MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY

ADDRESS BY THE SOVIET UNION

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MOSCOW(APN) — In a major
foreign policy speech to the Cent-
ral Committee meeting here Oct.
25, CPSU general secretary
Leonid Brezhnev asserted that
Political Bureau has begun to im-
plement into life the decisions of
the 25th CPSU Congress — the
program of the struggle for peace
and international cooperation, for
freedom and independence of
peoples.

He stressed. the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union is giving
priority attention to the develop-
ment of fraternal relations bet-
ween the socialist countries. ‘‘We
can say with satisfaction that th-
ese past months were marked by
considerable success in the
further consolidation of world
socialism,’’ Brezhnev said.

New Socialist States

“Of very great significance is
the fact that the reunification of
Vietnam has been completed and
it has been proclaimed a socialist
republic. The Socialist Republic
of Vietnam has over 50 million
people. In terms of population it is
now the third biggest socialist
state in the world,”’ he said.

**Vietnam,’’ Brezhnev con-
tinued, ‘‘with its great experience
of historic struggle against im-
perialist aggression, for freedom
and independence, has today be-
come an important factor for
peace and progress in southeast
Asia — indeed, in all of Asia.

‘*‘The victory of the patriotic
forces of Laos, and the leadership
of that country passing to the

. Marxist-Leninist People’s Re-
volutionary Party, is another im-
portant event. Having taken
power into their own hands, the
working people are building a new
life. We have every ground to say
that in Laos the family of socialist
states has another new member

Soviet-Chinese Relations

Brezhnev, dealing with
Soviet-Chinese relations in light
of recent developments, stressed
that ‘‘as before, the question of
the Soviet Union’s relations with
China stands apart. Complicated
processes are taking place. It is
still difficult to say what the future
political course of China will be.””

He said that it is clear, how-
ever, ‘‘that the foreign policy line
pursued by Peking for 15 years
has been discredited throughout
the world.”’

The USSR has consistently
striven to improve relations with
China, said Brezhnev. ‘‘As the
25th CPSU Congress stressed, in
our relations with China, as with
other countries, we adhere firmly
to the principles of equality, re-

spect of sovereignty and territo-
rial integrity, non-interference in
each other’s internal affairs and
non-use of force.

**We are ready to normalize re-
lations with China in line with th-
ese principles of peaceful co-
existence. More than that ... we
stand for the restoration of good
relations in line with the princi-
ples of socialist inter-
nationalism,’’ he said.

Brezhnev emphasized there
were no issues between the two
countries that could not be solved
in the spirit of good neighborli-
ness. He indicated the USSR will
take further steps in this regard
and ‘‘the matter will depend on
what stand will be taken”’ by Chi-
na.

The CPSU general secretary
expressed the Soviet Union’s
readiness to restore relations with
Albania and does not consider
there are any objective factors
which divide the USSR and AI-
bania.

Angolan Liberation

“‘We supported the just strug-
gle of Angola’s patriots,’’ de-
clared Brezhnev. ‘‘We responded
to the request of Angola’s lawful
government, and we are proud of
this!

“*Angola’s victory is an inspira-
tion to the forces of progress in
Africa. There has been an
intensification in the struggle of
the peoples against such bastions.
of racism and reaction as
Rhodesia and South Africa. The
anti-imperialist forces in Africa
»feel more confident. :

“We felt this,’ he said, ‘‘when,
over the past months, we hosted a
number of high-ranking delega-
tions of independent African
countries.”’ He gave as an exam-
ple the growing ties of friendship
between the USSR and the new
African Republic of Mozambique
and the recent visit to Moscow of
its president, FRELIMO chair-
man Samora Machel.

Non-Aligned Movement

Leonid Brezhnev described
Soviet-India friendship as
“strengthening and deepening.
Our cooperation is expanding to
the great benefit of universal
peace and the peoples of our two
countries,”’

He pointed out that active
steps are being taken by the
USSR for the re-structuring of in-
ternational economic relation-
ships —a demand by the develop-
ing states.

This new relationship, based
on equality, the removal of all
forms of exploitation by capitalist
states of weaker partners corres-
ponds to the interests of the

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socialist world and the developing

states, he said. ‘‘The non-aligned

movement has become a notice-
able factor in international life and

an important link in the world-

wide struggle against imperialism,
colonialism and aggression.”’

Middle East Peace

- Turning to the bloody events in
Lebanon and the burning need for
a just and lasting Mideast peace, |
Brezhnev spoke of ‘‘a new at-
tempt by world imperialism, the
USA and other NATO powers, to
strike a blow at the forces of anti-

' imperialist revolution in the Mid-

dle East.

“‘They want to preserve and
strengthen their positions there.
Imperialism has now decided to
provoke internecine conflict
among Arab states. The pos-
sibilities for this lie in the in-
creased class stratification inside

‘the Arab countries, in the growth

of socio- political differences bet-
ween them,”’ he said.

“In Lebanon,’’ he went on,

“‘the forces of internal reaction,
armed and encouraged by the
Western powers, supported by
Israel and Saudi Arabia, have
launched an offensive against the

_local national-patriotic forces.

But first of all, their blow is di-
rected against the Palestine resis-
tance movement — that is,
against an anti-imperiaiist de-
tachment of the Arab world.

Arab Unity Needed

“Unfortunately,’’ Brezhnev
said, ‘“‘Syria has found itself
drawn into the orbit of military
actions. From the very outset, the
Soviet Union called for the ending
of the fratricidal war in Lebanon
and for frustrating reaction’s
plans to split that country.

“We hold the view that it is
very important to settle relations
between Palestinian and
Lebanese patriots on the one
hand and neighboring Syria on the
other. This is needed to restore
the unity of the anti-imperialist
forces in the Middle East.”’

Brezhnev referred to the recent
sumption of the Geneva Confer- -
ence on the Middle East with par-
ticipation from all interested sides
— including the Palestine resis-
tance movement. ‘‘We proposed
a-concrete agenda for the confer-
ence,” he said, ‘‘which éncom-
passes all problems the solution of
which could establish a lasting
Middle East peace «

Relations with Capitalist World

The USSR continues to work in
developing mutually-beneficial
relations with capitalist states,

for the USSR last year.

said Brezhnev. “The whole
world sees that the Soviet Union
is advancing along the road of
peace and peaceful cooperation,”’
he said. ‘*‘But it must be admitted
that the development of our rela-
tions with a number of states has
slowed down lately . . .caused by
the complex political situation in

some countries, in particular by

election campaigns in the USA
and the Federal Republic of Ger-
many.”

He spoke of the recent seizure
by Japan of a Soviet aircraft and
the fact that the USSR, at the
highest levels, had set forth its
position on this incident. ‘““We
have attached and continue to at-
tach-serious importance to our re-
lations with Japan. We have al-
ways considered it possible and
desirable to develop broad and
firm relations with Japan on the

principles of mutual respect and.
- good neighborliness
made it clear that recent Japanese

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actions have seriously beclouded
the general atmosphere of
Soviet-Japanese relations.

The Fight for Peace

‘There is no task of greater im-
portance in the fight for peace to-
day than that of ending the arms
race unleashed by imperialism,
and transition to disarmament,”’
declared Brezhnev.

’ sire than to switch such funds .

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CPSU general secretary Leonid Brezhnev signing the Helsinki Treaty

He said the USSR spends for

defence exactly the amount fe
quired to ensure its security and
for the defence, jointly with othet
socialist states, of socialist gains:

This, said Brezhnev, is to ensure |

potential aggressors will not bé

tempted to try and solve the his-
toric controversy between the
two opposite social systems by
force.

“At the same time,’’ he dé
clared, ‘‘we have no greater 4

toward raising the people’s living
standards — toward creative .

poses.”

Communist Unity

The CPSU general ‘secretary
described the Berlin Conferencé
of European Communist and
Workers’ Parties as a ‘‘significant

event of the recent period.’’ It)

‘furnished new testimony of thé
Communists’ active role 1!
Europe’s life. We feel satisfaction
that the CPSU was able to make
its contribution to this great
cause,’” he said. ;
In conclusion, Leonid
Brezhnev pledged the Soviet
Union ‘‘shall continue the work i0
the name of peace and happiness
of the Soviet people and in thé
name of peace and progress for

The following message, signed
by Volodia Teitelboim, was re-
ceived from the Communist Party
of Chile to the 23rd Convention of
the Communist Party of Canada,
October 9-11:

_ We are sorry not to have at-
tended your convention, but we

were refused a visa to our rep-.

resentative.

Friendship between our Parties
has grown over the years by
means of expressing mutual sol-
idarity with the struggles of our
peoples.

We express similar points of
view as regards to many aspects
of the international situation.
Especially relating to the prepon-

derant role played by the USSR.

‘your campaign of solidarity wi

and the socialist countries fof
peace and détente and in the dé

fense of the peoples of the whole

world and strong support for thé
peoples fighting for their libera
tion and social progress.

We firmly support your rer
volutionary struggle which has 4
an objective the -immediaté
betterment of the living com”
ditions of the workers and thé
Canadian people, witha perspec
tive toward a socialist future ip
your country.

We are profoundly grateful fof

the Chilean people which you afé
carrying out. This constitutes a!
application of the principles of
proletarian internationalism.