March 26, 1971

st Anniversary of National United Front of Cambodia Celebrated

— Vice-Chairman Tung Pi-wu and Premier Chou En-lai Send Message of Congratulations to Samdech Sihanouk and Prime Minister Penn Nouth

•— Premier Chou En-lai Gives Grand Banquet

— "Renmin Ribao" editorial: "A Year of Battle, a Year of Victory"

Statement of Commission for Physical Culture and Sports of People's Republic of China The Chinese people firmly support the people of the three

Indochinese countries and of other countries of the world in their revolutionary struggles against U.S. imperialism and its lackeys.:

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The people of a small country can certainly defeat aggression by a big country, if only they dare to rise in struggle, dare to take up arms and grasp in their own hands the destiny of their country j firm support of the 700 million .N. Ambassador to China Gives fraternal Chinese people in the vast rear area to our Vietnamese people Grand Banquet at the forefront of the struggle against U.S. imperialism. The days •Celebrating the successful visit to Viet Nam by the Chinese Party and Government the Chinese Party and Government Delegation Delegation visited Viet Nam were red letter days of the daily growing great Comrade Ngo Thuyen, Ambassador of the C.P.C. Central Committee and friendship .and militant unity be• of the. Democratic Republic of Viet Vice-Premier of the State- Council; tween the people of Viet Nam and Nam to China, gave a grand banquet Comrades Wu Fa-hsien and Li Tso- China. The very successful visit is on March 16 evening to celebrate the peng, Members of the Political a political event of tremendous successful visit to the D.R.V.N. by Bureau of the C.P.C. Central Com• significance in the relations between the Chinese Party and Government mittee and Deputy Chiefs of the our two countries. Chinese P.L.A. General Staff; Com• Delegation. The delegation was led He went on: The Chinese Party rade Chi Teng-kuei, Alternate Mem• by Comrade Chou En-lai, Member of and Government Delegation paid a ber of the Political Bureau of the the Standing Committee of the Polit• friendly visit to Viet Nam at a time C.P.C. Central Committee; Comrade ical Bureau of the Central Commit• when U.S. imperialism, in a state of Li Teh-sheng, Alternate Member of tee of the Communist Party of China defeat and passivity, was obdurately the Political Bureau of the C.P.C. and Premier of the State Council. making extremely grave war "escala• Central Committee and Director of Comrade Yeh Chien-ying, Member tions" in Indochina, and recklessly the General Political Department of of the Political Bureau and Vice- plotting new military adventures the Chinese P.L.A.; Comrade Wang Chairman of the Military Commis• against the Democratic Republic of Tung-hsing, Alternate Member of sion of the C.P.C. Central Commit• Viet Nam, and when the people and the Political Bureau of the C.P.C. tee, and Comrade Chiu" Hui-tso, armed forces of south Viet Nam, Central Committee; Comrade Kuo Member of the Political Bureau of Laos and Cambodia were dealing Mo-jo, Member of the C.P.C. Central the C.P.C. Central Committee and crushing blows at the enemy and Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff putting him in a worse state of pas• Standing Committee of the National of the Chinese People's Liberation sivity and- quandary. People's Congress; members of the Army were its deputy leaders. Chinese Party and Government Del• The Chinese Party and Government Attending the banquet were: egation; and the entourage of the Delegation and the Viet Nam Party Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head delegation. and Government Delegation, the of State and Chairman of the Na• Ambassador added, studied the grave The banquet was held in the Ban• tional United Front of Cambodia, situation in Indochina brought about quet Hall of the Great-Hall, of the and Mme. Sihanouk; Samdech Perm ' by the criminal aqts of the Nixon People. On the backdrop of the Nouth, Chairman of the Political government in expanding its war of rostrum were the national flags of Bureau of the Central Committee of aggression in Indochina, discussed the People's Republic of China and the N.U.F.G. and Prime Minister of questions as to how to deal with the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam. the Royal Government of National possible military adventures by U.S. The function was permeated with a Union, and Mme. Penn Nouth; imperialism, and reached completely warm atmosphere of the great friend• Nguyen Van Quahg, Ambassador of identical views. ship and militant unity between the the Republic of South Viet Nam to two Parties, the two countries and "The Chinese Party and Govern• China; Lao friends General Huon the two peoples of China and Viet ment Delegation affirmed: 'The "Mongkhunvilay and Mme. Mong- Nam. Chinese people will never allow U.S. khunvilay; imperialism to run amuck and do Ambassador Ngo Thuyen and Pre• Leading comrades of the Chinese whatever it pleases in Indochina. Party and Government: Comrade mier Chou En-lai spoke at the ban• Should U.S. imperialism go down Huang Yung-sheng, Member of the quet. Their speeches were punctuat• the road of expanding its war of ag• Political Bureau of the C.P.C. Cen• ed by outbursts of warm applause. gression in Indochina, the Chinese tral Committee and Chief of the Ambassador Ngo Thuyen said: people are determined to take aE CMnese P.L.A. General Staff; Com- The Chinese Party and Government necessary measures, not flinching . rade Yao Wen-yuan, Member of the Delegation led by Comrade Premier even from the greatest national Political Bureau of the C.P.C. Cen• Chou En-lai visited Viet Nam and sacrifices, to give all-out support and tral Committee; Comrade Li Hsien- brought the profound friendship, assistance to the Vietnamese, and nien, Member of the Political Bureau warm encouragement, • powerful rand - other Indochinese • peoples for the

March 26, 1971 3 thorough defeat of the U.S. aggres- - sofs.' "• : • The Ambassador concluded: Tha Hew Editions of Important Works of Marx, Engeis, visit by the Chinese Party and Gov• ernment Delegation marked a very Lenin and Stalin Published significant new development of the relations of profound friendship be• Inspired by the call in the Com• These have been re-translated or tween our two Parties and the peo• munique of the Second Plenary re-checked by the Bureau for the ple of our two countries, and a new Session of the Ninth Central Com• Translation of Marx-Engels-Lenin- development of the long existing mittee of the Communist Party of Stalin's Works Under the Central militant unity between close brothers China, a:new upsurge in the mass Committee of the: Communist and comrades in fighting shoulder movement for the living study and Party of China. to shoulder against the U.S. imperial• application of Marxism-Leninism- ist aggressors and for independence, Mao Tsetung Thought has devel• To commemorate the centenary freedom and socialism. This friend• oped among the workers, peasants of the Paris Commune, a Chinese ship is based on Marxism-Leninism and soldiers. . New editions of edition of Marx, Engeis, Lenin and and proletarian internationalism and important works of Marx, Engeis, Stalin on the .Paris. Commune has "has been tested in the long revolu• Lenin and Stalin are being printed been compiled anew and' re- tionary struggles waged by our two to meet the needs of the cadres Parties and the people of our two checked by the Bureau -:for the and revolutionary masses in study• Translation of Mai-x-Engels-Lenin- countries. It stands majestically like ing Marxism-Leninism. Mount Truong Son and is everlast• Stalin's Works Under the Central ing like the Yangtze River! The first of these works to come Committee of the Communist off the press are: Manifesto of the Party of China. The 20th volume Premier Chou En-lai said: During Communist Party by Marx and of the Complete Works of Marx our visit, we were accorded a most Engeis, The Civil War in France and Engeis in Chinese has also magnificent and warm welcome and and Critique of the Gotha Pro• been published. reception by the Viet Nam Workers' gramme by Marx, Anti-Duhring Party, the Vietnamese Government by Engeis, and The State and These new books are now avail• and the fraternal Vietnamese people, Revolution and Materialism and able at bookstores in big cities which fully manifested the intimate Empirio-Criticism by Lenin. throughout China. . xelations and militant friendship of "both comrades and brothers" be• tween the Chinese and Vietnamese people. liberating the south, defending the bour the Democratic Republic of During our visit to the front of north and proceeding towards the Viet Nam, we held serious discussions the struggle against U.S. aggression, reunification of their fatherland. with the Vietnamese Party and Gov• the Premier continued, we witnessed ernment leading comrades on the He added: At present, the revolu• present ,, situation -in Indochina and the heroic ; feats performed- by the tionary^ situation in Indochina is Vietnamese people,.in the protracted on questions fas-to "how-to deal with unprecedentedly fine. The Nixon military" adventures by-Hhe U.S. ag• war of resistance-;.and in the cause government's aggressive acts of war of socialist construction and were gressors, and completely identical expansion have linked up the Indo- views were reached. The joint com• immensely inspired and learnt a Chinese battlefields into a single great deal of valuable experience. munique issued by the two sides is whole. The facts have proved that of great significance to the common Though confronted With the most far from saving the U.S. aggressors barbarous aggression by U.S. impe• struggle of the Chinese and Vietna• and their lackeys from their defeat, mese peoples and all the peoples of rialism and facing most difficult con• war expansion- only makes them ditions of war, the valiant Vietna• Indochina-to defeat the U.S."aggres• stretch their battlelines and divide sors and their lackeys. Should the mese people, displaying a high and up their forces, thus landing them militant spirit, are imbued with rev• Nixon government, in disregard of in a more passive position of having the stern warnings of the Chinese olutionary optimism and dauntless to receive blows: It is impermissible heroism, confident of sure and com• and Vietnamese peoples, -insist on for U.S. imperialism to hang on and acting wilfully and cling to its reck• plete victory over the U.S. aggres• refuse to quit Indochina. The three sors. All this has more firmly con• less course in Indochina, -it would cer• peoples of Indochina will certainly tainly eat the bitter fruit of its own vinced us that no brute force on win complete victory in their war earth can conquer the Vietnamese making and suffer even more igno• against U.S. aggression and for na• minious defeat. people who have been tempered in tional salvation. protracted revolutionary wars and The revolutionary friendship and that the Vietnamese people will The Premier noted: . During our militant unity -between our two peo• certainly realize the sacred goal of. friendly visit to our fraternal neigh- ples, the Premier said in conclusion,

4 Peking Review, No. IS Have • further developed. through the peoples in their war against U.S. ag• : The;revolutionary- struggle" waged visit. Following their, great leader gression and for national salvation. by the people the world over against Chairman Mao's teachings, the. Chi-, The Chinese people • will for ever U.S. imperialism and its running dogs nese people will unswervingly fulfil stand together with the fraternal peo• is surging ahead and the situation their internationalist duty and give ples of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambo• is excellent, Vice-Premier Li con• all-out support and assistance to the dia in the common fight to defeat tinued. We are glad to notice that Vietnamese and other Indochinese the U.S. aggressors and their lackeys. the Romanian people have given ac• tive support to the people of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia in their war against U.S. aggression and for national salvation, that the Roma• Romanian Government Delegation nian Government very early recog• nized the Royal Government of Na• Visits China tional Union of Cambodia under the leadership of Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambo• Comrade . Gheorghe Radulescu, Premier of the State Council, Com• dia, and that it has recently voiced Member of the Executive Committee, rade Chiu Hui-tsb, Member of the its determined denunciation of U.S. and Member of the Permanent Pre• Political Bureau of the C.P.C. Cen• imperialism for its crime in invading sidium, of the Central Committee of tral Committee and Deputy Chief of Laos and expanding the war in Indo• the Romanian Communist Party, and the General Staff of the Chinese china. This just stand of Romania's is well received by the people of the Vice-Chairman of the Council of People's Liberation Army, and lead• world. Ministers of the Socialist Republic of ing members of the departments con• cerned. Romania, and a Romanian Govern• . Vice-Premier Li Hsien-nien said: ment Delegation led by him arrived Vice-Premier Li Hsien-nien gave a China and Romania are friends in Peking on March 19 by special banquet on the evening of- March 20 sharing weal and woe in the strug• plane.' They are making a friendly to warmly welcome all the comrades visit to China at the invitation of gle against foreign aggression and the Chinese Government. on the Romanian Government Dele• oppression. In recent years, the gation. friendly relations and co-operation Members of the delegation are: between our two Parties and coun• Ion Avram, Minister of Machine- Comrade Li Hsien-nien and Com• tries have greatly developed. The Building Industry; Stefan Constan- rade Gheorghe Radulescu spoke at frequent contacts between the leaders tinescu, Vice-Minister of Metallurgi• the banquet, which was alive with cal Industry; Mircea Badica, Secre• a warm atmosphere of unity and of both countries and the inter• tary-General of the Ministry of friendship between the two Parties, changes in various spheres of activity Foreign Trade; lordache Ionescu, two countries and two peoples of have promoted understanding and Counsellor of the Government Com- China and Romania. friendship between us. The friendly . mission for Economic and Technical visit now being made by Comrade Vice-Premier Li Hsieri-nien said: iCpllaboration- and. Co-operation,- Gheorghe Radulescu who' has led a Ipsif .Pop, Director of the Head Bu• In the past year, the < Romanian delegation to our ; country for a people, under the leadership of the reau Under the Ministry of Machine- second time will undoubtedly further Romanian Communist Party headed Building Industry; Viorel Vlad, strengthen our friendly relations and by Comrade Nicolae' Geausescu, have Bureau Director of the Ministry of co-operation. Foreign.Trade; Emil Anghel, special• stood against foreign pressure, over• ist of the Government Commission come the effect of natural disaster Vice-Chairman Radulescu said: I for Economic and Technical Collab• and won new victories in safeguard• feel very satisfied now that we are oration and Co-operation; Sandu ing national independence and state here with you again, following our Segal, Director of the Technical Bu• sovereignty and in building up their last visit to your country not long reau Under the Ministry of Machine- motherland. The victories of the ago. We regard this as full demon• Building Industry; Mihai Pora, Dep• Romanian people dealt relentless stration of the solid friendship be• uty Director of the State Enterprise blows to and brought ignominious tween our two peoples, two Parties for Foreign Trade (Industriaimport); defeat for those who gloated on and two Governments. This friend• and Dumitru Diaconescu, Counsellor their troubles and attempted to bring ship is built on the principled basis of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. them to their knees by taking ad• of Marxism-Leninism and prole• vantage of their difficulties. As your tarian internationalism, and on the Present at the airport to warmly friends, the Chinese people are over• basis of mutual respect and complete welcome the distinguished Romanian equality. guests were: Comrade Li Hsien-nien, joyed at the victories and achieve• Member of the Political Bureau of ments the Romanian people have The Romanian people highly ap• the Central Committee of the Com• scored in various fields and extend praise the friendship and many-sided munist Party of China and Vice- warm congratulations to them. co-operation between Romania and

March 26; 1971 5 China, he continued'1. We would like ing of some important agreements on The hosts- and guests had a cordial to assure you that the Romanian the supply of complete sets of equip• and friendly conversation during the Communist Party and our Govern• ment and installation. This will meeting. ment will make every effort to pro• mark a new step taken in strength• Comrade Aurel Duma, Romanian mote daily increasing prosperity and ening the solid friendship- between Ambassador to China, gave a ban• the peoples, Parties and Governments development of the friendship and quet on the evening of March 22 on of Romania and China. co-operation between Romania and the occasion of the visit to China of China in the interest of our two Chou En-lai, Member of the Stand• the Romanian Government Delega• countries and two peoples. ing Committee of the Political Bu• tion. Comrades Chou En-lai, Li reau of the Central Committee of the Hsien-nien and Chiu Hui-tso at• Radulescu said: Under the leader• Communist Party of China and Pre• tended. ship of the Communist Party headed mier of the State Council, met Com• Comrade Radulescu and Comrade by Chairman Mao.. Tsetung, the fra• rade Radulescu and all members of Li Hsien-nien spoke at the banquet, ternal Chinese people have made the Romanian Government Delega• which was alive with an atmosphere tion on March 22. brilliant achievements in various of fraternal friendship and unity be• fields in economy and social activi• Attending, the meeting, were Vice- tween the two Parties, two countries ties,, and this is widely known, ap• Premier Li Hsien-nien and Deputy and two peoples of China and praised and admired in our country. Chief of the P.L.A. General Staff Romania. Their speeches were punc• Without the participation of the Peo• Chiu Hui-tsQ. tuated by warm applause. ple's Republic of China, no question of. great importance in the present world can be solved and this is be• Nepalese National coming' more and more prevalent public opinion in the world. Delegation in Peking

He said: Romania holds that it is Ram Hari Sharma, Chairman of When Chairman Sharma and Mme. necessary immediately to end the the Nepalese National Panel: ay at, Sharma, General Rana. and Mme. war in Viet Nam and foreign inter• and Mme. Sharma and the Goodwill Rana, Nepalese Ambassador Ranad- vention, in Indochina. All troops Delegation of the National Pancha- hir Subba and Mme. Subba. as well from the U.S. and other countries, yat led by him arrived in Peking by as other distinguished Nepalese taking part in the. aggression must, special plane on March 20. for a guests came to the meeting hall, be withdrawn unconditionally. The friendship visit at the invitation of Premier Chou, Vice-Chairman Kuo people of Viet Nam. and other coun• the Standing Committee of the Na• and Vicer-Premier Li shook hands tries in Mdaehina must be permitted tional People's Congress of the Peo• with them and. were photographed ple's Republic of China. to. settle their own matters, of exist• with them'. Afterwards hosts and ence under- no- foreign intervention.. The national flags of China and guests had cardial and friendly talks Our country also stands for the with• Nepal fluttered' over Peking Airport. between them. ., • drawal of foreign troops from the • The distinguished guests from : our Premier Chou and' Vice-Chairman southern part of. Korea so that the friendly neighbour- Nepal were' warmly welcomed by Kuo Mo-jo, Kuo Mo-jo gave a banquet on the. Korean people are. assured the possi• evening of March 21 warmly wel• bility of fulfilling their just desire Vice-Chairman of the Standing Com• mittee of the National People's coming the distinguished guests. for unifying then* fatherland. Congress, and Li Hsien-nien, Vice- Vice-Chairman Kuo Mo-jo and Chairman Sharma made warm and ' We stand firmly for the dis• Premier of the State Council, as. well friendly 'speeches which were ap• mantling of foreign military bases as: several thousand revolutionary plauded., and the withdrawal of U.S. troops people in the capital from Taiwan, an ^inseparable part of Premier Chou En-lai and" Vice- In his speech, Vice-Chairman Kuo the People's Republic of China, for Chairman Kuo Mo-jo met Ram Hari Mo-jo said: China and Nepal are the restoration of the legitimate Sharma and Mme. Sharma, and all close friendly neighbours, and the fights of the People's Republic of members of the delegation on the traditional friendship between our China in the U.N.. and for the. ousting evening of March 21. They also met two countries has a long history. of the Chiang Kai-shek clique from General Nara Shamsher Rana, Presi• Since the establishment of diplomat• ic relations between China and that organization., dent of the Nepal Table Tennis As• sociation,, and Mme. Rana as well as Nepal, the friendship between us. Radulescu concluded: We believe all members, of the .Nepalese Table has developed continuously. These daily-growing friendly and good- our current visit.and: our talks .with Tennis Team. neighbourly relations between our our Chinese colleagues will come to., • Also- present on the occasion- was a successful., conclusion with the sign• Vice-Premier -Li Hsien-nien. - (Continued on p. 22.)

6: Peking Review,- No. IB- BENMIN RIB AO

A Year of Battle, a Year -of Victory nPODAY is the first anniversary of the founding of Today, the Cambodian people have been widely J- the National United Front of Cambodia headed by mobilized and have plunged into the struggle against Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Cam• U.S. imperialism and its lackeys. More and more bodia; it is also the first anniversary of-the Cambodian workers, peasants, patriotic intellectuals, soldiers, offi^ people's rebellion and war against U.S. aggression and' cers, Buddhist monks and people of other strata for national salvation. At a time when the Cambodian throughout Cambodia are rallying under the banner of patriotic armed forces and people are winning one the National United Front of Cambodia - headed by victory after another and when the situation in Indo• Samdech Norodom Sihanouk and the Royal Govern• china has never been so fine, the Chinese people, ment of National Union. Many noted patriots are with boundless elation, join the Cambodian people in shaking off the yoke imposed on them by the reaction• celebrating this day of great historic importance. With ary Lon Nol clique and coming over to the National profound sentiments of comrades-in-arms, we extend United Front to devote themselves to the common cause the most cordial and most enthusiastic greetings of resisting U.S^ aggression and saving the country. to the Cambodian people,'and to esteemed Samdech The National Liberation Armed Forces of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk, the National United Front and' the have grown strong in the flames of the war against Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia. U.S. aggression and for national salvation. Firmly rely• In March last year, U.S. imperialism instigated the ing on the masses of people and developing the people's Lon Nol-Sirik Matak clique to stage a reactionary coup war extensively, they have liberated large areas of their d'etat in a vain attempt to overthrow at one stroke the territory and annihilated large numbers of enemy Royal Government led by Samdech Norodom Sihanouk troops, and are becoming ever stronger through fight* and reverse the course of history of Cambodia. For a ing. They are the hope of Cambodia's cause of national time dark clouds overhung Cambodia and a horde liberation and a strong army in the war of the three of monsters ran amuck in Phnom Penh City. The Indochinese peoples against U.S. aggression and for Cambodian nation and people were confronted with national salvation. a critical and perilous situation. At this historical junc• On the international plane, the Royal Government ture, the voice of Samdech Sihanouk; the respected and. of National Union Under the Leadership of the National beloved leader of the Cambodian'people, rang -out: He United .Front of Cambodia has been recognized and issued, on March 23 a message to his compatriots and a supported by many countries. It has made positive solemn declaration. He called on the Cambodian people contributions to the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist to take up arms and "engage in guerrilla warfare in the struggle of the people in Asia, Africa and Latin America, jungle," so as to defeat the U.S. aggressors and the, trai• and enjoys high international prestige. torous clique in Phnom Penh and to fight for the salva• tion of the nation and the liberation of the motherland. On the contrary, the Lon Nol puppet clique fostered This militant spirit of Samdech Sihanouk who refused - by U.S. imperialism, has been repudiated and opposed to be daunted by brute force and defiantly upheld by the broad masses of Cambodian people and is sinking righteousness demonstrated the lofty national spirit of in the vast ocean of people's war. Despite the the Cambodian people and has won the praise and. direct armed invasion of Cambodia by the Nixon gov• admiration of the Chinese people and the people ernment, nothing can reverse the inevitable doom of the throughout the world. counter-revolutionary Phnom Penh puppet regime. Our great leader Chairman Mao pointed out, "A In the past year, under, the leadership of Samdech just cause enjoys abundant support while an unjust Norodom Sihanouk, the National United Front of Cam• cause finds little support. A weak nation can defeat a bodia and the Royal Government of National Union, the strong, a small nation can defeat a big." The develop• Cambodian patriotic armed forces and people, imbued ment of the situation in Cambodia during the past year with bitter .hatred for U.S. imperialism and its stooge eloquently testifies to this wise thesis. the Lon Nol clique and bringing into full play their patriotism and revolutionary heroism, -have waged a The rapid development and brilliant victories of heroic and staunch'-struggle against the enemy-and the war waged by the Cambodian people and all !.he scored brilliant victories. • people of the three countries in Indochina against U.S.

March 26, im 7. aggression and for national salvation have foiled the and for national salvation. It is our unshirkable inter• scheme of U.S. imperialism to expand its war of aggres• nationalist duty to do everything in our power,to sup• sion in Indochina. The Nixon government vainly hoped port and aid the Cambodian and other Indochinese to sever the close ties between the peoples of the three peoples in their anti-U.S. struggle. The Cambodian Indochinese countries to save itself from the defeat in people's valiant and staunch fighting spirit is worthy of its aggression in Indochina and to alleviate the predica• our emulation. We have been deeply moved and en• ment of U.S. imperialism and its running dogs. But couraged by the profound friendship of Samdech Noro• the whole course of events ran counter to its wishful dom Sihanouk towards the Chinese people. The long• thinking. During the past year, holding high the militant standing fraternal friendship between the Chinese and banner of the Summit Conference of the Indochinese Cambodian peoples is growing from day to day in Peoples, the three peoples of Indochina have supported the common struggle against U.S. imperialism and its each other and forged militant unity, and the whole running dogs. Indochina Peninsula has become a battlefield lit by the . • Today, while celebrating the first anniversary of flames of war. Especially in the recent period, the three the founding of the National United Front of Cambodia peoples of Indochina fighting heroically in close co• and the Cambodian people's war against U.S. aggression ordination wiped out large .numbers of U.S.-puppet and for national salvation, we are convinced that under troops and scored brilliant military successes which the wise leadership of Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, shook the world, thereby making new and important the National United Front of Cambodia and the Royal contributions to the common cause of the people of the Government of National Union of Cambodia, and with world against the U.S. aggressors and their running dogs: the three Indochinese peoples fighting shoulder to shoulder, the heroic Cambodian people are sure to com• The year of victorious advance for the Cambodian pletely defeat the most vicious U.S. imperialism and its people in their war against U.S. aggression and for running dogs, and win the war, win the victory and national salvation is also a year of consolidation and win independence. After the revolutionary storm of development for the friendship and solidarity between the war against U.S. aggression and for national salva• the Chinese and Cambodian peoples. The Chinese people tion, an independent, peaceful, democratic and neutral Cambodia, enjoying territorial integrity and national feel it an honour and are proud that they have, during prosperity, will certainly emerge in all its splendour in the past year, made the vast expanse of their territory Southeast Asia! a great rear area for the Cambodian and other Indo- Chinese peoples in their war against U.S. aggression ("Renmin Ribao" editorial, March 23)

First Anniversary of National United Front Of Cambodia Celebrated

Vrce-Chairman Tung Pi-wu and Premier Chou En-lai Send Message of Congratulations to Samdech Sihanouk And Prime Minister Penn Nouth

Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State of Chairman Mao and his close comrade-in-arms Vice- Cambodia and Chairman of the National United Chairman Lin Piao and on behalf of the Chinese Gov• Front of Cambodia, ernment and people, wish to extend warm congratula• Samdech Penn Nouth, Chairman of the Political tions and high respects to Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Bureau of the Central Committee of the National Head of State of Cambodia and Chairman of the Na• tional United Front of Cambodia, to Samdech Penn United Front of Cambodia and Prime Minister Nouth, Chairman of the Political Bureau of the Cen• of the Royal Government of National Union of tral Committee of the National United Front of Cam• Cambodia, bodia and Prime Minister of the Royal Government of On the occasion of the first anniversary of the National Union of Cambodia, to the National United founding of the National United' Front' of Cambodia'; Front of Cambodia and-the Royal Government of Na• we, on behalf of the Chinese people's great leader tional Union of Cambodia, and to the fraternal Khmer

8 Peking Review, No. 13 people and all the commanders and fighters of the and brothers. Through their common struggle against Cambodian Armed Forces of National Liberation. U.S. imperialism, the great friendship and' militant The birth of the National United Front of Cam• -unity between our two peoples have been further con• bodia marked a completely new historical stage in the solidated and developed. FoUowing their great leader Cambodian people's struggle against U.S. imperialism. Chairman Mao's teachings, the Chinese people will For the independence, neutrality, territorial integrity, unswervingly fulfil the bounden internationalist duty peace, democracy and progress of their fatherland, the of the great rear area to the great front and resolutely Cambodian people, under the wise leadership of Sam• support the Cambodian people and all the three peoples dech Norodom Sihanouk and the National United of Indochina in their war against U.S.' aggression and Front of Cambodia have in the past year waged a for national salvation. We firmly believe that the three heroic and tenacious war against U.S. aggression and peoples of Indochina, uniting closely, supporting and for national salvation, liberated the greater part of assisting each other and persevering in a protracted the territory and population, dealt heavy blows at U.S. people's war, will certainly defeat the U.S. aggressors imperialism and its lackey the Lon Nol-Sirik Matak and all their running dogs and win complete victory in traitorous clique and won brilliant victories. The great the war against U.S. aggression and for national victories won by the Cambodian people and all the salvation. three peoples of Indochina in their war against U.S. aggression and for national salvation have set for- all Tung Pi-wu the oppressed nations and people of the world a bril• Vice-Chairman of the People's Re• liant example in which a weak nation can defeat a public of China strong, a small nation can defeat a big, and made out• standing contributions to the struggle of the people of Chou En-lai various countries to safeguard national independence Premier of the State Council of and oppose U.S. imperialist aggression. the People's Republic of China China and Cambodia are close neighbours, and the Chinese and Cambodian peoples are comrades-in-arms March 22, 1971

Premier Chou En-lai Gives Grand Banquet

N the occasion of the first anniversary of the visit to Gheorghe Radulescu, head of the Romanian Gov• O China of Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, Head of State ernment Delegation. and Chairman of the National United Front of Cam• Present at the banquet were leading comrades of bodia, and Mme. Sihanouk, and Samdech Penn Nouth, the Chinese Party and Government: Huang Yung-sheng, Chairman of the Political Bureau of the Central Com• Yao Wen-yuan, Yeh Chien-ying, Li Hsien-nien, Wu Fa- mittee of the N.U.F.C. and Prime Minister of the Royal hsien, Li Tso-peng, Chiu Hui-tso, Chi Teng-kuei, Li Government of National Union of Cambodia, and Mme. Teh-sheng, Wang Tung-hsing and Kuo Mo-jo. Penn Nouth, Premier Chou En-lai in the evening of March 19 gave a grand banquet in the Great Hall of The banquet began with the band playing the na• the People in their honour and to warmly celebrate the tional anthem of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the song of first anniversary of the founding of the N.U.F.C. the Lao Patriotic Front, the official song of the Re• public of South Viet Nam, and the national anthems Seated at the table for the guests of honour together of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, the Demo• with Samdech and Mme. Sihanouk and Samdech and cratic People's Republic of Korea and the People's Re• Mme. Penn Nouth were comrades-in-arms from Viet public of China. Nam, Laos, Korea and Romania: Premier Chou and Samdech Sihanouk made heart• Ngo Thuyen, Ambassador of the Democratic Re• warming speeches at the banquet. public of Viet Nam to China; Nguyen Van Quang, Ambassador of the Republic In his speech, Premier Chou, on behalf of the Chi• of South Viet Nam to China; nese people's great leader Chairman Mao and his close comrade-in-arms Vice-Chairman Lin and on behalf of Lao friends General and Mme. Huon Mongkhun- the Chinese Government and people, extended warm vilay; congratulations and high respects to Samdech Norodom Hyon Jun Guk, Ambassador of the Democratic Sihanouk, Head of State of Cambodia and Chairman People's Republic of Korea to China, and Mme. Hyon -of the National United Front of Cambodia, and Mme. Jun Guk; and Sihanouk, to Samdech Penn Nouth, Chairman of the

March 26, 1971 9 Political. Bureau of. the Central Committee of the Na• peoples.. In firm response to their great leader tional -United Front of-Cambodia and Prime Minister Chairman Mao's solemn statement of May .20, 1970, the •of the Royal Government of. National Union of Cam• Chinese people resolutely support the Cambodian peo• bodia, and Mme. Penn Nouth, to the Royal Government ple in their war against U.S. aggression and for national of National Union of Cambodia and to the fraternal salvation, and resolutely unite with the people of Cam• Cambodian people and all the commanders and fighters bodia, other Indochinese countries and the whole world of the Cambodian National Armed Forces. in the common fight to thoroughly defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs. Premier Chou said: After his arrival in China, Samdech Norodom Sihanouk has held high the banner In his speech at the banquet, Samdech Sihanouk of safeguarding national independence and led the Cam• said that March 19, 1970, constituted the point of de• bodian people in rising and waging a war of resistance. parture for the Khmer people towards hope, rehabilita• On March 23 last year, he issued the solemn five-point tion of national dignity and honour, and that in the declaration announcing the founding of the National past year the balance was highly in favour of the Cam• United Front of Cambodia and initiated the convoca• bodian people's resistance and very much against U.S. tion of the Summit Conference of the Indochinese Peo• imperialism and its lackeys of the Lon Nol gang. ples and then formed the Royal Government of Na• tional Union of Cambodia. In the past year, the Cam• ' He said: I think it is not necessary for me to tell bodian people's armed struggle against U.S. aggression you at length about the constitution of the N.U.F.C, •and for national salvation has developed vigorously, the formation of the R.G.N.U.C., the establishment of seven-tenths of the territory and six-tenths of the pop• the People's Army of National Liberation of Kampuchea, ulation have been liberated and heavy blows have the Summit Conference of the Indochinese Peoples, the been dealt to the U.S. aggressors and their lackey, the spontaneous realization of the fraternal front of the Lon Nol-Sirik Matak traitorous clique. Supporting and Chinese, Khmer, Vietnamese, Laotian and Korean peo• assisting each other and fighting shoulder to shoulder, ples, the historic statement of Chairman Mao dated the three peoples of Indochina have won great victories May 20, 1970, the de jure recognition of the R.G.N.U.C. in the war against U.S. aggression and for national by 23 sovereign states and governments and two peo• salvation. ple's movements of national liberation. All these In particular, the recent brilliant victories in the events beneficial to our people and the future of our area of Highway 9 and the southern part of Laos have country are as well-known to you as the resounding won the warm acclamation and admiration of the peo• military successes scored by the three fraternal Khmer, ple of the whole world. U.S. imperialism wildly at• Vietnamese and Laotian peoples on the three battle• tempts to divide the various battlefields in Indochina, fields in Cambodia, Viet Nam and Laos. You also but the result is that it has turned the whole Indochina know that these successes have obliged Nixon, arch into a single battlefield. The situation in the three criminal chieftain of U.S. imperialism, to launch des• Indochinese peoples' war against U.S. aggression and perately a new big escalation of his war of aggression for national salvation has never been so favourable as in Indochina, an escalation involving a large-scale of• it is today. fensive against Cambodia aimed at seizing Kratie, the Premier Chou continued: China is the rear area most important city of liberated Cambodia, a large- of the people of Cambodia and other Indochinese peo• scale offensive in the region of Khe Sanh (south Viet ples in waging their war against U.S. aggression and Nam), the savage bombardment of several parts of the for national salvation. Staying in the rear area, Sam• territory of the D.R.V.N., and an aggression on the dech Norodom Sihanouk has the front at heart and has largest scale in Lower Laos. often Issued messages to inspire the fighting will of the "people. In the past year, in response to Samdech No• Samdech Sihanouk continued: Today, it is very rodom Sihanouk's call, many patriotic Cambodians have clear to all the people of the world that the American "come over to the National United Front one after an• aggressors and their Saigon and other mercenaries are other to join the ranks of the struggle against U.S. suffering complete defeats, unable to attain any of the aggression and for national salvation. And now the objectives set in Cambodia as well as in Laos, south National United Front of Cambodia has continuously Viet Nam and north Viet Nam. The very heavy and developed and grown in strength and has become the "plain defeat which the heroic fraternal peoples of Laos powerful force, leading the struggle of the Cambodian and Viet Nam have made them suffer in the region of people, Tchepone and the region of Khe Sanh in particular, undoubtedly constitutes a turning point in this great In conclusion. Premier Chou said: The Chinese and war in Indochina. Cambodian peoples are brothers and comrades-in-arms. In the past, year, the common struggle against U.S. It is absolutely certain that proceeding from this Imperialism has bound our two peoples together even new. turning point, the three Indochinese. peoples may more closely. No force on earth can .undermine the regard the coming battles, no matter, how hard and how great. friendship and militant unity between pur two numerous they may be, as irresistible stages towards

10 Peking Review, No. 13 complete victory over U.S. imperialism and its total and people of Cambodia and-the; other Indochinese countries irreversible elimination from our Indochina. in their war against U.S. aggression and for national Samdech Sihanouk declared: In their exaltant ad• salvation, to the independence, peace, democracy, neu• vance towards definitive victory, the three Indochinese trality, territorial integrity and prosperity of Cambodia, to the prosperity of the People's Republic of China, and peoples have the exceptional chance of having the to the great friendship and militant unity between the : P.R.C. as their reliable and extremely powerful great people of China and Cambodia and the other Indo- rear area. In this regard, we are greatly inspired by Chinese countries. the historic remarks which are resounding throughout .the world, made recently in Hanoi by His Excellency Also present on the occasion were: Prince Norodom ..the Premier of the P.R.C. And equally are we extremely Yuvaneath, son of Samdech Norodom Sihanouk, and inspired by the news of the completely successful Mme. Yuvaneath; Princess Norodom Roeungsy, daughter launching into the space of the second man-made satel• of, Samdech Norodom Sihanouk; Princess Norodom lite of the P.R.C, which is even larger, heavier and Keth Kanya, aunt of Samdech Norodom Sihanouk; faster than the first one. Mme. Kou Roun; Thiounn Mumm, Member of the Political Bureau of the N.U.F.C. Central Committee We see as a very happy augury that the new great and Minister of Economy and Finance of the Royal victories of the Indochinese peoples are so magnificently Government of National Union of Cambodia; General saluted by the launching of the second satellite of the Duong Sam Ol, Member of the Political Bureau of the P.R.C. This new great success Has greatly upset the N.U.F.C. Central Committee and Minister of Military enemies (U.S. imperialism • in particular) of the peoples Equipment and Armament, and Mme. Duong Sam 01; and greatly elated and reassured all the peoples and Keat Chhon, Alternate Member of the Political Bureau countries that love freedom, peace, justice and equality of the N.U.F.C. Central Committee and Minister Dele• •—ideals which Mao Tsetung's China symbolizes so gate to the Prime Minister; Thiounn Prasith, Alternate perfectly in their eyes, Samdech Sihanouk said. Member of the Political Bureau of the N.U.F.C. Central Premier Chou's and Samdech Sihanouk's speeches Committee and Minister in Charge of the Co-ordina• were greeted with round after round of thunderous ap• tion of the Efforts of Struggle for National liberation; plause. Following - Premier Chou's speech, the song Van Piny, Second Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Remembrance of China by Samdech Sihanouk was Mme. Van Piny; Ker Meas, Ambassador of the Kingdom played. Following Samdech Sihanouk's speech, the of Cambodia to China; Ang Kim Khoan, Ambassador of band played Ode to the Socialist Motherland. From the Kingdom of Cambodia to Korea, and Mme. Ang beginning to end, the banquet was permeated with a Kim Khoan; and other distinguished Cambodian guests; warm atmosphere of fraternal friendship and militant all the members of the Romanian Government Delega• unity between the people of China and Cambodia. Hosts tion now on a friendship visit to China, and diplomatic and guests drank toasts to the great victories of the envoys of various countries to China.

by "Renmin Ribao" Commentator.'

HE Lao patriotic armed forces and people, having would "take" Tchepone within a week. They were T wiped out 8 battalions and 20 companies of enemy covered by large numbers of aircraft overhead and troops which had intruded into. southern Laos, recently supported by long-range artillery from behind. Never• continued their triumphant advance and multiplied theless, Tchepone has remained tantalizingly beyond their military successes by annihilating the Saigon their reach. With every move forward, the enemy re• puppet forces' "crack" 1st Regiment of the 1st Infantry ceived head-on blows from the Lao patriotic armed Division. All the five battalions of this regiment were forces and people and suffered heavy losses. Complete• put out of action and the regimental commander and ly routed now, the enemy is retreating in disorder. The deputy commander killed on the spot. The Chinese U.S.-puppet troops have been severely punished for people hail this magnificent military success of the Lao their invasion of Laos. patriotic armed forces and people and extend them The splendid victory of the Lao patriotic armed warm congratulations. forces and people demonstrates the unparalleled might More than a month ago, the enemy intruded into of people's war. The enemy invading Laos made loud southern Laos along Highway 9, - clamouring that they boasts • about their arms "superiority." - But this

March 26, 1971 "superiority"- came to naught in the face of the strategy after the hatchet" — a double defeat for the Nixon and tactics of people's war. For courage and political government. The '^Vietnamization programme" Is consciousness of the people, close-quarter fighting and doomed to failure because there are only a. handful night operations still count in modern warfare. Fight• of national scum in south Viet Nam willing to serve as ing for independence and freedom, the Lao people fear running dogs of U.S. imperialism. The bulk of the no sacrifice and fight courageously. With their soldiers of the Saigon puppet regime are not willing bayonets, they defeated an enemy armed to the teeth to die for U.S. imperialism. Such being the case, is it and wiped them out by whole battalions and regiments. not stupid and ridiculous on the part of the Nixon The victory of the Lao patriotic armed forces and peo• government to pin its hopes on the south Vietnamese ple once again testifies to the indisputable truth that puppet troops to save it? weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. Though it has sustained a crushing blow In Laos, U.S. imperialism, which is aggressive by nature, will The failure of the U.S.-puppet troops' invasion of never admit failure, give tip and be reconciled to its Laos proclaims the bankruptcy of the Nixon govern• defeat. It will still make a last-ditch struggle and may ment's long-planned "Vietnamization programme." As even embark on new military adventures. . However, their main force, they threw the so-called crack troops no matter what further stakes the Ni-xon government of the Saigon puppet clique, the 1st Infantry Division, may throw in, it will lose out in the end. Final victory the Paratroop Division and the rangers, into the battle belongs to the heroic Lao people, to the people of all and regarded this invasion as "a key test of 'Vietnamiz- three countries of Indochina. Ing' the war." The annihilation of large numbers of Saigon puppet troops meant "throwing the helve (March 21)

HPHE Lao patriotic armed forces and people recently In this operation, more than 1,000 enemy troops chalked up another big victory in southern Laos we're killed or wounded and over 100 captured, and a when they completely wiped out a regiment of the so- hundred or so enemy troops surrendered. Twenty-eight called main force of the Saigon puppet army. enemy planes were shot down and 16 heavy guns After destroying the position of the Saigon puppet together with . large quantities of materiel were army's 2nd Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division on captured. Hill 748 on March 12, the Lao People's Liberation Army encircled the 1st Regiment of the same division en• A communique issued on March 14 by the Supreme trenched on Hill 723, southwest of Ban Dong. Begin• Command of the Lao People's Liberation Army summed ning March 14, this enemy position was pounded by up the big victories of the Lao patriotic armed forces heavy artillery fire. On March 14 and 15, P.L.A. anti• and people on the battlefield in southern Laos. It said aircraft units shot down 27 U.S. helicopters and a jet that in more than a month over 7,200 U.S. and Saigon fighter, cutting the enemy's air supply line and com• puppet troops had been killed or wounded. Nearly 300> pletely isolating Hill 723. The P.L.A. infantry valiantly stormed the enemy position from several directions under cover of intense artillery fire in the morn• ing of March 16. Using bayonets and hand-grenades in hand-to- hand combat, the P.L.A. fighters wiped out a large number of enemy troops, demolished the regimental command post and annihilated 4 infantry battalions, an artillery battalion and units directly under the regimental com• mand. The commander and deputy commander of the enemy regiment were killed on the spot. Thus, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division, the so-called elite of the Saigon puppet army, was entirely wiped out. Xibe Lao People- I rberation Army fighting in seratkern Eaos. 22 Peking Review, No. 13 others, including Nguyen Van Tho, commander of the losses to the rear forces of the U.S.-puppet troops in• Saigon puppet 3rd Paratroop "Brigade, and all the staff, truding into the southern part of Laos. officers of this brigade, were taken prisoner, and 8 The March 16 communique of the Command of the battalions and 20 companies were wiped out. Nearly South Viet Nam People's Liberation Armed Forces at 350 aircraft were shot down or destroyed on the ground. the Khe Sanh Front said that after 45 days of fighting, Two hundred and ten military vehicles, more than one- the Liberation Army there had put more than 3,000 third of them tanks and armoured cars; were knocked enemy troops out of action, including 2,000 U.S. troops. out. A large quantity of war supplies and many They completely wiped out the 39th Ranger Battalion logistics depots were destroyed. Many enemy troops of the Saigon puppet army and badly mauled many laid down their arms and the patriotic armed forces U.S. infantry, mechanized and artillery units. They captured dozens of tanks, armoured cars and a large captured over 100 enemies, downed or destroyed on quantity of weapons and other war equipment. the ground nearly 100 aircraft, captured a number of pilots, wrecked 350 military vehicles — including over The Khe Sanh Front 100 tanks and armoured cars, sank 23 cargo ships, burnt The victory of the Lao patriotic armed forces and down 20 logistics depots containing millions of litres of people -is inseparable from the victory won by the gasoline, tens of thousands of artillery shells and South Viet Nam People's Liberation Armed Forces at thousands of tons of other materiel, and seized manj; the Khe Sanh front. The latter's victory caused heavy weapons and ammunition.

by "Renmin Ribao" Commentator

TNVIGORATING news of victories has kept pouring Saigon lackeys thought that by throwing large num• in from the battlefield of Laos. Riding on the crest bers of aircraft, tanks, guns and ground forces into the of victories, the Lao People's Liberation Army made incursion they could occupy southern Laos, cut off the hot pursuit of the invading U.S.-puppet troops for days close ties between the peoples of the three Indochinese on end and wiped out nearly two brigades of the main countries and avert their defeat in Indochina. However, force of the Saigon puppet troops in the Ban Dong the Lao people and all the people of the three Indo- area in the three days from March 18 to 20. This was Chinese countries are incomparably powerful and un• the most brilliant victory won by the Lao patriotic conquerable. They are fighting heroically for their armed forces and people in the fighting.to repulse national independence and liberation and for the defeat the invasion of the U.S.-puppet troops in more of their, common enemy — U.S. imperialism and its than a month. It was an extremely heavy, blow to the running dogs.. They can vanquish all enemies and U.S. aggressors and their lackeys. will never yield to the enemies. Oitr defence was strong as a wall already, now did our wills unite like a fortress. Now the U.S.-puppet troops invading southern Laos The same is true of the Lao patriotic armed forces have failed utterly all along the front and they are and people. The brazen invasion of the U.S.-puppet fleeing in panic lest they should meet the fate of total troops is nothing but an act to court their own destruc• annihilation. The U.S.-puppet troops hemmed in on tion. Their miserable failure is inevitable. the Khe Sanh front were also badly bruised by the south Viet Nam "people's armed forces." The military The annihilation of large numbers of Saigon puppet venture on which the Nixon government has staked troops in Lower Laos is a debacle for the Nixon government not only in its military venture but also very high has failed ignominiously "and irretrievably in its political gambling. "Vietnamization" has failed in face, of the heroic counter-attacks of the patriotic to come off. The Nixon doctrine, in which the "use armed forces and people in Laos and south Viet Nam. of Asians to fight Asians" is essential, has gone bankrupt Our great leader Chairman Mao pointed out: The to a greater extent. All the rosy promises made by. U.S. imperialists and all reactionaries always miscal• Nixon at home to hoax public opinion and poison peo• culate the situation. "They had overestimated their ple's minds have vanished like a bubble. He who own strength, underestimated the strength of the rev• rides a tiger cannot dismount. The U.S. aggressors have olution and -rashly unleashed the war and so were caught found themselves in an inextricable dilemma in Indo• in their own trap." The Nixon government and its china today.

March 26, 1971 13 . Now, we must watch for Nixon government's next of-Viet Nam have dealt a telling blow to the U.S. air move. marauders. The U.S. aggressors will certainly be severely punished for any of their encroachments on Nixon the gambler thinks that there are still some the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam. cards left in his hand. Escalation of the bombing of north Viet Nam is one of his foul moves. Of late,- The disastrous defeat of the U.S. aggressors in U.S. imperialism continuously sent its marauder air• southern Laos further proves that the U.S. failure in craft to carry out wanton bombing of the Democratic Indochina is irreversible. No matter what military Republic of Viet Nam. This stratagem by the Nixon ventures the Nixon government may embark on, they government can neither cow the Vietnamese people will be thoroughly crushed by the people of Viet Nam, nor cover up its defeat; it can only reveal more fully Laos and Cambodia and will only accelerate its final the paper-tiger nature of U.S. imperialism which is out• defeat wardly strong but inwardly brittle. The heroic people (March 23)

Statement of the Commission for Physical Culture And Sports of the People's Republic of China

March 22, 1971

Resolutely supports the solemn statements of the spokesman of the Royal Govern• ment of National Union of Cambodia and the spokesman of the Ministry of Informa• tion and Culture of the Republic of South Viet Nam, and firmly holds: The so-called "representatives" sent by the Lon Nol traitorous clique and the Saigon puppet clique must be immediately expelled from the International Table Tennis Federation; these cliques are not entitled at all to send table tennis teams to take part in the 31st World Table Tennis Championships; the Cambodian Table Tennis Federation under the leader• ship of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia must immediately be invited to take part in the General Meeting of the International Table Tennis Federa• tion and the 31st World Table Tennis Championships,

N March 18, 1971, the spokesman of the Royal Gov• United Front of Cambodia is the sole legal government O ernment of National Union of Cambodia and the representing the Cambodian people. The Cambodian spokesman of the Ministry of information and Culture Table Tennis Federation founded by and placed under of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the the patronage of the Cambodian Head of State Samdech Republic of South Viet Nam issued statements respec• Norodom Sihanouk is the sole legal table tennis or• tively, pointing out in all seriousness that the Lon Nol- ganization iii. charge of the national table tennis sport Sirik Matak traitorous clique and the Saigon puppet of Cambodia. Only the Cambodian Table Tennis clique have no right whatsoever to send anyone to Federation is entitled to send people to participate in participate in the 31st World Table Tennis Champion• ships to be held from March 28 to April 7 in Nagoya, the General Meeting of the International Table Tennis Japan and in the General Meeting of the International Federation and the World Table Tennis Championships. Table Tennis Federation and firmly demanding the It is entirely illegal for the Lon Nol-Sirik Matak puppet expulsion of the so-called table tennis "delegations" clique to usurp the seat of Cambodia in the Interna• illegally sent by the Lon Nol-Sirik Matak traitorous tional Table Tennis Federation under whatever name clique and the Saigon puppet clique. The Chinese it assumes. people and all the Chinese workers of physical culture The Saigon puppet is a lackey groomed by U.S. resolutely support the just stand expressed in the state• imperialism and has long been spurned by the south ments of the spokesman of the Royal Government of Vietnamese people. No organization of its creation has National Union of Cambodia and the spokesman of the Ministry of Information' and Culture of the Provisional any right whatsoever to join any international organ• Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South ization. It is entirely illegal for the Saigon puppet clique Viet Nam. to send Its "delegation" to take part in the General Meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation As. is known to all, the Royal Government of and the. World Table Tennis Championships. The Pro• National Union Under the Leadership of the National visional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of

14 Peking Review, No. 13 South Viet Nam alone is the genuine legal representa• so-called "representatives" sent by the Lon Nol-Sirik' tive of the south Vietnamese people. Only the table Matak traitorous clique and the Saigon puppet clique tennis organization led by the Provisional Revolution• must be immediately expelled from the International ary Government of the Republic of South Viet Nam Table Tennis Federation; the Lon Nol-Sirik Matak has the right to represent south Viet Nam in interna• puppet clique and the Saigon puppet clique are not tional activities in connection with table tennis. entitled at all to send table tennis teams to take part in the 31st World Table Tennis Championships; the Both the Lol Nol-Sirik Matak puppet clique and Cambodian Table Tennis Federation under the leader• the Saigon puppet clique have betrayed their nations ship of the Royal Government of National Union of and are tools serving U.S. imperialism; they are the Cambodia must immediately be invited to send people enemies of the Cambodian and Vietnamese peoples. to take part in the General Meeting of the International The sneaking of the so-called table tennis organizations Table Tennis Federation and the 31st World Table rigged up by them into the World Table Tennis Cham• Tennis Championships. pionships and the International Table Tennis Federation will only affect the reputation of international table Together with the entire Chinese people, the tennis sports and the International Table Tennis Federa• Chinese Commission for Physical Culture and Sports tion and harm the friendship and unity between the and all the Chinese workers of physical culture will people and sportsmen of various countries. The Commis• strengthen their unity with the peoples of Cambodia, sion for Physical Culture and Sports of the People's Re• Viet Nam and the whole world in a common fight for public of China strongly condemns U.S. imperialism the enhancement of the friendship between the people and its lackeys for their despicable acts of undermining and sportsmen of various countries and against U.S. international activities in sports and firmly holds: The imperialist aggression!

Chinese Table Tennis- Delegation Leaves for Japan

HINA'S Table Tennis Delegation left Peking Japan and' other countries, and encouraged them C for Japan by air on March 17 to participate to follow Chairman Mao's great teachings and in the 31st World Table Tennis Championships. modestly learn from the people and sportsmen of The delegation will also pay a friendship visit to 'other countries and contribute to the promotion of Japan. • - friendship between the people of China and the people of all lands. Head of the 60-member delegation is Chao Cheng-hung, a leading member of the All-China * * * Sports Federation. Deputy heads are Fu Chih- hsing, Wang Hsiao-yun and Lu Ting. Secretary- A "Committee to Welcome the Chinese Table General of the 'delegation is Sung Chung and Tennis Delegation" was set up at'a meeting in. Deputy Secretary-General is Pan Chih-kang. Tokyo on the afternoon of March 12 by leading The delegation includes 22 men and women figures of various circles in Japan. The meeting players. elected Kenzo Nakajima as President and Kinkazu Saionji as Chairman of the Committee. Present at the airport to see the delegation off were Kuo Mo-jo, Vice-Chairman of the Stand• More than 100 well-known figures were ing Committee, of the National People's Congress present at the meeting. and Honorary President of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and leading members of Kenzo Nakajima in his opening speech and the organizations concerned as well as Chinese Kinkazu Saionji in his closing speech stated that sportsmen and sportswomen. a wholehearted and enthusiastic welcome on a nationwide scale would be extended to the Chinese Japanese friends in Peking Ichihei Sugiyama, Table Tennis Delegation during its visit to Japan. Haruo Miyamoto, Yoshlkiyo Hiyado and Haruhi Takayanagi were also present. The meeting declared that more than 500 personages of various circles in Japan have joined Before its departure, the delegation received the "Committee to Welcome the Chinese Table heart-warming letters from workers, peasants and Tennis Delegation." soldiers in many parts of the country. They asked members of the delegation- to convey the friendly It also announced the names of the advisers regards of the Chinese people to the people of to the Committee.

March 26, 1971 15 by Kao Yu-pao*

RETURNED to my native village after an absence all around. ." 7 : I just couldn't get my bearings. Won• I of more than 20 years in late autumn last year. As dering which way to go, I saw a big horse cart with the train approached the village, I could not contain many people on it approaching. A sturdy fellow, the my excitement. Through the window, I saw large tracts driver had a white towel round his neck and a big of ripe sorghum gleaming red in the sunlight; the apple straw hat on his head. He sat upright at the front of trees in the orchards were heavy with fruit; songs rang the cart, now and then waving his whip. Almost upon out and red banners fluttered over the houses and in me, he suddenly halted his horse and said: "Hello, com• the fields; men and women commune members were rade from the P.L.A. How about a lift?" He looked busy harvesting; tractors had replaced the oxen in the very familiar, but I couldn't figure out who he was! fields. . . . He also seemed to know me for he jumped off hastily. "Comrade, what's your surname?" I Lose My Way "Kao. And yours?" I asked. Something new caught my eyes as I got off the train.- "Aren't you young Yu-pao who tended pigs for the This wasn't the small station that I remembered. It landlord Skin Chou?" was like a busy wharf. Arias from the model revolu• "You're Uncle Keng-tai who was a hired labourer tionary theatrical, works came over the loudspeaker; for the same' landlord, aren't you?" boxes of apples were piled on the platform and freight Our four hands clasped and tears welled up in cars loaded with them were ready to start. Jiefang our eyes. No words were spoken. The misery of trucks, tractors and horse carts from people's communes 24 years ago when we were both hired labourers of the delivering goods formed a tight circle around the sta• landlord came into our minds. . '. . tion, and I had to squeeze my way out of this busy centre. "Comrade Yu-pao, get on the cart. Let's have a good talk!" He interrupted my recollection by intro• I-had intended to take the. bus home. However, ducing me to the people on the cart: "This is Comrade the bustling scene that followed a rich harvest left me Kao Yu-pao who wrote My Childhood." They gave me spellbound, and I decided to take a walk to get a better a hand with great enthusiasm, and I was on the cart look. before I knew it. An old man who had taken the whip from Uncle Keng-tai turned to me and said: "Keng-tai But the narrow path on which I had left my child• is vice-chairman of our commune's revolutionary hood footprints was no more. In front of me were committee." wide roads covered with sand. Reservoirs blocked my way. Luxuriant green orchards stood side by side. Small As the cart went along, Uncle Keng-tai told me of plants, primary schools and new homes met the eye the big changes in my county during more than 20 years. He said: "Our Fuhsien County, which was poor, has changed very rapidly since liberation and it * The author is a spare-time writer in the Chinese Peo• ple's Liberation Army. Widely read throughout China, his has many trucks and is crowded with mules and horses: novel My Childhood tells how in his childhood he and Not only have we begun to build water conservancy other poof and lower-middle peasants were down-trodden works in a big way and gone in for electrification and and exploited by the landlord class in his native village — mechanized farming, but we also have ..our commune- Sunchiatun, Fuhsien County in Liaon'ing Province —and how, led by the Communist Party, they later fought the run industrial plants. And there are the fruit trees/ landlords and joined the revolution. for example. We have over 30. times more than we

"16 Peking Review, No. 13 had'before liberation; Ail these changes were due to Chairman Mao's wise leadership and the collective strength of the people's commune!"

: Others on the cart also had some• thing to say: "Every commune, produc• tion brigade and team in our county now has its people's hospitals, clinics or barefoot doctors. There are stores everywhere." The old driver broke in: "In the old society, we poor people couldn't afford to have a doctor. If we got sick, all - we could do was to wait for death. Now because of Chairman Mao's concern for our labouring peo• ple, hospitals have been opened for us. Not only that, only cities and towns had stores before. Now stores are not far from our doors. We peasants can get ^illSll what we need without going to a city. III Even more, when we get up in the morning, the loudspeaker is going. Kao Yu-pao with pupils of a primary school in his native village. Everyday we can hear the voice of the Party Central Committee and of Chairman Mao! And the school. I saw clusters of lively and carefree children our living standard Is going up day by day." rushing out of the classrooms. Some began to play ball, others sang songs and still others did revolutionary The cart came to a cross road while we talked in dances. When they saw me, they ran up and sur• this vein. The old driver cheeked the horse and Uncle rounded me, firing a barrage of questions. After a Keng-tai jumped off and said to me: "Yu-pao, you're while, a girl with two plaits raced back to the classroom here." I saw a row of new buildings at the foot of a and returned with a young fellow who turned out to be hill. Bewildered, I asked: "Where are we?" Wiping the chairman of the school's revolutionary committee. off the sweat, he. laughed:. "Ah, .you still don't know He was Yu Chih-sheng, son of a former hired labourer your way. This is the primary school you wanted to and a graduate of the school. go to so much when you were a child." . . Yu told, me of' ;the changes in the school I had "Ah — It's completely different.'" I looked, at the known so long ago. "Present enrolment is more than school with mixed feelings. . . . 300 pupils," he said. "All school-age children can attend. Not only is there a primary school in our A Primary School Today village but a middle school as well. The 30-odd new school rooms were built by the poor and lower-middle My childhood life flashed through my mind. A peasants themselves." He showed me round the school. place where a monk in charge of a temple lived, this Pointing to a tract of land at the foot of a hill, he primary school had an enrolment of only 29 pupils and said: "That's the forest and farm we cultivate. We three broken-down rooms. We sons and daughters of are running the school in line with Chairman Mao's the poor were not admitted even to a school such as 'May 7' Directive. Our teachers and pupils can do both that. I was nine years old at the time. When I saw mental and manual labour. With a hoe, they till the the children of those with money going to school, I land; with books, they' can give lectures. They integ• cried for a chance to study. Mother told me in despair: rate theory with practice. Through the three great "Child, we don't have enough food and clothing and revolutionary movements — class struggle, the struggle your father is still confined to bed, how can I send for production and scientific experiment — we are you to school?" When mother reached this point, tears training a generation of new people." , ran down her face. . . . After that, I didn't mention the subject again. Changes in Huangchiatien "Dong, dong, dong!" The bell rang and I was Going southwestward from the school, I came- to awakened from the past. I couldn't help going into' Huangchiatien, which I described in My Childhood. • -

March 26-, 1971 17 Huangchiatien. reminded me of the wretched life the village had changed, but the people's, mental outlook in the old society when I tended a landlord's pigs. also had undergone tremendous changes.. - Pictures of landlord Skin Chou's brutal features, the The villagers told me a lot about the new people hired labourers' shelterless shack, the way the ruthless and their advanced endeavours. What they spoke about landlord imitated a cock crowing to get them to work most was Hsu Yun-tien, the representative of our at midnight and the severe beating they gave him village's poor and lower-middle peasants, who had reappeared in my mind. Banking on the Japanese attended the Third People's Congress of Lushun-Talien. imperialist aggressive forces, Skin Chou set up an oil- pressing mill, a flour mill, a tobacco-curing workshop A sudden torrential downpour struck at noon one and stores here in those years and controlled the day in 1968 when people were having lunch. He thought financial and administrative power of Huangchiatien of the six production team's buckets for carrying farm and the neighbouring villages. Huangchiatien was his chemicals still by the river bank. . Putting aside his exclusive preserve. Without enough food and clothing, bowl, Hsu Yun-tien ran towards the spot. But when the other hired labourers and myself were the victims he got there, the buckets had already been washed of his ruthless exploitation and oppression all the year away by the mountain flood. He immediately jumped round. into the river at the risk of his life and pursued-the buckets for more than one kilometre. With the help That shelterless shack has long been done away of other commune members, he finally got them back with, and the site has been turned into a threshing for the collective. Once at midnight, Hsu Yun-tien was" ground of the people's commune. I saw granaries all wakened by a sudden change in weather. . With a rain• around, and the golden maize and bright-red sorghum storm imminent, he immediately ran.to the threshing ears were piled high on the threshing ground. The ground, carrying his blankets and raincoat and covering throbbing of motors and the whinnying of cattle could the paper used for wrapping apples with them and be heard and commune members were busy threshing. thus protected the collective property. On the other side of the threshing ground, a grey• I also heard that though Grandpa Huang was now* beard came over to us with a look of discovery on his 70 years old, he had the revolutionary- spirit of the face. Wasn't this Grandpa Huang who had worked as Foolish Old Man who removed the mountains. Every a hired labourer for landlord Skin Chou in those years? day he worked .alongside other commune members, I ran up to him. The old man grasped my hands firmly. helped build a reservoir in winter and took an active With tears in his eyes, he said: "Are you little Yu-pao part in cutting through mountains. As a result, his who tended pigs for Skin. Chou?" I was too excited to say anything. I could only nod my head. "Child," new cotton-padded trousers his wife had made were Grandpa said, "you've changed so much in the great frayed and worn.

school of. the People's Liberation Army that I hardly My old aunt was also quite different from before1. recognize you!" A commune member standing by The evening I went to see her, she was conscientiously broke in: "Grandpa Huang Is now a leading member studying Chairman Mao's works together with her of the production' team and 'the threshing ground family. Happy but surprised at seeing me, she held watchman." We talked much about bur life since our my hands, talking endlessly. She said: "Our Sun• separation. The old man said with deep feeling: "Oh, chiatun no longer is what it was in the old society. Yu-pao, 12 of Huangchlatien's 30-odd poor and lower- Under Chairman Mao's leadership, we poor and lower- middle peasant households were in debt to Skin Chou middle peasants think of the interests of the collective that King of Hell. Now, our production team's grain and devote our efforts to benefit it. We commune is thrice as much as before^ We owe our present happy members are leading even more of a happy life today!"- life in Huangchiatien to Chairman Mao's wise leader• Before I could say anything, she continued: "Child, ship." we've been liberated, but we must not forget the Com• munist Party; when we are leading a happy life, we New People in Our Home Village must not forget Chairman Mao!" At .last I got to my native village Sunchiatun, My aunt's weighty advice and my home village's which I had not seen for 20 years. In the past, there great changes have made me understand' profoundly, were only a few fruit trees planted near the landlords' that it is because of Chairman-Mao that we've had all houses here. Now I could see terraced fields all over these magnificent changes. Guided by Chairman Mao's the hills and a forest of fruit trees. Having returned; revolutionary line, our motherland's socialist new I. discovered that not only the mountains, the land and villages are striding forward at a tremendous pace!

IS Peking Revieto, No. 13 The .Paris Commune bourgeois government came into the open in an in• creasingly sharp conflict. The people of Paris staged For the convenience of our readers, we print in the two' uprisings on October 31, 1870 and January 22, following pages background material on the Paris 1871. Both were suppressed by the traitorous govern• ment. In spite of this, the broad masses of workers Commune in connection with the article "Long Live the did not lay down their arms. Therefore, immediately Victory of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!"•—•in after its formation, the .Thiers government plotted to commemoration of the centenary of the Paris Commune disarm the workers. In the early hours of March 18, by the Editorial Departments of "Renmin Ribao," Thiers sent his reactionary troops to seize the artillery "Hongqi" and "Jiefangjun Bao" which appeared in P.R., of the National Guard on the Buttes Montmartre in No. 12. —Ed. the northern part of the city, but they were beaten N March 18, 1871, the proletariat and the masses of back by the heroic people of Paris and the National O the revolutionary people of Paris in France held an' Guard. Under the leadership of the Central Committee armed uprising against the reactionary rule of the bour• of the National Guard, the proletariat and other labour• geoisie. The great Paris Commune came into being. ing people of Paris staged an armed uprising and occu• This was the first rehearsal of world historic significance pied government institutions the same day. The Central staged by the proletariat for the overthrow of the bour• Committee of the National Guard became the provi• geoisie and the establishment of the dictatorship of the sional government of the revolution. The reactionary proletariat. Thiers government fled to Versailles. The revolution of the Paris Commune occurred while On March 26, the people of Paris elected the France was at war with Prussia and national and class Members of the Commune. The Paris Commune was contradictions had become very acute. proclaimed on March 28. In July 1870, Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon III), Em• Referring to the Paris Commune, Marx pointed peror of the Second French Empire, started a war against out: "Its true secret was this. It was essentially a Prussia. The French army met with repeated setbacks working-class government." (The Civil War in France) and the Prussian army marched into French territory. The first decree announced by the Paris Commune On September 1 and 2, Napoleon III suffered a disastrous • after its establishment was the abolition of the bour• defeat at Sedan; he surrendered to Prussia and was' geois standing army and its replacement by the armed taken prisoner. The rout of the French army in the populace. war weakened the power of the ruling class; at the same time, the war heightened the consciousness of the The Paris Commune broke the bourgeois bureau• people and accelerated the approach of the revolution. cratic apparatus that enslaved the people. The Com• Revolution broke out in Paris on September 4. The mune governed the state by combining legislative with Second Empire collapsed like a house of cards and the executive functions. To make the government officials Third.French Republic was proclaimed. However, power real servants of the people, the Commune abolished the fell into the hands of the bourgeoisie again.and .a so- system of high salaries and all privileges enjoyed by called "government of national defence" was formed former government officials. by the reactionary officer Trochu. t . Economically, the Paris Commune took a series of From the day of its formation, this "government measures to safeguard the interests of the working of national defence" carried out a series of schemes de• class and other labouring people. It handed over to co• signed to collude with the enemy and betray the country. operative workmen's societies the manufactories and On January 28, 1871, it concluded with Prussia the "Con• workshops abandoned or closed down by the capitalists. vention on Armistice and the Capitulation of Paris." Oir The employers were prohibited from using fines or February 17, the French National Assembly, a motley deductions to rob the workers of their wages. The bunch of landlords and monarchists, set up the reac• Commune ordered the toiling people's property in the tionary government headed by the butcher and traitor pawnshops to be returned to the owners; it issued a Thiers. Oh February 26, Thiers and Bismarck signed decree postponing payments and remitting part of the preliminary peace treaty under which France agreed house-rents, etc. to cede Alsace and the eastern part of Lorraine to The Paris Commune announced the separation of Prussia and pay an indemnity of 5,000 million francs.- church and state, the disendowment of all churches as proprietary bodies and the exclusion from schools of When the Prussian troops closed in on Paris and all religious symbols and religious activities. Thus it besieged it, broad sections of the people in the city took" set about breaking the long-standing tools for spiritual up arms' and enrolled in the National' Guard. The repression of the people. number of National Guards soon grew to 300,000, with workers- constituting the great majority.- The antagon• Fine sons and daughters of the working class of ism between, the armed proletariat, and the reactionary - many- countries participated in the revolutionary cause

March-26,-I'm-. 19 of the Commune, some of them becoming Members of London, Marx and Engeis used, every possible means the Commune. The Commune specially decreed the to maintain contact with the Paris Commune, giving dismantling of the Vendome Column, a symbol of it support and help. Marx gave the Paris Commune bourgeois chauvinism, erected in the centre of Paris. much valuable advice and sent out several hundred The Paris Commune revolution displayed the noble letters to all branches of the First International, calling spirit of proletarian internationalism. on the workers in different countries to support- the The red banner of the proletarian revolution flut• Paris Commune. Only two days after the fall of the tering over Paris was a mortal threat to the old world. Commune, Marx read out to the-General Council of The reactionary Thiers government, massing its reac• the First International his famous work The Civil War tionary armed forces in Versailles, initiated attacks on in France, comprehensively explaining the tremendous the Paris Commune on April 2. . Prussia's Chancellor contribution of the Paris Commune and. summing up Bismarck transferred the 100,000 Bonapartist troops its experience and lessons. Marx pointed out: "The captured during the Franco-Prussian war to the Ver• working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready- sailles government to slaughter the workers of Paris. made state machinery, and wield it for its own pur• On May 21, the reactionary Versailles troops fought poses." The proletariat must use revolutionary violence their way into Paris, while the heroic Paris workers to break and smash the state machinery of the bour• threw up street barricades in armed resistance. Fierce geoisie and carry out the dictatorship of the prole• street fighting started; this is known in history as the tariat, for only then can it fulfil all its historical tasks. "blood-soaked week of May." The people of Paris, including women and children, took part in defending The fundamental reason for the failure of the Paris the regime of the proletariat. Every street ^and every Commune was the lack of leadership by a proletarian house became a fortress of the Commune fighters to political party with Marxism as its guiding ideology. defend themselves and destroy the enemy. On May The Commune made serious mistakes on some questions. 24, the reactionary Thiers troops seized the Hotel de As Marx and Engeis pointed out, the Commune failed Ville, which housed the Commune organs. On May to take advantage of its success to.march on Versailles, 27, the Commune fighters finally retreated to Pere the den of counter-revolution, failed to suppress. the Lachaise cemetery in the eastern part of Paris and counter-revolutionaries firmly and decisively, and failed carried on a stubborn life-and-death struggle with the to confiscate such important financial institutions as enemy until all of them had heroically laid down their the Bank of France. Furthermore, the Commune did lives at the "Wall of the Communards." riot form an alliance with the peasantry and win their support.

; On May 28, the Versailles bandits occupied the Though the Paris Commune lasted only 72 days, its Whole of Paris and started a ruthless massacre of the heroic exploits in establishing and defending the dicta• people there. The city again fell under the dark rule torship of the proletariat shine for ever. "The prin• of the bourgeoisie. ciples of the Commune are eternal." Its martyrs will The great teachers of the proletariat, Marx and live for ever in the hearts of the proletariat and revolu• Engeis, paid constant and enthusiastic attention to the tionary people of all countries. March 18 is eternally struggle of the proletariat of Paris and highly praised the glorious festival of the proletariat all over the their heroism and revolutionary initiative. . While in world.

* * * Thiers (1797-1377) base perfidies of parliamentary party-warfare; never scrupling, when out of office, to fan a revolution, and A reactionary bourgeois politician, traitor to his to stifle it in blood v/hen at the helm of the state." country and butcher who suppressed the Paris Com• mune uprising in French history. Minister of In• Bismarck (1815-1898) ternal Affairs in 1834, he stamped out the people's up• rising in Lyon. Immediately after becoming head Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia (1862- of the bourgeois government in February 1871, 1871). He was Chancellor of the Empire and concur• he sent reactionary troops to disarm the Paris peo• rently Prime Minister of Prussia when the German ple. Following the armed uprising by the prole• Empire was founded In 1871. He fell from power in tariat of Paris on March 18, he fled to Versailles. 1890. Representing the interests of the big bourgeoisie Colluding with Bismarck and mustering reactionary and big landlords and carrying out a militarist "blood- forces, he strangled the Paris Commune revolution. and iron" policy, he nxthlessly -suppressed the work• Marx referred to Thiers as "a master in small state ers' movement at home and engaged in aggression and roguery, a virtuoso in perjury and treason, a crafts• expansion abroad in an effort to establish German man in all the petty stratagems, cunning devices, and hegemony on the continent of Europe.

20 Peking Review, No^ 13 ' . J : Versailles' / • -The -Blanquists stood f or - political- - revolution and the overthrow- of bourgeois rule. But they negated the ...... A French city, it is located in the. southwestern theory of class struggle. Instead of relying on the broad suburbs of Paris. The Palace of Versailles,- -provisional masses of the people to carry out revolution and establish .palace of the. French - Emperor built in the 17th and the dictatorship of the proletariat, they tried to "rely on 18th centuries, was inside the city. At the time of the the conspiratorial activities of a small number of .Paris Commune revolution, the reactionary government people to seize political power for the realization of .headed by Thiers fled there. ' • socialism.' ' '

L. Kugelmann (1830-1902 ) Proudhonism ' A surgeon in Hanover, Germany. He partici• Pierre Proudhon (1809-1865), a 19th century pated in revolutionary' activities in his student "days and became a member of the" First International French petty-bourgeois sociologist and economist. Pro• in 1865: He helped Marx disseminate-Capital in Ger• ceeding from a petty-bourgeois stand, Proudhonism took many and frequently reflected the German situation in capitalism to task and vainly hoped to perpetuate the his correspondence with Marx: Though he revered and system of small private ownership. It took the position admired Marx and considered himself a disciple of that the method of eliminating capitalist exploitation Marx, he did not approve of violent proletarian revolu• was not to carry out proletarian revolution and the tion. Actually, he was a reformist. dictatorship of the proletariat but to use peaceful economic reforms so as to get rid of. the "bad" as• pect of capitalism .and build up "good" capitalism. ' ' 1905 Revolution in Russia Opposing every form of. state power and authority, it The' first bourgeois democratic revolution - in represents an anarchist trend. - ; Russia. Russia was defeated-in 'the Russo-Japanese war which broke out in 1904. . Class contradictions were Social Chauvinism intensified at home and the'broad masses of-the people manifested increasing, discontent with the tsarist system. Chaiivinism is a kind of reactionary bourgeois Demonstrations by the workers of St. Petersburg on nationalism, an ideological instrument of impe• January 9, 1905 met with bloody tsarist suppression. The rialism for committing aggression against and enslaving storm of revolution engulfed the whole country in the other nations. It was named after Chauvin, a French autumn'.- Armed uprisings • broke but in Moscow and soldier who fanatically supported the policy of aggres• many other cities in December. Despite its failure, sion and expansion of Napoleon I. this revolution tempered the proletariat and the peasantry and prepared the ground for the 1917 October Social chauvinism pays lip service to socialism but Revolution. in reality is chauvinism." During World War I, revision• ist chieftains' of the'Second International betrayed the proletariat, took a chauvinist stand, voted for military Plekhanov (1856-1918) budgets and supported the imperialist war waged by their bourgeois governments. Hence the name social Russia's first disseminator- of .Marxism and founder chauvinism. of Russians first Marxist body, the "Emancipation of Labour" Group. He later became a Menshevik and degenerated into a social chauvinist during World War Eugene Pottier (1816-1887) I. After the February revolution in 1917, he advocated A poet of the Paris Commune. Born in a Paris maintaining the. bourgeois provisional government, worker's family, he became a worker at the age of 13. adopted an attitude' of hostility towards the October He wrote many militant poems calling on the French Revolution and completely betrayed Marxism. workers to fight the bourgeoisie. He actively participated in the 1848 revolution in France. He later joined the Blanquism First International. When the Paris Commune was established in 1871, he was elected a Member of the ••- Louis Blanqui (1805-1881), a well-known leader of Commune, and took part in fierce battles during the the French -proletarian revolutionary movement in the revolution. A few days after the failure of the revolu• 19th century. Twice sentenced to death, he spent al• tion, he wrote the poem The Internationale.. Seventeen most half his life in prison. At the time of the Paris years later worker-composer Pierre Degeyter set Pot- Commune, he was imprisoned in Versailles. He was elected a Member of the Commune in absence; ' (Continued on p. 23.)

March 26, 1971 21' THE WEEK are very grateful to the People's Re• "The Pakistan Government pur• public of China for providing us sues an independent foreign policy/ with different technical and finan• which is effective in international (Continued from p. 6.) cial assistance. It is not only China's affairs. The Chinese Government two countries have set a good exam• economic aid which has been con• and people resolutely support the ple for the development of friendly siderable, that has helped us, but Pakistan Government and people in relations and co-operation between more important than that the spirit their just struggle to safeguard na• countries with different social sys• behind that aid has been appreciat• tional independence and oppose for- •' tems on the basis of the Five Prin• ed more. We shall not forget this eign aggression and interference. ciples of Peaceful Coexistence. Sino- and also your support to us in times "May the Pakistan Government Nepalese friendship is in the interests of difficulties. and people score new achievements •of our two peoples and conducive to Adhering to the principles of under Your Excellency's leadership. the defence of peace in Asia and the peaceful coexistence, Chairman Shar• May the profound friendship be• world. ma declared, the relationship be• tween the Chinese and Pakistan Nepal is a country with a long tween our two countries is going peoples and the friendly relations history, he continued. The Nepalese very satisfactorily. Your selfless help and co-operation- between China people are an industrious and brave to our economic development and and Pakistan based on the Five people who have a glorious tradition support of our policy of non-align• Principles of Peaceful Coexistence of opposing foreign aggression. Under ment and neutrality as formulated develop.'' the leadership of His Majesty King by our beloved King Mahendra are Mahendra, the Nepalese Govern• highly appreciated by our Govern• Premier Chou Congratulates ment and people have waged unre• ment and the people. Hafez Assad on Election mitting struggles to uphold national dignity and safeguard state sover• He concluded by saying: We on As Syrian President our part have always been a sincere eignty and have achieved marked friend of the Chinese people. We successes. Chou En-lai, Premier of the State rejoice at the progress and achieve• Council of the People's Republic of Kuo Mo-jo said: The Chinese Gov• ments they make and we believe no China, on March 17 sent a message ernment has consistently held that world problem can be meaningfully of warm congratulations to Hafez discussed without the participation all countries, big or small should be Assad on his being elected President equal. We resolutely oppose big- of the People's Republic of China; of the Syrian Arab Republic. nation chauvinism with big nations and hence at-the United Nations we bullying the small and strong nations have always advocated the restora• The message reads: bullying the weak. Tempered, tion of the rightful seat to the Peo• through the Great Proletarian Cul• ple's Republic of China. "On the occasion of your being tural Revolution, the Chinese people elected President of the Syrian Arab will,' as always, support the just Republic, I express warm congratula• struggles of the people of all- coun• Premier Chou Greets President tions to you on behalf of the Chinese tries. The Chinese (people will re• Yahya Khan on Pakistan Government and people. main for ever the reliable friends of National Day the Nepalese people in their strug• "I sincerely wish the Syrian Gov• gle to safeguard national independ• Chou En-lai, Premier of the State ernment and people continuous ence and state sovereignty. Council of the People's Republic of victories in the struggle against the China, on March 22 sent a message to aggression by U.S. Imperialism and In his speech, Chairman Sharma General Agha Mohammad Yahya Israeli Zionism. May the militant said: There' has been constant inter• Khan, President of the Islamic Re• friendship between the peoples of course between our two peoples. We public of Pakistan, extending warm China and Syria and the friendly have been good neighbours and good congratulations on the National Day relations between the two countries friends throughout our history. This of the republic. The message says: grow and develop constantly." age-old relation between our two countries is being strengthened every "On the occasion of the National day under the able leadership, of His Day of the Islamic Republic of Majesty King Mahendra and Chair• Pakistan, I, on behalf of the Chinese man Mao. Government and people and in^my CORRECTION own name, express waraii icon- . gratulations to Your Excellency ©ndj, _>In No. 12, p. 30, right-hand column, - Under the able leadership of H.M.: first line, for "the country's second King Mahendra, - Nepal is on the through Your Excellency?- to. -fEEe largest-city" read*--'the country's second' road to. economic development and we Pakistan Government and peopled iargest^-industrial-icity."

22 Peking?\Revieu>, A'o. 13 {Continued from p. 21.) In September 1870, the Second Empire was over* f" thrown and the Third Republic, was formed.' [tier's,verse to music, and the battle song.of the prole• tariat of the whole world was born. Vendome Column The French, Second. Empire and A statue of Napoleon I was placed atop the bronze column erected in Vendome Square in the Third Republic centre of Paris. Napoleon I made this column from 1,200 captured artillery pieces to show off the victory A bourgeois revolution broke out in France in 1789 of his wars of aggression. Called the "Victory Column,"- and the First Republic was established in 1792. Na• it was a symbol of aggression and chauvinism. poleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) made himself emperor in May 1804, and set up the First Empire. After its founding, the Paris Commune adopted a decree on April 12, 1871 calling for the dismantling of When the February revolution took.place in 1848, the column. It pointed out that It was a memorial to the Second Republic was brought into being. Louis barbarism and a glorification of militarism. The Ven• Bonaparte (Napoleon III) established the Second Em• dome Column was dismantled on May 16. It was pire in December 185.2. restored by the bourgeois government in 1875.

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IN THIS ISSUE

THE WEEK Vice-Chairman Tung Pi-wu and Premier Chou En-lai Send Message of Congratulations D.R.V.N. Ambassador to China Gives Grand Ban-- to Samdech Sihanouk and Prime Minister quet—Celebrating, the successful visit to Penn Nouth 8 Viet Nam by the Chinese Party and Govern-: ment Delegation Premier Chou En-lai Gives Grand Banquet 9 New Editions of Important Works of Marx, Engeis, Hail the Splendid Victory of the Lao Patriotic Lenin and Stalin Published Army, and Peopfe — Renmm 'SRibao Com• mentator 11 Romanian Government Delegation Visits China Nepalese National Panchayat" Goodwill Delega-- Victory on-"Highway 9 12 tion in Peking Watch for Nixon Government's Next Move — Premier Chou Greets President Yahya Khan on Renmin. Ribao Commentator 13 Pakistan National Day Statement of the Commission for Physical Culture Premier Chou Congratulates Hafez Assad on Elec• and Sports of the People's Republic of China tion as Syrian President (March 22, 197T) 14

ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS Chinese Table Tennis Delegation Leaves for lapan 15 A Year of Battle, a Year of Victory — Renmin Ribao editorial • There's a New Look in My Native Village — Kao ' Yu-pao 16 First Anniversary of National United Front of Cambodia Celebrated For Your Reference; The Paris Commune 19

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