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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 19:16:50 +0100 (MET)
From: rolf.martens-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se (Rolf Martens)
Subject: M-G: UNITE! Info #13en: 3/4 CPC 10th Congress 1973, I.


UNITE! Info #13en: 3/4 CPC 10th Congress 1973, I. [Sent: 10.07.96]


[Continued from part 2/4]

ON THE SITUATION AND OUR TASKS

Chairman Mao has often taught us: We are still in the era of
imperialism and the proletarian revolution. On the basis of
fundamental Marxist principle, Lenin made a scientific analysis
of imperialism and defined *"imperialism as the highest stage
of capitalism."* 

Lenin pointed out that imperialism is monopolistic capitalism, parasitic or 
decaying capitalism, moribund capitalism. He 
also said that imperialism intensifies all the contradictions of
capitalism to the extreme. He therefore concluded that
*"imperialism is the eve of the social revolution of the 
proletariat,"* and put forward the theories and tactics of the
proletarian revolution in the era of imperialism.

Stalin said: *"Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism
and the proletarian revolution."* This is entirely correct. Since
Lenin's death, the world situation has undergone great
changes. But the era has not changed. The fundamental
principles of Leninism are not outdated; they remain the
theoretical basis guiding our thinking today.

The present international situation is one characterized by
great disorder on the earth. "The wind sweeping through the
tower heralds a rising storm in the mountains." This aptly 
depicts how the basic world contradictions as analysed by 
Lenin show themselves today. Relaxation is a temporary and
superficial phenomenon, and great disorder will continue.

Such a disorder is a good thing for the people, not a bad thing.
It throws the enemies into confusion and causes division among
them, while it arouses and tempers the people, thus helping the
international situation develop further in the direction favourable
to the people and unfavourable to imperialism, modern
revisionism and all reaction.

The awakening and growth of the Third World is a major event
in contemporary international relations. The Third World has
strengthened its unity in the struggle against hegemonism and
power politics of the superpowers and is playing an ever more
significant role in international affairs.

The great victories won by the people of Viet Nam, Laos and
Cambodia in their war against U.S. aggression and for national
salvation have strongly encouraged the people of the world in
their revolutionary struggles against imperialism and colonialism.
A new situation has emerged in the Korean people's struggle
for the independent and peaceful reunification of their fatherland.
The struggles of the Palestinian and other Arab peoples against
aggression by Israeli Zionism, the African peoples' struggles
against colonialism and racial discrimination and the Latin
American peoples' struggles for maintaining 200-nautical-mile
territorial waters or economic zones all continue to forge ahead.

The struggles of the Asian, African and Latin American peoples 
to win and defend national independence and safeguard state
sovereigny and natural resources have further deepened and
broadened. The just struggles of the Third World as well as of
the peoples of Europe, North America and Oceania support and
encourage each other. Countries want independence, nations
want liberation, and the people want revolution - this has become
an irresistible historical trend.

Lenin said that *"an essential feature of imperialism is the rivalry
between several Great Powers in the striving for hegemony."*
Today, it is mainly the two nuclear superpowers - the U.S. and 
the U.S.S.R. - that are contending for hegemony. While hawking
disarmament, they are actually expanding their armaments every
day. Their purpose is to contend for world hegemony. They
contend as well as collude with each other. Their collusion serves
the purpose of more intensified contention. Contention is 
absolute and protracted, whereas collusion is relative and 
temporary.

The declaration of this year as the "year of Europe" and the
convocation of the European Security Conference indicate that
strategically the key point of their contention is Europe. The 
West always wants to urge the Soviet revisionists eastward to
divert the peril towards China, and it would be fine so long as all
is quiet in the West.

China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all. But this piece
of meat is very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite
into it. It is even more difficult now that Lin Piao the "super-spy"
has fallen.

At present, the Soviet revisionists are "making a feint to the east
while attacking in the west," and stepping up their contention in
Europe and their expansion in the Mediterranean, the Indian
Ocean and every place their hands can reach.

The U.S.-Soviet contention for hegemony is the cause of world
intranquility. It cannot be covered up by any false appearances
they create and is already perceived by an increasing number of
people and countries. It has met with strong resistance from the
Third World and has caused resentment on the part of Japan 
and West European countries.

Beset with troubles internally and externally, the two hegemonic
powers - the U.S. and the U.S.S.R - find the going tougher and
tougher. As the verse goes, "Flowers fall off, do what one may,"
they are in a sorry plight indeed. This has been further proved by
the U.S.-Soviet talks last June and the subsequent course of
events.

*"The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the
making of world history."* The ambitions of the two hegemonic
powers - the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. - are one thing, but whether
they can achieve them is quite another. They want to devour
China, but find it too tough even to bite. Europe and Japan are
also hard to bite, not to speak of the vast Third World.

U.S. imperialism started to go downhill after its defeat in the war
of aggression against Korea. It has openly admitted that it is 
increasingly on the decline; it could not but pull out of Viet Nam.

Over the last two decades, the Soviet revisionist ruling clique,
>from Khrushchov to Brexhnev, has made a socialist country 
degenerate into a social-imperialist country. Internally, it has
restored capitalism, enforced a fascist dictatorship and 
enslaved the people of all nationalities, thus deepening the
political and economic contradictions as well as contradictions 
among nationalities.

Externally, it has invaded and occupied Czechoslovakia,
massed its troops along the Chinese border, sent troops into
the People's Republic of Mongolia, supported the traitorous
Lon Nol clique, suppressed the Polish workers' rebellion,
intervened in Egypt, causing the expulsion of Soviet experts,
dismembered Pakistan and carried out subversive avtivities
in many Asian and African countries.

This series of facts has profoundly exposed its ugly fearures as
the new Czar and its reactionary nature,  namely, *"socialism
in words, imperialism in deeds."* The more evil and foul things
it does, the sooner the time will come when Soviet revisionism
will be relegated to the historical museum by the people of the
Soviet Union and the rest of the world.

Recently, the Brezhnev renegade clique has talked a lot of
nonsense on Sino-Soviet relations. It alleges that China is
against relaxation of world tension and unwilling to improve Sino-Soviet 
relations, etc. These words are directed to the Soviet 
people and the people of other countries in a vain attempt to 
alienate their friendly feelings for the Chinese people and 
disguise the true features of the new Czar.

These words are above all meant for the monopoly capitalists in 
the hope of getting more money for services in opposing China 
and communism. This was an old trick of Hitler's, only Brezhnev 
is playing it more clumsily. If you are so anxious to relax world tension, 
why don't you show your good faith by doing a thing or 
two - for instance, withdraw your forces from Czechoslovakia or 
the People's Republic of Mongolia and return the four northern 
islands to Japan?

China has not occupied any foreign countries' territory. Must
China give away all the territory north of the Great Wall to the 
Soviet revisionists to show that we favour relaxation of world 
tension and are willing to improve Sino-Soviet relations? The 
Chinese people are not to be deceived or cowed.

The Sino-Soviet controvery on matters of principle should not
hinder the normalization of relations between the two states on
the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. The
Sino-Soviet boundary question should be settled peacefully
through negotiations free from any threat. *"We will not attack
unless we are attacked; if we are attacked, we will certaianly
counter-attack"* - this is our consistent principle. And we mean
what we say.

We should point out here that necessary compromises between
revolutionary countries and imperialist countries must be
distinguished from collusion and compromise between Soviet
revisionism and U.S. imperialism. Lenin put it well: 

*"There are compromises and compromises. One must be able 
to analyse the situation and the concrete conditions of each compromise, or 
of each variety of compromise. One must learn 
to distinguish between a man who gave the bandits money and firearms in 
order to lessen the damage they can do and facilitate their capture and 
execution, and a man who gives bandites
money and firearms in order to share in the loot."* ("'Left-Wing'
Communism, an Infantile Disorder")

The Brest-Litovsk Treaty concluded by Lenin with German
imperialism comes under the former cathegory; and the doings
of Khrushchov and Brezhnev, both betrayers of Lenin, fall under
the latter.

Lenin pointed out repeatedly that imperialism means aggression
and war. Chairman Mao pointed out in his statement of May 20,
1970: *"The danger of a new world war still exists, and the people
of all countries must get prepared. But revolution is the main trend
in the world today."*

It will be possible to prevent such a war, so long as the peoples,
who are becoming more and more awakened, keep the
orientation clearly in sight, heighten their vigilance, strengthen 
unity and persevere in struggle. Should the imperialists be bent
on unleashing such a war, it will inevitably give rise to greater
revolutions on a world scale and hasten their doom.

In the exellent situation now prevailing at home and abroad, it is
most important for us to run China's affairs well. Therefore, on 
the international front, our Party must uphold proletarian 
internationalism, uphold the Party's consistent policies, 
strengthen our unity with the proletariat and the oppressed
people and nations and with all countries subjected to 
imperialist aggression, subversion, interference, control or
bullying and form the broadest international front against
imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism, and in
particular, against the hegemonism of the two superpowers -
the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

We must unite with all genuine Marxist-Leninist Parties and
organizations the world over, and carry the struggle against
modern revisionism through to the end. On the domestic front, 
we must pursue our Party's basic line and policies for the entire historical 
period of socialism, persevere in continuing the 
revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat, unite with all forces 
that can be united and work hard to build our country into 
a powerful socialist state, so as to make a greater contribution
to mankind.

We must uphold Chairman Mao's teachings that we should 
*"be prepared against war, be prepared against natural
disasters, and do everything for the people"* and should 
*"dig tunnels deep, store grain everywhere, and never seek 
hegemony,"* maintain high vigilance and be fully prepared
against any war of aggression that imperialism may launch
and particularly against surprise attack on our country by
Soviet revisionist social-imperialism. Our heroic People's
Liberation Army and our vast militia must be prepared at all
times to wipe out any enemy that may invade.

Taiwan Province is our motherland's sacred territory, and the
people in Taiwan are our kith and kin. We have infinite concern
for our compatriots in Taiwan, who love and long for the
motherland. Our compatriots in Taiwan can have a bright future
only by returning to the embrace of the motherland. Taiwan must
be liberated. Our great motherland must be unified. This is the
common aspiration and sacred duty of the people of all
nationalities of the country, including our compatriots in Taiwan.
Let us strive together to attain this goal.

[Continued in part 4/4]



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