THE GREAT CAMP OF PEACE, DEMOCRACY, AND SOCIALISM

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Our epoch has no equal in its historic significance. Mankind is passing
from a structure of society characterized by exploitation to a society with-
out exploitation of man by man. Capitalism, the last exploitative societ
become a burden on the backs of humanity, a brake on historical
social-economic system it y' has
has outlived itself, and its final diearogreas. As a
the face of the earth is only a matter of time.
PF?arance from
how socialismawillvrepiacetcapitalismetely confirmed the views of Marxism as to
capitalism and the victo Marx showed that the destruction of
is prepared by the operationfofoob ectiveelawsnofisocial develoe way for them
by a Pment. But capi_
talism will not disappear as an automatic consequence of its own bankru
peaceful growth" to socialism, but as a result of the revolutionaptcy or
tions of the masses. The birth of e new social structure, xithout the e
tion and o ry ac-
ppression of man by man, will be accompanied by social and xploita-
upheavals. The great October socialist revolution wsa the first confiolitical
this thesis of Marxism-Leninism. It was followed by the
the countries of central and southeastern Europe sad b rmation of
All this shows the truth of scientific Communism popular revolutions in
of mankind to a new social order y the revolution in China.
confirming that the transition
forces of the old world are able toostopsitccording to natural law
and no
of nations lfromncapitallsmrtooCommu~nismeconstitutes a whole historical
in which one nation after another falls aw Lenin that the transition
moves over to the c aY from the system of capitalismiand
amp of socialism.
This is explained by the inequality of the economic and political develop-
ment of the various capitalistic countries in the period of imperialism and by
the variety of conditions under which the nations live. Therefore; the single
natural process of revolutionary change from capitalism to socialism inevitably
takes place in different forms in different nations.
In the period after World War I, when the chains of imperialism were broken
in one country, Russia, the situation in the whole world aubetantiall
World War II resulted in new links in these chains being broken. New conditions
gave birth to a new form of the exercise of the y changed.
whereas in Russia the dictatorship of the poxer of the working class:
vista, the practical historical conditionspofltherstruggle ineafnumber ofecoun-
tries gave birth to the People's Democracy as one of the forms of the dictator-
ship of the proletariat.
As a result of the falling away of one country after another from the world
capitalist system, there now exists alongside the capitalist states a large
group of countries in which capitalism has been overthrown. The development of
these countries is procee3ing along the road to Communism.
A third of the population of the globe has already been liberated from the
yoke of capitalism. In the course of a brief period of history, many states in
Europe and Asia, among them such great powers as the USSR and China, have broken
away from capitalism. There has been formed the camp of the democratic states,
the camp of socialism -_ the greatest achievement of the twentieth centu
formation of this camp is the greatest result of the revol~xtionary st
ry? The
Tuggle of
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T'HE GAT CAMP OF PEACE DEMOCRACY AND SOCIALISM
Ko ~ist, No 7, '
Moscow, May 1954
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peoples for the creation of a new society, for the destruction of a world of so-
cial in,]uatice, exploitation, and national oppression. This is a great mile-
stone on the road to the liberation of the workers, who are the really creative
force of history.
The countries making up the ca?sp of democracy have advanced varying dis-
tances on the road to Communism, depending on practical circumstances. The
Soviet Union has already built a socialist society and is successfully accom-
plishing a gradual transition from socialism to Communism. The EYiropean people's
democracies have laid the foundations for socialism and are on the verge of
achieving complete victory of socialism in all branches of their economies. In
the new China, which is developing socialist industrialization, the socialist
sector of the economy is being steadily strengthened and the capitalistic one is
being gradually crowded out. Despite this difference, all these countries have
a common path of social and economic development, a common ideology, and a single
final goal. This unites them in one economic and political whole -- the camp of
peace, democracy and socialism, opposed to the camp of imperialistic aggression,
of suppression of the democratic rights of peoples, and of exploitstion of the
workers.
In an immense area, equal to a quarter of the land surface of the globe,
the life of the people hsa radically changed. Zn social production here the
economic laws of capitalism, which give rise to a cruel competitive struggle,
crises of overproduction, impoverishment of the masses, and unemployment, have
ceased to have a dominating effect. iJith the transformation of the basic means
of production into social property, new economic laws have arisen and begun to
operate; they lead to an uninterrupted increase of production and a continuous
growth in the material well-being of the masses of the people. The elemental
operation of the laws of capitalist economics has been changed in the USSR and
is being changed in the other countries of the democratic camp by deliberate
regulation of social production in accordance xith the laws of such production,
which society has come to know and has made to serve society. For the first
time in history, conditions have finally been created in which productive ~rces
have unlimited scope for their development and in which the basic productive
force of society, the workers, are freed from exploitation and receive all the
fruits of their labor.
The structure of the state in the countries which have thrown off the yoke
of capital is the most democratic in the world. It provides the maximum oppor-
tunity for the expression of the popular will and guarantees the maximum rights
of the individual. Since power 1s in the hands of the workers, socialism as-
aurea a real rule of the people. Hdretofore in history, the lot of the workers
has been only hard, involuntary labor. The working people, who created all
material values, without which society could not exist, xere kept out of aqy
part in the government of society. The commanding positions in the state were
occupied by the exploiting class, who lived on the labor of the masses.
In the political life of the countries of the democratic camp, the working
man, for the first time in history, has been moved to the foreground. He who
plays the principal role in the life of society, and to whom society owes its
very existence, also governs the life of society and stands at the helm of the
administration of the state; his will and his interests have been made law. Such
an organization of the life of society cannot help but attract the hearts of
workers throughout the world.
The working class, the leading class of the present age, stands at the head
of society in the countries of democracy and socialism. Having won the trust of
the broad mass of the people of the city and the country, particularly of the
working peasants, the working class achieved the revolution and set up its dic-
tatorship. Having gained the possibility of realizing its final goals, the
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working class carried on the work of the building of socialism, not in separa-
tion from the great mass of all the laboring people but together with them in a
firm union with the working peasants.
The great Lenin idea of the union of the working class with the peasantry,
first successfully realized in the Soviet Union, has now been repeatedly con-
firmed by the experience of a new group of countries which have set out. on the
road to socialism. The working class of the European people's democrECies and
of great China, following the example of the working class of the USSR, are suc-
cessfully solving the most difficult problem of the building of socialism --
getting the participation of the peasantry. With the most attentive, thorough
consideration of the interests of the peasantry, the working class is remaking
the conditions of life and the psychology of the broad peasant masses. This
experience has tremendous international significance, especially now, when the
proletariat in the capitalistic countries is appearing as the organizer and
leader of a widespread democratic movement, uniting the most diverse levels of
the population under the banner of the struggle for peace, national independence,
and the democratic rights of peoples.
Under the conditions of real freedom attained by the countries of the demo-
cratic camp, great creative forces have been brought to light which were latent
in the masses of the people. The working class, in union with the working
peasantry, has shown its ability to create the most perfect state in the world.
This is all the more significant in that the working class had had no experience
In the adminis*,ration of the state, which had been in the hands of the exploit-
ing class. Since coming into power, the working class has shown far greater
creative ability in the field of state administration than all the ruling classes
before it. Although the bourgeoisie prides itself on its democracy, which al-
legedly assures "equality" and "freedom" in society, the bourgeois state is the
- same instrument in the hands of the exploiters as were the slave-holding and
feudal states. It is only the socialist state which not only proclaims equality
and freedom, but also assures its realization in fact, having provided the ma-
terial conditions for 1t.
The same may be said of the economic orbanization of the life of society.
Capitalism is shaken by periodic economic crises; stocks of "surplus" goods in
capitalist countries are senselessly destroyed at the same *.ime that the great
masses of the people lack enough to eat and millions of unemployed undergo in-
describable suffering. The working class, having taken the dominant position in
society, has organized the economy on a scientific basis, has put an end to an-
archy in production, and has proven that it can administer modern, large-scale,
complex production better and more effectively than the bourgeoisie.
The workers and peasants of the democratic countries have produced from
their own ranks hundreds of thousands of able organizers of production ani
statesmen who in a short time have mastered all the fields of state administra-
tion. They also produced military leaders who on the battlefields of World War
II were able to bring about the defeat of the mightiest military machine that
the bourgeoisie ever had -- the army of Hitler.
The bourgeoisie created the legend of its own "indispensability," asserting
that if power were to pass into the hands of the "common people" it xould mean
an end of human culture and the loss of all the attainments of past ages. But
the working people have been in power in the USSR for 36 years, and in the coun-
tries of central and southeastern Europe for almost 10 years, and these years
have shown that the greatest achievements of culture not only have not been lost,
but, on the contrary, have been added to, and have become the property of the
masses of the people, who are carefully preserving ell that is valuable in the
heritage of the past. The leading culture in the world is being developed in
the countries of the democratic camp. And while the bourgeoisie is demonstrating
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its spiritual sterility, there have arisen from the mass of the people in the
democratic countries, gifted xriters, artists, and musicians, creators of a new
culture, nationalist in form and socialist in content.
Thus, in the countries of the democratic camp, there is being confirmed in
practice the truth long ago proclaimed by Marxism: the people are the real cre-
ators of history. In past forms of society, as well, the people were the moving
force of history, but only under socialism did the people become masters of their
fate; they nox create for themselves. The awareness of this fact strengthens to
a tremendous degree tfie role oP the masses, the moving force of social develop-
~ went.
societ Y ~ Proves
that the workers nthemselves,o~thout capitalisats anddlandocmers,rcantbuild a new
Y, govern the state, and create material and cultural values. This fact
exercises a revolutionary influence or. the popular messes in the capitalist coun-
tries, xhere, under the influence of the propaganda of the rightist socialists,
a certain part of the working class is still infected with a lack of confidence
in its own powers.
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The creative, constructive activity of the masses in the countries of the
socialist carrtp is inspired and directed by the Communist and workers' parties.
The great Couununist Party of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China, and
the Communist and workers' parties of all the People's Democracies stand before
the whole world as the greatest organizing, creative force of historical develop-
ment, remaking the world in conformity with known laws of social development.
Absorbing the wisdom and the practical experience of the masses and guided
by the teachings of Marxism-Leninism, the parties of the working class have at-
tained great successes in the economic and cultural development of their coun-
tries and in the creation and strengthening of democratic state organization.
? In the leading country of the democratic camp, the Soviet Union, there has
been attained a complete unity of the party, the government, and the people as
a whole. In Chine and the European People's Democracies, the Communist and
workers parties lead and are followed by the great majority of their peoples.
This means that in the camp of socialism, the goals of the political leadership
and the goals of the mass of the people coincide.
The democratic camp, with its economic achievements, is having a great ef-
fect on the course of history. pt a time when in the capitalist countries nat-
ural resources, tremendous production capabilities, and human labor are being
expended in the armaments race and for the enrichment of the exploiters, the
efforts of the democratic countries are being directed primarily toward develop-
ment of peaceful branches of production, toward raising the well-being of the
people. In the economic achievements of the Soviet Union, the People's Republic
of China, and sll the European and Asiatic People's Democracies, the masses of
workers of the capitalist countries find an inspiration for their struggle for
radical democratic reforms in their own countries, for peace, and for security.
The main task of socialism is peaceful development xith the aim of continu-
ously raising the material and cultu al level of the life of peoples. The so-
cialist revolution liberates peoples~rom the yoke of capitalism in o:?der basic-
elly to improve the life of the toiling masses, Socialism lets the masses im-
mediately experience the benefits of the popular revolution. Such gains as the
elimination of unemployment, health service for thb people, universal education,
and social insurance come into the possessicn of the workers soon after the
revolution.
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While under capitalism the great mass of the people are inevitably deprived
of the good things of life xhlch could be provided them by the present-day level
of development of the forces of production, there goes on under socialism a con-
stant raising of the materiel well-being of the workers. This requires an enor-
+~-~ development of the forces of production. However, immediately after the
triumph oP the revolution, there were not yet adequate material bases in atlY of
the countries of the democratic camp for the immediate solution of this main task
of socialism.
In the course of history, several major powers in the capitalist would have
stood out as those which had built up heavy industry for themselves by robbing
other nations. Under the conditions of capitalism, industrialization was made
extremely difficult for many countries. Among these in the past were China, Ru-
mania, Poland, Hungary, Albania and Bulgaria, whir_h were economically backward,
agricultural, and dependent countries. More than half of their production con-
sisted of the products of agriculture, in which the bulk of the population was
engaged. There was no development of heavy industry or machine-building. Mainly
only light industry had been built up, and its equipment was extremely outmoded.
These countries were dependent on the major capitalist countries for everything,'
anrlndustrialucountry,rit,~oo,lwas dependentaonethe indust~ializedocapitalistic
countries for the means of production.
Therefore, for the maximum satisfaction of the needs of all the members of
society, the People's Democracies had to follow the example of the USSR and be-
soc ialism.inlndustrializationtothatafieldPof tirelessncreativaoworkouconstitutes
a great epoch Sn the life of all the democratic countries. The Soviet Union was
industrialized under exceptionally difficult conditions without any help from
the outside.' The European People's Democracies have begun to build socialism
with the development of their own industry and supported by the help of the USSR;
China is beginning with the same
The democratic r_ountries have all the natural resources necessary for in?~
dustrislization. The leading country of the democratic camp, the USSR, leads
the world in reserves of petroleum, iron ores, manganese ore, apatites, potas_ r
slum salts and other minerals The Feople's Republic of China leads in reserves
of such important raw materials as tungsten, antimony, tin, oil shale, and nat-
ural sulfur, and is one of the leaders in coal, iron ore, aluminum ores, etc.
Great mineral resources are concentrated in the Euz-opean People's Democracies.
-Rumania and Hungary are first in Europe (not counting the USSR) in petroleum re-
serves; jiungnry is one of the first in reserves of aluminum ores (bauxites);
Poland leads in zinc ore reserves, and is .one of the leaders in reserves and
production of coal. The People's Democracies also h~ve important other mineral
resources (manganese ores, lignite, graphite, ferrous and nonferrous matalsjetc.),
The socialist camp has more than a third of the world's forest area, and the
mayor part of the water poxer resources, As a whole, the socialist countries
have everything necessary for modern industry, including the raw materials for
the production of atomic energy.
Depending on the enthusiasm of the masses in the political and labor field
and utilizing the experience and assistance of the USSR and their own natural
xealth, the countries of the democratic camp have developed industrialization.
At present, the volume of industrial production Sn Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hun-
gary, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Albanin is more than three times the prewar level.
Poland, for example, was one of the last countries in Europe before World War
II in industrial production; now it has already surpassed Italy and provides on
the average almost as much industrial production per capita as France. Poland,
Czechoslovakia, and Hungary have become industrialized countries with well-
developed agriculture. Industry provides more than 70 percent of their gross
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production. Rumania and Bulgaria have been converted in a short time from agri-
cultural countries to industrial-agricultural countries, in which more than half
of the national income is derived from socialist industry. Industrialization
has strengthened the position of the working class and has created the basis for
socialist transformation of agriculture.
Not one of the People's Democracies could have made such a rapid advance by
itself. These successes were made possible by the brotherly assistance of the
USSR and the mutual support and close cooperation of all the democratic cotn-
tries. The Soviet Union is supplying China and the People's Democracies with
the moat modern technical equipment, particularly with the complete e7i~tl~=n+
for AntirP.nlants, as, for example, For the metallurgical combine Nova Huta
(Rota imienia LeninaJ and 40 other plants in Poland, for 141 plants in the Peo-
ple's Republic of China, for metallurgical combines in Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
and Rumania, for electric power plants in Bulgaria, for a textile combine in
Albania. The supply of the most important types of machines and also of iron
ore, cotton and many other goods from the USSR almost completely meets the needs
of the People's Democracies.' The USSR is giving extensive help to these coun-
tries in the planning and construction of industrial plants, and in mastering the
problems of their operation, handing over, free of charge, patents, descriptions
of industrial process, and other technical documents.
Never in the history of the world's industry has a highly industrialized
country not only refrained from holding back the industrialization of other coun-
tries, among them small countries, but also effectively and in s brotherly spirit
helped them, as the USSR has helped these countries. The USSR, satisfying the
needs of these countries, has sent them equipment and specialists for the sake
of the progress of the whole camp of socialism.
The varied assistance given by the Soviet state is accelerating the build-
ing of socialism in the People's Democracies, strengthening the camp of socialism
as a whole, supporting the cause of peace, and, at the same time, helping to
create more favorable conditions for the gradual progress of the USSR from so-
cialism to Communism. Thus the strengthening of the camp of socialism is t~
most important condition for the building of a Communist society in the USSR and
socialism in the P^ople's Democracies,
The efforts of the masses of the people, supported by help from the Soviet
Union, is nox creating in the European People's Democracies the necessary ma-
terial and technological basis for a sharp rise in the production of consumer
goods. The Cotmnunist and workers parties of the democratic countries are carry_
ing on a struggle for constant improvement of the life of the people and for in-
creasing the production of food and of durable and attractive consumer goods.
The production of such goods grows from month to month. In the Soviet Union it
has been 60 percent greater in 1y54 than in 1950. The Fifth Five-Year Plan for
the products of light industry will be fulfilled ahead of schedule, by one year.
Measures are being taken to accelerate the development of light industry, the
food industry, and agriculture in the European People's Democracies. Appropria-
tions for housing construction, health, education, and social insurance are in-
creasing. The trend toward further raising the standard of living is most
strikingly shown in the lowering of prices _. In the USSR, the prices of consumer
goods were recently lowered for the seventh liras since the war. In Czechoslo-
vakia, in April, there was the third and greatest lowering of prices since the
war. Prices in Bulgaria have been lowered four times in the past 2 years. In
Hungary, in the past year, there has been one general lowering of prices and two
on particular commodities.
The Chinese people, until recently enslaved by the imperialists and land-
lords,.have risen to a new level of life and ir. an unprecedentedly short time
have achieved outstanding successes. They have successfully carried out the tasks
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of the first year of the Five-Year Plan, the goal of which is to lay the founda-
tions for industrialization of the country and ensure a continuous growth in the
proportion of the socialist sector of the national econortp~. New industrial
plants, mines, oil fields and power plants have been put in operation. As a re-
sult of the great agrarian reforms, the peasants have received land and have
gotten rid forever oP the age-old oppression of the landlords.
Millions of people in China have obtained work, social insurance has been
introduced, and days off and an
l
nua
vacations for workers and employees havr
been established. Hundreds of thousands of workers' families have been re-housed
in well-arranged living quarters. Large sums have been allocated for medical
service to the population. Rest wages Of`~7{h2.s is state enterprises have in-
creased in recent years to 75 percent more than they were in 1
of the peasants has greatly increased. Under the Kuomint ~9' The income
gave up two thirds or even three fourths of their income togtheglandlordspass~~
land rent. In the new China, they are freed from the extortion of the landlords.
United around the Cosuauniet and workers' parties, the workers of the Soviet
Union, China, and the other countries of the democratic camp look forward con-
fidently to the Future. They are on the road to the creation of an abundance of
material and cultural blessings for the complete satisfaction of the needs of
the ordinary toiler, the rightful owner of all the wealth now being created, ae
it has been for centuries peat, by the labor of the people.
Relations Among the Socialist States
Among the peoples and states of the democratic camp, new, brotherly rela-
tions have been built up. While the imperialist camp ie split by sharp contra-
dictions and a cruel competitive struggle, peace and friendly cooperation reign
in the democratic camp. This ie obvious indication of the superiority of the
new forms of life established in the socialist part of the world.
The coming into being of a large group of socialist states constitutes a
new epoch in the history of human society and presents a new problem oP the or-
ganization of relations between them. This problem could not arise earlier,
when the USSR was the only socialist state in the world. The solution of this
toothemfuture,Practical importance today and is of great interest with regard
According to the classics of Marxism-Leninism, socialism is an era of peace
and brotherhood between peoples. The socialist society makes the hopes of the
people for an increase of social wealth depend, not on the conquest of other
countries and the robbing of other peoples, but on the development of their own
forces of production, on technical progress, on bringing the whole population
into productive work, and on raising the productivity of labor. Here the re-
lations between peoples are characterized by close cooperation and brotherly
mutual aid. These relations are formed taking into account, as Lenin pointed
out, that differences of states and nations "will still persist for a long, long
time rven after the realization of the dictatorship of the proletariat on a
world-wide scale."
These general theoretical propositions of Marxism have now been translated
into reality in the brotherly interrelations of the USSR, the People's Republic
of China, and all the People's Democracies. Practical forma of economic, po-
litical, and cultural cooperation were found by point efforts, and thereby were
laid the foundations for relations between the countries of the socialist camp.
In the vanguard of these countries marches the great Soviet Union, which
has progressed 1lirther on the road to Cortm:unism than arty other country. The
might of its industry and agriculture, its achievements in the cultural field,
and Its great experience in the building of socialism la making progress toward
Coanunism easier for other peoples.
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The union and friendship between the too great democratic countries, the
USSR and the People's Republic of China, is immensely important in strengthening
the camp of peace, democracy, and socialism. The friendship of the Soviet and
the Chinese peoples, cementing together the democratic camp, hoe been strength-
ened in the process of the long struggle of both peoples for freedom, independ-
ence, and socialism.
The distinctive feature of the relations between the socialist countries
lies in the fact that complete political and economic independence of each coun-
try is combined with close economic ties among the countries which make up a
single socialist system of world econorzp~.
The economic indepena~nce of these countries was won, in the course of the
struggle of the peoples for fundamental social reforms, without any interference
of foreign capital in determining the lines of their development. In each of
them, socialized production is organized as an independent national economy with
its own proportions and relationships. Each country independently determines
the main lines of its economic policies and the plans for the building of so-
cialism, taking into account the level of production attained, the nature of its
natural resources, the fields of economic activity which have been built up in
the past, the availability of qualifie3 manpower, foreign trade requirements,
etc.
The organization of socialist production within national frameworks makes
possible, in the present stage, the fullest utilization of natural resources,
the rational distribution of the forces of production, and the inter-related de-
velopment of the branches of the national economy. A11 the social product pro-
duced in the country remains in its control and is used for further expansion
of production and for the increase of the well-being of the people. The pump-
ing out of the national wealth by foreign capital has now been completely elim-
inated.
At the same time, each democratic country is developing as a component part
of a wider economic whole, forming a world system of socialist economics. Al-
though each remains independent, the democratic countries voluntarily enter into
close economic relations with each other, thus enjoying the advantages of a sys-
tem-wide social division of labor, based on the principles of equal rights and
consideration of the interests of each country.
In the economic relations of the socialist countries there is no place for
e competitive struggle for sources of raw materials and for markets, for a
striving by one country to weaken another, etc. On the contrary, the motto of
each participant in the new democratic world market is to help one another in
the interests of common advancement.
Therefore, an essentially new, socialist division of labor has been formed
in the democratic comp. Capitalism condemns the weak countries to the position
of agricultural appendages of the industrial powers and results in an unbalanced,
one-sided, abnormal development of some branches at the expense of others and to
the detriment of the interests of the people of the weaker countries. This is
completely eliminated in the camp of democracy and socialism. Each country,
with the help of the other countries of this camp, has full opportunity to de-
velop a well-rounded econoc~p. and to create the necessary conditions for the
fullest satisfaction of the needs of its people. At the same time, the 3emo-
cratic countries, by mutual agreement, each develop especially intensively those
branches of production for which the most favorable condition exist within its
borders, this in order to satisfy not only the needs of its own people but also
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those of the other participants in the democratic market. For example, Czecho-
slovakia concentrates its efforts on heavy machine building; in Bulgaria and
Albania mining is developing more rapidly; in Poland it is the coal and chemical
industry; in Rumania, the petroleum industry; in Hungary, the aluminum industry;
etc.
Supplementing one another in the new world market, the democratic countries
are able more fully to utilize their resources and save on effort and material,
concentrating on those branches of production, the development of which will
produce the greatest results.
The basic form of economic relations between the national socialist econo-
mies, in the present stage, is trade. The exchange of products takes place in
the form of buying and selling; i.e., the products of labor, including the means
of production, are directed to the world democratic market as goods [for salej.
Exchange by buying and selling is necessary in the present stage in relations
between these countries, berause the owners of the goods, the states, conduct
their planned economies on the basis of strict accounting for the costs of pro-
duction, for which they must be reimbursed in the exchange. Hence it follows
that the law of cost does play a certain regulating role in economic relations
within the democratic camp, since the governments, in fixing prices, use the
real costs of goods as s guide. However, the operation oP the lax of cost here
is limited: the socialist countries themselves, by voluntary agreement and in
accordance with planning, determine the volume of goods to be delivered and the
prices on them. Here the non-equivalent exchange (neekvivalent~yy obmen), sa
characteristic of the capitalistic market, is completely eliminated.
Along with trade, other forms of economic cooperation are being developed
which are possible only between countries in which public ownership of the means
of production prevails. Ever since the European People's Democracies and China
began long-term planning, there has been a coordination of national economic
plans between the democratic countries. Direct cooperation in production has
also been developed, as is evidenced in the Pormation of mixed companies in the
fields of industry and transportation: Soviet-Chinese, Soviet-Rumanian, Czecho-
slovak-Hungarian, and others. Thus, for example, Rumania and Hungary are build-
ing jointly a great gas-chemical combine in Romanis and a chemical combine in
Hungary, the natural gas for which will be supplied by Rumania. The production
of aluminu.^t from Hungarian bauxite has been organized in Czechoslovakia. The
electric power networks of Rumania and Hungary and of Czechoslovakia and the
German Democratic Republic are being linked to3ether.
In political relations, as well, aach :.'emocratic country is a sovereign in-
dependent state ?.+hich conducts its internal an3 foreign afi'airs independently.
There has been ended forever the forner dependent position of these countries,
when their ruling classes obediently folio>red in the wake of the policies of the
imperialist states to the detriment of the national interests of their awn peo-
ples.
For example, what was the sovereignty of Poland worth in the past, when the
share of foreign capital in her ma,for in::ustries amounted to from 50 to 85 per-
cent, when the Polish bourgeois govertt::ents were tools of the big imperialist
powers't Only socialism :sakes possible real national independence and complete
self-governn;ent of notions. The transfer of the basic means of production into
the hands of society creates conditions under xhich the sovereignty of each
country takes on real meaning. The countries of the democratic camp religiously
respect one another's sovereignty. The strengthening of their sovereignty anu
their complete national independence have become an inspiration for the struggle
of the oppressed peoples of the capitalist countries for their own freedom and
independence, especially now, when in the capitalist world, the principle of na-
tional sovereignty is being trampled under foot, and marry bourgeois countries are
becoming dependencies of American i.^.,perialism.
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The countries of democracy and socialism, while remaining sovereign and in-
dependent, at the same time present a solidly united front to the capitalist
world. This is not the usual political union or coalition of states. This is
a new form of voluntary political cooperation, characterized by a complete coin-
cidence of interests of its participants. The unity of the democratic countries
rests on the fact that the basic interests of the workers, who are in power in
all these countries, are identical and merge in a cormnon movement toward Com-
munism.
The community of interests of the countries of the democratic camp makes
it possible to solve, on the basis of mutual agreement, the most difficult prob-
lems, problems which were insoluble before when the exploiting classes were in
power in these countries. Among such problems, now finally solved by peaceful
means, are the complicated problems of the position of national minorities, the
demarcation of borders, the reuniting in single states of several peoples which
were split up by invading conquerors in past centuries. Another such problem is
that of the relations of the German Democratic Republic xith her neighbors. It
is well known that in the past, the ruling classes, both in Germngy and in the
adjacent countries, stirred up nationalism and chauvism, setting one people
against another. Now, since the formation of the German Democratic Republic,
which is building the foundations of socialism, the situation has fundamentally
changed. Relations of trust and friendship have been established between the
GDR and her neighboring democratic countries.
The unity of the countries of the democratic camp by no means prevents, but,
on the contrary, encourages the full development of each nation. The economic
power and the international prestige of each democratic country is constantly
growing. The national culture of the peoples is coming into full flower. Each
of them has its own material and spiritual value in the common progress toward
socialism and Communism, which more and more enriches the democratic camp as a
whole.
Cultural exchange is growing and cultural cooperation is being developed
between the countries of this camp. Each of the peoples can now become well
acquainted with the achievements of the others. The old barriers have fallen,
and the peoples of China, Poland, Hungary, nn4 other countries can now learn
about the most advanced culture and ideas of the Soviet Union. Now Soviet books
are publishe3 in the People's Democracies in tens of millions of copies. Hun-
dreds of millions in these countries see Soviet films. The achievements of
Soviet science are ?,ridely utilized. At the same time, in the Soviet Union,
there is a tremendous interest in the achievements of the People's Democracies
in the fields of science, literature, the theater, and moving pictures. Fre-
quent tours in the USSR of theatrical productions from the People's Democracies,
exhibitions of the works of their artists, concerts by their musicians, and
publication of their books help to satisfy this interest. The countries of the
democratic camp give each other e:ctensive ass istnnce i.n the training of young
scientific and technical personnel. All this helps to enrich the cultures of
the People's Democracies and to develop the culture of each of them.
The imperialists of the US openly talk about their plans for the restora-
tion of the capitalist system in the countries which hove broken free from the
oppression of capitalism. They want to put an ead to the rule of the people,
deprive these countries of their national independence, transform them into
pawns of these imperialists, and tear them array from the camp of democracy and
socialism. All these undertakings are built on sand. The liberated peoples
have done forever with capitalism and subjugation and have finally and irrevo -
cahl.,p set out on the road to socialism. Urite3 around the Communist and the
workers' parties, the free peoples as n fir;nly united family march forward to
the building of a new life. In vain are the efforts to break up the great
union of the free peoples.
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The camp of democracy and socialism is a mighty bulwark for peace through_
out the world. The democratic countries, having eliminated forever the sources
of conflict among themselves, unitedly strive Por the firmer establishment of
peace and cooperation between peoples all over the earth. Aa active struggle
for peace results from the very nature of the socialist countries, where the
people are in power. They cannot be indifferent to the fate of other peoples,
still subject to capitalism. The countries of the socialist camp, striving for
peace and security, are acting not only is their own interests but are also
carrying out their international duty to the workers of the xhole world.
For marly years the Soviet Union alone, surrounded by hostile capitalist
states, pursued a policy oP peace and friendship betxeen peoples.
eletent support of peace and security, the Soviet Union won ~ its con-
the international arena sad the support of millions of peoplerenL prestige in
Bow that the socialist camp has been formed, a xhole~graup of democratic
states are pursuing the policy of peace and friendship between peoples, ns a
result of which there has bees a manifold increase in the effectiveness of this
policy. The distinctive feature oP this peace-loving policy Se that it serves
the interests not dust of the socialist countries but of all peoples. This
chu'neteriatic of the foreign policy of the democratic countries has been dem-
onetrnted in recent times is such matters sa the problem of (iermnny and of
Koren, and in the cessation of hostilities is Indochina.
The policies of the democratic camp are of intimate concern sad understand-
able to e11 peoples. The Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and
other democratic countries, guided by the principles of equal rights for all na-
tions, stead cut against all forms of national oppression sad remain ever sym-
pathetic to the struggle of oppressed peoples Por freedom and independence. The
formation of the camp of democracy and socialism has given great new support to
the national liberation movement of the peoples in the colonial and. dependent
countries. Although these countries have not yet broken free from the system of
capitalist exploitation, they cannot be said to belong unconditionally to the
imperialist camp, for they are the victims of imperialist robbery, and their in-
dependence is either completely trampled under Poot or is severely restricted by
the colonial powers. The rightful striving of these countries for an independent
national development leads to a sharp conflict betxeen them and the imperialists,
xho are trying to preserve the system of colonial oppression. It is ~uat Por
this reason that the sympathy of more than a billion people in the colonial
world is not with the camp of the Smperiallats, but with the socialist camp,
.. which is striving for the freedom and independence of all peoples.
American imperialism's striving for world domination arouses deep indigna-
tion among the masses of the people. The postwar development of xorld events
has seen a steady growth Sn the isolation of the American imperislieta on the
international scene, a decline in the prestige of the US throughout the xorld,
and a growing opposition of the peoples of the xorld to the policies of the rul-
ing circles of the US.
Aa ie well known, the American aspirants to xorld domination carry on their
aggressive policies under the same flag of anti-Communism as that under xhich
Hitler operated. But history shows clearly that there is no power xhich can
prevent the victory of Communism. As a system of concepts, Communism reflects
the objective laze of the development of history and shows the inevitability of
the transition of society to a higher xay of production. These concepts cor-
respond to the fundamental interests of the masses and inspire all oppressed
peoples to the struggle. No matter how the forces of reaction try to atop the
spread of Communist ideas, these ideas x11= continue to xin more and more new
adherents. Ao "policy of strength" x111 help the imperialists is their pat"n,t
afforta to "root out" the ideas of Cos?uniem.
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The "policy of strength" is a frank, open proclamation of force as the
basis of policy, the cult of the use of undisguised pressure and threats in in-
ternational relations. Here is a primitive ideology: might makes right. The
history of bourgeois diplomacy certainly does not shine with dust and humane
solutions of international problems, but until now no one has ever praised force
(nasiliye) as a basis for policy with such cynical frankness as does Dulles and
the other trusted servants of monopolistic capital, who translate into the lan-
guage of political speeches the greedy striving of the imperialist monopolies
for power over the whole world, for seizure of the territory of other countries,
and for the oppression of other peoples.
However, the apologists of the "policy of strength" do not take into ac-
count several generally known facts. Force makes an impression on the weak, but
the socialist camp Ss by no means weak. The threat to use force mQy frighten
the weak in spirit, but it cannot frighten the workers of the democratic camp,
who have passed through the fire of the revolution and the severe trials of the
past war.
Thus the "policy of strength" has no chance of success. As is well known,
efforts to put it into practice in Korea and in Indochina ended in failure. And
if the foreign policy leaders of the US continue to extol force as n method of
solving international problems, that only shays tha? they have failed to learn
the lessons of experience and are continuing to n?,ake unprincipled, reckless op-
portunism (avantyurizm) the basis of their policy.
The countries of the democratic camp propose the surest method of solving
international problems -- mutual respect for national sovereignty and common
search for those solutions which would strengthen peace and universal security.
The American proponents of aggression assert that in our time, when the world
is split into two opposing camps, it has become impossible to Pind solutions
acceptable to both sides. Nothing is more false than this assertion, put forth
to ,justify the "policy of strength" and the armaments race.
The countries of democracy and socialism, striving for a decrease in in-
ternational tension, proceed from the premise that a long coexistence between
the Y,wo systems -- socialist and capitalist -- is possible, that it is possible
to arrange practical business cooperation between countries with different so-
cial systems, and that there exists a real basis fox? this. This real basis,
above s11, is the deep interest of all peoples, independently of their social
systems, in the preservation of a long and secure peace. This interest grows
with each day, especially in connection frith the revelation of the tremendous
danger of the use of weapons of mass destruction. Furthr:?, all countries pre
interested in uninterrupted ant extensive trade with one another. As we know,
the ruling circles in the U3, Great Britain and France in the postwar years be-
gan to carry out a policy of econaaic discrimination against the USSR, China,
and the other democratic countries. Exi;erience has shorn the complete ground-
lessness end powerlessness of such a policy in the face of irresistible economic
factors. Trade relations between the Eest and the West continue to expand, and
the capitalist countries of western Europe are beginning to renounce economic
discrimination. The democratic camp is proposing peaceful economic competition
between the two systems, being confident of the complete superiority of the so-
cialist system of national econorry over the capitalist system. Finally, the
exchange of cultural achievements and the development of cultural ties between
peoples constitute fertile ground for the cooperation of the different coun-
tries.
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social systems is very broad. Cooperation for the preservation of peace, eco-
nomic relations, exchange of cultural achievements -- on such realistic bases
there could, and should, be organized n system of contemporary international
relations, including countries of the capitalist camp as well as those of the
camp of socialism.
The proposal of the Soviet Union for the creation of a single organization
of European security and for the entry of our country into the north Atlantic
Union is a concrete embodiment of the idea of cooperation between the two social
systems. Instead of narrow, closed groupings of powers, each opposing the other,
the Soviet Union proposes an organization of states, united by a corunon interest
in the preservation of peace in a given part of the world, on the basis of the
principle of collective security. In this spirit, the representatives of the
People's Republic of China at the Geneva conference put forward the proposal for
cooperation of the countries of Asia for the Preservation of peace. This cannot
be viewed otherwise than as a further development of the idea of cooperation be-
tween countries belonging to different social systems.
In the 41est, they are trying to cast doubt on the possibility of creating
such an organization of collective security. However, there is no basis for
such doubts. The experience of World War II, when there was formed a coalition
against Hitler, completely proved the possibility of cooperation, in the inter-
est of the security of peoples, betwee:: countries with 3ifferent social systems.
In such a cause as the preservation of peace, different countries are hilly able
to cooperate, consulting with and giving assistance to each other even to the
point of military assistance, and creating permanently operating general politi-
cal and military organizations, as the pro,Ject for a General European Agreement
proposed by the Soviet Union at the Berlin conference.
The Sdea of an organization for collective security in Europe is more and
more occupying the minds of the peoples of the world. There is no doubt that
international public opinion, which received with great interest the proposal of
the Soviet Union, will steadfastly seek its adoption. Is there any possibility
that the leaders of the imperialist camp would enter into negotiations and that
there would be achieved a real settlement of international problems in the spirit
of cooperation between the two systems? This question will be decided by an
active striving of the peoples of the whole world for a relaxation of inter-
national tension. Belief Sn the possibility of such relaxation is bused on the
fact that in the present era the influence of the people on world politics has
grown to a tremendous degree. The clearest evidence of this is the experience
of World 'rlnr II.
As ve know, certain circles in Britain, France, and the US then had the
goal of eliminatini; their chief competitors ,? Germany and Japan, and securing for
themselves dominatior, of the world capitalistic riarket. However, the masses of
the people, recognizing and understanding the danger of Fascism, had another
goal; the complete destruction of German and Italian Fascism and Japanese mili-
tarism, as being the shock brigades of international reaction, bringint; enslave-
ment to the people. The leading role of the USSR and the active participation
of the people in the fight against this :innger established the liberat-ing, anti-
Fascist character of the war. The growing participation of the masses in de-
termining the fate of mankind is exercising ever greater influence on the solu-
tion of contemporary international problems as well. The will of the people
brought into being the Berlin conference, and then the Geneva conference, no
matter how the imperialist circles of the US tried to disrupt them.
The world movement of the Partisans of Peace is having an ever greater ef-
fect on the course of world events. I~o;r, in contrast to the situation before
World tdar II, the Partisans o? Peace do not have to depend only on their own
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moral righteousness. They know that all the power of the camp of socialism is
placed in the service of the cause of peace. This greatly changes the outlook
for the solution of the problems of war and peace, and creates for all sup-
porters of peace new possibilities which never existed before. Only by an un-
yielding struggle will the people of the earth be able to preserve peace and
prevent the imperialist aggressors from plunging mankind into a new war.
Cause of Capitalism Hopeless
Since the formation of the camp of democracy and socialism, we face again
the problem of the capitalist encirclement of the USSR. Now the Soviet Union
is not the only socialist state in the xorld, and its relations with the capi-
talist countries cannot be considered apart from the relations between the two
camps.
The problem of capitalist encirclement, as we know, is the problem of the
threat of intervention and of atte.~npts to restore capitalism in a socialist
country by the forces of international imperialism. When the USSR was the only
socialist county,/, international imperial ism several times made attempts to re-
store the power of the capitalists and. the landlords in the Soviet Union, help-
ing the forces of internal counterrevolution and organizing intervention end
economic blockade. But the Soviet people, with the support of the workers of
the whole world, beat off these attacks. Ewen then the single country of so-
cialism forced the capitalist world to reckon with her might. Now, having
built up their heavy industry and first-class armed forces, the workers of the
Soviet Union constantly strengthening their defenses, have delayed the attack
of the capitalist countries and have used each day of peaceful labor to expand
the building of socialism.
Now the USSR is no longer an island in the midst of capitalistic countries.
The mighty camp of democracy and socialism, uniting a large group of countries
which occupy an immense territory and have n population of many millions, now
stands against the capitalis? world. Firm political and economic ties solidify
the democratic countries into one mighty force. pll hostile attempts to split
up this great union are shattered against their unswerving determination to ad-
vance together toward socialism and Communism. In the capitalistic world, it-
self, there have arisen forces which are struggling for socialism or are sym-
pathetic with it.
Our enemies should know that their encroachments on the liberty and in-
dependence of the democratic countries, bound together by ties of comradely
cooperation and brotherly mutual assistance, will always meet with unanimous
resistance by the peoples who are building a new life. This means that to or-
ganize intervention against the socialist part of the world under present con-
ditions is irmseasurably more difficult than it was, say, 20 or 30 years ago.
There can be no doubt that the capitalist camp would suffer complete failure
if it dared to attack the socialist camp, which is growing stronger evey,/ day.
Such a military venture would lead capitalism only to ruin. This is the real
situation, confirmed by the experience of two world wars and arising from the
present interrelationshir of the forces of the two camps, and from the status
of the world workers movement ant the nationril liberation movement.
Does this mean that the danger of intervention and of attempts at restora-
tion of capitalism has now been completely removedY No, it does not. As long
as there exist capitalistic countries who have n,,L abandoned hope for the de-
struction of the international workers movement and its citadel, the camp of
democracy and socialism, there will exist also the danger of an attack on the
democratic countries; attempts will be made to organize intervention against
them. This is a common danger for the whole camp of socialism. The struggle
against it is the common cause of all the peoples of this camp, for the fate of
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outcome of the stru W-~ ?~ ~`ueraZea i'rom capitalism depends on the
ggle between the two world camps. A combined struggle for
and a8ainstathenencroachmentseonnitobytthecl ~ of peace, democracy and socialisa
obligation of the workers of the democratic ountriest aggressors is the sacred
more hopeless ltheosituationoofathe doomeduclasaese8 hefmore~etubbotuality. The
will try by means of force to change the irreversible course of even s.thFor
their schemes, the imperialists still have at their disposition extensive ma-
terisl resources and organization for production, as well as classes of their
populations which have been deceived by chauvinistic propaganda, The danger of
an impending economic crisis is intensifying the hesitant aggressive attempts
oP the imperialists.
The imperialist camp is furiously preparing for a new war, ceaselessly eas-
ing itself, piling up weapons of mass destruction, forming new military blocs,
and extending its network of military bases. Intensified efforts are being
made to scrape together "revanchiste" armies in West Germagy and Japan. By
every means of political and economic pressure and blackmail, the American im-
perialists are trying to make the western ~ropean countries hasten the forma-
tion of a "gLropean araa+" and are forming an aggressive bloc in psis. The im-
perialist countries are sending their agents into the countries of the demo-
cratic camp, trying in every way to revive the counterrevolutionary underground.
In the presence of the danger of a new war, the workers oP the Soviet
Union and of the People's Democracies of grope and Asia are devoting all their
efforts to strengthening the camp of socialism. Strengthening this camp means
steadily expanding economic development, advancing industrialization, develop-
ing heavy industry, improving the well-being of the people and strengthening
the defense capabilities of all the democratic countries. Strengthening the
camp of socialism means developing more and more extensively the economic, po-
litical and cultural relations between the peoples of the democratic countries,
strengthening the friendship between them and making stronger the international
bonds between the workers.
The more the imperialists rave, the greater x111 be the vigilance of the
peoples of the democratic camp. The nations which have thrown off the yoke of
capitalism are answering the threats of the imperialists with a further strength-
ening of their own socialist states. They do not fear threats; they firmly
carry out their own policies; they constantly unmask the warmongers; and they
steadfastly struggle for peace. The socialist camp threatens no one, but it is
ready to answer blow for blow the imperials^,t aggressors who brandish their
atomic and hydrogen bombs. if the imperialists attempt to unleash a new war,
the peoples of the democratic camp, steadfastly and determinedly defending the
cause of peace, will unselfishly fight for their native lands and will defend
the great camp of socialism.
Beginning with 1917, capitalism ceased to be an all-embracing system. The
formation of the camp of socialism after 'riorld ~lar II still further changed the
appearance of the :+orld. The domination of capitalism over the earth now has
been essentially broken. The camp of sccialisr: gro~as stronger with each day,
and its existence proves that mankind already has another, higher system of
life which has passel through severe trials in the past and is boldly with-
standing the attacks of hostile forces. Against the world of exploitatlon,
poverty an3 a senseless armaments race, there stands a world of planned organ-
ization of labor, free from expleit~tion; a world of continuous raising of
standards of living and of well-rounded development of the creative powers of
each human being.
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The October revolution and the creation of the camp of socialism changed
the course oP history and hastened the liberation of mankind Prom the yoke of
the exploiters. The capitalist countries now cannot with ease, as they used
to, start ware, suppress the liberation movements of the people, and deceive
the masses with secret diplomacy. Now they must reckon with the existence of
a mighty, solid camp of democratic countries -- a bulwark of peace and freedom.
It would be wrong, however, to minimize the difficulties facing the camp
of democracy and socialism, the leading Forces of the present dqy. The build-
ing oP Communism in the USSR and the solution of the problems of building so-
cieliam in the People's Democracies are being carried on in a struggle with
difficulties. The imperialist countries have put and will put ail kinds of
obstacles in the way of the democratic countries, increasing international ten-
sion and creating all kinds of provocations.
But however much the imperialist politicians mqy rave, the cause of capi-
talism is hopeless. A profound general crisis is shaking the whole capitalist
system. The capitalist world is being eaten away by inevitable contradictions.
Social development has undeniably accelerated during the last decades. In all
the capitalist countries, the democratic movements of the great mass of the
people have been strengthened, as has their stand against reaction and for rad-
ical reforms in the living conditions of the people. The struggle for national
liberation in the colonies and dependent countries has developed extensively.
Everywhere there is growing a universal movement for the preservation of peace.
The cause of human progress is invincible; the camp of peace, democracy, and
socialism serves as its secure stronghold.
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