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/ J COMMUNIST AND WORKERS* PARTIES AND MARXIST - LENINIST GROUPS GREET THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE PARTY OF LABOR OF ALBANIA f HELD IN TIRANA FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 8, 1966 BX ! 632 i A1 W9 TIRANA, 188C i NO,121 &x m m mwmmm COMMUNIST AND WORKERS’ PARTIES AND MARXIST-LENINIST GROUPS GREET THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE PARTY OF LABOR OF ALBANIA HELD IN TIRANA FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 8, 1986 THE «NAIM FRASHERI*; .PlfrBLISHING H$USE TIRANA, 1966 1 5 * I m CONGRATULATORY SPEECH BY COMRADE KANG SHENG, HEAD OF THE DELEGATION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA Dear Comrade Enver Hoxha, Dear Comrade Delegates! We are very happy to attend the Fifth Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania as delegates sent by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. First of all please allow me to read the message of greetings from the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party signed by Comrade Mao Tse-tung to the Fifth Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania: TO THE Vth CONGRESS OF THE PARTY OF LABOR OF ALBANIA Dear Comrades: The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people send their warmest congratulations to the Fifth Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania. We wish your Congress every success! The glorious Party of Labor of* Albania headed 3 by Comrade Enver Hoxha is firmly holding aloft the revolutionary red banner of Marxism-Leninism while encircled ring upon ring by the imperialists and the modern revisionists. Heroic people’s Albania has become a great beacon of socialism in Europe. The revisionist leading clique of the Soviet Union, the Titoite clique of Yugoslavia and all the other cliques of renegades and scabs of various shades are mere dust heaps in comparison, while you, a lofty mountain, tower to the skies. They are flunkeys and accomplices of imperialism before which they prostrate themselves, while you are dauntless proletarian revolutionaries who dare to fight imperialism and its lackeys, fight the world’s tyrannical enemies. The Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and every other country where the modern revisionist clique is in power have either changed color or are in the process of doing so. Capitalism has been or is being restored there, and the dictatorship of the proletariat has been or is being changed into the dictatorship of the bour¬ geoisie. Heroic socialist Albania has stood firm against this adverse counter-revolutionary current of revisionism. Persevering in the revolutionary Marxist-Leninist line, you have adopted a series of measures of revolutionizing and consolidating the dictatorship of the proletariat. Taking the path of socialism, you are building your country inde¬ pendently and have scored brilliant victories. You have contributed valuable experience to the history of the dictatorship of the proletariat. «We have friends in this world, we are bound 4 close to them, no matter how far we may be they are still our good neighbors*-. China and Albania are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers but our hearts are closely linked. We are your true friends and comrades and you are, likewise, our true friends and comrades. Neither we nor you are such false friends as those who have «honey on their lips and murder in their hearts», we are not double-dealers. Our militant revolutionary friendship has stood the test of violent storms. The truth of Marxism-Leninism is on our side. The international proletariat is on our side. The oppressed nations and peoples are on our side. The masses of people who constitute over 90 per cent of the world’s population are on our side. We have friends all over the world. We are not afraid of being isolated and we shall never be isolated. The handful of pathetic creatures who oppose China and Albania are doomed to failure. We are now in a great new era of v/orld revo¬ lution. The revolutionary upheaval in Asia, Africa and Latin America is sure to deal the whole of the old world a decisive and crushing blow. The greaf victories of the Vietnamese people’s war against U.S. aggression and for national salvation are convincing proof of this. The proletariat and working people of Europe, North America and Oceania are experiencing a new awakening. The U.S. imperialists and all other such parasites have already created their own grave-diggers; the day of their burial is not far off. Naturally, the road of our advance is by no means straight and smooth. Comrades, please rest- assured that come what may, our two Parties and o our two peoples will always be united, will always fight together and be victorious together. Let the Parties and peoples of China and Al¬ bania unite, let the Marxist-Leninists of all countries unite, let the revolutionary people of the whole world unite and overthrow imperialism, modern revisionism and the reactionaries of every country! A new world without imperialism, without capita¬ lism and without any system of exploitation is certain to be built. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA CHAIRMAN: MAO TSE-TUNG Dear Comrades! The Communist Party of China and all the Marxist-Leninists of the world, and the Chinese people and the revolutionary people of all countries jubilantly greet this Congress of yours. We extend our proletarian revolutionary salutations to you! More than five years have elapsed since the Fourth Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania. They have been five years of acute and complicated class struggles in the world, five years of sharp struggle between Marxism-Leninism and modern revisionism. During these five years, the heroic Albanian people have fought valiantly and unswer¬ vingly against foreign and domestic enemies and 6 have won great victories. And they have scored further brilliant achievements in socialist construc¬ tion and socialist revolution. The Party of Labor of Albania headed by Comrade Enver Hoxha is a long-tested revolutionary Marxist-Leninist Party, a Party that enjoys high prestige in the international communist movement, a Party loyal to the people and proletarian interna¬ tionalism. Holding aloft the anti-imperialist banner, the Party of Labor of Albania firmly opposes the U.S. imperialist policies of aggression and war, firmly supports the Vietnamese people’s war against U.S. aggression and for national salvation, firmly sup¬ ports the national-democratic movements of the Asian, African and Latin American peoples and the revolutionary struggles of the people of all countries. Socialist Albania is a staunch shock brigade in the fight against imperialism and in supporting world revolution. Holding aloft the banner of struggle against modern revisionism, the Party of Labor of Albania has been waging a tit-for-tat struggle against the leading clique of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its followers, against the renegade Tito clique, profoundly exposing the root of modern revisionism, holding it up for censure, defending and developing Marxism-Leninism and setting, thus, a brilliant example for Marxist-Leninist Parties and organizations throughout the world to follow. The Party of Labor of Albania perseveres in the dictatorship of the proletariat, unfolds class struggles, gives the primary place to proletarian politics, stresses the mass line, attaches great impor- 7 tance to revolutionary education and is determined to carry the revolution through to the end. The Party of Labor of Albania has taken a series of revolutionary measures to block the way to the restoration of capitalism and consolidate the dicta¬ torship of the proletariat, measures such as the struggle against bureaucracy and the cultivation of a revolutionary method and style of work; the simplification of organizational structure and the transfer of cadres to strengthen the grass roots; the participation of cadres in manual work and the lowering of high salaries; the setting up of Party committees in the armed forces to take charge of all work, the re-establishment of political commis¬ sars and the abolition of military ranks; the inten¬ sification of revolutionary education among the masses of the people and the youth in particular, with a view to bringing up and training genuine revolutionaries. These revolutionary measures are of major importance both in theory and in practice. They will not only give a great impetus to Albania’s socialist revolution and socialist construction but will also enrich the experience of the dictatorship of the proletariat and thus exert a profound and far-reaching influence internationally. Upholding the principle of building socialism through self-reliance, the Party of Labor of Albania ied the Albanian people who, through self-abnegating efforts, shattered the blockade and sabotage of the imperialists, the revisionist leading clique of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the renegade Tito clique and successfully fulfilled the Third Five-year Plan. In Albania today industrial and agricultural production have made great advan- R ces, the living standard of the people has been further improved and national defence further strengthened. From a backward agricultural country, Albania has become an advanced socialist state with a modern industry and a collective agriculture. Your achievements are convincing proof that by firmly following the socialist road, putting the principle of self-reliance in practice and relying on the boundless energy and selfless labor of the masses, all difficulties can be surmounted and miracles can be performed. The Fifth Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania is a major event of historic significance in the political life of the Party of Labor of Albania and the Albanian people. The Report submitted by Comrade Enver Koxha to the Congress gave a penetrating Marxist-Leninist analysis of international and domestic questions. This .Report is of great signifi¬ cance to the struggle against U.S.-led imperialism and its lackeys, against modern revisionism with the leading group of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as its center and to Albania’s cause of socialist revolution and socialist construction.
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