi-
alism and neo-colonialism.

Both delegations expressed the

opinion that the situation in Eu-

rope is becoming complicated
as a result of the growth of re-
vanchist and neo-fascist tenden-
cies in the policy of the Federal
Republic of Germany.
West-German imperialism is
developing undermining activi-
ties against the socialist coun-
tries, does not reject its expan-
sionist plans with regard to the

German Democratic Republic,

continues to come out for the
revision of the postwar borders
in Europe, demands access to
nuclear weapons.

The delegations of the CPSU
and the FCP consider that it is
necessary to continue a decisive

struggle against the machina-"

tions of West-German revanch-
ists, for the establishment of the
principle of firmness of the post-
war frontiers and for the recog-
nition of the German Democratic
Republic as a sovereign state.
All these measures will help to
ensure peace and security of
the peoples in Europe.

The delegations of both Par-
ties reaffirmed their full support

of the decisions of the Karlovy
Vary conference and agreed UP
on further joint steps for thelt
realization.

Both delegations again  e®
pressed their support of all the
measures directed towards 1
striction of the arms race, nu
lear arms race, and towards Cl
ation of favorable conditions f0f
general and complete disarm@
ment. :

The implementation of all
these measures would play #
great role in the strengthenilié
of universal peace, in the catty”
ing out of the policy of peacefl
coexistence of states with differ
ent social systems.

The delegation expressed d&
termination of their parties 1
take part in campaigns of soll:
darity in support of the peoples
—victims of repressions on
part of military-fascist dictato™
ships.

Both delegations confirmed
the need of further development!
of friendly relations betwee?
France and the Soviet Union, 4”
important factor of ensuriné
peace and security in Europe.

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The delegations of the cPst
and the FCP, having exchange

‘their views on the events #

Czechoslovakia, expressed theif

concern that, in the framew
of the accords concluded and P¥
into effect by the CPSU and the
Communist Party of Czechosl0
vakia, the situation should D®
come normalized on the basis
Marxism-Leninism, that the P®
sitions of socialism should
strengthened and flower in that
country.
" Both delegations consider tha!
a new international conferen®
of Communist and Workers’ Pa!
ties is called upon to play ia
important role in the cause 8
uniting the world commun
movement on the principles ©
Marxism - Leninism, proletatl@?
internationalism for the strug
against imperialism. Satisfact!
was expressed with the state
the preparatory work for ©
Conference. Both delegations
considered that the conferene
should take place in the nee
future, and on behalf of thet
Parties they again confirmed 9
termination to take active eff
to create the most favorable oe
ditions for the success 0
conference. - U
The delegations of the CPAs
and the FCP expressed readies!
to continue to strengthen soll
arity and develop tradition®
friendship and cooperation i
their Parties on the basis of
principles of Marxism-Leninis®”
equality and independence, P™
letarian internationalism. q
Pravda, Nov:

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But there was more to come
in Cienfuegos. Our next stop
was the site, just up the road,

of the famous fertilizer plant.
Now, it’s just a site, although
construction equipment and ma-
terials are all about. But with
the help of a $40 million British
credit, it’s scheduled to be com-
pleted by 1970, when it will turn
out 465,000 tons of fertilizers
annually. Having just seen the
O’Bourke electricity plant and
the bulk sugar terminal, the
completion seemed a safe bet.

As we drove away, I recalled
another new industrial area that
I had heard much about. This is
in the northern-coast port city
of Nuevitas in Camaguey prov-
ince, where, as I’ve been told, a
300-million-peso industrial dev-
elopment plan is underway. This
also includes fertilizer plants
and a power plant whose first of
two 60,000 kilowatt units is set

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to begin operation any day. This
plant, incidentally, has
planned to eventually comprise
six units of 60,000 kilowatts
each. Plus, at Nuevitas, the
brand-new July 26th cement
factory, with a capacity of
60,000 tons yearly.

I’d known the Nuevitas cem-
ent factory to be a fact. Its first
bag of cement was delivered to
Fidel Castro on April 19, while
he was making a speech, well
ahead of the plant’s scheduled
opening.

And thinking about the Nue-
vitas cement factory, I also
recalled the reports of another
one of the same size near the
finishing stage at Siguaney in
Las Villas province. Then, with
the Cienfuegos and Nuevitas
electricity plants in mind, I
further remembered the 200,000
kilowatt power plant at Mariel,
just west of Havana, built since

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the Revolution. .

These thoughts, howeve!
were interrupted by our alt!
back in Santa Clara. There,
were taken to an exhibition
transport equipment now belle
built in Cuba. There were mou?
tain buses, whose engines we
Soviet but whose frames 2”
bodies were built in Havare
plants. And train coaches. PlW
spare parts. And that is some
thing never done before. f

Which in turn reminded m@—
the metals industry being dev"
eloped in Cuba, based on i
vast nickel deposits (said t0 b
the world’s largest) in northe®
Oriente province. Last Sept?”
ber, the Nicaro nickel plant S¥
passed a 10-year producti
record. And the other plant @
Moa is also in high-gear. F

Well, so far that’s a rath
hit-and-miss survey | of cuba
industrial achievements sine
the Revolution. it

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