_ PEKING—The People’s Daily,
newspaper of the Communist
Party of China, last week publish-
ed the text of a 60,000-word letter
it has sent to the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union about
the forthcoming talks in Moscow
between the two parties.
The letter said the Chinese
Communist Party hoped there
would be ‘a frank exchange of
opinion in the talks,” due to
start on July 5, on questions of
common concern, including ‘‘the
criticism of Stalin’? and other
matters raised at the 20th and
22nd congresses of the Soviet
Communist Party.
: It mentioned 25 key points which
- the Chinese considered should be
discussed and was in reply to a
Soviet letter of March 30 setting
out Soviet views on the ideological
talks.
The letter said that among the
questions the Chinese wanted to
raise was: that of ‘“‘combatting re-
visionism, the main danger in the
international Communist move-
ment, and of combatting dogma-
tism.””
It also stated that the general
line of the movement should not
be reduced one-sidedly _ to
“peaceful coexistence,” * ‘peaceful
competition” and “‘peaceful tran-
sition.”
This would be ‘‘to discard the’

“WALTER ULBRICHT, chairman
of the German Democratic Re-
public and secretary of the Social-
ist Unity Party and life-long foe
of German imperialism celebrated

his 70th birthday June 30. Soviet
Premier Khrushchev is attending
- the celebrations in East Berlin.

Italy’s shattering government
-crisis on the eve of the U.S. presi-
dent’s visit is forcing the country
to a showdown decision on the
‘main aspects of its foreign policy.

Recently, Italian Socialists play-
eda decisive part in rejecting
‘the so-called centre-left govern-
ment sought by former Premier
_ Fanfani and by Aldo Moro.

ce In rejecting the coalition which,

in effect, would have meant social.
ist approval for Italy’s NATO

- vealed a deep split. It meant, said
-ybservers, that the Socialists

would sooner or later have to

‘Chinese want fo discuss
25 points in Moscow

policies, the Socialist Party re-—

historical mission of proletarian
world revolution and to depart
from the revolutionary teachings
of Marxism-Leninism.’

It also condemned as “errone-
ous”? the view that ‘‘the contra-
diction between the proletariat
and the bourgeoisie can be re-
solved without a proletarian re-
volution in each country and that
the contradiction between the op-
pressed nations and imperialists
can be resolved without revolu-
tion by the oppressed nations.”

* = *

In Moscow, soon after the pub-
lication of the letter in Peking,
the leadership of the Soviet party
announced that it would not pub-
lish the text of the letter because
it considered it a breach of the
agreement to end public polemics
in the world Communist move-
ment.

A front-page editorial in Prav-
da last week charged that the

Neadership of the Chinese
Party has not abided by that
agreement.

The editorial said that the re-
cently concluded meeting of the
Soviet party’s central committee
had emphatically rejected as
“sroundless and slanderous the
attacks by the central committee
of the Chinese Communist Party
on our party and other Communist
parties.”

‘No A-arms for Germany’

By MAX REICH
PT Correspondent

BERLIN—The. government of
the German Democratic Repubiic
has appealed to the people of
West Germany to put a stop to ad-
venturous elements who are en-
dangering the peace.

The GDR government express-
ed its concern over the growing
wave of demands for foreign
territory prior to President Ken-
nedy’s current visit to Europe
and the labelling as traitors, all
those who advocate peaceful co-
existence.

Saying that the Bonn govern-
ment is playing a dangerous
game, the appeal restates its pro-

posals that both German states _

agree to respect the existing poli-

tical and social order, to refrain |

from the use of force, and to end
revenge-seeking and war propa-
ganda.

The appeal urges
German states forego the testing,
possession, production or utiliza-
tion of nuclear arms.

_ Italy neutrality urged

chooose between supporting poli-
cies dictated by NATO, or a re-
newal of the long-time alliance
with the Communists.

The Communist Party is report-
ed to be holding hundreds of
rallies to win Socialist support for

‘toppling the government and call-
ing a new election around the
question of Italian neutrality.

The Socialist central committee

_ recently rejected the resignation

of party leader Pietro Nenni, who

had championed coalition with

the Christian Democrats, but ap-

pointed a 5-man executive to re-
strict his powers,

SS

STATEMENT HITS DRAFT TREATY

“Ratification of the draft Co-
jumbia River treaty, as proposed
by the Pearson administration and
endorsed by B.C.’s- Socred gov-
ernment, would constitute a cal-
culated and treacherous betrayal
of the vital interests of every
Canadian.”

This was the charge contained
in a statement issued by the na-
tional office of the Communist
Party on June 26.

The statement, which is an ex-
tensive analysis of the proposed
Columbia sellout, says that ‘‘the
‘modifications and clarifications’
which Mr. Pearson proposes to
add to the present draft with
agreement of the government of
the U.S., are completely meaning-
less as long as the basic provi-
sions of the Treaty remain.

“The draft Treaty, the main
provisions of which Mr. Pearson
states are ‘unchanged’, betrays
Canada’s interests because it dedi-
cates the Canadian section of the
Columbia and Kootenay Rivers in
south-eastern B.C. primarily to
storage for the U.S. instead of
to generation of power in Canada
to develop Canadian industry and
jobs.”

NEW CANADIAN JOBS

Pointing out the Columbia is
one of the few remaining large-
scale low cost energy sources in
North America, the Communist
Party statement adds that “this
cheap power, together with the

NUCLEAR
STRATEGY

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TWO_WARHEADS
Announcement

In keeping with previous
years the Pacific Tribune will
appear as an eight page paper
during July and August to en-
able the staff to take their
summer holidays.

rich supply and ae varicty of
mineral, wood and petroleum re-
sources found in close proximity,
could provide a hundred thousand
new? jobs for Canadians.”
Drawing attention to provisions
which cede authority to the U.S.
to control Canadian storage (and
waterflow) on the Canadian sec-
tion of the Columbia and Koot-
enay Rivers, the statement charg:
es that ‘Canada virtually sur-
renders to a foreign power the
decisive element which  deter-
mines both the amount of and
cost of the power that could be
gathered on one of its major
hydro sources.”’ :
“Worse still,’ says the state-
ment, ‘it would establish a dan-
gerous new precedent which could
be applied to other water ~re-
sources from the Yukon tothe
Atlantic, and which the U.S. has
been pressuring to get for years.”
“Canadian control over its
water resources and _ diversion
rights is also vital for future irri.
gation needs and anticipated
water deficiency problems of the
Canadian prairies for which Co..
lumbia diversion into the Bow,
North and South Saskatchewan

‘Canadian development of Columbia

could provide 100,000 new jobs

Rivers holds unique and practical
possibilities,’ adds the stuement.
PUBLIC ACTION URGED
Calling for widespread public
action to save the Columbia River
for Canadian use, the Communist

Party condemns secret negotia-
tions which enlarge Canadian
commitments to the U.S. and

attempt to ram through the pres-
ent draft Treaty.

“The vital interests of — all
Canadians require that the pres-
ent terms of the Treaty be re-
jected. The only basis for proceed-
ing is the protection of Canadian
sovereignty and control: a de-
velopment that. will permit the
maximum generation of on-site
power in Canada; and a fair and
reasonable return for downstream
benefits.”’

The statement urges that the
U.S. be informed that basic pro-
visions of the present draft are
entirely unacceptable to Canada.
It proposes that Canada frankly
and firmly advise the U.S. govern-
ment that Canada does not in-
tend to ratify the present draft,
and announce the terms on which
Canada would be prepared to pro-
ceed with immediate construction.

Ratepayers to appeal
Coal Harbor decision

The fight against Webb and
Knapp’s attempted grab of
Vancouver’s Coal Harbor en-
tered a new stage this week
with an announcement by
Harry Rankin, president of
the Central Council of Rate-
payers, that his group would
appeal the plan to rezone the
area.

Here are the latest develop-
ments in an action packed
week around this issue:

@ Vancouver City Council
voted 10 to one (Alderman
Emery against) in favor of re-
zoning the area in line with
the Webb and Knapp applica-
tion. This action followed by
two days the stormiest meet-
ing in the history of zoning
appeals in Vancouver where
overwhelming opposition to
the scheme was expressed;

@ Webb and Knapp imme-
diately announced plans _ to
pick up the options on the
property from private con-
cerns and the National Har-
bors Board and move in the
excavating equipment within
a few weeks;

@ Vancouver ratepayers
announced their intention t¢
appeal the decision of council

on the grounds that it had

violated the provisions in the
city charter, which sets -forth
the provisions governing re-
zoning. They further indicat-
ed they would take out an in-
junction to prevent Webb and
Knapp from starting any
work on the project pending
the results of such an appeal.

The West End Ratepayers’
are pressing the federal gov-
ernment to disallow the Na-
tional Harbors Board to turn
over the leases of harbor front
land to the Coal Harbor In-
vestments.

Rankin has indicated an ap-
peal might be carried all the
way to the
challenging the right of city
council to zone land on the
harbor front which is under
water.

Meanwhile, there is quite a _
movement building up under
the ratepayers’ leadership and
it is likely that many city org- —
izations may join in the ap-
peal.

G. A. Mileikovsky, a Soviet
Doctor of Economic Sciences and
Professor of the Institute of World
Economy and International Rela-
tions, has stated that increased
world trade—with all nations—can
go a long way to help cure Can-
ada’s economic ailments.

Mileikovsky made the statement
at a press conference held last
Tuesday in Vancouver, as report.
ed in the Vancouver Sun of July
2. He was replying to a question

put to him by one of the reporters —

present.

Mileikovsky and 11 other Soviet
citizens, including professors, sci-
entific workers, editors, etc., al
rived in Vancouver on Canad:
Day for a 3-day stay as pavrt of
a tour of the U.S. and Canada.

While here they were shown

around the city by the local chap-
ter of the Canada-USSR eithe =
tion.

Of the 12-person delegation, five

G. A. MILEIKOVSKY

SR

nt wn Trade will cure economic ills

are Soviet women.

A spokesman for the group ap-
peared on the local CBC-TV sta-
tion and urged more cultural ¢x-
changes between Canada and the
USSR, saying that this would hetp
remove misunderstanding and
cold war fears. :

On Monday afternoon the greup.
was feted by the Association of
United Ukrainian Canadians and
Federation of Russian Canadians
at a banquet held in the Russian
Peoples Home, 600 Campbell
Ave. ‘ “er

More than 300 people were pres-
ent and many more had to be
turned away due to lack of space.
Spokesmen for the two Slavic —
Canadian organizations and from
the delegation addressed the gath-
ering.

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