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A Just Cause Against Aggression Is Invincible
"Renmin Ribao" editorial commemorating 22nd anniversary of Korea's Fatherland Liberation War
The Militia — P.L.A.'s Auxiliary And Reserve
"Peking Review" Subject Index Nos. 1-26, 1972
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PEKING Vol. 15, No. 26 June 30, 1972 REVIEW Published in English, French, Spanish, Japanese and German editions
CONTENTS
THE WEEK 3
Albanian Artistes in China
Rwandan Delegation Welcomed
Announcement
ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Visits China 4
A Just Cause Against Aggression Is invincible — In commemoration at 22nd an niversary of Korea's Fatherland Liberation War—Renmin Ribao editorial 6
The Militia — P.L.A.'s Auxiliary and Reserve 8
The Militia (pictorial) 10
Report From Rabat: Africa Forges Ahead Victoriously Under Banner of Unity Against Imperialism 13
On Studying Some History About Imperialism — Shih Chun 15
Rabid Provocation and Vicious Intent — Renmin Ribao Commentator 17
Reporters' Diary: First Visit to Okinawa — Hsinhua correspondents 18
ROUND THE WORLD 19
Japan: Sato Steps Down
Lon Nol Puppet Clique: "Presidential Election" Farce
ON THE HOME FRONT 20
Visual Rebuttal to Idealism
Industrial Waste Into Assets
Herbicides Popularized
Party Secretary Ko
"PEKING REVIEW" SUBJECT INDEX (Nos. 1-26, 1972) 22
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THE WEEK
Albanian Artistes in China neza, Minister of International Co support given by the People's Repub operation, made a friendly visit from lic of China to Africa in its struggle The Ballet Troupe of the Opera June 22 to 24 at the invitation of for liberation and highly appreciated Theatre of Albania has been touring the Chinese Government. the progress made by the Peo China since its arrival on the eve of ple's Republic of China in the politi May Day. After going to Changsha, The friendship envoys received a cal, economic, social, cultural and Shanghai, Nanking. Tsinan, Shen warm welcome in China. On June scientific fields. yang and Changchun, where the 22, Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei troupe was acclaimed by audiences, gave a banquet to welcome them. (Continued on p. 17.) it returned to Peking on June 19. Speaking at the banquet. Chi Peng- On June 24, Chinese Party and fei said: "The Rwandan people have government leaders Comrades Chou a glorious tradition of prolonged re En-lai, Tung Pi-wu, Chu Teh, Chiang sistance against colonialist aggres Announcement Ching. Yeh Chien-ying, Chang Chun- sion. Since independence in 1962, Premier Chou En-lai of the Pert- chiao. Yao Wen-yuan, Li Hsien-nien, the Government and people of the pie's Republic of China and other Chi Teng-kuei, Li Teh-sheng, Wang Republic of Rwanda, under the Chinese officials held discussions Tung-hsing, Hsu Hsiang-chien, Nieh leadership of His Excellency Presi with Dr. Henry A. Kissinger. As Jung-chen, Keng Piao. Wu Teh and dent Gregoire Kayibanda, have made sistant to the U.S. President for 10.000 people of the capital saw the unremitting efforts in advancing National Security Affairs, and his Albanian ballet Cuca e Maleve (Girl along the road of developing their party from June 19 to 23, 1972. The of the Mountains) presented by the national independence, and in inter talks were extensive, earnest and Albanian artistes at the Great Hall national affairs have pursued a policy frank. They consisted of concrete of the People. of peace, neutrality and non-align- consultations to promote the normal During the interval, the Chinese ment, developed friendly relations ization of relations between the two Party and government leaders met with Afro-Asian countries and sup countries, and an exchange of views and had a very cordial and friendly ported the Organization of African on issues of common interest. conversation with leading Albanian Unity, and have thus won the praise Both sides agreed on the useful artistes. of the Afro-Asian peoples," The ness of these consultations which Chinese Government and people Under the literature and art policy were foreseen in the Sino-U.S. Joint sincerely wish Rwanda new suc of the Albanian Party of Labour Communique of February 1972 and cesses, he declared. headed by Comrade Enver Hoxha, on the desirability of continuing them. the Albanian artistes have created The Foreign Minister also warmly this fine work which reflects the real Dr. Kissinger Leaves Peking greeted the outstanding achieve life struggle of the Albanian people. For Home ments of the ninth summit con It warmly eulogizes the Albanian ference of Africa. Dr. Henry A. Kissinger and his women's firm and resolute revolu party of eleven members left Peking tionary spirit and is a triumphant He said: "We are glad to see that for home by special plane on June song of how, led by the Party of in a little over six months since the 23. Among the members of his party Labour, the Albanian people carry establishment of diplomatic relations were Alfred le S. Jenkins, John H. out the Party's line and fight between China and Rwanda, rela Holdridge. Winston Lord, Comman heroically against the class enemy tions between our two countries have der Jonathan T. Howe. John D. and old forces of habit. developed smoothly on the basis of Negroponte and Richard H. Solomon. the Five Principles of Peaceful The heroine in Cuca e Maleve Seeing them off at Peking Airport Coexistence." matures in the unremitting struggle were: Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei, Vice-Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan- against the reactionary classes, the He pointed out that the visit of reactionary priest and old forces of Minister Munyaneza and his delega hua, Assistant Foreign Ministers habit to become a revolutionary tion would certainly further enhance Chang Wen-chin and Wang Hai-jung, fighter with a high class conscious the fraternity between the Chinese and Ma Jen-hui, Han Hsu, Wang ness. and Rwandan peoples and the friend Hsiao-yi, Chien Ta-yung, Chi Chao- ly relations and co-operation be chu and Tang Wen-sheng. Rwandan Delegation Welcomed tween the two countries. On June 20, Premier Chou En-lai The Delegation of the Republic of Minister Munyaneza said that met and gave a banquet for Dr. Rwanda led by Augusthin Munya Rwanda particularly appreciated the Kissinger and his party.
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Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Visits China
MADAME Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister struggle against imperialism and colonialism, our two of the Republic of Sri Lanka, and her party arrived peoples have always sympathized with and supported in Peking by special plane on the afternoon of June each other. The Sri Lanka Government and people 25 on a state visit at the invitation of the Chinese have consistently stood for the restoration to China of Government. her legitimate rights in the United Nations and opposed the scheme of creating 'two Chinas.' For this, we ex More than 100.000 people in Peking lined the streets press our deep gratitude. The last few years have wit to give the distinguished guests from Sri Lanka a nessed a new development in the friendly co-operation rousing welcome. The visitors were greeted by Chinese between China and Sri Lanka and in the traditional leaders Chou En-lai, Yeh Chien-ying. Li Hsien-nien, Kuo friendship between the two peoples. The current visit Mo-jo. Chi Peng-fei, Wu Teh and others at the airport, to China by Mme. Sirimavo Bandaranaike again brings where a grand welcoming ceremony took place. As the profound friendship of the Sri Lanka people to the Prime Minister Bandaranaike accompanied by Pre Chinese people. We are deeply convinced that this mier Chou drove through the city in an open limousine, visit will make a new contribution to the further con thousands upon thousands of people in their holiday solidation and development of the relations of friendship best beat drums and gongs, waved bouquets and coloured and co-operation between our two countries." festoons, and shouted slogans to salute the visitors. Comrade Teng Ying-chao greeted the Prime Minister at On the same evening, Premier Chou En-lai gave the Guest House. a banquet in honour of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Other guests at the banquet included Anura Bandara Profound Friendship naike, the Prime Minister's son who is accompanying her on the visit; all members of her party: R.L.A.I. Renmin Ribao published an editorial on June 25 Karannagoda, Ambassador of the Republic of Sri Lanka to welcome the distinguished guests from Sri Lanka. to China, and his wife; and Sri Lanka specialists and The editorial said: "Sri Lanka is a country with an trainees in Peking. ancient history and culture. Its people have a glorious tradition of anti-imperialist struggles. Since their in Both Premier Chou and Prime Minister Sirimavo dependence, they have carried on and developed this Bandaranaike spoke at the banquet. glorious tradition. Defying brute force and pressure, ami persevering on the road of independence, they have Premier Chou's Speech waged a resolute struggle to defend and consolidate 'We are very happy this evening," said Premier national independence and against foreign inter Chou, 'to gather joyously with our well-acquainted ference. On May 22 this year, the founding of the friend of long standing Her Excellency Prime Minister Republic of Sri Lanka was officially proclaimed, thus Sirimavo Bandaranaike, outstanding statesman of Sri putting an end to the 24-year status of a dominion in Lanka, and with the other distinguished guests from the British Commonwealth. This is an important vic Sri Lanka. We are most thankful that shortly after the tory of the Sri Lanka people in their protracted struggle founding of the Republic of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister against imperialism and in defence of national independ Sirimavo Bandaranaike has, in disregard of a tiring ence. During the tenure of office first of the late Prime Minister Mr. S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and later of Mme. journey, come to China for a state visit, bringing with Sirimavo R.D. Bandaranaike, the people of Sri Lanka her the profound sentiments of friendship of the Sri have made remarkable achievements in safeguarding Lanka people for the Chinese people." Premier Chou state sovereignty and developing the national economy extended, on behalf of Chairman Mao Tsetung, the and culture. The Chinese people rejoice over every Chinese Government and people, a warm welcome to success won by the Sri Lanka people on the road of the distinguished guests from Sri Lanka. independent development." "At present," Premier Chou went on, "the inter The editorial added: "Profound friendship be national situation is continuing to develop in the di tween the peoples of China and Sri Lanka has existed rection favourable to the people of all countries. The since ancient times. Our two peoples began cultural countries of the third world are playing an increasingly and trade exchanges at the dawn of history. In the great role in international affairs. In order to divide up
4 Peking Review, No. 26 Scanned and prepared by It's Right to Rebel! irtr.org/cra IRTR Cultural Revolution Archive [email protected] spheres of influence, the one or two superpowers are Just as Her Excellency the Prime Minister said not long contending everywhere, from land to sea. from Europe ago, these relations 'were examples of friendly co-opera to the Middle East and South Asia, and from the tion and a model of inter-state relations.' " Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean. Wherever they contend with each other, there is no tranquillity. Their Prime Minister Bandaranaike's Speech aggression and expansion have aroused the opposition of more and more countries. Her Excellency the Prime Prime Minister Bandaranaike, too, reviewed the friendly relations between the two countries. She Minister's proposal to declare the Indian Ocean a zone declared that 'one of the highlights of our history us of peace reflects the urgent desire of Afro-Asian coun an independent state has been the very friendly and tries to safeguard national independence and state sov cordial relations which we have maintained with the ereignty and oppose the superpowers' aggression and People's Republic of China and the friendship extended expansion. The Chinese Government and people firm to us by her." ly support this just proposal, and hold that the resolu tion on the 'Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone "In recent times." she said, "these ties have been of Peace' adopted by the United Nations General As greatly strengthened and enlarged and Sri Lanka has sembly at its 26th Session on December 16, 1971 should been the recipient of a large and generous volume of be respected. The Chinese Government and people are economic assistance given on the most liberal terms consistently opposed to the imperialist policies of ag which are outstanding in the annals of aid to develop gression and war. We have always maintained that ing countries. In this respect, the Government of China all countries, big or small, should be equal, and that has been faithful to the Eight Principles which it has world affairs should be handled by all the countries of enunciated as the basis for the grant of aid to foreign the world and the superpowers should not be allowed countries. Your aid programme has taken the form of to manipulate and monopolize them. We are firmly credits, outright gifts, participation in joint service opposed to the power politics and hegemony of big and technical assistance. One of its highlights is the nations bullying small ones or strong nations bringing construction of the Bandaranaike Memorial Interna pressure to bear on weak ones. China will for ever tional Conference Hall by which you Mr. Prime stand together with the countries of the third world Minister intended to honour the memory of my late in the struggle against, aggression, control, interference husband. It is an embodiment of his abiding faith in and subversion by the superpowers."' internationalism and the brotherhood of man. as well as a realization of a wish which was clear to his heart Reviewing the friendly relations between China that Sri Lanka could some day serve as a meeting and Sri Lanka, Premier Chou concluded: "Facts prove ground for the nations of the world. For this gift. I that the friendly relations and co-operation be am particularly and personally thankful to you Your tween our two countries are based on the Five Prin Excellency for I remember your spontaneous offer to ciples of Peaceful Coexistence, and can stand tests. donate it on your visit to my country in 1964. I hope
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Scanned and prepared by It's Right to Rebel! irtr.org/cra IRTR Cultural Revolution Archive [email protected] you will be able to come personally to Sri Lanka and forward to your continued support and co-operation to see it when it is completed. The aid thus given to us clear the many hurdles which lie ahead before our by your country in so many ways and on such generous proposal becomes a reality." terms have been an invaluable contribution to our She said: "I wish also to express concern about economy in the context of the difficult and stringent the continued state of international tension in the times which we have been experiencing." world. The situation in a number of areas continues She said: "Sri Lanka looks forward to continued to be very unsatisfactory and poses serious threats to co-operation with your country in fields in which it world peace and security. In an atmosphere of inter would be mutually beneficial and appropriate to us. national tension small countries like Sri Lanka which We could, I am sure, benefit from the storehouse of have placed their faith in non-alignment and neutralism your own unrivalled experience acquired in the process find themselves in a difficult situation in respect of of emerging from a state of semi-feudal and colonial their own security. Sri Lanka in particular is in a economy to that of a strong and self-reliant nation. vulnerable position because of her key geographical This veritable economic miracle, which the country has location in the Indian Ocean. The solution, as we see, achieved, is, indeed, a tribute to the dedicated and is not to backtrack on our commitment to non-align sincere leadership of your country under the inspira ment which as far as we are concerned is irrevocable tion of Chairman Mao Tsetung and the intense patriot but to go into the origins of the problem and consider ism and devotion to duty evinced by the great people the possibility of correcting it at the source. These ten of China. They have set an example of dedication and sions are really a manifestation of the present order of determination which is worthy of admiration. international life and the state of power politics as we "The good-will and friendship which you have find it in the world today where a predominent position shown is no doubt a reflection of the excellent rela is occupied by the great powers." tions and understanding existing between our two coun tries. This relationship, which is a source of much "I wish," she continued, "to express our deep gratification to us, is also, in a sense, unique in that gratification for your support of the rights and dignity it is an instance of friendship and co-operation be of small states in their resistance to hegemony, spheres tween two countries of very unequal size and power." of influence and to any vitiation of their sovereignty, independence and equality." The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka said: "I wish to thank you for a further manifestation of your good The speeches by Premier Chou En-lai and Prime will in the support which you gave to the proposal Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike won warm applause. tabled by us at the last session of the General Assembly At the banquet, hosts and guests chatted together and of the United Nations, for the declaration of a peace talked about friendship between the two countries. zone in the Indian Ocean. You were, in fact, the only Prime Minister Bandaranaike presented a spray of permanent member of the Security Council to support orchids to Premier Chou and told him that it was grown our proposal. Details of our proposal are well known by a young woman of Sri Lanka who had asked her to to you and I need not mention them here. We look present it to Premier Chou and the youth of China.
"Renmin Ribao" editorial A Just Cause Against Aggression Is Invincible
— In commemoration of 22nd anniversary of Korea's Fatherland Liberation War
ODAY is the 22nd anniversary of the Fatherland only they dare to rise in struggle, dare to take up arms, T Liberation War of Korea. U.S. imperialism, 22 and grasp the destiny of their countries in their own years ago, flagrantly unleashed a war of aggression hands. against Korea and at the same time invaded and occu pied China's sacred territory Taiwan Province in a Resisting aggression and defending the fatherland vain attempt to annex all of Korea and then in with indomitable heroism, the Korean people have vade the Chinese mainland. The U.S. imperialist war written an immortal chapter in the history of struggle of aggression against Korea met with the valiant re against imperialism by the peoples of various countries. sistance of the Korean people and ended in dismal defeat. The Korean people, under the leadership of their great A review of the history of that time enables us to leader Premier Kim Il Sung and the Workers' Party understand more deeply the truth that the people of all of Korea, rose in resistance against the U.S. aggressors, countries can certainly defeat imperialist aggression if fighting heroically and unyieldingly in bloody battles.
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Following the teachings of their great leader Chairman Korean people will certainly come together again. This Mao. the Chinese people sent the Chinese People's is a historical trend no force can hold back. Volunteers to fight shoulder to shoulder with the Peo Taiwan is a province of China and the 14 million ple's Army of Korea. With the support of the people people living on Taiwan are flesh-and-blood compatriots the world over, the heroic Korean people finally forced of the Chinese people. The liberation of Taiwan is the U.S. imperialists to sign the armistice agreement China's internal affair in which no other country has after a bitter trial of strength with the U.S. aggressor the right to interfere. All U.S. armed forces and military troops. The victory of the Fatherland Liberation War installations should be withdrawn from Taiwan. The of Korea not only defended the revolutionary gains of Chinese Government firmly opposes any activities the Korean people and the security of China, but also aimed at creating "one China, one Taiwan," "one China, made a great contribution to the revolutionary struggle two governments," "two Chinas," an "independent of the world's people against imperialism and its run Taiwan" or advocating that "the status of Taiwan re ning dogs and set a brilliant example for the cause mains to be determined." The Chinese people are of liberation of the oppressed nations and people of the determined to liberate Taiwan. world. U.S. imperialism has all along pursued aggression Since the Korean armistice, the industrious and and war policies in Asia since the end of the Korean heroic Korean people have built their fatherland into war. It has stepped up the revival of Japanese militar a more prosperous and stronger country by implement ism in a vigorous effort to use the Japanese reactionary ing the policy of "independence in politics, self-susten forces as its tool of aggression. The Japanese militarist. ance in economy and self-defence in national defence," forces have in turn taken every opportunity to expand and making great strides forward with the momentum and, in particular, tried to control south Korea and lay of chollima. The Korean people have made tremendous hands on China's territory Taiwan. U.S. imperialism is achievements both in socialist revolution and socialist continuing its war of aggression in Indochina, and carry construction. Today, the Democratic People's Republic ing out war escalation against the Democratic Republic of Korea has become a powerful socialist state standing of Viet Nam. Recently, it has not only mined and block firm at the eastern outpost of the anti-imperialist aded the ports of north Viet Nam but also steadily struggle, expanded the scope of its naval and air attacks there. It can be said with certainty that the perverse acts of U.S. aggressor troops are still occupying south Ko U.S. imperialism can only result in defeat, as it suffered rea and Korea remains divided. It is the common in its war of aggression against Korea, thus lifting a desire of the entire Korean people to demand the with rock only to drop it on its own feet. drawal of U.S. troops from south Korea and the peace ful reunification of the fatherland. As is known Separated only by a river, China and Korea are throughout the world, the Government of the Demo fraternal countries. The two peoples went through cratic People's Republic of Korea has made tremendous storm and stress and shared weal and woe in their pro efforts towards this end. The 8-point programme for tracted struggle against Japanese imperialism and U.S. the peaceful unification of the fatherland put forth by imperialism. They have supported, learnt from, and the Government of the D.P.R.K. in April 1971 and a encouraged each other in the great struggle to build series of major proposals advanced and expounded by socialism. The Chinese people have always regarded Premier Kim II Sung on January 10 and May 26, 1972 the Korean people's struggle as their own and the vic on concluding a peace agreement between the north tories of the Korean people as their victories. and the south, political negotiations and establishment Chairman Mao, the great leader of the Chinese of a confederation embody the general desire of all the people, has pointed out: "The Chinese and Korean Korean people for the peaceful unification of the father comrades should unite like brothers, go through thick land and have won the sympathy and support of the and thin together, share weal and woe and fight to the people of the whole world. Premier Kim Il Sung, the end to defeat the common enemy." The blood-cemented great leader of the Korean people, has recently pointed friendship and unity between the Chinese and Korean out: "For the independent settlement of the question peoples are based on the principles of Marxism-Leninism of the reunification of Korea without any interference and proletarian internationalism and are a reliable of outside forces, first of all, the U.S. troops must leave guarantee for defeating the common enemy. In com south Korea." U.S. troops under the signboard of memorating the 22nd anniversary of Korea's Fatherland the "U.N. forces" should pull out of south Korea and Liberation War, the Chinese people, cherishing brotherly the "U.N. Commission for the Unification and Rehabili feelings for the Korean people, wish them successive tation of Korea" should be dissolved. The Chinese new victories in the struggle against U.S. imperialism Government and people resolutely support the Korean and Japanese militarism and for the peaceful reunifica people's just struggle for the peaceful unification of the tion of the fatherland as well as in their struggle to fatherland and the reasonable proposal on the peaceful build socialism, and wish that the militant friendship unification of the fatherland put forth by the Workers' and revolutionary unity between the Chinese and Party of Korea and the D.P.R.K. Government. We are Korean peoples be evergreen. firmly convinced that the beautiful 3,000-ri land of Korea is bound to be unified and the long-divided (June 25)
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The Militia—P.L.A.'s Auxiliary And Reserve
ED by the Chinese Communist Party headed by guarding the fruits of socialist revolution and socialist L Chairman Mao. the militia in China is a mass construction, defending state sovereignty, territorial in armed organization whose members are not disengaged tegrity and security, and guarding our country against from production. It is an important component part of subversion and aggression by imperialism, social-impe the armed forces in our country. rialism and their lackeys. The militia is a capable auxiliary and strong reserve of the P.L.A.
People's War Our militia dates back to the 1920s. During the First Revolutionary Civil War (1924-27), a peasants' Lenin pointed out: "So long as there are oppressed armed force of 30,000 was set up in Kwangtung and exploited people in the world, we must strive, not Province. In the Second Revolutionary Civil War for disarmament, but for the arming of the whole peo (1927-37), the masses' armed force rapidly expanded to ple." Chairman Mao said: "The revolutionary war is 2.56 million. In the War of Resistance Against Japan a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobiliz (1937-45), practically every town or village in the ing the masses and relying on them." Following these Liberated Areas set up militia organizations, with youth Marxist-Leninist principles, our Party helped the and adults from 16 to 45 taking part. In the War of masses to get organized and arm themselves in the Liberation (1945-49), the militia grew to 5.5 million protracted revolutionary wars, carried out a people's strong while the self-defence corps numbered tens of war, defeated the Japanese imperialists and the Kuo- millions. Whether in the successive revolutionary wars mintang reactionaries and was finally victorious. or in defending our socialist revolution and socialist construction, our militia indeed has played a great role Inheriting and carrying forward the fine revolu which can be summed up mainly as follows. tionary tradition, the Chinese people have further strengthened militia building since liberation in 1949. (1) Co-ordinating with the army in fighting and Experience gained over the past decades has taught consolidating national defence. them to deeply understand that Chairman Mao's con cept of people's war is the most effective weapon for In the war years, every militia member and every defeating the imperialists and their lackeys and is in village joined in the fighting. The militia conducted vincible. No matter what kind of war the imperialists reconnaissance or acted as guides for the regular forces, may unleash, no matter how highly developed and devised various ingenious methods of fighting, such modern weapons and technical equipment may be and as sparrow warfare, blockade warfare, land-mine war however complicated the methods of modern warfare, fare, tunnel warfare, demolition warfare and guerrilla the law of people's war and the truth that "the army warfare on lakes and rivers, hitting enemy troops and the people are the foundation of victory" will never wherever they were, winning small victories which change. It is people, not things, that decide the out added up to a major victory and playing a role the come of a war. The role of the militia in strategy, regular army could not play. therefore, remains a very important one. As Chairman Mao pointed out: "The imperialists are bullying us in Sparrow warfare means militiamen operating in such a way that we will have to deal with them seriously. groups or in twos and threes, sometimes concentrating Not only must we have a powerful regular army, we and sometimes dispersing their forces, making a feint must also organize contingents of the people's militia in the east but attacking in the west and appearing and on a big scale. This will make it difficult for the im disappearing unexpectedly. Like sparrows waiting for perialists to move a single inch in our country in the openings to snatch food, the militia looked for event of invasion." opportunities to hit hard at the enemy.
Blockade warfare means carrying out an armed Militia's Role blockade of enemy strongholds and isolating them to bring about an increasing shortage of supplies. As the Our militia's task is to work in close co-operation enemy troops were thus forced to retreat, the militia with the Chinese People's Liberation Army in safe seized every opportunity to annihilate them.
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Demolition warfare was an important method to (2) A source of replenishment for the P.L.A. cut the enemy's communication lines. Militia con tingents often went into action simultaneously to Chinese militiamen and women have always demolish railway tracks, highways, means of com regarded joining the people's army as a glorious task. They vie with one another for active service in the munication and telecommunication installations, causing army, sometimes joining by whole battalions or regi serious difficulty for enemy troops and creating favour ments. When the Kuomintang reactionaries again able conditions for our army to move on to the attack. unleashed a civil war after the Japanese invaders were Land-mine warfare was developed by the militia defeated in 1945, Shantung Province militiamen volun which made all kinds of mines to blockade and an teered to join the army in such great numbers in one nihilate enemy troops. evening that they could be organized into 50 regiments. This shows that our army has an inexhaustible source Tunnel warfare was a special form of guerrilla of replenishment. This glorious tradition is being main warfare carried out by the militia on the plains. In tained today. Recruits are enlisted from the militia places where enemy strongholds were numerous and every year, and after a term of active service, they where conditions were comparatively difficult, the return to become the backbone of their respective militia dug tunnels to conserve their own strength and militia organizations. Thus the militia is the army's wipe out enemy troops. An intricate network of care strong reserve while the army is a great school for fully concealed and solid tunnels linked up all house training personnel who serve as the anchor of militia holds and sometimes several villages, and the tunnels organizations. If the imperialists should start a war of had various kinds of installations guaranteeing security aggression against our country, we can swiftly expand and facilitating operations against the enemy, in addi our armed units and have a sure and inexhaustible source of replenishing the army. tion to safety devices against enemy attacks with fire or poison gas. The militia used the tunnels to combine (3) Performing various services in times of war. fighting the enemy in the villages with battles out in the fields. In the War of Resistance Against Japan, In war time, the militia forces perform various ser the militia on the north China plain carried out tunnel vices— helping the army conduct reconnaissance, warfare and contributed greatly to wiping out enemy transporting grain, fodder and ammunition, carrying effectives and consolidating and developing the anti- the wounded on stretchers, building defensive works Japanese base areas. In central Hopei's base areas, for and taking prisoners into custody — and support the example, some 12,500 kilometres of tunnels were dug, army to fight the enemy to the best of their ability. which rendered the Japanese aggressor troops powerless During the War of Liberation (1945-49), whole battalions despite their good weapons. Unable to find any target or regiments of militia forces joined in the fighting. for attack, the invaders constantly found themselves In some military campaigns, the number added up to surrounded and attacked from all sides. six and sometimes seven figures. In the Peiping- Tientsin Campaign (December 1948-January 1949), more The ingenious tactics used by the militia in fight than 1.87 million strong from the militia and the masses ing in close co-operation with the army not only wiped supported the front. To ensure quick movement of out large numbers of enemy troops but also created army units, the militia forces built over 3,000 li of roads favourable conditions for our army to concentrate its and 64 bridges. And to guarantee supplies, they forces, carry out operations flexibly and score victories. mobilized 320,000 animal-drawn carts and 400 boats In the struggle to safeguard our socialist revolution which together moved some 100,000 tons of materiel and socialist construction, the militia has actively sup for the army. Wherever the People's Liberation Army ported the army to strengthen our national defence and fought, the militia was sure to follow and give whatever guard against air raids, thereby putting into practice a support it could. This was one of the important factors system in which everyone takes part in defending the that ensured victory in war. motherland. Since liberation more than 20 years ago, (4) Maintaining social order and consolidating the U.S. imperialism and Chiang Kai-shek remnant bandits rear. have time and again sent armed agents to sneak into China's mainland from the sea or the air or by other During the war years, the militia took on the re methods in an attempt to harass and carry out sabotage sponsibility of standing guard, questioning suspicious activities. But we quickly put them out of action by outsiders, rooting out spies and keeping an eye on bad relying mainly on the militia. With militia organiza elements, thereby relieving the army of any worry about tions set up all over the country, no matter how cunning the rear areas. At present, the militia plays a big role our enemies are and whether they come by air or from in maintaining public security across the land. This fully the sea, they can never escape punishment from the shows that it is an important tool of the dictatorship militia whose members are here, there and everywhere. of the proletariat.
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THE MILITIA
Veteran militia-man Chao Shou-fu of Shantung Province's Haiyang County showing youth how to lay mines.
A Militiamen of a Poking machinery plant in a mili tary exercise.
Militiamen training during the war against Japanese ag gression.
Militiamen of many nation alities in Sinkiang training.
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"Heighten our vigilance, defend the motherland. The militia on the Fukien front studying politics.
Combining production with lighting, militiawomen on the Inner Mongolian grass land guarding the frontier while herding.
Tunnel warfare during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Guerrillas on a lake in the war against Japanese in- vaders.
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(5) Active in production and in supporting the militia's organization. Failing this, nothing can be fighting. achieved. A military organization, the militia must be organized into squads, platoons, companies, battalions, During the successive revolutionary wars, the mi- regiments and divisions, with rank and file and officers. liiia forces combined fighting with production. They But since the militia is also a mass organization whose took part in both. and. in addition, took on the respon sibility of protecting the latter. During harvest time, members do their regular jobs in production, militia they set up tight security lines to protect the peasants organizations should dovetail, not replace, the set-up as they harvested, threshed and stored grain in double- in production units, government offices and schools. quick time. They also organized armed shock produc The militia is organized on a voluntary basis. While tion brigades to harvest and sow quickly near enemy strongholds or pillboxes. Very often, they fought to the state stipulates that all able-bodied youth and adults, take back what grain, animals or other materials enemy irrespective of sex, can join the militia, it pays special troops had plundered. To cope with enemy raids, the attention to political agitation so that youth and adults people in the revolutionary base areas, with the militia join willingly and voluntarily. as the core, saw to it that grain and other supplies were carefully hidden or buried so that the enemy, after The principle of democratic centralism is practised entering the villages, could not find a single soul, a in militia organizations. Cadres, elected every year grain of food or even a drop of water, but was greeted through democratic consultation, can be re-elected if the by mines exploding all around. ranks so desire it. Shortcomings or mistakes on the part of the rank and file or cadres are overcome by Militiamen and women now working on various democratic means, through persuasion and education fronts, such as in industry, agriculture and trade or in and through criticism and self-criticism. schools and colleges, take an active part in socialist revolution and socialist construction. Those in the vil Political work in the militia consists mainly of or lages have played a vanguard role in the mass move ganizing its members to study Marxism-Leninism-Mao ment "In agriculture, learn from Tachai" and have Tsetung Thought, correctly carry out the Party's line, contributed to expanding farm production and building principles and policies and constantly raise their cons a new socialist countryside. In Shansi Province alone, ciousness of class struggle and the struggle between the the militia has organized 60,300 shock production bri two lines. gades with more than 2.47 million persons in them. On the industrial front, they play an exemplary role To ensure the absolute leadership of the Party, in the mass movement "In industry, learn from Ta militia organizations have political commissars and po ttling," a powerful impetus to the growth of industry. litical instructors, and a system of political work is Over 180 militia regiments comprising more than 1.1 established to conduct effective political and ideological million strong joined in building a railway which in work among the members, and help them study and volved arduous engineering work. This accounted for carry forward the fine tradition of the People's Libera tion Army. its swift completion in a little more than eight months. In the light of the militia's special features, training Militia Building Today is carried out on a small scale and diffusely in their respective localities. Military democracy is practised, Chairman Mao issued the call on June 19, 1962: bringing into play the P.L.A.'s spirit of "officers teach "Militia work must be carried through organizationally, ing soldiers, soldiers teaching officers and soldiers politically and militarily." Chairman Mao's important teaching each other."' directive is the programme for building up the militia in our country. With regard to the militia's weapons, there are two main sources in war time: (1) capturing them from the Under the guidance of the concept of people's war, enemy, and (2) mobilizing the masses to make their notable results have been obtained in militia building own weapons by displaying the spirit of self-reliance. over the past decade by implementing Chairman Mao's Though our militia has comparatively good weapons directive. Since the Great Proletarian Cultural Rev today, we still have to uphold the tradition of militia olution started and particularly since the convening forces making their own land-mines, hand-grenades of the Ninth Party Congress, with the masses gaining and other weapons. an ever deeper understanding of Chairman Mao's stra tegic principles "Heighten our vigilance, defend the In their revolutionary struggles over the years, the motherland" and "Be prepared against war, be prepared Chinese people have come to understand the importance against natural disasters, and do everything for the of arming themselves more and more clearly. Resolute people," militia work has made further progress. ly supporting the militia system, they have worked un remittingly to strengthen the militia. If any enemy Militia work must be carried through organization should dare to invade our country, he will surely be ally. This is primary and means strengthening the drowned in the vast ocean of an entire nation in arms.
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Report From Rabat
Africa Forges Ahead Victoriously Under
Banner of Unity Against Imperialism
EETING in mid-June in Rabat, capital of Morocco, throughout the whole of Africa so that the people in M the 9th Conference of Heads of State and Govern territories still to attain independence in southern Africa ment of the Organization of African Unity (O.A.U.) re can acquire real liberation? The conference reached flected the growing strength and development of the the decision clearly staled in one resolution: "The O.A.U. since it was founded in 1963. The conference prevailing situation leaves the African people in these also demonstrated the excellent situation now existing territories no other choice but armed struggle." in Africa, where nations and peoples are united in the The conference paid great tribute to the important struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonial- successes of the people of Angola, Mozambique and ism and racial discrimination and for safeguarding of Guinea (Bissau) in their armed struggles against Por national independence and for national liberation. tuguese colonialism. A resolution adopted at the con ference reaffirmed "the inalienable right of the peo Firm Support for Motional-Liberation Movements ple of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau) to self- determination and independence." It strongly de The independent African countries' resolute support nounced Portuguese colonialism for its infamous crimes for the African national-liberation movements in ter and acts of genocide against the African people in ritories yet to achieve independence and their strong these territories. It was decided "to increase assist demand for the liquidation of colonialism and racism ance to the liberation movements of Angola, Mozambi and decolonization in all Africa was the distinguishing que and Guinea (Bissau)" and to urge "the gov feature of the conference. A unanimous resolution de ernments of O.A.U. member states to strengthen and clared that the "total liberation of the African continent increase their moral and material support to the libera from foreign domination and occupation, and the eradi tion struggle of the valiant freedom fighters of Angola, cation of all forms of colonialism and racial discrimina Mozambique and Guinea (Bissau) against Portuguese tion" is the principal objective of the African peoples. domination." Many African heads of state voiced this strong desire. The people of Azania, Namibia and Zimbabwe President Marion Ngouabi of the People's Republic were commended for their heroic struggles against the of the Congo reiterated his country's sacred principle: South African and Rhodesian minority white racists' "The whole of Africa, from the north to the south, from barbarous rule. Resolutions were also adopted, which the east to the west, must be totally liberated from co fully and unconditionally support the armed struggle lonialist, racist and fascist domination."' President Ga- of the people of Azania, Namibia and Zimbabwe for afar Mohamed Nimeri of the Sudan pointed out that ending apartheid and racial discrimination and for self- the elimination of colonialism remains the principal determination and independence. problem for Africa. Emperor Haile Selassie I of The conference decided to increase the annual bud Ethiopia declared: 'One of the main occupations of get of the African Liberation Committee by 50 per cent the independent African countries is to wipe colonial to support the national-liberation movements. ism and racism from the face of the continent." Pres ident Ahniadou Ahidjo of Cameroon pointed out that At the opening session, Moktar Ould Daddah, it is the duty of the African countries to take vigorous President of Mauritania and outgoing chairman of the measures to decolonize Africa as a whole. O.A.U. summit, reaffirmed: "Our continued and un shakable determination to continue our historic strug There was full discussion about the major question: gle and to achieve full restoration of the rights and How can decolonization really be brought about dignity of our brothers who, at the other extremity
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The newly elected chairman of the summit con A resolution on the Middle East sternly denounced ference King Hassan II of Morocco expressed resolute Israeli Zionism for its continued aggression against support for the African national-liberation movements. Egypt and other Arab countries. It demanded that He said: "Your liberation is also our liberation. There Israel withdraw from all the Arab territories it occupies fore, your struggle should logically be and will be our to the ceasefire line prior to the "June 5" war. The struggle." conference reaffirmed the O.A.U.'s effective support The firm support given by the conference to the for the just struggle of Egypt to restore its territorial African national-liberation movements, to the armed integrity by all means. President Houari Boumedienne struggle in particular, has increased the militant deter of the Algerian Council of Revolution pointed out that mination of the fighters struggling for the total libera imperialism and colonialism carry out aggression tion of Africa. Speaking on behalf of various African against Africa from two sides. In the south is Por national-liberation movements, Amilcar Cabral, Gener tugal and in the north is Israel. The African people al Secretary of the African Independence Party of should unite to oppose the enemy on both sides. Guinea and Cape Verde Islands (PAIGC), thanked the O.A.U. summit for its invaluable support, and firmly Speaking of unity against imperialism and hege pledged: "We shall increase our fighting 100 per cent." mony, President Ahmadou Ahidjo of Cameroon de clared that in the face of the conflict of the two super Strengthen Unity Against Aggression powers for world domination, the African countries should unite and defend their sovereignty and interests. Another prominent feature of the conference was The independent African countries' spirit of unity the unity and support among African countries which against imperialism manifested itself in the settlement have gained independence in their common struggle against imperialist, colonialist and neo-colonialist ag of disputes through peaceful consultation. The confer gression. Shortly before the conference, the Portuguese ence welcomed the reconciliation between Guinea and colonialists, with the support of the United States, Senegal and the strengthening of the relations between Britain and other countries, flagrantly challenged the the two countries, achieved before the conference. At conference and all the people of Africa by invading the closing ceremony, Morocco and Algeria signed an two O.A.U. member states — Senegal and the People's agreement on the boundary question between the two Republic of the Congo. This aroused the indignation countries, thus ending nine years of dispute created by of the African people. The Ministerial Council of the colonialism. O.A.U. which was then engaged in the preparations for The conference congratulated the Sudan on the the conference immediately cabled the heads of state successful settlement of the problem of southern Sudan. of Senegal and the People's Republic of the Congo, At the ministerial council session prior to the con condemning the Portuguese colonialist aggression, and ference, it was unanimously decided to allocate 100,000 expressing support for the just struggle of the people U.S. dollars for the rehabilitation of southern Sudan. of the two countries. The successful settlement of the problem of southern At the conference, President Marien Ngouabi of the Sudan is also a powerful rebuff to imperialism and People's Republic of the Congo strongly condemned the colonialism in their creation of divisions in Africa and Portuguese aggressors. He pointed out: "Tiny Por to their divide and rule policy. tugal cannot possibly resist the will of the African peo * * * ples without the political, financial and military com plicity of the NATO powers." President Senghor of The 9th Conference of Heads of State and Senegal also emphasized that the African countries Government of the Organization of African Unity made must do their utmost to safeguard their national in new contributions to the African cause of unity against dependence. imperialism. In the nine years since the founding of The conference unanimously adopted resolutions the O.A.U., its membership has grown from 31 coun strongly condemning the Portuguese colonialists for tries to 41. The unity and co-operation among the their aggression against the People's Republic of the member countries has steadily been strengthened and Congo, Senegal, Guinea, Tanzania and Zambia, and extended in the common struggle against imperialism, pointed out: "Any aggression against any member colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism and for safe state is considered as aggression against all O.A.U. guarding national independence and for national lib members." The conference decided to provide concrete eration. To be held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis assistance for the above-mentioned five countries, vic Ababa, the next summit conference will mark the tims of aggression, so as to strengthen their defences. tenth anniversary of the founding of the Organization These decisions vividly reflect the excellent situation of African Unity.
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On Studying Some History About Imperialism
by Shih Chun
The following is the second and final part of an ar Chinese revolution and the victories of the revolutions ticle in issue No. 25, 1972 of "Peking Review." — Ed. in other Asian and European countries during and after World War II are all new proof of the Marxist-Leninist theory. Moribund Capitalism The history of imperialism also tells us that it will WILD imperialist plunder at home and abroad, im- never leave the stage of history of its own accord. The perialist countries' contention and infighting and more it nears its doom, the more it will put up desperate the decline of one imperialist country after another elo struggles by adopting all kinds of tactics for military quently confirm Lenin's scientific conclusion that im adventures and political deception. As Chairman Mao perialism is "moribund capitalism" and "imperialism is has said, "Make trouble, fail, make trouble again, fail the eve of the social revolution of the proletariat." Cap again . . . till their doom; that is the logic of the im italism's inevitable doom, the certain triumph of social perialists and all reactionaries the world over in dealing ism and the replacement of the capitalist system by the with the people's cause, and they will never go against socialist system are all determined by the historical this logic." (Cast Away Illusions, Prepare for Struggle.) laws of the movement of the basic social contradictions. To shake off its serious political and economic crises With the decaying and parasitic nature of capitalism and save itself from imminent doom, Germany under in the stage of imperialism fully exposed, all kinds of the fascist Hitler introduced a fascist dictatorship, fren- inherent capitalist contradictions have become far more ziedly suppressing the revolutionary Germans and acute than before. carrying out the cruellest possible economic exploitation and political oppression of the people at home under the As Chairman Mao has analysed in his On Contra reactionary slogan of "guns instead of butter." Un diction, the contradiction between the proletariat and leashing World War II, it barbarously plundered the the bourgeoisie became intensified, the contradiction people of other countries. But, like "lifting a rock only between monopoly and non-monopoly capital emerged, to drop it on one's own feet," as a Chinese saying goes, the contradiction between the colonial powers and the these aggressive outrages touched off the people's un colonies became intensified and the contradiction among precedented anti-fascist struggle around the world, the capitalist countries resulting from their uneven which brought the complete downfall in a mere 12 years development manifested itself with particular sharpness. of Germany under Hitler who had dreamt of establish It is the development and struggle of these contradic ing "1,000-year empire." Chairman Mao has pointed tions that provide the necessary prerequisite for the out: "Imperialism has pushed the great masses of the victory of the socialist and the people's democratic people throughout the world into the historical epoch revolution led by the proletariat. From his study of of the great struggle to abolish imperialism." (Cast the laws governing the development of imperialism, Away Illusions, Prepare for Struggle.) The aggression, Lenin drew the important conclusion that because of subversion, control and interference by U.S. imperial the uneven political and economic development of im ism and social-imperialism today everywhere in the perialism the world imperialist front would be broken world are the expressions of their last-ditch strug through at where it is weakest and the socialist revolu gle. They have aroused and are arousing the world's tion would triumph first in one or several countries. people and the small and medium-sized countries to History has fully confirmed the proletarian revolu wage a just struggle against the two overlords, which tionary teacher's scientific prediction. During World is now raging. It is the people's revolutionary struggle War I, tsarist Russia was the focus of all the contradic that gradually weakens imperialism, until its extinction. tions of imperialism and the weakest link in the im perialist chain. Led by Lenin, the 1917 October Socialist Struggle Against Imperialism and Opportunism Revolution was crowned with great victory, giving birth to the world's first socialist country and ushering In their last-ditch struggle the imperialists always in a new epoch for mankind. The great victory of the make fostering an opportunist faction in the workers'
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Worming their way into ing the present and past of imperialism and summing the international communist movement, they have up the positive read negative experience of the people made every effort to cover up the contradictions and in China and the rest of the world in their protracted nature of imperialism, prettify imperialism, spread struggles against imperialism, Chairman Mao has put the ideas of imperialism and benumb the fighting will forward his conception of the strategy and tactics in of the world's revolutionary people. They play the the fight against imperialism. He pointed out: "The reactionary role the imperialists themselves cannot first imperialist world war and the first victorious so play. Lenin called these renegades to the proletariat, cialist revolution, the October Revolution, have changed who defended the interests of imperialism, "'social- the whole course of world history and ushered in a new imperialists,' that is. Socialists in words and imperialists era." In this era. imperialism "has fully revealed its in deeds." (Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capital decadence." (On New Democracy.) Chairman Mao said: ism.) He repeatedly taught us that it is necessary to "Imperialism and all reactionaries, looked at in essence, integrate closely the struggle against imperialism with from a long-term point of view, from a strategic point the struggle against opportunism and revisionism. "The of view, must be seen for what they are — paper tigers. fight against imperialism is a sham and humbug unless On this we should build our strategic thinking. On the it is inseparably bound up with the fight against op other hand, they are also living tigers, iron tigers, real portunism." (Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capital tigers which can devour people. On this we should ism.) We clearly see today that the Soviet revisionist build our tactical thinking." This scientific thesis leading clique is following in words and deeds what is our powerful ideological weapon for defeating im Lenin repudiated. While paying lip-service to socialism perialism. Imperialism is moribund, not dead, capital ism. This reactionary thing still has a dual character and even to "communism," it in fact pursues the im in the face of the life-and-death struggle of the people. perialist policy of expansion and plunder and tries to It is inconceivable that the world's people can make a carve out spheres of influence by every means. The clean sweep of imperialism overnight without arduous, Soviet revisionists are social-imperialists, pure and complex and protracted struggles. But there is no simple. doubt that so long as they have the courage and ability to wage unswerving protracted struggles, imperialism The vigorous development of the world revolution will perish and the people's revolution will triumph. since the end of World War II has brought about fur Countries want independence, nations want liberation ther changes in the tactics of imperialism. While re and the people want revolution. This has today be sorting to corruption and infiltration with regard to the come an irresistible historical tide. The days of im proletariat which has not seized power, the imperialists perialism are numbered. To seize one victory after engage in subversion and "peaceful evolution" in deal another in the revolution, the people the world over ing with the proletariat in power. Simultaneously with still will experience tortuous and strenuous struggles. military adventures or armed invasion, they carry out "This is the historic epoch in which world capitalism political deception and push a neo-colonialist policy. and imperialism are going down to their doom and world They either establish indirect colonial rule by bribing socialism and people's democracy are marching to hidden traitors and grooming puppets; or, flaunting the victory." (The Present Situation and Our Tasks.) banner of "military aid" and "economic aid." they Studying the Marxist-Leninist theory of imperialism engage in big capital export and commodity dumping and the history of imperialism will help us the revolu so that the recipient countries are exploited economi tionary people understand more profoundly the nature cally and controlled politically and militarily; or they of imperialism and social-imperialism, correctly observe try to turn other countries into their dependencies or the current complicated international struggles, colonies by taking advantage of the so-called bilateral strengthen our confidence in the certain victory of the "friendship treaties" they have signed. In short, they proletarian revolutionary cause, implement still more stop at no intrigue or conspiracy in their efforts at conscientiously Chairman Mao's revolutionary line and world domination, to enslave other people and main policies and fight confidently and courageously for the tain imperialist rule. Whatever new tactics the impe complete liberation of all mankind. rialists may turn to, exploitation always arouses strug gle and oppression always entails resistance. Each time they commit aggression, they put a new noose around Correction: In our last issue (No. 25), p. 16, left-hand their necks. The more evil they do, the tighter the column, 4th paragraph, line 7, "1963" should read "1962."
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Rabid Provocation and Vicious Intent
by "Renmin Ribao" Commentator
THE "Defence Agency" of the reactionary Sato gov- Japan-Chiang collusion in an attempt to exert pressure ernment of Japan has announced that two warships on the Chinese people in this way and, at the same of the Chiang* Kai-shek clique in Taiwan will "visit" time, to divert the political orientation of improving Japan in a few days. This is another big exposure of Japan-China relations as proposed by personages in the reactionary government's insistence on its anti- Japanese political circles. In using such a trick on the China policy and a flagrant provocation against the eve of stepping down. Sato's vicious aim is to create Chinese people. The Chinese people are deeply in difficulties and obstacles for the new Government of dignant at this. Japan in handling Japan-China relations. This is a scheme which deserves serious attention. A "visit" to Japan by warships of the Chiang Kai- shek clique is unprecedented in Japan-Chiang relations. The common aspiration of the Chinese and Japa It is no accident at all that, only a few days after an nese peoples is to develop China-Japan friendship and nouncing his decision to step down. Sato suddenly let restore China-Japan diplomatic relations; this is an the Chiang Kai-shek clique's warships go to Japan. Tak irresistible trend of our era. That Sato should flagrant ing over the mantle of Shigeru Yoshida and Nobusuke ly step up his collusion with the Chiang Kai-shek clique Kishi, Sato has stubbornly pursued a policy of hostility and remain hostile to the Chinese people is completely towards China and has thus been more and more incompatible with the Japanese people's demand that strongly denounced and opposed by the masses of the Japan take the road of independence, democracy, peace Japanese people and far-sighted personages in political and neutrality. Such criminal acts by Sato will be tol circles. Even some candidates for the presidency of the erated neither by the Chinese people nor by the Japa Liberal Democratic Party have in recent statements re nese people. Sato's deliberate sabotage of improving peatedly declared that they would work for the nor Japan-China relations only serves to reveal more clear malization of Japan-China relations if they were elected. ly his reactionary features and arouse stronger opposi tion from the Japanese people. This will only bring In these circumstances, Sato, who is clinging to his him a more ignominious end. anti-China policy, deliberately invites warships of the Chiang clique to Japan. This is meant to reinforce (June 25)
(Continued from p. 3.) priorities by the national plan for • Chang Hsiang-shan, a leading socio-economic development." member of the Chinese People's He continued: "The Government Association for Friendship With For During the delegation's stay in and people of Rwanda has also fol eign Countries, on June 22 gave a Peking, Foreign Minister Chi Peng- lowed with great interest the policy fei and Vice-Foreign Minister Ho banquet in honour of the Youth Del of international co-operation pursued Ying held talks with Minister egation From the Democratic Re by the People's Republic of China Munyaneza. Vice-Premier Li Hsien- public of the Sudan led by Abdel with regard to the other nations of nien met the members of the delega Ghaffar Mohamed Nur and with the third world. This co-operation tion. On June 23, Ministers Chi Salih Yagoub Hamdan as its deputy will enable these countries to develop Peng-fei and Munyaneza, on behalf leader. their socio-economic intra-structure of their respective Governments, • A ceremony welcoming the visit in order to ensure the well-being of signed in Peking a trade agreement ing Chilean National Football the masses of their people." between the two Governments. Team was held on June 24 at the He said: "The Republic of Rwanda Worker's Stadium by the Chinese rejoices over the relations of co NEWS BRIEFS Physical Culture and Sports Com mission. After the ceremony, Chilean operation she has already established A Vice-Premier Li Hsien-nien and and Chinese football teams played a with the People's Republic of China. Minister of Communications Yang friendly match. The first agreement on economic and Chieh on June 21 met all members technical co-operation signed last of the Japanese Marine Friendship • A Chinese men's basketball del May 13 by our two Governments will Delegation led by Hiroshi Miwa. The egation left Peking by air on June enable Rwanda to begin the realiza 25-member delegation arrived in 21 for friendly visits to Algeria, tion of certain projects considered as Peking on June 17. Egypt, the Sudan and Somalia. June 30, 1972 17 Scanned and prepared by It's Right to Rebel! irtr.org/cra IRTR Cultural Revolution Archive [email protected]
Reporters' Diary after the 'reversion' and B-52s are here again. What kind of 'reversion' is this? This is deception pure and First Visit to Okinawa simple!" The people of Okinawa were in N our way to Okinawa we flew G.I.s and U.S. military vehicles load dignant at the fact that their island O over the city of Kagoshima on ed with war materials. was full of U.S. military bases. A prominent figure working for Japan- the southern tip of Japan's Kyushu The main cities on Okinawa were China friendship told us: "Since and continued south. Looking down crowded whit premises serving the World War II, the U.S. imperialists at the sea from the plane, we saw a U.S. army, navy and air force: mili have committed all kinds of evil in number of large and small islands, tary bases and installations, ranges, using Okinawa as a base for aggres the Ryukyu Islands, dotting the blue psychological warfare bases, intel sion in a number of Asian countries. waves. Narrow and ribbon-like, the ligence and "counter-guerrilla war The islanders are living in misery; largest is Okinawa, the main island fare training centres. Even after the the economy is on the decline. These of the archipelago. "reversion." as revealed by the Japa are mainly a result of U.S. military Our group of Chinese journalists nese press, the United States would occupation." visited the island on May 20. six days still keep as many as 87 military The crimes of the Japanese militar after the United States "returned" bases on Okinawa, covering an area ists in aggression abroad and brutal the administrative rights over it to of some 286 square kilometres. The ly slaughtering the islanders during Japan. U.S. and Japanese reactionaries had World War II were still fresh in peo One of U.S. imperialism's im fixed up the bases on the island to reinforce their capacity for joint use ple's minds. Towards the end of the portant military bases for aggression war, the Japanese fascists, frustrated against Asia, Okinawa is also the after the "reversion," and, at the same time, added a number of new and desperate, sent troops to try to Japanese people's advance post in force the islanders at bayonet point their struggle against U.S. imperial permanent fortifications to the old ones. to commit collective suicide in the ism. The Okinawan people have name of "loyalty to the Tenno." This valiantly persevered in fighting the Fertile as it is, land on Okinawa and the war itself cost the lives of U.S. and Japanese reactionaries for is still occupied by U.S. military some 150,000 inhabitants of Okina 27 years, and a new storm of this forces. A local peasant, in all wa, one-third of the island's popula prolonged struggle is now gathering. seriousness, had this to say: "When tion. we demanded the return of Okinawa, On the day of our arrival, Naha The Okinawan people firmly op we meant that there would be no Airport was cluttered as usual with pose the Japanese reactionaries fol more military bases or U.S. troops U.S. military aircraft: fighters, lowing in the footsteps of the old after the return. But look at the bombers, giant transports, helicopters militarists and committing aggres 'reversion' now, the land seized from and what not. Naha Airport, our sion in Asia. A docker at Machinato us peasants by the U.S. armed forces Japanese friends told us, was sup harbour told us: "The Japanese has not been returned to us, but posed to fall in the "return" to Japan reactionaries want to turn Okinawa passed on to the 'self-defence forces.' category, but, after the "reversion," into a base for the U.S.-Japanese We strongly object to this." U.S. military planes were still all reactionaries for aggression against over the place. Even more, the Near a U.S. military base at Oura China and other Asian countries. We United States has the impudence to Bay, wooden notice boards had been workers will never let them do it!" keep one-third of the airport as a erected everywhere: "No Parking!" During our tour of Koza in the mid "navy aviation installation" for its "No Photographing!" "No Loiter dle of the island, we heard how the own use. Nominally open to both ing!" We were told by Japanese people of that city set off an anti- military and civilian planes, the friends that of late U.S. troops were U.S. storm on December 20, 1970 in airport remains in fact one of the busy building a new nuclear sub protest against the crimes of the U.S. important U.S. air bases on the marine port in the bay. That armed forces there. More than 8,000 Island of Okinawa. is why this U.S. base forbids angry Okinawan people at that time Then there was the Naha naval loitering by pedestrians and car burnt down over 70 U.S. military base adjacent to the airport. Inside drivers. If anyone does, U.S. sentinels vehicles, a heavy blow to the U.S. the base, barricaded by a network of are sure to tell him to move on. We aggressors. This outburst of anger barbed wire, were aircraft carriers got the strong impression that Oki at the U.S. imperialists that has been and a large number of LSTs as well nawa "returned" to Japan by the smouldering for the last two decades as other military vessels flying the United States remains the same and more demonstrated the revolu American flag. Piled high on the "state within a state." tionary strength of the people of wharves, U.S. military supplies in On the morning of our arrival, Okinawa Prefecture. green wooden cases were being hur U.S. B-52 bombers, known as "black The protracted and courageous riedly loaded on to heavy-duty demons," re-entered the base at struggle of the people in Okinawa trucks. One of the street scenes in Kadena. A Japanese friend com Naha was the ubiquitous American mented angrily: "Only six days (Continued on p. 21.)
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the ruling and opposition parties, ROUND THE WORLD Sato had no alternative but to an nounce his resignation.
LON NOL PUPPET CLIQUE JAPAN treaty, that is, the friendly relations with the national government (the "Presidential Election" Farce Sato Steps Down Chiang gang—editor), has been kept up to the present." This shows The Lon Nol puppet clique recently Eisaku Sato. Prime Minister of the that even now Sato still obdurately put on a "presidential election" farce Japanese Cabinet and President of clings to creating "two Chinas." "I in Phnom Penh. The outcome nat the liberal Democratic Party, form have thought that diplomatic rela urally was the "election" of Lon Nol. ally announced his resignation from tions with China have to be restored the Party presidency at a conference and normalized in any case," he said, Lon Nol's intention was that the of L.D.P. Diet members on the mor but immediately added: "However, "election" would doll up his fascist ning of June 17. At noon the same in what form the existing friendly rule. But the result was the op day he made a television speech on and goodwill relations with the na posite. The foreign press gave wide his resignation. The head of the tional government will be maintained coverage to all the clique's dirty ruling Japanese party automatically is another question. This, I think, work and acts of suppression. On becomes the prime minister and what should be borne in mind." election day. Lon Nol openly forced Sato did was to virtually announce electors to vote and instructed of the end of the Sato cabinet which Sato's policies have met with the ficers and men of the puppet army ruled Japan for almost eight years. ever more bitter opposition of the to cast several ballots in different Japanese people and personages in booths for him as well as to send Since taking office in November various circles. At the 68th Diet ses their teenage children to vote. 1964. Sato has carried out a series of sion which closed just before Sato's reactionary policies for intensifying resignation announcement, Socialist. The other two candidates run expansion abroad and squeezing the Komei and other Japanese opposition ning in the "election" with Lon Nol's people harder at home. He boosted party members and certain far-sight- permission — In Tam, ex-president of the bogus national assembly, and the Japan-south Korea talks zeal ed members of the ruling Liberal Keo An, dean of the faculty of law ously, and railroaded the Japan- Democratic Party exposed and criti of Phnom Penh University — openly south Korea treaty through the Diet. cized the internal and external poli charged Lon Nol with rigging the He played an active role in trying to cies of the Sato government, putting "election." In Tam even filed charges rig up a "northeast Asian military al Sato in an awkward position. On in court that there were "manipula liance" which was hatched by U.S. June 16, the closing day of the recent imperialism, supported the U.S. im tion of votes and duress against Diet session which had been extend perialist war of aggression against electors" and demanded a new ed for 21 days, Sato tried hard to Indochina, signed the Japan-U.S. "election." Lon Nol's reply was to push through the "National Railways joint communique, effected the "au close down for "an indefinite Fares Bill" and the "Health Insurance tomatic extension' of the Japan-U.S. period" a newspaper controlled by Bill" aimed at increasing the burden "security treaty" and accepted a In Tam and set up a new "constitu on the people and milking the masses. conditional "reversion" of Okinawa. tional court" to "handle" In Tarn's But both bills were voted down. He formulated one arms expansion charges. After nearly a fortnight of Others, such as the "Emigration and programme after another to hasten "study," it announced that "despite Immigration Bill" and the "Amend the revival of Japanese militarism in some regrettable irregularities" it ments to the Defence Agency and an attempt to turn Japan, a so-called could not change the results of the economic power, into a military Self-Defence Forces Laws," even election. power so as to re-embark on the old failed to reach both Houses of the This "election" has intensified the road of expansion and aggression. Diet because of the boycott by the opposition parties. The "Emigration infighting within the clique and During his term of office, Sato per and Immigration Bill" was shelved aroused strong dissatisfaction from sisted in a hostile stand towards the for the third time. At the June 17 the people in Phnom Penh and other Chinese people. In his televised conference, Sato had to admit that parts of the country. Phnom Penh resignation speech, he said: "Like the the current Diet session "was fruit youth and students held a number grass and trees bending before the less despite its extension; this is very of meetings and demonstrations wind, everybody is leaning towards regretful. I feel deeply that this is against Lon Nol's evil rule. Most of the Chinese mainland (the Peo an unpleasant Diet session." the electors in Phnom Penh and ple's Republic of China — editor)," other places boycotted the "elec "however I cannot be in such a All this indicates that Sato's intern tion" and the Lon Nol clique itself frame of mind." He stressed: "The al and external policies are very un admitted that "only 44.52 per cent 'Japan-China peace treaty' which was popular. Under the pressure of the of Phnom Penh's registered voters signed after the San Francisco peace Japanese people and personages in had cast ballots."
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Used catalysts had been discarded ON THE HOME FRONT until plant workers began trying to recover rare metals from them. After 50 or so attempts and several months they succeeded in recovering 90 per cent of the elements used in some 70 million years ago, was Visual Rebuttul in the catalysts. Catalysts made from forced out of the trees to live on the Idealism recovered rare metals proved to be ground in the course of their struggle more active and had a longer work HE Natural History Museum of with their environment. Through life than those made from "fresh" Shanghai is the scene of two ex T the labour of hundreds of thousands rare metals and cost only 20 per cent hibitions— "The Origin and Evolu of years their fore limbs developed of the original price. These "retriev tion of Ancient Forms of Animal hands and after another long period ed" rare metals now are supplied to Life" and "Transition From Ape to of time these apes evolved into other chemical plants to make Man." Both contain an abundance human beings. The exhibition shows catalysts. of illustrative casts and models of that in the transition from ape to fossils, preponderantly of those un man 10-20 million years ago, labour Before the Great Proletarian Cul earthed in China, and some actual played the decisive role. The anthro tural Revolution the plant had three fossils. poid ape's fore limbs developed ear tail gas recovery towers to reclaim "Ancient Forms of Animal Life" lier than its brain. This upholds the some of the noxious sulphur dioxide presents a remarkable collection of truth of Engels' words that "labour from sulphuric acid tail gas. During fossils and models of many kinds of created man himself," and shatters the Cultural Revolution the workers invertebrate animals dating back the myth about some "god" creating made some technical innovations some 400 million years. These in man. which simplified and improved the process and did away with one of the clude gigantic dinosaurs which lived Arrangements for these twin ex towers. The whole set-up now on the earth more than 100 million hibitions were made shortly after the occupies only a quarter of the origi years ago, and the 180-million-year- call issued by the Party in its Com nal space. Moreover, the chimneys old Bienotherium discovered in Yun munique of the Second Plenary give cleaner smoke with a sulphur nan Province, which is of much inter Session of the Ninth Central Com dioxide content fully answering the est to scientists. All these point out mittee of the Communist Party of low level set by state hygiene that there once was no living matter China on September 6, 1970 to "up regulations. whatever on earth, but in the long hold dialectical materialism and his process of time living matter emerged torical materialism and oppose ideal The plant formerly recovered 200- out of non-living matter, and then ism and metaphysics." 300 tons of yellow phosphorus a year there arose unicellular animals which The exhibitions have attracted from the tail gas of its electric in the course of time slowly devel great interest from workers, peas furnaces. As this process released oped into the diversified millions of ants, soldiers, teachers, students and vast quantities of harmful fumes, kinds of animals of today. Red Guards. some veteran workers suggested they The exhibition forcefully refutes should make phosphoric acid instead, the idealists who hold that "god which would eliminate the health created life" and that "life began industrial Waste Into hazard and also produce a more spontaneously." and demolishes the valuable chemical. Backed by the Assets metaphysical concept that all living workshop Party branch, a three-in- things are isolated from one another FFORTS by workers and techni one assault team of six veteran work and eternally immutable. The visual E cians of the Nanking Chemical ers, plus technicians and cadres went record of the earth's past shown at Fertilizer Plant to utilize waste to work on it. After three and a half the exhibition fully bears out that liquid, gas and residue have pro months of learning-by-doing and living things developed from the duced good results. In the past three ransacking the plant for discarded simple to the complex, and from a years, 46,000 tons of useful materials pieces of machinery and material lower to a higher stage. have been recovered. Nickel, pig they built a semi-mechanical semi- automated section capable of produc The exhibition "Transition From iron, ammonia alum, sodium silicate ing 40-50 tons of phosphoric acid a Anthropoid Ape to Man" includes and ammonium sulphate worth 6 month from flue exhaust. models of Peking Man (400,000- million yuan literally have been 500.000 years ago) and of the Lantien picked out of the rubbish heap. Another successful addition was a Ape-Man who lived even earlier, They have recovered sulphur dioxide workshop to extract ammonia alum 500,000-600,000 years ago. It traces equivalent to 30.000 tons of sulphuric from the residue left over from mak the story of how a race of tree- acid, separated hydrogen and trial- ing potash fertilizer. This was dwelling ancient apes, members of produced hydroxylamine sulphate profitable and also did away with the prolific mammalian group, living from waste gas, and generated 4 the troublesome disposal problem. in the tropical and subtropical zones million kwh. of electricity from Again it was the workers who in the Cenozoic period, beginning waste heat. thought of this and who went to
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Scanned and prepared by It's Right to Rebel! irtr.org/cra IRTR Cultural Revolution Archive [email protected] other factories to learn how to recov days per mu and the cost of the her business. He hastened to ask leave er ammonia alum. They converted bicide was only 70 fen a mu. from the squad leader. "You don't a disused shed for iheir purpose and The area of ricefields in Hunan have to ask me. you're the Party sec sifted through the plant's machinery Province on which herbicides are retary!" said the squad leader. Ko morgue for parts. With unstinted applied has expanded 20-fold com replied: "Since I'm working here. help of fraternal factories they built pared to that before the Cultural I'm a member of the squad, and I a workshop which could turn out Revolution. In Yunnan Province, a can't just come and go as I please." 7.000 tons of ammonia alum annually special group formed in 1909 to direct Party secretary Ko's model discipline for the paper, printing and dyeing the work in this field carried out ex is known all over the mill. and pharmaceutical industries. This periments on large areas and popular Another time, Ko was mending a alone earns close to a million yuan a ized its experience by co-ordinating tear in his shirt during a work break year for the stale. its work with poor and lower-middle when he was called to a meeting. Two peasants and agricultural technical young workers took his shirt to a sew departments concerned. The province Herbicides Popularizcd ing machine in a nearby workshop has now successfully eliminated one and promptly had it mended. "He's NOTABLE progress has been made kind of harmful ricefield weed. Ex so busy," they said, "working with in research, production and use of cellent results have also been achiev us all the time. So we ought to help herbicides during the Great Proleta ed by some state farms in Heilung- him out." rian Cultural Revolution. Increases kiang Province that have widely Back from the meeting. Ko found in variety and quantity have taken used airplanes and surface sprayers his shirt fixed. He thanked all those place annually. A good weed killer — to apply herbicides to wheatfields. involved for their concern. However, Chu Tsao Mi—is being mass pro he criticized himself for having put duced in more than ten provinces and Party Secretary Ko the factory's sewing machine to his municipalities. From industrial by own use. "It's a small matter." a work products have come other widely used KO CHIH-MIN is the secretary of a er interrupted, "don't worry about varieties, such as weed killers in textile mill's Party committee in it." "Every bit of thread here belongs bean and ricefields and a wild oat Liaoyuan city, Kirin Province. to the mill and is state property," Ko killer on arid land. While he was sitting with a group answered, "and shouldn't be used by Weeding had accounted for one- of several dozen veteran workers the individual. As Party secretary, third of the labour power used in during a break, someone asked: "Old all of you should put the strictest de China's rural areas every year. The Ko, do you know all of us by name?" mands on me and always help me use of herbicides can eliminate weed- Ko Chih-min immediately rattled off observe discipline." every name, including their address disaster in time, save manpower and By keeping in close touch with the es. A young girl apprentice passing give quick and good results. masses, working among them as a by put in: "Secretary Ko, you may The Party organizations and revo rank-and-filer and observing disci know the old workers here, but I bet lutionary committees of some regions pline in a model way. Party secretary you don't know us newcomers." and departments pay great attention Ko has earned the hearty support of "Why," Ko replied, "I not only know to herbicides. Leadership has been the workers. you're Yang Chun-ying and you strengthened in increasing the pro work in the weaving workshop, but duction of herbicides and popularizing I know your father is. . . your mo them. Wild oaf: is a main weed in (Continued from p. 18.) ther is. . . and your little sister wheatfields in the northwest, north Prefecture and in Japan proper for is. . . ." "All right, all right." laughed east and southwest. To produce the return of Okinawa forced the Yang Chun-ying. "that's enough!" useful herbicides, the Chinghai Pro U.S. Government to revert the "ad Somebody commented: "You've got vincial Institute for Chemical Re ministrative rights" over the is the names of the whole mill in that search formed a worker-cadre-techni land to Japan on May 15. But head of yours!" cian group which in 1970 trial-pro the state of affairs there is a duced an effective wild oat killer for He docs, and it is no accident. In far cry from a complete reversion wheatfields mainly from local chemi the past few years, whenever Ko had and the U.S.-Japanese reactionaries cal by-products and put it into mass time, he had either worked at the are using new tricks. During our production last year. Experiments bench or visited the workers at their short stay on the island, we heard proved its effectiveness. Development homes. Of the mill's 700 employees, everywhere the voice of the Okina- of a wild oat killer is also being car he had visited over 500. wan people: "Oppose phoney rever ried out in Kansu and Ningsia. When new worker Wu Shu-hua's sion. We are determined to recover Okinawa completely." This is the The rural areas around Shanghai father got sick, Ko visited him in the common aspiration and determina began trying weed killers on vegeta hospital three times and helped out tion of the daily awakening people ble plots in 1967 and succeeded with in many ways. in both Okinawa Prefecture and more than ten kinds of vegetables Once when Ko was working in Japan proper. including celery, carrots and Chinese Squad 2 in the weaving workshop, he cabbage. This saved 10 to 20 work was called away on some urgent (Hsinhua correspondents)
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I ssue Page I. DOMESTIC No. No. Samdech Sihanouk Writes Letter of Condolence to Comrade Chang Chien 2 5 Issue Page No. No. Messages of Condolences on Comrade Chen Yi's Death 3 4 1. Political Affairs Condolences on Comrade Chen Yi's Death 5 4
1) General Condolences on Comrade Hsieh Fu-chih's Death Unite to Win Still Greater Victories—1972 Peking Pays Last Respects to C omrade New Year's Day editorial by Renmin Ribao, Hsieh Fu-chih 14 3 1 8 Hongqi and Jiefangjun Bao Comrade Hsieh Fu-chih Mourned 16 4 The Nation Studies New Year's Day Editorial 2 6 Armymen and People Learn From Each Other 5 4 2) Studying Marxism-Leninism-Mao Women's Liberation in China — Soong Tsetung Thought 6 6 Ching Ling The Theory of Two Points — Hsueh Li 2 9 Women of China (pictorial) 6 8 Studying Marxist Works: The Two "Most Kailan: Miners Today and Yesterday — by Radical Ruptures" — Gains in studying the Our Correspondents 7-8 13 "Manifesto of the Communist Party" — by LU Yu-lan Talks About Liberation of Women 10 10 Sun Chuan-mei 10 Women Active on Various Fronts 10 11 Studying Marxist Works: Some Understand Shanghai: In a New Workers' Quarter 12 12 ing From Studying "Critique of the Gotha People's Army Learns From the People — by Programme" — by the Writing Group of the the First Company of a Chinese People's Heilungkiang Provincial Committee of the Liberation Army unit on the Fukien front 15 10 Chinese Communist Party 5 16 In Peking: A Neighbourhood Committee — Studying Marxist Works: Restudying "A Our Correspondent 16 20 Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" — May Day Celebrations 18 5 by the Writing Group of the Yunnan Pro The "May 7" Cadre School 19 5 vincial Committee of the Communist Party of China 7-8 10 The Youth: For the Cause of Socialism 19 8 How Engels Criticized Duhring's Apriorism — Peking Youth Maturing in Countryside 19 12 Notes on studying "Anti-Duhring" — by For Your Reference: The May 4th Movement 19 12 Wang Che 10 5 People's Army Units Run Farms — Chien Tsin 22 14 Eugene Pottier — The 25th Anniversary of His Ex-Tibetan Traitor Crosses Over 23 23 Death — V.I. Lenin 11 5 Putting Militia Work on a Firmer Footing 25 3 The "Internationale" Spurs Us On 11 6 Soldiers and the People 25 22 For Your Reference: The "Internationale" 11 8 The Militia — P.L.A.'s Auxiliary and Reserve 26 8 Attach Importance to the Role of Teachers by- The Militia (pictorial) 26 10 Negative Example — Chi Ping 13 5 Party Secretary Ko 26 21 Chinese 4-Volume "Selected Works of Marx and Engels" Published 19 3 Condolences on Comrade Chen Yi's Death Notes on Study: Why It Is Necessary to Peking Pays Last Respects to Comrade Chen Yi 2 3 Study World History — Shin Chun 21 7 Comrade Chou En-lai's Speech at Memorial Notes on Study: Again On Studying World Ceremony 2 4 History — Shih Chun 24 9
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Scanned and prepared by It's Right to Rebel! irtr.org/cra IRTR Cultural Revolution Archive [email protected] Issue page issue Page No. No. No. No. On Studying Some History About Imperialism Big Increases in Crude Oil 3 3 (part I) — Shin Chun 25 5 Coal Supply From North to South Changing On Studying Some History About Imperialism — Hua Ching-yuan 3 6 (part II) — Shih Chun 26 15 New Plants and Mines 3 22 Developing Building Material Industry 3 22 3) National Minorities Sinkiang Local Industry Moves Ahead 3 22 Flourishing Minority Nationality Areas 9 10 Chekiang Silk 3 23 Minority Nationality Cadres Maturing 10 12 6.000 H.P. Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive 4 4 News From Pastoral Areas 10 22 Multi-Purpose Use: Turning the Harmful Kutsung People's New Life 10 22 Into the Beneficial — Chi Wei 4 5 Wei Chiang-ko — A Hero of the Chuang People 14 15 In 19711205 Team Drills Over 127.000 Twenty-Five Years of the Inner Mongolian Metres 4 8 Autonomous Region — Wu Tao 18 8 Technical Transformation in Two Big Iron and Inner Mongolia's Minority Nationality Workers Steel Centres 4 22 Arc Maturing 18 11 Renovation in Making Hand-Sewn Balls 4 22 In the Hsianghuang Banner of Inner Mongolia: China's First 6,000 H.P. Diesel Locomotive 5 19 New Life in a Pastoral Area — Meng Hsi- Economizing on Raw Materials 6 4 wen 18 14 Kailan: Transformation of an Old Coal Mine 4) Struggle to Liberate Taiwan — Hung Kai-kung 6 10 Sato's Clumsy Performance—Renmin Ribao Amber in Fushun 6 23 Commentator 10 17 New Successes in 1971: Shanghai Industrial Statement by Spokesman of People's Bank of Exhibition — Our Correspondents 7-8 21 China Head Office 11 3 China's January Industrial Production Rises 9 3 "Independent Taiwan" Scheme 15 20 Tzukung — A Salt City 10 23 Rabid Provocation and Vicious Intent — Ren More Savings in Cities and Countryside 11 4 min Ribao Commentator 26 17 Chinghai Plateau — A Thoroughfare 11 14 Port of Shanghai 11 22 5) Tiaoyu Island Is China's Territory Postal Service in Frontier Regions 12 23 Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Peking's New Petro-Chemical Complex 15 4 of the People's Republic of China (December Small Industry in Yentai Area 15 22 30, 1971) 1 12 1972 Spring Fair Opens 16 3 Tiaoyu and Other Islands Have Been China's Territory Since Ancient Times 1 13 1st Quarter's Metallurgical Successes 19 3 China's Territory Tiaoyu and Other Islands 1 14 More and Better Radios 22 22 China at the U.N.: An Chih-yuan Refutes Reducing Air Pollution — Initial Successes 23 4 Japanese Representative's Absurd State Progress Report: Local Industry in Kiangsu ment About Tiaoyu Island 11 10 Province — Chiang Hung 25 17 Sato Government Tries to Annex China's Industrial Waste Into Assets 26 20 Tiaoyu and Other Islands 14 18 The Tiaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands) and 2) Agriculture and Water Conservancy Other Islands Are China's Territory — Shaoshan Irrigated Area 3 19 Kiyoshi Inoue, Japanese historian 19 18 Winter Hunting 6 22 Huang Hua's Letter to U.N. Secretary-General Collecting and Purchasing of Grain Com and President of Security Council 21 15 pleted 7-8 5 A Seaside Village: Mechanized Fishing 7-8 23 2. Economic Yangtze River Water Conservancy Work 9 14 1) Industry, Communications, Finance and Spring Ploughing Begins 11 4 Trade Kiangsu's Grain Target Exceeded 12 3 Report From Taching Oilfield: Vigorous Small Hydroelectric Stations in Rural Areas Political and Ideological Work — Our Cor — Chiang Lei 13 14 respondent 2 11 New Upsurge in Harnessing the Huai River 15 22 Highway Network Linking All Parts of China 2 23 Tree Planting in China 17 17 Power Industry in 1971 2 23 Annual Distribution in a Production Team 17 20
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Issue Page Page No. No. Good Spring Fish Catches 22 22 Army Cultural Work Team on a Plateau 25 22 Bamboo in North China 23 99 2) Education Silkworm-Breeding in Chiahsing 24 21 More Grapes in Turfan Basin 24 22 New Semester at Central Institute for Raising Bees in Shiftmen County 24 22 Nationalities 10 4 Herbicides Popularized 26 21 Education in Tibet 11 23 Training National Minority Teachers 15 23 3) Other Subjects Peasant Teaches in College 17 21 Fourth Five-Year Plan: First Year's Suc Classes Outside the Classes 23 22 cesses 1 15 3) Medicine and Health New Leap in China's National Economy 2 7 7-8 Chiliying Today 5 21 New Method for Treating Bone Fractures 4 Huayuankou Yesterday and Today 6 22 Medical Discussion: The Principle of Acu- New Look in Yangchow — Our Correspon punctural Anaesthesia — by the Acupunctural Anaesthesia Co-ordinatinPeking dent 9 12 Group 7-8 17 How Thoracic Operations Are Done 3. Culture Acupunctural Anaesthesia Under 7-8 20 Big Advances in Pharmaceutical Industry 11 22 I) Literature and Art Output of Medicinal Herbs 12 23 Develop Creative Socialist Literature and Art 1 5 Treating Ectopic Pregnancy Without Shashihyu—A Documentary Film 2 22 tion Opera- 14 22 New Books and Pictorial Albums 9 23 Following Dr. Bethune's Example 15 23 Cultural Troupes on the Grasslands 12 22 Maternity and Child Care — Yi Ke 23 14 Colour Film The White-Haired Girl 13 23 Medical Service on Pamir Plateau 25 23 Literary and Art Workers Must Go Among the Masses — In commemoration of the 4) Physical Culture and Sports 30th anniversary of the publication of Mass Physical Training — Our Correspondents 14 11 Chairman Mao's Talks at the Yenan Forum National Tournament in Five Sports 24 on Literature and Art — Hsin Wen-tung 20 . 7 3 Physical Culture and Sports: Building For Your Reference: About Talks at the People's Health Up the 24 Yenan Forum on Literature and Art 20 10 14 A Football County 24 21 Poking Opera On the Docks 20 22 Mass Sports in a Minority Nationality 24 21 Adherence to Chairman Mao's Revolutionary Area Line Means Victory—In commemoration 5) Science and Technology of the 30th anniversary of Chairman Mao's Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature New Nuclear Test 2 6 and Art — Editorial by Renmin Ribao, Agricultural and Livestock Scientific Research Hongqi and Jiefangjun Bao 21 . 5 in Tibet 3 4 Spare-Time Cultural Activities (pictorial) 21 12 Combating Insects Harmful to Rice 3 23 New Books From Shanghai 21 22 Widespread Use of Micro-Organisms 4 11 Film Shows for Tibetans 21 22 Books on Science and Technology 4 23 A Spare-Time Peasant Cultural Troupe 21 22 Big Dinosaur Fossil Discovered 6 4 Tientsin Performers 21 22 Important Relics Unearthed in Honan 9 22 30th Anniversary of the Yenan Talks on Lit In a People's Commune: Li Chih-chi and His erature and Art Commemorated 22 3 Scientific Experiment Group 12 14 Arts and Crafts in China — Hua Ching 22 10 Breeding and Popularizing Fine Sorghum and Fine Artware: Cloisonne — Yi Ching 22 12 Maize Strains 12 15 The Struggle Between the Theory of Classes Peasants Produce "920" 13 23 and the Theory of Human Nature in Litera Scientific Research in Coal-Mining 14 22 ture and Art — Su Hsi 23 5 Breeding Bees in High and Cold Areas 14 23 The Spirit of. Communism — Peking opera Ancient Elephant Tusks 14 23 Song of the Dragon River 23 11 Shanghai Brings Surface Subsidence Synopsis of Song of the Dragon River 23 12 Control Under 15 5
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I ssue Page Issue Page No. No. No. No. Scientific Experiments Increase Spring Wheat China's Position on Racial Discrimination in Yields 17 20 Some Areas of Africa — Foreign Minister Selection and Popularization of Good Seed Chi Peng-fei's letter to U.N. Secretary- Strains 22 22 General 5 14 Studies on Early Mankind 22 23 Special U.N. Security Council Meetings — Visual Rebuttal to Idealism 26 20 Anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist resolu tions adopted after common struggle by African countries 6 14 II. INTERNATIONAL China Supports Africa's Struggle Against Imperialism and Colonialism 6 15 Lies of U.S., British and Other Representa 1. General tives Exposed 6 . 18 Countries Want Independence, Nations Want China at the U.N.: Condemns Israeli Aggres Liberation and the People Want Revolution sion Against Lebanon 9 . 17 (pictorial) 2 13 Supports Just Stand of African Countries 9 18 U.S.-Soviet Scramble for Hegemony in South China at the U.N.: China's Stand on Ques Asian Subcontinent and Indian Ocean 2 16 tion of Rights Over Seas and Oceans 10 . 14 The World Trend: Medium-Sized and Small China at the U.N.: An Chih-yuan Refutes Nations Unite to Oppose Two Superpowers' Japanese Representative's Absurd State Hegemony 4 14 ment About Tiaoyu Island 11 10 Petroleum Exporting Countries:Join t Strug Supporting African National-Liberation gle Wins New Victory 4 20 Movement 11 11 Islamic Countries: Israeli Aggression Con Reiterating Support for Zimbabwe People's demned 10 21 Struggle 11 12 Dollar Devaluation and Capitalist World's China at the U.N.: Refuting Superpowers' Monetary Crisis 13 19 Sophistry at the Sea-Bed and Ocean Floor Oil Exporting Countries: New Victory 14 19 Committee's Meeting 13 17 Superpowers' Contention for Hegemony in China at the U.N.: Soviet Representative Re the Mediterranean 15 15 pudiated 13 18 Eight Principles for China's Aid to Foreign Chinese Delegation to Third U.N.C.T.A.D. Countries 17 15 Leaves for Santiago 15 4 How Imperialism Plunders the Developing Tang Ming-chao Appointed U.N. Under- Countries 17 16 Secretary-General 15 4 Afro-Asian Journalists Hold Meeting 18 23 Third U.N.C.T.A.D. Opens in Santiago 16 13 Worker-Peasant-Soldier Forum: The Times Greetings From Premier Chou En-lai 16 13 Are Marching Ahead — Wang Shu-chen 21 11 China's Principled Stand on Relations of In Aggressors Isolated: U.S. Imperialism Con ternational Economy and Trade — Chou demned All Over the World 21 21 Hua-min's speech at the Third U.N.C.T.A.D. Worker-Peasant-Soldier Forum: Developing plenary meeting 17 11 Forces Will Defeat the Decadent Reaction For Your Reference: U.N. Conference on ary Forces 22 8 Trade and Development 17 14 Worker-Peasant-Soldier Forum: Who Really Huang Hua's Letter to U.N. Secretary- Can't Do Without Who? —Shu Huai 25 15 General and Security Council President 20 7 Coffee — Fight Against Plunder 25 16 Huang Hua's Letter to U.N. Secretary-General People's Armed Forces: New Victories 25 20 and President of Security Council 21 15 At U.N.C.T.A.D.:Th e Third World Voices 2. China and United Nations Strong Demand 22 16 At U.N.C.T.A.D.: Resolution on International Huang Hua Sends Note to U.N. Secretary- Trade 22 17 General— Urging U.N. and all its related organizations to immediately cease all con China at U.N. Economic and Social Council 23 16 tact with Chiang Kai-shek clique 3 15 China's Stand on the Question of Human U.N. Security Council Holds Meetings in Environment 24 5 Africa: Who Are For and Who Are Working Group to Study Revision of Against? 4 12 Declaration 24 7
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Issue Page Issue Paqe No. No. No. No. U.N. Stockholm Conference Closes: Chinese Cambodia Delegation Makes Statement on "Declara Samdech Sihanouk Writes Letter of Condol tion on Human Environment" 25 8 ence to Comrade Chang Chien 2 5 China's Ten Cardinal Principles on Amending Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman's State "Declaration on Human Environment' 25 9 ment 5 3 Agreement Between China and Cambodia 7-8 3. China's Foreign Relations; 5 Samdech Sihanouk Arrives in Shanghai 10 3 Countries and Regions Government of People's Republic of China Foreign Experts Feted 1 5 Gives Grand Banquet — Celebrating Second In the Past Year- 1 21 Anniversary of Coming to China of Samdech Chinese Sportsmen and Sportswomen Abroad 3 20 and Madame Sihanouk, Prime Minister and Madame Penn Nouth, and Founding of Chinese Films Abroad 6 23 N.U.F.C. and P.A.F.N.L.C. 12 4 Chinese Table Tennis Delegation Leaves Peking 13 4 Premier Chou En-lai's Speech 12 4 Friendship in World Hockey 15 17 Samdech Norodom Sihanouk's Speech 12 6 Chinese Table Tennis Players Abroad Statement of Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokes (pictorial) 15 18 man 12 9 1) ASIA Cambodian People's War Against U.S. Aggres sion and for National Salvation Will Win 13 9 "Renmin Ribao" Editorial:I t is Impermis Cambodian Patriotic Army and People March sible to Legalize India's Invasion and Oc on Victoriously (pictorial) 13 12 cupation of East Pakistan 5 8 Photo Exhibition on Wangfuching Street 14 21 China at the U.N.: Condemns Israeli Aggres sion Against Lebanon 9 17 Samdech Sihanouk Visits Korea 15 3 Malaysia and Indonesia: Oppose Soviet Gov Samdech Sihanouk Begins Visit to Northeast ernment's Conspiracy 11 20 China 19 3 Foreign Minister Chi Peng-lei Meets Arab Samdech Sihanouk in Liaoning 20 3 Diplomatic Envoys to China 12 3 U.S. Imperialism's New War Escalation De Communique on Talks Among Representatives nounced: of Korean, Japanese and Chinese Table Statement of Royal Government of National Tennis Associations 12 3 Union of Cambodia 20 • 17 New Label, Old Conspiracy — Renmin Ribao Samdech Sihanouk Sends Message to Premier Commentator 12 9 Chou 21 3 Sabotaging Arab People's Struggle: "Hussein Samdech Penn Nouth's Letter to Premier Chou 21 Plan" Strongly Condemned 12 10 Samdech and Madame Sihanouk Arrive in 2nd Anniversary of Summit Conference of Peking 23 Indochinese Peoples: Greetings From Chi Tottering Lon Nol Puppet Clique 23 19 nese Leaders 17 8 Samdech Sihanouk to Visit European and The Three Indochinese Peoples Are Fighting African Countries 25 3 in Unity and Advancing in Victory — Ren Lon Nol Puppet Clique: "Presidential Elec min Ribao editorial 17 8 tion" Farce 26 19 United to Defeat U.S. Imperialist Aggression — Celebrating second anniversary of Summit Cyprus Conference of Indochinese Peoples 18 16 China and Cyprus Establish Diplomatic Rela Asian Table Tennis Union Inaugurated 19 16 tions 3 3 Arab People's Just Struggle Will Triumph — Renmin Ribao editorial 23 10 Dhofar Indochina War: Offensives Continue 23 21 Dhofar: Victories in National Revolutionary Iraq & Syria: Foreign Oil Company War 4 18 Nationalized 23 21 Dhofar Area: Revolutionary Armed Struggle Afghanistan Enters Its Eighth Year — Hsinhua Cor respondent 25 11 Afghan Foreign Minister in Peking 17 4 Burma India Burmese Guests in China 23 4 Protest Against Indian Provocations 1 7
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Iraq "Renmin Ribao" Editorial: Important Pro Iraqi Government Delegation's Visit 1 5 posal for Promoting Peaceful Reunification of Korea 5 10 Japan Colonized South Korean Economy 9 21 Despicable South Korean Puppet Clique's Sato Government: Textile Agreement With Conspiracy Deemed to Fail — Renmin Ribao U.S. 2 21 Commentator 13 16 "Nanhui" in Yokohama 3 20 Samdech Sihanouk Visits Korea 15 3 Premier Chou and Other Comrades Meet Japa Premier Kim Il Sung's 60th Birthday Greeted 16 5 nese Friends 4 3 D.P.R.K. Marches On: Strive for Fulfilment Chou En-lai and Other Comrades See Japanese of the Six-Year Plan 16 14 Theatrical Performance 4 3 Greeting 40th Anniversary of Korean People's Nixon-Sato Talks: Stepped-Up Collaboration Revolutionary Army 17 3 and Insuperable Contradictions 4 20 What Is Behind Gromyko's Tokyo Visit 6 19 Militant Banner, Victorious Road — Warmly greeting the 40th anniversary of the found Sato and Co.: "Ignorant" or Pretending to Be ing of the Korean People's Revolutionary 7-8 27 Ignorant? Army — Renmin Ribao and Jiefangjun Bao Japan: "Disciplinary Action" Against Fuji editorial 17 5 yama 7-8 30 Ambassador and Madame Hyun Jun Keuk Sato's Clumsy Performance — Renmin Ribao Give Grand Banquet 17 6 Commentator 10 17 Chinese Government Military Delegation Visits Sato and Company: Clinging to Hostile Stand Korea 17 7 Towards China 11 21 Chinese Government Military Delegation Re Japanese Monopoly Capital Infiltrating and turns From Korea 18 22 Expanding in Latin America 12 19 U.S. Imperialism's New War Escalation De Chinese Carrier-Pigeon 12 20 nounced: Okinawa "Reversion" Fraud: Japanese Peo Statement of Government of Democratic ple's Rallies and Demonstrations 12 21 People's Republic of Korea 20 18 Chou En-lai and Others Give Dinner for Japa Korean Comrades in Peking Paddyfields 24 23 nese Friends 14 6 South Korean People's Anti-U.S., National Premier Chou Meets Mr. Aiichiro Fujiyama 15 4 Salvation Struggle 25 12 Joint Statement of Delegation of China-Japan A Just Cause Against Aggression Is Invincible Friendship Association of China and Visiting — In commemoration of 22nd anniversary Delegation of Democratic Socialist Party of of Korea's Fatherland Liberation War Japan 16 17 — Renmin Ribao editorial 26 6 Japan: Fiscal 1972 Budget 17 23 Japan7 Million Workers Demonstrate 18 20 Kuwait Takeo Miki in Peking 18 22 Despicable Anti-China Provocations — Renmin A Week in Kuwait 18 19 Ribao Commentator 19 22 Kuwait: Refuting Soviet Revisionists' Fallacy 18 21
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1:ssue Page Issue Page No. No. No. No. Laos The Philippines:Thir d Anniversary of New Lao Patriotic Front Greeted 2 ;6 People's Army 21 18 Laos: Bombing Cannot Avert U.S. Imperialist, Philippines: Genuine Independence De Defeat 2 20 manded 25 20 Great Lao Victories Greeted 3 Sri Lanka "Renmin Ribao" Commentator on Indochina: 3 Hail Liberation of Long Cheng 12 Founding of Republic of Sri Lanka Greeted 22 3 Vang Pao Bandit Lair Captured 3 14 Mme. Bandaranaike Inspects Construction On Lao Battlefield: Victories in First 100 Site 24 23 Days of Dry Season 10 20 Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike Visits Firmly Support Lao People's Just Struggle — China 26 4 Renmin Ribao Commentator 11 9 Syria U.S. Imperialism's New War Escalation De nounced Syrian Government Delegation Welcomed 21 4 Statement of Central Committee of Lao Patriotic Front 20 16 Thailand Accomplices of U.S. Imperialism Will Come to Malaya No Good End —- Renmin Ribao Commentator 3 13 Malaya: Advance Victoriously Along the Road Thailand: People's Armed Struggle and Mass of Armed Struggle 21 Movement Continue to Develop 11 16 Thai People's Armed Struggle: New Battle Mongolia Results 12 21 Condolences on Death of Zhamsrangin Sambu 22 4 Viet Nam Nepal Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Congratulations to Nepalese King Birendra 6 3 of the People's Republic of China (Decem ber 29, 1971) 1 20 Condolences on Death of Nepalese King Mahendra 6 3 Viet Nam: U.S. Imperialism's Wanton Bomb ing Denounced 1 22 North Kalimantan Viet Nam Art Exhibition 20 North Kalimantan: People's Armed Forces Sino-Vietnamese Protocol Signed 4 4 Active in Wide Areas of Sarawak 11 17 Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (January Pakistan 21, 1972) 4 10 Chairman Mao Meets President Bhutto 5 New U.S. Imperialist Stratagem in Aggression Chinese Personnel Return From Dacca 5 4 Against Viet Nam — Renmin Ribao Com mentator 5 11 President Bhutto Visits China 5 5 Premier Chou Meets Ambassador Nguyen Van Joint Communique 5 7 Quang and Charge d'Affaires a.i. Nguyen Premier Chou Meets President Bhutto's Spe Tien 6 3 cial Envoy 13 4 Statement of the Government of the Peo Visiting Pakistan 15 17 ple's Republic of China (February 4, 1972) 6 5 Pakistan: Soviet Two-Faced Policy Exposed 25 21 "Renmin Ribao" Editorial: U.S. Imperialism Must Immediately Stop War of Aggression Palestine Against Viet Nam 6 13 Palestine Liberation Organization Delegation in Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Peking 14 5 of the People's Republic of China (March Opening of Palestinian People's Congress 10, 1972) 11 9 Greeted 15 3 Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs New Achievements in Palestinian People's of the People's Republic of China (March Revolutionary Cause 16 11 31, 1972) 14 9 South Viet Nam P.L.A.F.:Ne w Offensive 14 19 Philippines Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Philippine People: Advancing on Road of of the People's Republic of China (April 10, Armed Struggle 2 18 1972) 15 12
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Issue Page No. No. No. Hail the New Victory of South Vietnamese 2) AFRICA Army and People — Renmin Ribao Com U.N. Security Council Holds Meetings in mentator 15 13 Africa: Who Are For and Who Are Signal Victories in Binh Long Province 15 13 Against? 4 12 Premier Chou En-lai Pledges China's All-Oat China's Position on Racial Discrimination in Support for the Vietnamese People 16 6 Some Areas of Africa — Foreign Minister The Vietnamese People Will Win, the U.S. Chi Peng-fei's letter to U.N. Secretary- Aggressors Will Be Defeated — Renmin General 5 14 Ribao editorial 16 7 Special U.N. Security Council Meetings — South Vietnamese People's Splendid Victories 17 10 Anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist resolu Half-Month Victories 17 11 tions adopted after common struggle by African countries 6 14 Comrade Le Due Tho Feted 18 7 China Supports Africa's Struggle Against Heroic Vietnamese People Cannot Be Intimi Imperialism and Colonialism dated — Renmin, Ribao Commentator 18 18 6 15 Lies of U.S.. British and Other Representatives Magnificent Quang Tri Victory 18 19 Exposed 6 18 Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supports Just Stand of African Countries 9 18 of the People's Republic of China (May 9, 1972) 19 4 African National-Liberation Movement: Rev olutionary Torrent Pounding Colonial Rule 9 19 Indochina: A Month in Review — South Viet Nam P.L.A.F. Command Issues War Commu Supporting African National-Liberation Move nique 19 14 ment 11 11 Chou En-lai and Other Comrades Meet Com Africa: First All-Africa Trade Fair 11 20 rades Xuan Thuy and Ly Ban 20 3 "Renmin Ribao" Editorial:Afric a Advances Statement of the Government of the Peo With Big Strides in Fighting in Unity — ple's Republic of China (May 11. 1972) 20 6 Warmly greeting 9th anniversary of African Liberation Bay 22 5 Huang Hua's Letter to U.N. Secretary-General and Security Council President 20 7 China Celebrates African Liberation Day 22 ;6 U.S. Imperialism's New War Escalation De Premier Chou Greets O.A.U. Summit Con nounced: ference 24 3 Statement of Government of Democratic New Success in the Cause of African Unity Republic of Viet Nam (May 10) 20 13 Against Imperialism — Renmin Ribao Com Statement of Provisional Revolutionary Gov mentator 25 4 ernment of Republic of South Viet Nam Report From Rabat: Africa Forges Ahead Vic (May 12) 20 15 toriously Under Banner of Unity Against Statement of Central Committee of Lao Imperialism 26 13 Patriotic Front 20 16 Algeria Statement of Royal Government of National Teaching and Learning From Each Other 10 19 Union of Cambodia 20 17 Statement of Government of Democratic Burundi People's Republic of Korea 20 18 Burundi Government Delegation's Visit 2 21 Statement of Albanian Government 20 19 Congo Statement of Romanian Government 20 19 Congo's New Shipyard 14 21 South Viet Nam: Popular Struggle Against U.S.-Thieu Clique 22 21 Egypt Victory Belongs to the Heroic Vietnamese Peo Egyptian Government Delegation Welcomed 13 3 ple — Celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the Chinese Delegation Returns From Egypt 13 20 founding of the R.S.V.N. Provisional Rev Ethiopia olutionary Government 23 7 Ethiopian Anniversary 19 4 Statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China (June 12, 1972) 24 4 Ghana Comrade Chou En-lai Meets Comrade Le Due Resumption of Diplomatic Relations Between Tho 23 3 China and Ghana 9 3
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Issue Page Issue Paqe No. No. No. No. Mauritania Reiterating Support for Zimbabwe People's Mauritanian Government Trade Delegation Struggle 11 12 Leaves for Home 21 20 Britain: Failure of Anglo-Rhodesian Agree ment Admitted 22 23 Mauritius Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam Visits 3) LATIN AMERICA China 16 8 Latin American People's Struggle Against U.S. Joint Communique on the Establishment of Imperialism Deepening 4 17 Diplomatic Relations Between the Peo S.C.C.L.A.:Bogot a Agreement Adopted 14 19 16 9 ple's Republic of China and Mauritius Latin America: Preserving State Sovereignty 24 20 Morocco Caribbean Conference: Declaration of Santo Domingo 25 20 Moroccan National Day Greeted 10 3
Rwanda Argentina Rwandan Government Delegation Visits China 14 5 Diplomatic Relations Established Between Rwandan Delegation Welcomed 26 3 China and Argentina 7-8 26
Sierra Leone Bolivia First Anniversary of Republic of Sierra Leone 17 19 Communist Party of Bolivia (M-L) Issues State Sierra Leone: New Step to Safeguard ment on Internal Political Situation 21 16 Sovereignty 18 20 Brazil China — Sierra Leone 21 • 19 Message of Greetings to the Communist Party Somalia of Brazil 7-8 5 Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre Visits Half a Century of Struggle — Article by the China 20 4 Central Committee of the Communist Party Somali Guests Leave Peking 21 3 of Brazil 9 16
South Africa Chile 24 South Africa: Racial Discrimination Protested 20 Chilean Friends in Peking 6 3 Sudan Chilean Socialist Party General Secretary Arrives in Peking 11 4 Sudan: Agreement on Peaceful Solution of Southern Problem 11 20 Report From Chile: A Visit to Chuqui- camata 12 18 Along the Banks of the Nile 14 21 Esmeralda in China 18 19 Tanzania Chilean Socialist Youth Federation Delegation 18 22 Tanzania-Zambia Railway 1 21 Chilean Government Economic Delegation Condolence on Karume's Death 15 3 Welcomed 23 3 Guests From Tanzania 22 3 China and Chile Sign Four Agreements 24 4 Chile Marches On 24 16 South West Africa South West Africa: Workers Down Tools 1 22 Cuba For Your Reference: South West Africa Under Friends From Caribbean Welcomed 10 19 South African Colonial Domination 11 13 Mexico Zambia Diplomatic Relations Established Between Zambia-China Friendship 10 19 China and Mexico 7-8 26 Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) "China — Puebla Costume" 22 20 Zimbabwe People: Opposing the "Test of Ac ceptability" Fraud 4 19 Panama Curious Rumour, Vile Slander — Renmin Panama: Reaffirms Recovery of Complete Ribao Commentator 10 . 17 Canal Zone Sovereignty 3 21 For Your Reference: Racial Discrimination in Panama: Determination to Recover Canal Rhodesia 10 18 Zone Reaffirmed 17 22
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Issue Page Issue Page No. No. No. No. Peru Chairman Mao's Message of Condolences to Mrs. Snow 7-8 4 Chinese Exhibition in Peru 12 20 Edgar Snow's Death Mourned 7-8 4 Concern for Peruvian Flood and Earthquake President Nixon Arrives in Peking Victims 13 20 7-8 6 At Banquet Welcoming President Nixon: Distinguished Guests From Peru Welcomed 17 4 Premier Chou's Toast 7-8 8 Our Days in Peru 24 18 President Nixon's Toast 7-8 9 Puerto Rico Joint Communique 9 4 Puerto Rican Socialist Party Delegation 5 15 President Nixon Concludes Visit to China 9 6 Premier Chou En-lai Returns to Peking- 9 9 4) NORTH AMERICA Chinese and U.S. Ambassadors Meet 11 3 Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Canada of the People's Republic of China (March 10. 1972) 11 9 Dr. Endicott's Open Letter 14 20 Mrs. Edgar Snow Arrives in Peking 13 4 Table Tennis Delegation in Canada 15 17 Vice-Chairman Soong Ching Ling Gives Dinner for Mrs. Snow 14 6 U.S.A. U.S. Aggressors Pretend to Be Kind-Hearted Brigadier General Haig and Party in Peking 1 7 — Renmin Ribao Commentator 14 10 Vict Nam: U.S. Imperialism's Wanton Bombing Chou En-lai and Other Comrades Meet U.S. Denounced 1 22 "C.C.A.S." Delegation 16 4 U.S. Imperialism: Arch-Criminal in Pushing U.S.A.: No to War Escalation 17 22 Racism 1 23 U.S. Senators in China 18 22 Brigadier General Haig's Trip in China 2 6 Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laos: Bombing Cannot Avert U.S. Imperialist of the People's Republic of China (May 9, Defeat 2 20 1972) 19 4 U.S. Imperialism: Justifying New Aggressive American Working Class Struggle Against Act 2 20 Monopoly Capital 19 17 Sato Government: Textile Agreement With Chinese Table Tennis Delegation in U.S.A. 19 23 U.S. 2 21 U.S. Imperialism's New War Escalation De "Renmin Ribao" Commentator on Indochina: nounced: New Plot of U.S. Imperialism to Drag Statement of Government of Democratic Others Into the Mire 3 . 12 Republic of Viet Nam (May 10) 20 13 1971 in Review: Year of Decline for U.S. Statement of Provisional Revolutionary Imperialism 3 16 Government of Republic of South Viet Nam (May 12) 20 15 U.S. and Western Europe: Fruitless Trade Negotiations 3 21 Statement of Central Committee of Lao Patriotic Front 20 16 United States: West Coast Longshoremen Resume Strike 4 19 Statement of Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia 20 Nixon-Sato Talks: Stepped-Up Collaboration 17 and Insuperable Contradictions 4 20 Statement of Government of Democratic New U.S. Imperialist Stratagem in Aggression People's Republic of Korea 20 13 Against Viet Nam — Renmin Ribao Com Statement of Albanian Government 20 19 mentator 5 11 Statement of Romanian Government 20 19 Commentary on U.S. President's Messages Another Provocation Against Chinese People 20 20 — Renmin Ribao Commentator 5 12 In the United States: Protest Against New American Friends Received 6 3 U.S. War Escalation 20 21 Statement of the Government of the Peo Aggressors Isolated: U.S. Imperialism Con ple's Republic of China (February 4, 1972) 6 5 demned All Over the World 21 21 "Renmin Ribao" Editorial: U.S. Imperialism South Viet Nam: Popular Struggle Against Must Immediately Stop War of Aggression U.S.-Thieu Clique 22 21 Against Viet Nam 6 13 Japan: Oppose U.S. Imperialism's Use of Chairman Mao Meets President Nixon 7-8 Bases in Okinawa 22 21
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Issue Pane I ssue Pags No. No. No. No. Dr. Henry Kissinger Arrives in Peking 25 Chinese Exhibit in Paris 22 20 U.S. Servicemen's Anti-War Movement 25 13 Greece American Guests Feted 25 19 Announcement 26 3 Diplomatic Relations Established Between China and Greece 23 5) EUROPE Italy U.S. and Western Europe: Fruitless Trade Italy: Strikes Against Rising Unemployment 7-8 30 Negotiations 3 21 Western Europe: Common Market to Be Malta Enlarged 5 22 Diplomatic Relations Established Between Worsening Economic Situation in West Europe 7-8 29 China and Malta 9 Common Market: Agreements Reached on Distinguished Maltese Guests Warmly Wel Many Questions 13 21 comed 14 7 West Germany-Britain: Summit Meeting 18 21 Maltese Government Delegation Ends Visit 15 3 Western Europe: Another Gold Rush 24 20 China-Malta Agreement 18 22
Albania Netherlands Albanian Men's and Women's Volleyball Teams 6 23 China and Netherlands Raise Level of Diplo Albania Achieves National Electrification 12 16 matic Relations 21 20 Albanian Industry and Agriculture Advance 15 14 Albanian Government Delegation in Peking 16 3 Romania Albanian Paper "Zeri i Popullit": Soviet Premier Chou Meets Comrade Raclulescu and Social-Imperialism's Theory of "Limited Others 11 Sovereignty" Condemned 16 16 Romanian Government: Military Delegation in Albanian Ballet Troupe Performs in Peking 19 3 Peking- 18 7 Chinese Workers' Delegation Visits Albania 21 4 Albanian Artistes in China 26 3 Soviet Union Refuting Y.A. Malik — Renmin Ribao Com Austria mentator 5 Chinese Journalists in Kaprun 24 23 Soviet Revisionism's Neo-Colonialism in India 3 18 What Is Behind Gromyko's Tokyo Visit 6 19 Britain Soviet Revisionists: Stepping Up Collusion Britain: Miners on Strike 5 22 With Israel 6 21 Northern Ireland: British Government's Sup Curious Rumour. Vile Slander — Renmin Ribao pression of Demonstrators Protested 6 21 Commentator 10 17 Firmly Support the Northern Irish People's Malaysia and Indonesia: Oppose Soviet Gov Just Struggle — Renmin Ribao Commentator 7-8 28 ernment's Conspiracy 11 20 Britain: Miners Get Results From Coal Strike 10 20 China at the U.N.: Soviet Representative Re- China and Britain to Exchange Ambassadors 11 3 pudiated 13 18 Northern Ireland: British "Direct Rule" Soviet Revisionist Leading Clique: New Announced 13 21 Evidence of Criminal Collusion With Chiang Gang 13 . 22 Britain: Failure of Anglo-Rhodesian Agree ment Admitted 22 23 Kuwait: Refuting Soviet Revisionists' Fallacy 18 21 Anthony Royle Visits China 24 4 Pakistan: Soviet Two-Faced Policy Exposed 25 21
Denmark Sweden Danish Government Delegation 11 18 Story of a Watch 1 21 Ice Hockey Team in Sweden 12 20 France Sino-Swedish Relations Grow 16 23 M. Mendes-France in China 1 7 French Delegation in China 4 3 Yugoslavia France: Capitalist Killing of Worker Pro Premier Chou Meets Yugoslav Government tested 10 21 Economic Delegation 17 19
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