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At a meeting in Colombo, Sri
, June 6-9, representatives
| non-aligned countries prepared
) tthe Non-Aligned Summit to be
i. din Havana in September. Ina
ee at the Colombo meeting,
Fen Co Thach, minister of
| ae of the Socialist Republic of
ee acquainted delegates
| 2 the situation in southeast
ae and Vietnam’s response to
i
oft 'part his speech dealt with the
“Palroted terms ‘‘two super-
PoWers”’ and ‘‘two blocs”’, but he
Pointed out that for the non-
ged countries the struggle is
: eee? their aspirations and the
bes of imperialism. We pre-
I thie €xcerpts from his speech on

.

Als topic.
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'; We Teaffirm clearly and
an eetically the stand of Viet-
|.’ Which is that the non-
|, eed movement does not join

ee Rilitary bloc; it neither be-
Ihe an instrument nor serves
Bevessive aims of any bloc.
“the Ut to stay outside blocs is not
me objective of our move-
x “te -...to stay outside blocs is
Aa 4 method approaching posi-
very the problems facing the
; a to maintain our inde-
a €ce, so for the attainment of
F it lofty objectives.
Ito on wecessary for us, therefore,
ley, orusider whether the present
. vements of the world situa--
ea due to ‘‘the contentions
tivalnce the two blocs”’ ... ‘‘the
bo es between the two super-
Wers’’,
2B * Europe there are two blocs.
j In Asia, Africa and Latin
Lass Tica such is not the case. In
‘5 , in America, it.is.a fierce test.of
ength between the Latin
€rican nations and North
rican imperialism so as to re=
Mend and defend national inde-
out €nce. The struggle carried
Ni by the people of Chile,
that eeu and Puerto Rico, and
leo of the Cuban people to re-
See Guantanemo, bear full tes-
| Hy to this.
Istr, te is in the Middle East the
has ggle Of the Arab peoples
. all Eons supported by im-
ig - In Iran there is the
agile of the Iranian people
‘impe Sta cruel regime nurtured by
‘the a In southern ae
. © against racism an
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Liberation vs. imperialism is the issue

wers or systems?

“,, the persistence of an inequit-
able world economic system inher-
ited from the colonial past and
continued through present neo-
colonialism poses insurmountable
difficulties in breaking the bond-
age of poverty and the shackles of
economic dependence ...”’

apartheid of South Africa backed
by imperialism is going on.

In Asia, Korea is still divided
due to the occupation of foreign
troops and not due to the rivalries
between ‘‘two blocs’’ or between
‘two superpowers’’. The. fact
that Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao
have not been brought back to
China is not due to these rivalries.
A part of the Indian territory is
still under occupation and this is
not because of these rivalries.

The aggressive war against
Vietnam in the past 30 years was
waged by colonialism and im-
perialism, and not due to the rival-
ries between two superpowers.
Recently it was Peking, the Asian
hegemonism, that invaded Viet-
nam and is threatening to invade
Laos and attempting to restore
the genocidal regime in Kam-
puchea, and it is not because of
the rivalries between two super-
powers or two blocs.

As has been pointed out in the
program for Peace and Inter-
national Cooperation adopted by
the 1964 second conference of
heads of state of governments of

non-aligned countries in Cairo: .

“Imperialism, colonialism and
neo-colonialism constitute a basic
source of ‘international tension
and conflict because they en-
danger world peace and
security.”

The state of economic
backwardness, stagnation and de-
terioration of almost all develop-
ing countries is not due to the con-
tentions between the two blocs
or ... two superpowers. The De-
claration on Non-Aligned and
Economic Progress issued by ...
the non-aligned countries in
Lusaka stressed that ‘‘the persis-
tence of an inequitable’ world
economic system inherited from
the colonial past and continued
through present neo-colonialism
poses insurmountable difficulties
in breaking the bondage of pov-
erty and shackles of economic
dependence.”

... what is going on in these

parts of the world is the staunch
struggle waged by thousands of
millions of people in the world
against imperialism, colonialism,
neo-colonialism, Zionism and
apartheid, for political and
economic independence, for
peace and security of all nations,
and not the disputes between two
superpowers or two blocs.
. The allegations that the strug-
gle waged by the world people is
just caused by rivalries between
two blocs or two superpowers are
aimed at deflecting the non-
aligned movement from its objec-
tives.

Imperialism and: reactionaries
have distorted the struggle waged
by the peoples of countries, alleg-
ing that this is because of disputes
between the two blocs or two
superpowers, so as to find pre-
texts to oppose and sabotage the

revolutionary movement of the.

peoples of the non-aligned coun-
tries.

Therefore while staying out-
side blocs, we must resolutely
struggle for our objectives ... for
peace, national independence and
sovereignty over natural re-
sources.

It is natural that there still exist
differences among non-aligned
countries. Moreover, any dif-
ference and dispute should be set-
tled through negotiations in a
spirit of respect for each side’s
national rights, and solidarity for
the sake of the common interests.
Any problems that could not be
solved should be temporarily put,
aside so as not to. allow enemies to
take advantage and divide and
weaken our movement.

China cranks up its military machine

— Military activity of China
hoy, s, 2geressive attitude are
‘1 in three news items ap-

Within days of each other:
* * *

hase Tejected, June 24, a Viet-
n-,

Se proposal for a temporary
on boqeession pact which called
Dion Sides ‘‘to refrain from es-
tivities; and reconnaissance ac-

.-~S In any form’’ and ‘‘to ref-
ing the m any activity endanger-
Security of each other.”
x ok
depPout
der ,2°4 on the Hong Kong bor-

ftom " Prevent Chinese citizens |)

Crown ving China for the British

ficial, Colony. Hong Kong of-

y Say the “Chinese 42nd

the, Cr hich had been stationed

n hina- Vietnam border, has

tier ¢ MOVed to bolster the fron-
forces,

*
China witt in

* *

Crease its military

16,000 troops are now

spending by $2.1-billion this year
to a record $12.64-billion, it was
revealed in a speech by Chinese

Finance Minister Zhang Jingfu.

The country’s projected expendi-

tures are about the same as last
year, indicating that military
spending will take a greater share
of China’s total $67.5-billion

budget.

ee

Red Cross h

wil

ot
Ny

ospital-in Nicaragua with civilian victims of Somoza’s

terror bombing. With ail we hear about “boat people”, where’s the media
campaign for. Nicaragua’s refugees?

MEXICAN COMMUNIST PARTY WINS BALLOT STATUS
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican Communist Party received enough
votes July 1 to mun a presidential candidate in the country’s 1982
elections. The CPM, appearing on the ballot for the first time in 33
years, won 12% of the vote but required only 1.5% to appear on the

1982 ballot.

LABOR PARTY WINS GOVERNMENT IN ST. LUCIA
ST. LUCIA — The left opposition Labor Party has defeated the
government of prime minister John Crompton, July 2, winning a stun-
ning 80% of the popular vote and capturing 12 of the 17 House of
Assembly seats. The Labor Party advocates limiting foreign invest-
ment in the island and establishing ties with the socialist world.

SADAT PLANS TO GIVE ASYLUM TO FORMER SHAH OF IRAN

CAIRO — Lining up his real friends, president Sadat of Egypt has
told a correspondent of the Jewish Chronicle of London that he intends
to ask the Egyptian parliament to concur in his intention to give asylum

to the Shah of Iran.

U.S. FIRM TO BUILD SOVIET AIRCRAFT

WASHINGTON — The ICX Aviation Corporation has just con-
cluded an agreement to manufacture in the U.S. a modified version of
the Soviet Yak-40, a three-engine, medium range commercial aircraft.
The firm will build a $150-million plant in Youngstown, Qhio which will
create 5,000 direct jobs and support another 20,000 workers in ancillery
industries. The firm will build 144 units per year starting in 1981 — or
2,000 during the full 20-year license agreement.

Fullest support to
Vietnam is pledged

By FILS DELISLE

Tribune Berlin Correspondent

BERLIN — The Communist
and Workers’ Parties of 10
socialist countries have pledged
their ‘‘fullest support’ to Viet-
nam against Chinese aggression.

The pledge was contained in a
statement issued here this past
week by delegations of the Com-
munist and Workers’ Parties of
Bulgaria, Hungary, Vietnam, the
GDR, Cuba, Laos, Mongolia, Po-
land, Czechoslovakia and the
USSR. The delegations consisted
of secretaries of the various par-
ties which meet annually to dis-
cuss international and ideological
questions. A Romanian delega-
tion was also present but did not
sign the declaration of solidarity
the Vietnam.

The declaration also expressed
support for the liberation strug-
gles of the Arab peoples,
Nicaragua and southern Africa.

The Romanian delegation
joined with the other representa-
tives in a separate statement sup-
porting the SALT II agreement.
The statement emphasized the
need for wider dissemination of
the achievements of socialism
and declared: ‘‘The deéter-
mination and consistency of the
countries of the socialist com-
munity, as well as their foreign

policy based on principle, play an
outstanding role in preventing a
new war, in the strengthening of
international security and the
further development of the pro-
cess of relaxation of tensions.”’

In the document on Vietnam
which Romania did not sign, the
communist representatives de-
clared: ‘‘In the name of their par-
ties they called for the fullest sup-
port for the Vietnamese people,
which has given a decisive rebuff
to Chinese aggression, in its
struggle for peace, national inde-
pendence, sovereignty, territorial
integrity and socialism. They.
consider it necessary in the future
also, to .conduct an effective
movement of all-round support
for the Vietnamese people.’’

The declaration denounced the
ousted ‘‘tyrannical regime of Pol
Pot’’, greeted the new Kam-
puchea, said the Kampuchean
people now had a legitimate rev-
olutionary government of their
own, and added, ‘‘the hegemonis-
tic great power aims of Peking,
Which imperialism makes use of
in its struggle against socialism,
represent a menace for the sec-
urity of all the peoples, especially
the. peoples of Southeast Asia,
and are in gross contradiction to
the interests of the Chinese
people themselves.”’ .

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JULY 20, 1979— Page 5

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