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THE IDEAS OF MARXISM-LENINISM WILL TRIUMPH ON THE REVISIONISM W9 mo «853 19 6 2 (5x mm THE IDEAS OF MARXISM-LENINISM WILL TRIUMPH ON THE REVISIONISM 1962 >0 I .. THE DECLARATION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY OF LABOUR OF ALBANIA At the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union N. Khrushchev publically attacked the Party of Labour of Albania. N. Khrushchev’s anti-marxist slanders and attacks serve only the enemies of com¬ munism and of the People’s Republic of Albania — the various imperialists and Yugoslav revisionists. N. Khrush¬ chev, laying bare the disputes existing long since between the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Party of Labour of Albania openly in the face of the enemies, brutally violated the 1960 Moscow declaration which points out that the disputes arousing between the fraternal parties should be settled patiently, in the spirit of proletarian internationalism and on the basis of the principles of equality and consultations. Publically attacking the Party of Labour of Albania, N. Khrushchev effectively began the open attack on the unity of the international communist and workers’ move¬ ment, on the unity of the socialist camp. N. Khrushchev bears full responsibility for this anti-marxist act and for all the consequences following from it. The Party of Labour of Albania, guided by the in¬ terests of the unity of the world communist movement and the socialist camp, with great patience, ever since our disputes arose with the Soviet leadership, has striven to solve them in the correct marxist-leninist way, in the way outlined by the Moscow Declaration. Instead, N. Khrushchev chose the anti-marxist way of their aggra¬ vation, the way of the attacks and slanders, of pressure a and threats, the way of the public denunciation of our disputes. The Party of Labour of Albania welcomed with! sympathy dhe declaration of the leader of the delegation of the Communist Party of China to the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, comrade Chou En-Lai, in which it is pointed out that unilateral criticisms and the laying bare of disputes between the fraternal parties openly in the face of the enemy, cannot be considered as a serious and marxist-leninist attitude. However, from the rostrum of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, even after this principled warning by the representative of the Com¬ munist Party of China, the most bitter attacks and slander against the Party of Labour of Albania and the People’s Republic of Albania as well by some members of the Soviet leadership as by some leaders of the communist and workers’ parties of the other countries, are continuing, thus, they too, taking upon themselves a heavy historic responsibility as splitters of the unity of the international communist and workers’ movement. In such conditions, in the face of the organized anti- marxist attack by N. Khrushchev and those who follow him; in the face of slanders and fabrications which are aimed at discrediting our Party; in the face of a serious danger to the further destinies of the unity of the inter¬ national communist and workers’ movement and the so¬ cialist camp, the Party of Labour of Albania cannot remain silent. By facts and documents, it will make known to the entire communist and workers’ movement, as well as to the entire world public opinion, how the truth stands about the relations between the Party of Labour of Albania and the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, on which side the right is, and will expose the anti-marxist and anti-Albanian actions of N. Khrush¬ chev and his group. The unity of the socialist camp and of the inter¬ national communist and workers’ movement is being seriously endangered by the anti-marxist actions of N. 4 Khrushchev and his followers. In this situation, in order to defend the supreme1 interests of our people and Home¬ land, their socialist victories, to defend the purity of marxism-leninism and the unity of the ranks of the com¬ munist movement and the socialist camp, the Party of labour of Albania with a pure conscience has assumed and will assume every responsibility for any of its actions, as well towards the international communist and workers’ movement as towards the Albanian people. The struggle which is being imposed upon our Party and people will be long and difficult. But the difficulties have never scared our Party and our people. Our Party and our people have been tempered in the struggle against the numerous and continuous slanders, attacks and plots of various imperialists and the Yugoslav revisionists. They will not yield and kneel either to the slanderous attacks, blackmail and pressure by N. Khrushchev and those fol¬ lowing him. The Party and people, in iron unity, as always, will firmly go ahead and will win on their correct path, on the path of the triumph of marxism-leninism and the cause of socialism and communism. We shall win, for we are not alone. With us, with the great cause of marxism-leninism, are the communists and the peoples of the Soviet Union with whom we are bound by an unbreakable love and friendship which we shall always, in. every storm and tempest, preserve intact in our hearts; with us are the communists and peoples of China, all the communists of the world and the peoples of the other socialist countries. The victorious banner of the Party, the unconquered banner of marxism-leninism, will always proudly fly in new socialist Albania. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY OF LABOUR OF ALBANIA Tirana. October 20th, 1961. 5 MARXISM-LENINISM WILL TRIUMPH The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ended its work. It approved the new programme of the Party and outlined the targets for the future. The Soviet people are now faced with the tasks of the up-building of communism, on whose banner it is inscribed: -«From everyone according to his abilities, to everyone according to his needs*-. Communism, the dream of mankind, has now been placed on the order of the day; it is being built up by the soviet men and women, by those who were the first to break the chains of the capita¬ list slavery, who were the first that established the work¬ ers’ and peasants’ power, who first embarked on the road1 of socialism. Great are the victories achieved by the Soviet people during these 44 years since November 7th, 1917, when the “ Aurora*’ guns announced the rising of a new era — the era of socialism and communism. The Soviet Union is to¬ day the most powerful socialist State, with a big modem industry and a developed agriculture, with the most advanced science and technique in the world. The day is not far off when Lenin’s Homeland will occupy the first place in the total industrial production and in the per ca¬ pita production. The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union outlined the ways to fulfil this historical task within the shortest possible period. The Soviet Union is also the most powerful State that defends the world peace. Heading the socialist camp, it is fighting against the schemes of the imperialists aimed at unleashing a new war. Its foreign policy of peace and friendship between the nations, of peaceful coexistence 6 between states with differing social systems, of the de¬ fense of freedom and independence of the oppressed and the newly liberated peoples from the colonial yoke, enjoys the support and backing of all the peaceloving men and women. The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which took place at a time when the international situation has been greatly aggravated, outli¬ ned the new tasks also as regards the fight against the fiendish schemes of the imperialists, for the security of the world peace. The victories of the Soviet Union are of historic importance not only to the soviet peoples, but also to all the peoples of the world. The Albanian people, who are bound by an eternal friendship to the soviet people, re¬ joice at them as at their own victories. The Party of La¬ bour of Albania and the Albanian people wholeheartedly greet the builders of communism who, under the leader¬ ship of the great Party of Lenin, are marching ahead to¬ wards new victories. Our Party and our people, as always, in the future, too, will march hand in hand with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and with the soviet people on the bright road of communism and peace. There is no and there will be no force in the world to alienate our Party and our people from this road and from the friendship with the Soviet Union. We wish the Soviet communists and the Soviet people fresh achievements in the fulfil¬ ment of the tasks outlined by the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the up-building of communism. We tell the Soviet communists ar'd the So¬ viet peoples that we shall never identify the Party and the Homeland of the great Lenin with the anti-marxist and provocative attacks which N. Khrushchev and his group are making on our Party and our people, on marxism-le¬ ninism and the unity of the international communist movement. N. Khrushchev, at the 22nd Congress of the Com¬ munist Party of the Soviet Union, openly attacked the Party of Labour of Albania. Violating the most element- 7 ary principles of the relations between the communist and workers’ parties, the principles of proletarian inter¬ nationalism and the 1957 and 1960 Moscow Declarations, he raised his hand and struck with a force and a language which he did not use even against the imperialists or their docile servitors — the Yugoslav revisionists.
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