goers Rrveveorve st! bret flr sarsere ravnent tl ~ UN, oss al » $PECIAL SUPPLE MENT iy CHINESE AND SOVIET LETTERS ON CURRENT DIFFERENCES IN THE WORLD COMMUNIST MOVEMENT A proposal concerning the general line — June 14, 1963 © the Central Committee of the Communist arty of the Soviet Union ? Dear Comrades, The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has studied the letter of the Central Committee Of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of March 30, 1963. ° ; All who have the unity of the socialist camp and the international Communist movement at heart are deep- | *¥ Concerned about the talks between the Chinese and 4 Soviet parties and hope that our talks will help to | ‘liminate differences, strengthen unity and create | favorable conditions for convening a meeting of rep- | Tesentatives of all the Communist and Workers’ parties. : It is the common and sacred duty of the Commu- 4 Nist and Workers’ parties of all countries to uphold | 4nd strengthen the unity of the international Commu- | 4 heavier responsibility for the unity of the entire | Socialist camp and international Communist move- 7 ment and should of course make commensurately | Seater efforts. A Number of major differences of principle now ®Xist in the international Communist movement. But Owever serious these differences, we should exercise ‘Sufficient patience and find ways to eliminate them — | Rist movement. The Chinese and Soviet parties bear The letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in re- ply to the letter of the Central Com- mittee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of March 30, 1963. so that we can unite our forces and.strengthen the struggle against our common enemy. It is with this sincere desire that the Central Com- mittee of the Communist Party of China approaches the forthcoming talks between the Chinese and Soviet parties. In its letter of March 30, the Central Committee of the CPSU systematically presents its views on ques- tions that need to be discussed in the talks between the Chinese and Soviet parties, and in particular raises the question of the general line of the international Communist movement. In this letter we too would like to express our views, which constitute our pro- posal on the general line of the international Commu- nist movement and on some related questions of principle. We hope that this exposition of views will be con- ducive to mutual understanding by our two parties and to a detailed, point-by-point discussion in the talks. | of the International Communist movement — We also hope that this will be conducive to the un- : derstanding of our views by the fraternal parties and to a full exchange of ideas at an international meeting — of fraternal parties. The general line of the international Communist — movement must take as its guiding principle the Marx- ist-Leninist revolutionary theory concerning the his- torical mission of the proletariat and must not depart — from it. The Moscow Meetings of 1957 and 1960 adopted the Declaration and the Statement respectively after a full exchange of views and in accordance with the prin- — ciple of reaching unanimity through consultation. The two documents point out the characteristics of our — epoch and the common laws of socialist revolution and socialist construction, and lay down the common line of all the Communist and Workers’ parties. They are the common program of the international Communist movement. It is true that for several years there have been differences within the international Communist move- ment in the understanding of, and the attitude to wards, the Declaration of 1957 and the Statement of 1960. The central issue here is whether or not to accept the revolutionary principles of the Declaration and the Statement. In the last analysis, it is a ques- RVER since the publication in April, 1960 of the book “Long Live Leninism,” in which the ‘hinese Communist leaders put forward their | Views on the world situation, the Canadian Com- munist movement has expressed its disagreement With these views as harmful to the unity of the World Communist movement and completely out of keeping with the responsibilities of Commun- 4sts to struggle to avert world war and establish ‘Peaceful coexistence. These responsibilities are particularly great now that Communists stand at the helm in coun- ties with one-third of the world’s population, and they fall especially heavily on the shoulders pt the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of Ina, Iy November, 1960, at’ a meeting of 81 Com- Munist and Workers’ parties, the Chinese Com- Munists leaders’ opinions were rejected by the ©verwhelming majority of the world’s Commun- ‘sts. At the end of the meeting the Communist arty of China signed the famous Statement, Which puts the struggle for peace as the primary uty of all Communists, everywhere. tow the Chinese Communist leaders have actu- ay Tepudiated their signatures and renewed their ensive for their new “theory” of war and peace | "8n be seen from their letter of June 14 to the ommunist Party of the Soviet Union. On a whole ange of questions they attack the world Com- ' [THE STRUGGLE FOR PEACE IS THE SUPREME DUTY _— AN EDITORIAL — munist movement and brand as opportunist any Communist Party which disagrees with them. The letter of the CPSU to its members effective- ly replies to the Chinese Communist Party, not only in the name of the CPSU but in the name of the 1960 Statement, which is the agreed pro- gram of the world movement. This paper con- gratulates the CPSU on its letter because it de- fends the great principles of the 1960 Statement — and puts world peace first and foremost. Peace and peaceful coexistence, to which the Chinese spokesmen formally adhere, actually is denied by them in practice. They give lip service to peace, when in fact peace can be won only by fighting for it anew every day, in all conditions and situations, as the present talks on the cessa- tion of nuclear tests in Moscow once more prove. ‘For Communists to follow the rigid, unrealistic and consequently dangerous line of the Chinese Communist Party would be not only to risk but actually to encourage thermonuclear war by not ‘fighting for peaceful settlements. That would dis- arm the millions fighting for peace and give the advocates of preventive war just the excuse they want to make the first nuclear strike. An exami- nation of the Chinese and the Soviet views on the Cuban crisis proves this. Last Dec. 17, the Communist Party of Canada | published a letter to its members sharply criticiz- ing the Chinese position. , On July 12 its executive wrote the national committee saying that the action of the Chinese ‘Communist Party in publishing its June 14 letter on the eve of talks with the CPSU was intended to disrupt them. : All who long for peace and a better life will be deeply disturbed by the attitude of the Chinese Communist leaders. The disagreements they have with the rest of the world Communist movement are not on academic questions but involve the fate of all human beings, of all mankind. The Chinese Communists should re-examine their own opinions and take heed of the views of the majority of Communist parties. This was sug- gested in the letter of the Communist Party’s national executive last December, in the follow- ing words: “We hope that the Chinese Communist Party | will re-establish its unity of viewpoint with the | world Communist movement. A split in the world Communist movement would be disastrous for | the working people and the cause of peace. The | — re-establishment of the unity of the world Com- munist movement would accelerate the victory | _ of peace and the establishment of the conditions of peaceful coexistence.” ef Sea Tels eae 4 July 26—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 5