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10 August ].979
SELECTED SPEECHES AND ARTICLES
OF MARSHAL OF THE SOVIET IJ~~ION D, F, USTI~IOV
_ Moscow D. F. USTINOV: IZBRANNYYE RECHI T STAT'I ("D..F. Ustinov:
- Selected Speeches and Articles") in Russian 1979 signed to press
22 Feb 79 pp 3-21, 1.01-104, 113-115, 128-131, 143-146, 157-159,
171-174, 204-207, 223-225, 241-243, 270-291, 296-310, 333-361,
370-378, 400-412, 431-439, 448-454, 460-466, 516-519
[Excerpts from book edited by I. V. Illarionov, S. S. Turunov and
M. I. Naumenko; Politizdat, 100,000 copies, 520 pages)
CONTENTS PAGE
Original T,sble of Contenta 1
From the Publishers 7
Leninism Lights Up the Path to Communism 9
For Military and Labor Feats 27
Service to the People--The Highest Goal 32
All of Our Strength, Knowledge, and Experience for Communism........ 36
Analysis, Search, and Creativity 41
In Our Fraternal Family ~f Peoplas 46
Strengthen the Might of the Homeland 49
. The Vital Force of Internationalism 54
Some Problems of the Party Leadership of Administrative Bodies...... 5~
The Party's Cause, the People'a [;ause 63
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CONTENTS (Continued) p~ge
Strengthen the MighC of the Fntherland Wi.th Labor~ 67
Selfless Service for the P~rCy, Homeland, People 71
ParCy-PoliCical Work in the Army and Navy--at Che Level of the
Dertuinds of Che 25th CP5U Congress...~ 75
- The Great ~'riendship of the Peoples of the SovieC Union and Bulgaria. 90
Friendship Born in JoinC 5truggle 94
Steadfastly Increase the Combat Strength of the Armed Forcea......... 99
For a Further Strengthening of Military Discipline 106
At the Front Lines of Che Socialist Commonwealth 115
Unity of Views, Unity of Action 121
Carry the Banner of Internationalism With Honor 126
The Indissoluable Ties of our Fraternity 132
Make Skillful Use of Knowledge in Practice 138
An Important Factor in Strengthening the Combat Readiness of the
Forces Z43
In Memory of Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevskiy............ 147
In the Interests of Increasing Combat Readiness 149
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A Treasure-House of Experience, A Source of Creativity 160
True Friends, Reliable Allies 170
An Heroic Feat on Belorussian Land 175
Following a Policy of Good-Neighborliness and Cooperation............ 178
On the Basis of Mutual Understanding and Trust 181
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Englieh Citle ; SELECTED SPEECHES AND ARTICLES OF
MARSHAL OF THE SOVIET UNION D, F,
USTINOV
Russinn title : D. F. USTINOV; IZBRANNYYE RECHI I
STAT'I
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Author (s) ;
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Editor (s) ; i, V. Illarionov~ S. 5. Turunov~
M. I. Naumenko
Publishing House ; Politizdat
Place of Publication : Moscow
~ Date of Publication ; 1979
- Signed to press : 22 Feb 79
Copies ; 100,000
COPYRIGHT . Politizdat, 1979
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ORIGINAL TABLE OF CONTEN'TS
- F'rom the Publishers 3
Leninicm Lights Up the Path to ~omraunism
Report at Festive Meeting in Moscow nevoted to 103rd
Anniversary of V.I. Lenin's Birth. 20 Apri1 1973 5
Sixty Years on Guaxd Over the Gains of Great October
~ Report at Festive Meeting Devoted to the 60th Mniversary
of the Soviet Arcq}r and Navy in the Kremlin Pelace of
Congress~s. 22 Fet~ruary 1978 22
We Wi1Z Increase the Production of Arms for the Front
Articles Published in IZVESTIYA on 4 November 1942 41
Russian Automatic Weapons
Articles Published in IZVESTIYA on 23 October 15!~3 46
The Mighty Soviet Artillery
Articles Published in IZV~STIYA on 8 August 1944 51
The Arms Tndustry During the Patriotic War
Articles Published in PLANOVOYE IQiOZYAYSTVO No 3, 1944 56
Soviet Artilleyy
Articles Publishpd in PRAVDA on 23 November 1946 68
For a Further Rise in the Level of TechnoloRy on the Basis
of Production Automation a~nd Mechanization
Speech at the 21st CPSU Congress. 4 February 1959 73
Toward New Victories in Communist Construction
Speech at Meeting with the Voters of the Leninskiy Election
District of the City of Izhevsk in Connection with the
Elections to the Council of Nationalities of the USSR Supreme
Soviet. 4 ,June 1966 80
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P'or M3litary and Labor Feats
~3peech ~t a Festive Meet3ng on the 25~h Anniversary of the
befeat of the German Fascist Forces at Tu].a end the Awarding
of the Order of Lenin to the City. 8 December ig66 9i
Service to the People - The Highest Goal
Speech at a Meeting with the Voters of the ~Covrovekiy
Election District in Connection with Electiona to the RSFBR
Supreme Snviet. 27 February 1967. 105
All of Our Strength, Knowledge, and Experience for
Communi sm
Speech at a F'estive Meeting Marking the Presentation of
the Order of Lenin to Permskaya Oblact. 26 May 1967 116
Analysis, Search, and Creativity
Speech at 27th Chelyabinskaya Oblast Party Conference.
21 F'eUruaxy 1968 133
In Our Fraternal Family of Peoples
Speech at a Festive Meeting of the Udmurt ~pSU Obkom and
SuFreme Soviet of the Udmurt ASSR Marking the 50th
AnnivErsary of the Udmurt ASSR. 2 November 1970. 147
Thoroughly Increase Production Efficiency
Speech at a Party Conference of the Communists of the
Voskresenskiy Chemical Combine. 26 November 1970. 160
Stren~then the Might of the Homeland
Speech at a Meeting with the Voters of the Kovrovskiy Election
Distiict in Connection with Elections to the RSFSR Supreme
Soviet. 25 MaY 1971 169
The Inspired Labor of the Urals Workers
Speech at Festive Meeting Marking Presentation of
Order of Lenin to Sverdlovskaya Oblast. 18 June 1971. 181
The Vital Force of Internationalism
, Speech at Joint Festive Meeting of Bashkir CPSU Obkom and
Supreme Soviet of the Bashki r ASSR Marking the Presentation
t~ the Republic of the Order of the Friendship of Peoples.
15 January 1974 195
Some Problems of the Party Leadership of Administrative -
Bodies
From a Report at the Higher Party School of the CC CPSU.
26 April 197~+. 211 `
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' The Party's Cauae, the People's Cause
Speech at a Mee~3na with the Votern of the Leninakiy
I~:1.ection District of the City of ?zhevak in Connection -
- wi~h the Elections to the Council of Nationalities oP the
USSR Supreme Soviet, 30 May 1974 226
Aeroflot's Great Tasks
Speech e~ a Confer~ence of the Command Personnel and
Advanced Production Workers of Civi1 Aviation.
7 P'ebruary 1975 244
In a 5ingle Rank Toward our Commor~ Goal
Speech at a Fe4tive Meeting in Ulan-Bator Marking the
30th Anniversary of Our Great Victory. 6 May 1975. 253
Strengthen the Might of the Fatherland with Labor
Speech ~t a Meeting with th~~ Voters of the Ko~rrovskiy
~lection District in Connection with Elections to the
RSI'SR Supreme Soviet. 30 May 1975 259
S~lflecs Service for the Party, Homeland, People
S~eech at a Reception in Honor of Military Acadec?~y Graduates
i:~ ~t~e Kremlin . 30 June ~976. 274
Party ana Political Work in the Ar~r and Navy - At the Level
of the Demands of the 25th Party Congress.
Speech at a Scientific Practical Conference of the Leading
Workers of the Ar:~y's and Navy's Political Agencies.
7 ,Tune 1976 278
Our Combat Alliance Grows Stronger
Speech at a Meeting with the Personnel of a Tank Division
of the Polish People's Ar~y. 17 September 1976. 292
The Great Friendship of the Peoples of the Soviet Union and
Bulgaxi~.
Speech at a Meeting with the Leading Party and Administrative
Aktiv of Plevenskiy District of the People's Republic of
Bulgaria. 6 December 1976� 296
Fri~ndship Born in Joint Struggle
_ Speech at a Meeting with the Personnel of One of the
- Units of the Sophia Gaxrison. 7 December 1.976 300
Steadfastly Increase the Combat Strength of the Armed Forces
Speech to the Personnel of the Taman' Motorized Tnfrantry
Guard Division imeni M.I. Kalinin. 28 December 197h. 304
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- Peaceful ~abor's 5entry, World Peace's Bulwr~rk
Articlea Published in KONQ~SUNIST, No, 3, 1977 3ii _
On Cuard Over the Gains of Creat October
Articl.es Published in PRAVDA 23 February 1977 326
For ~,F'urther Strengthening of Military Discipline
From ~ Speech at a Conference of the Leaders of the
Armed Forces, 23 Maxch 1977 333
At the Front Lines of the Socialist Commonwealth
Speech at a Meeting with the Personnel of a Tank Division
of the Group of Soviet T'orces in Germat~y. 12 Apri1 1977 3~?1
Unity of Views, Unity of Action
Speech at a Meeting with the Personnel of an Artillery
Regiment of the National Peopie's Arny o~ the GDR.
13 April 1977. 34u�
Carry the Banner of Internationalism With Honor
Speec:~ at a Meeting with the Personnel of the Central
Group of Forces. 17 April 1977. 351
~ The Indissoluable Ties of Our Fraternity
Speech at a Meeting with the Personnel of a Motorized
Infantry Regiment of the Czechoslovakian People's Arn~y.
� 18 April 1977. 357
The Great Victory
Articles Published in PRAVDA 9 May 1977 362
Make Skillful Use of Knowledge in Practice
Speech at a Reception in Honor of Military Acade~ Graduates
in the Kremlin. 29 June 1977. 370 ~
An Important Factor in Strengthening the Combat Readiness of
the Forces
Speech at a Meeting with Leading Athletes and Trainers of
the USSR Armed Forces - Participants in the IV Spartakiad
of Friend~y Armies. 1 October 1977. 375
The Sacred Dut;/ of Soviet Solcliers
- Speech at a Trocp Parade on Red Square. 7 November 1977 379 _
On Guard Over Our Revolutionary Gains
Articles Published in KOMMUNIST VOORUZHENNYKH SIL, No. 21,
1977 382
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Sn Memnry oi' M~zrshal o#' the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevakiy
Speech at a Mourning Meeting at Red Square.
8 December 1977 400
In the Tnterests af Incre~,sin~ Combat Readinesa
Speech at an Ar~y Conference on Improving the E'verydoy
Life of Soldiers. 20 Decembei~ 1977 402
Six Heroic Decades `
Articles Published in KONIMUNIST, No. 2, 1978 413
The Glory and Pride of the People
Speech at a Reception in Honor of the 60th Ann3versary
of the USSR Armed Porces. 23 February 1978 428
A'i'reasure-House of Experience, a Source of Creativity
I'rom a Speech at Scientific Conference of the USSR
Ministry of Defense and the Main Political Administration
of the Soviet Arm~y and Navy on the books of Comrade L. I.
Brezhnev "Little Land~'and "Regeneration." 5 May 197a 431
- Victory in t,he Name of Peace
An Article Published in PRAVDA 9 May 1978 440
True I'rier.3s, Reliable Allies
Speech at a Meeting with the Soldiers of a Unit of the -
Hungari a.n People' s Arrrly . 16 May 1978 . 448
An Heroic Feat on Belorussian Land
Speech at a Reception in Honor of the Presentation of
the Order of Lenin and the "Gold Star" Medal to the Hero- -
City Minsk. 25 June 1978 453
The M~st Important Thing is Work With People '
Speech at a Reception in Honor of Military Acaderqy Graduates
in the Kremlin. 28 June 1978 ~?55
Following a Policy of Good-Neighborliness and Cooperation
Speech at a Dinner Given by the Finnish MinistPr of Defense
T. Tahkfimaa in Helsinki. 10 June 1978 460
On the Basis of Mutual Understanding and Trust
Speech at a Dinner in the USSR Etnbassy in Finland in
' Honor of the President of the Finnish Republic U. K.
Kekkonen. 13 Jul,y 1978 k63 -
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In the Ind.estructible A111ance of the Sovie~ Republics i
Speech at a Festive hleeting of the CC CP of Armenia and
the Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet Marking the 150th Ann3versary
of Armenia's Entry 3nto Russia. 14 October 1978. 467 ~
The Leading Role of the CPSU in the Constrtzction of the Soviet
Armed Force~.
Article Published in VOPROSY ISTORII KPSS, No. 2, 1979 478
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5ub~ect Index 505 '
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_ FROM THE PUBLTSH~RS
The book by the member of the Politburo of the CC CPSU and USSR Minister
o~ Defense Marshal of the So~riet Union D. F. Ustinov contains selectefl
speeche~ and articles written during the period of his wnrk in leading
~p~.r�ty, g~vernment, and military posts from 1942 through February 1979�
At tlie center of the author's attention are the important issues of the
domestic and foreign policies of the Communist Party and Soviet State and _
the tasks of the defense of the socialist fatherland, of a constant
_ stren~tr.ening of the defense capacity of the USSR and of the combat 3trength
of th~: Soviet Armed Forces, and of a steac~y strengthening of the common-
wealth of social.ist states and of the combat ~,lliance of their armies.
Tn disclosing the ever increasing role of party leadership in the accom- -
plishment of the tasks of communist construction, the author assigns a
large amount of space to the mar~y-sided ideological ~.nd organizational -
activi~ies of the Central Corr~nittee of the CPSU and the Politburo of the
CC and emphasizes the outstanding importance of the contribution by the
General Secretary of the CC CPSU and Chairman of the Fresidium of the USSR
Supreme Soviet Comrade L. I. Brezhnev to the development of the theory of
scientific communism, the development and realization of the party's do-
mestic and foreign policies, and the strengthening of the country's defense
_ capacity.
The ~igantic efforts of the Soviet people to implement the decisions of the
party and the government an accomplishing the most important political,
socio-economic and ideological and educational tasks are dealt with ex-
tensively by the author. The titanic work of the paxty on behalf of the
~eople is demonstrated with numerous examples and facts. A large amount
of attention is devoted to an analy~is of the work by party, government,
and economic cadres to master a Leninist style of leadership. The CPSU's -
Leninist nationalities policy has received a profound treatment.
A subst~.ntial part of the material which has gone into the book is devoted
to militttry problems. D. F. Ustinov's speeches and articles describe the
main features and basic directions of the party's military policy, and
examine the work of the political agencies and party and komsomol organizations
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_ vc' the arlr~r and n~vy, th~ ~peCt~l featur~g of' tnilitary ~ongtructinn
uncf~r d~v~lop~~ ~o~is~].igm, c~d tih~ charact~r3~tic ~e~tur~n of th~ U9SR -
Armed F'orce~ r~s the c~r~r df ~ pedpl.e' ~~tuth ~
- '1'h~ bnok begic� with the reports "Leninism Lights Up the Path ~o Communi~m"
and "60 Years on Oua,rd Ov~r th~ Gains oP Qreat October." The subsequenti
mater~iala ar~ arrang~d tn chronological order, and som~ of them gre beSng
printed fnr the firnt time. Some of th~ apeer,he~ end ~rticl.es are b~in~
publigh~d in abbr~vi~t~fl form. -
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L~N~NISM LICH~S Uf' mH~ PAmH 7'0 COMMUNISM
n.~'. Usti.nov IZB~ANNYY~ ~~CNI I 5TAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articles),
h.o~r~~w, pciitizaat, iq79
;RE~p~rt by Marahal c~f the Soviet Union D. F'. Ugtinov at a festive meeting
in M-~~icow devoted to the 103rd anniversr~ry of V. I. Lenin's birth.
2~ Apri7 1973, Pp 5-21J
[Text) Comr~desl With each passing year ~nd with each pt~:~r3inQ deca~e
the her~~ic life af Vladimir IJ.' ich Lenin--r~ thinker of g~nius t~nd infl.exible
re:volutionary, the founder of the Bolshevik Party, the creator of the
f'irst ~~rot�ke~rs' c~nd peasants' state, and the leader ~f the aorld proletariat--
m~nifests itself tn us with greater and greater magnificence. (Applsuse,~
There ha~ been no person in history and there is no person whose name is
so precious to people of lubor as the name of Lenin. 7'here has been no
other teachin~ i-, history and there is no other teaching which has exer-
cised such a tremendous influence on the entire course of world development
as the Marxist-Leninist teaching. Under the banner of Leninism the Soviet
people has constructed developed socialism and is confidently moving on
the path to corrununism. Guidin~ themselves by Lenin's teachings, the workers
of the fraternal ~ocialist stateG c~re building a new life. The proletariat
of ~sll countries and the fi~hters for social and national liberation druw
their revolutionary ener~r and inspiration from Leninism. Lenin's teachin~s
and Lenin's c~u:e ure the common international property of mankind. And
tod~y the 103rd anniver~axy of Vladinir Z1'ich Lenin's birth is being cele-
brated, ulong with our party and people, by millions of people in the
entire world. (Applause.)
We are celebrating the pre~ent Lenin anniversary under the profound impres-
sion of the glorious half-century ar?niversary of t,he Union of Soviet Socialist
Republicy. A very important political and theoretical document which is
devoted to this event--the report of i;he General Secretary of the Central ,
Committee of the CPSU Comrade L. I. Brezhnev--provide~ a vivid picture of
the tremendou:~ accomplishments of the Soviet people and reveals the concrete
tayks und prospects for the further development of our society in the spi-
rit of the decisions of the 25th CPSU Congress. The celebration of the
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nnnivernary nf th~ USSH h~ flev~lop~d intio ~ cnnvlttrSn~ demon~tr~tion of
th~ hiytioric Corr~ctnes~ of L~ninisrn, af th~ mi~hty vital for~~ af aur
gd~ir~.int synt~m, and of th~ revolution~ry tr~ns~orming rol~ of the
Cnmmuni~t party~
1. mh~ Course of L~nin'~ p~rty--Communigti Conatruction _
C~mrade~! Our p~rty ig rightly called ~ Leninigt party. Vl~dimir ~1'ich
L~nin wgn pr~sent at its birth. Creatively developing Marxism, he deve-
_ loped the theoretical. foundations and principles of the organization of
n fi~htin~ pgrty of th~ workin~ cl~es ~d th~ stratep,~r end tactics of
bol~h~vism. After having cre~tefl thi~ party, Lenin boldly end resolutiely
_ direrted its ~truggle touard th~ victory di the socigligt revolution
and the construetion of a new soct~ty.
Thir yAE~I~ will mark the 70th anniversary of' the 2nd Congres~ of the
~~.:ssien SoCial Democra.tic Workerg' Party uhich was a turning point in the ~
int~rnational workers' mov~ment. It is with this historic congress that
th~ formation oi' the world's first proletarian psrty of g neW type is
conr,ected. The practice of th~ class struggle and of socialist const:vc-
tion h~g thoroughly confirmed the truthfulness of Lenin's teaching~ con-
cernin; the pgrty as the hip~est form of the revolutionary orgar~ization of
the wc2�king class and reggrding its leading role in communist construction.
As a rul.ing psrty Which has taken upon itself the responsibility for the
fate of our homeler~d, the CPSU is confidently leading our country along
the path to coromunism. All of the successes of the Soviet people are con-
nected With the tireless aork of the party, with its enormous organization-
al and political Work. With Leninist Wi3dom and far-sightedness the party
maps the course of the development of Soviet society, With Leninist skill
it sets the countless possibilities of socialism into setion, and With
Lenfn ist realism it determines our next tasks and persistent~y achieves
their succesaful accomplishment. In all of its domestic and foreign po-
licies the CPSU steadfastly follows Lenin'a behests. The party is alw~yrs -
With Lenin, and Lenin is alwqys aith the party. The party's strength con-
sists in this, Lenin's immortality consiats in this. (Stoz~cr~r applause.)
The unbouded love and rPapect of our arn~r of almost 15 million Soviet
Cormnunists for their leader and teacher and their in:lexible fidelity to
Leninism ~ras expressed in the solemn and emotional act Which initiated the
exchange of psrty documents--in making out party card No. 1 fn the neme of
Vladimir I1'ich Lenin. (Stora~}r $pplause.)
As Was emphasized at the 24th CPSU Congress, during the process of commu-
nist construction the role of the party consta~ntly groxs. This ob~ective
laW mar~ifests ftself the more full,y, the closer the unity of our party
resr?ks and the greater the activity of every party organization and every
communist. The first results oP the organiza~tional and political s+ork
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which ig conneCted with the excharyg~ nf p~rty doeum~nt~ are t~lre~dy show-
in~; how extengively ~nd benefi~i~].1y tihin v~~y importianti m~asure is in-
~ fluencin~ all of
tihe agpect~ of the 1.ife of
tihe party and en increasc in
the initiativ~ and di~c3p].ine of communSsts. N~w ~very member of Che
party ig ~v~n more d~m~.nding in hi~ ~valu~tion of hi~ work and is more
_ deeply con~ciou~ of hi;n�elf as a participent in Lenin'n great work.
Wh~n he opens his new mddel party card a communisti re~ds the rem~rkabl~
I,~nini~t words: th~ party i~ the mind, honor, ~.nd c~nscience of dur
epnch. (Appl~use.) To be a member nf sueh ~ p~rty is u great hc~ppinegn,
- g gr~~t trust, snd, at the s~rne tiime, u~reati respon~ibility. ".'o be a
Leninist-Communist m~ans to serve the rause of the working cla~s und of
the entire laboring people in faith and truth, to selflessly giv~c nne's
~tr~n~th onc~ gt~ilities to the struggle .�or communism, and t~].weyn and in
e~~~ryth:.n~ to be Northy of the hip,h title of party member. And, as Lenin
;a?ll~d upon them to do, communlsts enkfndle othe~~ with the i'ire of their
::iti~tive, inspire their aorkmgtes xith their personr~l example end pas-
3i~r.ate party wnrds, and bring communist ideynost' into a11 of our affairs.
Tt.e Larcy is successfu].ly c~rrying out it~ le~ding and directing role
th~~ks Lo Lhe fact the,t it is conneCted in the close~t w~yr with the
masse:�, Hnd pr~founci~y and consistently expresses their intere3tn. S~viet
peop~e sho~ full confidence in the Communist Party und its fighting head-
quarters--its Leninist Centre~l. Committee. (Prolonged apple~use.) They
wholeheartedly approve of and support the policies of the CPSU. This is
convincingly testified to by the unremitting gravftation of Workers into
the party nnd the conat~nt replenishment of itg rank~ with the Uest re-
presentatives of our glorious workin~ class, kc~].khoz peasentry gnd people's
intelligentsiya . 7'he unity of the pr~rty and the people is tihe source of
the all-conquering strength of 5oviet society. (Applause.)
The CPSU is consistentl,y implementing a line aimed at the development of
~ocfali~t democracy and at the involvement of broad strata of the workers
in the mana~ement of soriety. The xork of the Soviets Which are the
political basis of our state arid the flillest embodiment of its democratic
spirit has become more active and diverse.
There has been a marked increase in the influence of such mass public
organizations as the trade union~ and the komsomol on the various spheres
of our state, economic, ond spiritual life. The life-affirming influence
of Lenin's ideas is :nanifesting itself in the constructive labor of
communi~ts and non-party people and in the activeness, initiative, and
enthusiasm of the maa~es.
Comrad~lLenir~ regarded economic construction as the chief field of the
strugt3le for cor,cnunism. As earl;~ as 1922, ~+hen the Civil War had hardly
ended, Vladimir I1'ich,in defining the tasks of the country's development
under peacefil conditions, emphasized: "Nosr let us go all out for the
e cono~ . . . .
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Lenin proc~eded from th~ fact th~t only ~ pow~rf`ul and highly developed
ecnnor~y can b~ a sol.id mat~rial foundation for a new eocia~].ist society,
_ a reliable ~ource fbr improving the well-being of the people, and a gua-
rgntee of' the independence and defense capac3ty of the 5oviet gt~~e.
He worked out a~trategic plan for the creation of a socialint econorqy
in our country and led the very difficult work of ita prnctical real.ization.
Lenin's principles of economic construction--national economic planning,
democra~ic Centralism, a combination of one-man authority and the actual
partiicipation of the workers in me~nagement, the organic unity of materi,al
and moral stimuli for labor, cost accounting, and mass competition--have
become powerful levers in the development of our socialiat econonbr.
In the very briefest historical period our country h~s strode from a
courgeois-landowner system and economic and cultural backwardness to a
so~:iety of developed socialism--a society with a modern econorr~r, $ pow~r-
:u~ scientific and technical potentfal, and a high 1eve1 of culture. The
~ch:evements of Soviet science have received world recogr.it,ion. Every-
whe:e--an land, in the water, and in the air--our excellent don~ntic
machfnES and apparatuses can be found in operation. Atomic energy has
been :ut at the service of man. Outer space is increasing~y becoming an
ob,jec: not only of stuc~y, but also of practical use in the interegt of
the economar. And for all of this, comrades, we are obliged to the Lenin-
ist policy of our party and to the selfless labor of the Soviet people.
_ (Prolonged applause.)
Basing itself on the increased possibi]~ities and needs oP our society, the
24th CPSU Congress adopted a course aimed at achieving a sharper turn by
our econorc~y toxard the solution of the diverse problems conr;ected with
improving the well being of the people. At the same tfine, this course
provides for maintaining high rates of development in heavy industry a3
the basis of our country's economic might.
There is only one Way to accomplish the social and economic program which
has been worked out by the party--a thorough increase in t,he efficiency
of social production. And the most important element here is an accele-
ration of scientific and technological. progress, en improvement of the
system of economic management, a better use of labor, material, and finan-
cial resources, and an increase in the effectiveness of socialist compe-
tition.
Our people is working with inspiration in accomplishing the 9th Five Year
Plan. During the time Which has passed since the Congress a serious step
forr~ard has been taken in strengthening the economic might of our homeland
and in raising the standard of living of Soviet people. We have already
become accustomed to the dimensions of our accomplishments, but the present
scope of our constructive labor cannot but amaze us in comparison even with
the recent past.
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bui~in~ ~wo years and tih~�ee mdnths oi' th~ present ~'ive-ye~r p~an apprdximr~tely
_ a tril~.ion rub~.ea wdrth of industrial ou~pu~ ha~ been producec~--a~ much
a~ w~ produc~d during the years 1961-ig65, ~hat i~, durinp; th~ entire
7tn I~'ive-Year I'lan. Ar~d in two year~ more of such types o~ output a3
~as, miner~l fertilizers, pa~aenger cars, refrigerator~, ~nc~ otherg hav~
be~n produced than during the ~ntire 7th F'ive-Y~ar plan.
7ndustry has gotten off to a g~od start during the curr~nt ye~r. The plan
for the ~'irst qu~rter for output s~es ha~ been fl.~lfilled by l02 percent,
comp~red with the firstc}~arter of l~~t year the increage in industrial pro-
duction came to 6.4 percent, and average daily production i.nere~sed by
7.8 percent.
Con~tru,tion ha3 rec~ived s~ gig~ntir, ~cope in our country. burin~ the
p~st two years the econnrr~r's Pixed productive capitul ittcreased by almost
~C~ billion ruble~--this i~ more than all of the productive capital which
_ th~ country possesaed in 1950. Around 800 large ~tate indu~trial enter-
prisES have been put into operation, as well as a large number af ahops,
prcductions, r~nd ~ther f$cilities.
All this eonvineing~y testifi~s to the substa:itirslly increa3ed ~,~ssi-
bili::es of Soviet industry and to the heroic labor of our w~rkina clnss
rutd cur entire people.
An enormous amount of work is being carrfed out to accomplinh the ~verr~ll
Program for the further development of agriculture which h~,s been rnapped
~ out by the party. During the yenrs 1971-1972 stc~te capital investmenttt ~
in this branch of the econorc~r increased by 1.7 times compured to the two
first years of the previous five-year plan. There has been n substantial
increase in deiiveries of equipment, mineral fertilizers, and construction
materials to the village. Lenin's dream about irrigating the country's
nrid areas is becoraing a realitf. Today an average of more than 600,000
hectares of new irrigated lands are being put into oneration every year--
1.7 times more then the annu~.l average during the 8th Five-Year Plan.
Last year had extremely difficult weuther conditions, and we were unable
to reach the planning indicators for a number of basic types of cropping
output. But even under these conditions, thanks to the firm course aimed
at strengthening the material and technical base of agriculture which is
bein~ pursued by the party, the strenuous efforts and the increased exper-
tise of our village workers, and a struggle for the grain by all of the -
people, an average of 14 quintals of grain per hectare wa~ harvested.
This is higher than the s~.verage annual yield during the previ~us five-year
plan. As a result, the avera~e annual grain harvest during the past two
years came to around 175 millfon tons, which is 7 million tons more than
the average annual harvest during the years 1966-i97o. ;dore rice thrsn ever
before ~as procured, and the 1ar~est cotton harvest in the country's his-
tory was obtained.
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:~~rin~; ~nwin~ ia now in full swing. O~zr fgrmere hav~ c~dopt~d a commit-
� ment to ~ubst~nti,~l~.y lncrease the yi~lds and exp~nd the ~own areas o~'
~ricu~.tural crops, above a11, of grain aropo. 7'h~y ~.re fully determined
not only to fulfil~ the ~tate pl~n for the current y~ar, but elso to _
achieve a me~ximum compen~ation for the nhortfallg of egrictil.tur~l nutput
which have oCCUrred and to mek~ use of ~very i'arm's resource~ witt~ ~he
~r~ate~t ef~'ect.
In a word, good possibilities are appearing in a11 of the branchee of the
eronon~y for the year 1973--the decisive year of the 9th F'ive-Year P1~n--
to be fini~hed by u~ with ~n exceas over all of the bnsi.c plgnning indi-
cstors. And, comrade3, the rectliz~tion of ~hese possibilitieg dependg
upon the workers them~elven and upon each of usl (ApplQUSe.)
The program fbr improving the weii-being of the people which was mapped
out by the 24th CF'SU Congress ia being con~istently carried out. During
two years of the five-year plan the overall consumption fund has incre~.sed
~y' 23 billion rubles. Wagea h~ve been increased for railraad workera,
~ substanti~l nurnber df ~~ricultural mechanixation experts, do~tors,
teachers, and certain other categories of workera. Minimum old-ag~
per~sions for workers and employees have been increased;pensions for -
kolk:io~ workers have been improved; and stipends for ~tudents in wze3
and tekhnikums have increa~ed. Payments and privileges fbr the populr~-
tion from the social con~umption funds have increased by almost 15 percent.
Since the end of last year an important socio-economic measure of the
~ fi~re-yea: plan has been in the process of being carried out--an inerease
- in minimum wages and a simultaneous increase in the wage rates and sala-
ries of Workers with average wages in industry, transportation, communi-
~ cations, state agricultural enterprises, and certain other production
branches. The dimensions of this measure can be ,~udged by the fact that
it will cover more than 50 million people. As a result of it the income
of workers and employees Will increase by approximately 9 billion rubles
a year. Alreac~y this year the neW wage conditions are being applied to
tho~e working in the northern and eastern areas of the country, inc].uding
the Urals.
A great deal is being done to see to it that the increasing monetary in-
come of the workers is provided with a corresponding increase in the
production of conswner goods. Retail commodity turnover increased du-
rfng the two years by more than 14 percent, and the amount of domestic
services for the population incr~ased by 23 percent. Since the beginning
of the five-year plan more than 4.5 million new apartments have been
built. The network of educational institutions and cultural, medical,
~nd children's institutions is groWing, and other mr~jo~ measures are
. being carried out to improve the li~?ing conditions of Soviet people.
~ Thus, the party is posing the tasks of improving the well being of prople
in a Leninfst manner, broadly and purposeful],y. And it is accomplishing
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~oa n~~~rr,r.n~ us~ ntvUY
tihem in a Leninis~ manner, nn the basig of nnd in ke~pin~ wi~h n.n increane
in the prn~uctivi~y of
gocial l~bor, (App~.~uge~)
In 1;c~tnlling up resultg, we must se~, ~s I,enin tuu~hL u~, not anly our
achievements, but Ft].~o our shortcomings, Md there ~re Hti11 quite a i'ew
, of them, M~ny ~nterpi~i$~~ nrid ~lso a numb~r of ministrie:~ as a who~.~
nr~ not fu~.~illing their egtab~i~he~ a~si~nmento fdr output ~~les, the
m~~t~ry df
ri~w equipm~nt, and a rise 3n labnr productivity ~nd I~r~�itnbi- _
lity. New facilitie~ ~re oti~l being Commisgidned ~~lowly and npernting
capc~citien, ruw m~?terir~l.~ and materisls, ~nd workirig time ar~ nnm~time~
mnde pnor us~ of. Ctt~es of wastefulne~s arid exce~siveness have not beerc
gotten rid ~f. It is our commnn duty to resolute]y atru~gle ~ainst all
of thene derelictions,
Comradesl We h~ve to be more persigtent in carryin~ out ttie main demand.
of the party in the field of economic con~truction which w~~ formulated by
Co.~rude I. Brezhnev--"mo sharply change our orientation and nhift our
empha~is to the intensive methods oi' economic management, thereby en~uring
tt seriou~ increase in the efficiency of' the econou~y."2 mhe ke.v prob7.em
here is rln acceler~:tinn of scientific and technnlogical progie~n.
V. I. LPnin persistently demanded that al~. of
the gnins rrade by the human
mind and al~. of the latest achievements of science and technology be put
at th~ service oF the construction of communism. And he gave us brilliant
models cf a~enuittely scientific and revolutionary approach to the problems
of technological progress.
Lenin was the initiator and orgttnizer of the development of history's first
long-term plan for the development of an econortLy on cui advanced technic al.
basis--the GO~LRO (State Commission for the Electrification of Russia) plan.
Today til.so this plan is a remarkable exemple of the solution of scientific
f~nd technicril and ~ocio-economic problems in their unity. As a party and
stute leader Lenin Was to the highest degree characterized by a r~eiine
for the new and ~n ability to see at the very origin of a scientific arid
technical idea the prospects for its development and practical use.
- All of us must learn Lenin'~ attitude toward~ srience and technology. Md
this is especially important now when the party end people are concentrating
their efforts on the accomplishment of a task which has been put forward
by the 24th CPSU Congress--to organically unite the achievemento of the
scientific and technological revolution with the advantages of the socialist
economic system.
It is essential above all to create such economic and orgr;nizational condi-
tions as Will promote to the maximura an increase in the effectiv~eness of
scientific research and an acceleration of its practical use. Long-term
forerasts of the development of science, technology cu?d production, nr?d
also interbranch plans ~hich provide for the coordinated work of scientific
institution~, industrial enterprises, and associatiot,s at all of the stages
of the creution and introduction of new equipment have to p1~,I their role
here.
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'I'hp p~r~y'n Centr~l. Comm~tt~e re~~rds it a~ advieable to concen~rate our -
forces ancl re~ources on promising r~~earch anfl on th~ kind af development
work whicti provid~a the possibi~ity of taking an impdrt~nt atep forward
in the development of ncience and in raisin~ the techn3cal level. of ~he
econotrqr. It is extremel.y import~nt to achieve en 3ncrease 3n the eff iciency
o~' ~nterpriges in mastering the prnfluction of improved machinery end equip-
ment ~nd ~ood quality good~ for the population and in cin extensive uge of =
highly productive technologic~.]. processe~ tnvolving an overall use of raw
m~terials and materi~.l~.
After the 24th CP5U Congr~sn our industry made marked progres~ in these
directiong. On the av~ra~e, during the pre~ent five-year pl~n 3,500
typeg of indu~trial output are being me~tered in series production in a
year, while during the past five-yesr plan the number was 1,700. Obsolete
output is being removed from production more resolutely nnw. There are
- definite successes in improving the quality of the products. A uniform
system of state output certification has been introduced. More than 7,500
of domestic industry's be~t products huve already been awarded the State
Toicen of Quality. However, party committee3 and ecnnomic ra~encies and
all of our cadres still have quite a bit to do in order to realize the
demar~~s o: the Congresa regarding an acceleration of technological progreas
and ~ substantial improvemen+ of output quality.
Comrades! The party regards a further improvement of the system of pro-
duction manegement and a~r? increase in the precision and harmoniausness
of our economic m~chanism as one of the basic directions of it~ economic
polfcy. The question of improving centralized planning, improving the
technical and economic validation of plans, and strengthening discipline
and responsibility for the fulfillment of state assignments was posed
sharp~}r at the December (1972) Plenua? of the CC CPSU. What ia involved is
an improvement of plarning and ma:~:t;,~rial work in all of the elements of
the econocrqr--from shops and enterprises to ministries and central managerial
u~encies--and a thorough use of the adva.ntages of socialist planning and
of the possibilities of production concentration and centrulization.
"Communism," V. I. Lenin Krot~, "requires and presupposes ~he greatest
centralization of large pr~oduction in the entire country." The recently
adopted decree of the CC CPSU and the USSR Council of Ministers on an im-
provement of the structure of industrial management is of fundamental im-
portance in this respect. The enlargement of enterprises, the creation of
powerful producti~n associutions, and the shift by most branches to a
two- or three-element system of management have the task of accelerating
the concentration nf industrial production and the development of cost
accounting princi.ples in economic management.
Under present conditions economic methods of management are taking on in-
creasin6 importance. Prices and credit, profits and material incentives
funds, and planned norms--all economic levers have to impel enterprises
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~o mfilte fu].1 us e of their reserve~ , to adopt 3ntense pl~.n~ , and i;n t~ecele-
rc~te ~he use of gcient3fic and technic~.l achievemen~be in proc~uction, An -
in~provement or the mechanism of the econotnic reform ir~ now be:ing cu~~r~.ed
ou~ in th3s dtr~c~ion,
Aut~mated systems r,~e pZqying an ever greater role in the m~,nogenent of
produCtion proce~ses, en~erpr3ses, enfl branches of production. During ~he
pant tWO ye~,rs ~.lmoet ns many systems of this kind were put into operation
- ~s during the ~~nole of the previou~ five-year p~.Ftin. At ~hc present time
more thttn hfil.f of our union ministries ond cen~ral economic orgeni2~tions
are u~in~ electronic computers in the processes of management ~znd plannin~r~
It shoul.d, however, be sa3d that automated mun~ement syst~m~ could be us~d
_ more extensively and with a subs~antially greatpr yield.
7'he increased dimensions of production and ~he ~re~ter co?^*~lexity of econo-
:nic rel~,tions in our econoc?~y and the expans3on of the ri~hts of enterprises
ard ~s~ociations presuppose an increase in the respon3ibility of collec-
tives ond their leaders for the state of aff~irs at production ~nd for t~ -
strengthening of labor andstate discipline. And it is very valuable that
our co?lectives themselves are more ~nd more aften and morc and more resolute-
ly dec~.Q.ring war against those who are hold3ng back our forwnrd movement.
The success of plans has always been and continues to be decided by people.
Their creative initiative and expertise, their level of organization, and
their persistent labor are embodied in our cities, electric power 3tattons, _
plants, and kolkhozes--in everythin~ that makes up the wealth of our country.
In recent years there has been a substantial increase in the public and
production activeness of the workers. This is manifesting itself above
all in socialist competition to whose developr,ient Lenin attributed excep-
tionfil. importance. "The organization of competition," he wrote, " has to
occupy ~ prominent pluce among the tasks of Soviet power in the economic
field."
The party's call to workers and kolkhoz workers and economic specialists
to develop an All-Union Competition for the fulfillment and overfu].fillment
of the ~973 state plcsn has found an ardent response in the entire country
and hns given rise to a powerful wave of new remarkable initiatives. 7'he
collectives of the advanced enterprises of Moscow and Leningrad have acted
as the initiators of a competition under the motto of "Shocl~ Tem~os
From the t'irst Days of 19731" The metallurgical workers of htu~nitka and
the miners of the Kuzbass and Donbass have initiated a competition for
a more efficient use of equipment. The team cost accounting method of
tdoscow construction ~orkers which ensures a substantial shortening of _
construction periods and an econotr~r of resources is finding more and more
followers. The ~rain farmers of the Kuban' have initiated a struggle
for large harvests.
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A va~.u~ble initir~tive has been demonatrated by ~he aflvanced women workers
of the Moseow I~lectrovacuum Instruments Plant who have committed themselves
to use one hour a week ~o produce output from economized materialR. At
f3rst glance, the commitment i~ modest one, but if this initiative were
~o receive a univergta.l diysemina~ion, with the present dimensions of pro- -
duction 3t wnulcl provide billions of rubl.es worth of additional output.
In this way the riwlets of creative initiatives are being f311ed by the
flow of a national movement to increage production efficiency. _
Socialist cor?rpetttion has now acquired a new scope and new dimensions.
At the same time, it is being great~.y enriched in its forms and conten~.
The be~sic competition motto todq}r is to give ~he country more e.nd better
quality output with lesa expenditures.
People of the older generation remember the movement for counter-plans
of the time of the first five-ye ar plan s. Today these plans not only
emboc~y the continuity of labor traditions, but a.lso develop economic me-
thods �,~hich have been teated by practice in application to new conditions.
CoiLnter-plans successfully combine the assignments of a state plan with
local initiative an d with the soci~slist commitments of collectives. Com-
petiti~n becomes more purposeful and effective, and reserves which ere
discovered are more rapidly taken account of and utilized. It is the
duty of party, trade union, komsomol, and economic agencies to seek to
achieve a consistent implementation of Lenin's principles of socialist
com~etition: wide publicity, the comparability of results, and the dis-
semination of advanced production experience.
The important problems of the development of our econorr~y were actively
and creatively discussed at the recent plenums of party committees and
the general meetings of communists on the results of the December (1972)
Plenum of the CC CPSU, and the ways to make flxller use of its possibilities
4~
were mapped out. The workers of all of the union republics have adopted
socialist commitments to give the country 4.5 billion rubles worth of
above-plan industriul output this year. This will be a weighty contribu-
tion to the five-year plan and a~ood labor gift to our homeland! (Pralonged
applause.) '
Tomorrow Soviet peopla will arrive at enterprises and construction sites
and at fields and farms in order to take part in an All-Union Communist
Saturday and to demonstrate their loyalty to the traditions of the GrPat
Initiative and to the cause of Lenin. ~
Allow me at this festive meeting to wish great success to all of the par-
ticipants in this wonderful holide,y of labor. (Storn~y applause.)
Comrades! The party regards a strengthening of the work on the communist
education of the workers and an increase in their political and labor
activeness to be an indispensable condition for the realization of our -
plans an d one of the most important factors in the progress of our socialist
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soc3ety. The party here 3~ perqistentl.y seeking to t~ctiieve ~ un3ty of
~conomic ax?d ideolo~ical-educational work and is demanfling tht~t ~;he moral -
and pol.itica~. consequences of economic and adm~n3.~tr~tivE dec~s3.ona be
talcen into accoun~ ,
A f~.trrher itnprovemen~ of ~.11 of our ideological work 3s bein~ ~'oster~d
_ by ~he new ideas and conc~.usion3 wtiich ~re conta3ned in �Lhe ma~erials of -
the 24th CPSU Con~ress, in the documents devoted to the 50th annivers~.ry
of the USSR ~,nd in the decrees of the party's Central Committee. These
consist above a11 of the theses on developed socialist society, on the
- ~oviet people as a new historical community cf peopl.e, a.nd on the ways
to build the material and technic~.1. base of communism. The development
of the~e fznd other 3mportant theoretical. and political. problems hctia added
to ~the ti~e~,sure-house of Marxism-Leninism, has stren~thened i;he sctentific
foundation and expanded the possibili~ies of ideologic~,l educ~tition, and
hrzs m~,de its connections with practice more solid.
:in r_cluctt~ting Soviet people in the ideas of scientific cortununiscn and in
the spirit of proletttiriasn intern~.tionalism and communist attitude toward
lnbor, the party resolutely opposes the penetration into nui� environment
of bour~,eois and petty bourgeois views and mores. F'or r~ communi3t and
for. ~ Soviet citizen ~.n active struggle against hostile ideological in-
- fluences is a struggle for the victory of the principles of socialism
and for the victory of our ideals.
The lofty moral qualities of the builders of communism are e~tt~blished in
_ an i~ncompromising struggle against such phenomena which ~re t~lien to our
system as apoliticalness and an indifference to social interests, hooligan-
ism ~,nd drunkenness, and the theft of socialist property. These and other
negative phenomena have to be overcome with all means: ideologica]. and
educr~tional work, administrative influence, and through the development
in every person of the needs and habits of a spiritually mature ~.nd highly
cultured ir~iividual of socialist society and by his increasing his demands
upon himself and his comrades.
With all of it~ work in the fields of economics, culture, and ideology the
party i~ strengthening and developing our social and state system and is
affirming the Soviet socialist way of life. (Applause.) This way of life
_ is characterized by social optimism and t~ a firm confidence in tomorrow
which are b ased on the magnificent social and economic gains of socialism,
the real establishment of the right to work, and a constant improvement of
the people's we11 being. This way of life is char~.eterized by the pro-
foundly human and collectivist character of relations between people which
is engendered by the unity of their interests and goals. This way of life
; presupposes a high leve7. of civic consciousness, an intolerance for short-
~ comings, and social activeness which are based on a developed feeling of
responsibility in each individual for':the affairs of his collective and
, of society as a whole.
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'rh~ ~oviet woy of life is our most precious posse~sion fLnd our national
pr~ide . I t io devel.opc~d and enri ched ir. the claily prar.tice of economic t~nd _
- cultural construction. And ~he mors purposefully and the better we worl:
tnday, ~he more rapidiy will Lenin's ide~,s on the comprehensive development
of man and on the triumph of communism be embodied in practice.
Socialism and Peace are Inseparable
Comr~,des ! With its revolui;ionary and pro~3ressive inf.luence on world pro-
cesses socialisnt is establishin~ peace a.ncl friendship among peoples. By
revealin~ i~s adv~.nt~.ges ever more fully, the new system is winnin~, r~s
Lenin fores~w, ever deeper sympathy from conscious workers. It is in so-
cialism that the world revolutionary movement arid toiling mankind rightly
see an example of the realization of the hopes of the popular masses and
their hope and support.
The Soviet Union defends a supreme truth of life on the international ~.rena-- -
the interests of the working class and of all workers c3nd the ideals of -
socialism and communism. nur Leninist party is effectively employin~ the
~ forei~n policy principles which were bequeathed to us by our great leader
~ as a powerful weapon in the struggle against imperialism and for peace,
democracy, ~nd socialism and as an active means of defending freedom ~,nd
the independence of peoples. (Applause.)
The problems of foreign policy and of the realization of the Frogram of
Peace which was advanced by the 21~th CPSU Congress are a sub,ject of es-
pecial attention for the Central Cocrunittee of the party and the Soviet
~overnment. These problems are being worked upon profoundly, concretely,
and daily by the Politburo and personally by tl:e General Secretary of the
CC CPSU Comrade L. I. Brezhnev. (Storn~y applause.) The unprecedented
pe~.ce offensive which has been unfolded by the Soviet Union in recent -
years and the serious positive changes which have been achieved in all
spheres of international relations testify to truly gigantic work aimed ~
at ensuring favorable foreign conditions for the construction of communism
and for the strengthening of world peace. The fact that it has received
wide recognition from the peoples of the socialist conmionwealth and from
all of progressive world public opinion is a proper evaluation of this work.
(~'rolonged applause. )
Historical experience convincingly tells us that the most reliable basis
for a consistentl,y class foreign poli.cy and a successful struggle for peace
and peaceful coexistence is achievements in the construction of the new
society. The changing balance of power on the international arena is
being determined to an ever increasing extent by the fact that the socialist
econor?~y is the most c~ynamic econorr~y in the world. The high economic deve-
lopment rates of the Soviet Union and the fraternal countries are stable
and are being accompan ied by a steac~y growth in the material a.nd cultural
levels of the workers.
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_ Las�t ye~,r the industrial production of ttte member st~~e~ ~f the Couneil
for Mutual. ~conomic Ass3st~,nce w~,s approxima~ely 8 times ~.re~,~.e.r ~h~n the
195~ 1eve1, wh3.le in the developed capital~.st htatea it 3ncrea3ed by 3 rimen
during the s~une period. The successes of the world ~oci~li~�L ec~riot?~y are
produc3ng an espec3a11y gret~t impression agt~inst the b~ckgrounc~ of a fui~-
ther deepening of the general crisis of the ca~pit~.3st system. nne can
sec today in a lar~;e number of exampl.es with what unpreceden~ed foree the
l~.w of the unequal economic ~,nd political deve~.opment of cc~pi~alism wllich
w~s discovered by Lenin is operating. Inter-imper3~list contr~dictions -
are being ex~,cerbated. The chronic instability of the c~p3tulist econonLy
is finding its expression in periodic dec7.ines in pi�oduction, 3n unemp.loy-
_ ment, an incre~,se in inflation, and currency and finaiici~l shocks. Oppres-
sion by the monopolies is intensifying, and the explnitation of ttie workers
is becoming increasin~]y soph3sticated.
Completely different prospects ~re opening up be�ore the peoples of the
socialist states. The coordination of nationul economic plans and the
,joint work which is being carried out within the framework o:f the Overall
Progr~.m for Socialist Integration is not only helping ou?^ countrie3 to
make more efficient use of their resources, but is o.lso mfilcing it possible
for them to accomplish tasks with which it would be much rnore difficult
to cope alone. By mea.ns of their common efforts the CEMA cauntries are
solving the difficult problems of providing their national economies with
~
many types of raw materials, fuel, machinery, equipment, transportation
equipment, and computer equipment and they are carrying out ,joint scien-
tific research. This is creating room for a fl.iller use of the growing
potential of world socialism.
Close inter-party relations, comprehensive cooperation and mutual assis-
tance, an intensive exchange of experience in social.ist an d communist
construction and growing foreign policy interaction and spiritual mutual
enrichment--such today is the content of the relations between the fra-
ternal parties and peoples of the socialist countries. This, comrades,
is a.n embodiment of Lenin's principles of proletarian internationalism!
(Applause.)
V. I. Lanin foresaw the coming of the time when the international unifi-
cation of the victorious proletariat of several countries would exercise
a decisive influence on world policy. This prevision is becoming an
historical reality.
I would like to give especial emphasis to the fruitfulness of our fraternal
foreign political cooperation. It is witnessed by the indisputable suc-
cesses of the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries in the strug-
gle to strengthen international security. Among these successes, first
place is rightly occupied by the end of the war in Vietnam, the most
, prolon~ed and blooc~ in recent decades. It became possible above a.ll
thanks to the staunchness and courage of the patriotic forces of Vietnam
and to the mass heroism of the Vietnamese ~eopl~. It became possible
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tf~unkn to the firrn ruppdi�t di the 5nvi~t Uninn and ~ther ~o~iali�~t rnun-
tr~ie:~ nr~d nt' a1i di th~ prngre~~ive foree~ of t}ie aorld. ~'hi~ vic~ory
1~~:~ n tru].y t?istnrir. importar~~e, (Applnu~~. )
mtie c~ut~~m~ ~f
th~ ~v~ntn in Vi~tnam ref~~et~d ~hp n~W bnl~n~~ of poW~r
on the unrld arena nnd r~ furtl~er ~e~k~ning of
imp~ri~.li~t p~~ition~. tt -
~learly nhoWed that under contempore~ry conditionn fr~~ddm lovin~ p~~pl~n
are ~upnbl~ of su~c~~s~fully withgtandin~ th~ pr~~~ur~ bnd ~g~r~~nion df
imp~riali~m. mhe int~rv~ntior?igt~ ~ut an ~normou~ milit~ry marhin~ int~
action, undertook th~ masa destru~ti~n df a peaGefu]. population, d~stroyed
tenn nf thdu~and~ oi' thelydrrn goldi~rg, ~nd ~p~nt almo~t 1.50 billion dollara,
but, d~~pite ~.11 theae ~fforts, the 1~rg~st imp~rinligt p~~r W~~ com-
, pelled to withdraw.
W~ ~ee our internfstion~l duty in prdviding r~~olute ~upt~ort i'or the ~ov~rn-
ment of the b~mocratie Republic oi' Vietnam rind the ~rc~vi~ional Revolution-
nry Cnvernment of the ~tepublic of South Vietna~r~ in th~ir en3eavt~r to ~on-
solidate the pesce which haa been achieved, ensurc the fl,tlfil]mer~t af th~
paris u~rPement~, and realizc the national hopeg of the Vietnamea~ p~ople.
(tipplause.)
The p,roWfng support nf the countries c~~ thi~ region for the idea of collec-
tive ~ecurity will promote an improvement of the ~ituation in A~ia.
Of ~,rec~t importe.c~ce is the groWing Soviet-Indian friendsh~p and the dev~-
lopment of economic and cultural relationg betaeen th~ Soviet Union and
Jc~pan und slso other Asian ~states.
PteW possibilitie~ for strengthening security and organizing uid~ interns-
tional competition are opening up in Europe. F'or u~ the probl~m of European
security does not have an abstract charucter. The memory is ulive in oui�
p~oflle of the fascist aggression Which began from the center of ~urope, af
the incomparsble los~ of more than 20 million Soviet lives, c?nd of Lhe
destruction of tens of thousands of our citie~s and villsge3. ihia is xhy
the Soviet Union and its socialist fraternul countries have been so per-
sistent for many ;/earo in struggling for the creation in Europe of ~olid
. ~uarant~e~ oF pe~ce.
Our canstructive policy is encountering increasing tuiderstc~nding from reg-
listically thinl;ing people. It can be stated aith ngtisra~tion that the -
result3 of postuAr developments in Europe have noW been made legal by c~n
official reco~ition of the inviolability of existing borderg. Reletionu
betwePn the Soviet Union and such influencial states as F'ranee and the
, F'RC are exprindin~. An a~reement ha, been concluded on West Berlin. Th~
policy of n diplomatic blockade of the German Democratic Republic hg3
sufferefl complete bankruptcy. A treaty has been signed on the principle3
of relation~ betWeen the GDR and the FRG. Practical preparatory Work
i3 being conducted for an all-European conference Which has the tnsk of
laying the basis for the future peaceful development o� Europe under the
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~idk nF~~jtctni, U~t~: ONLv
a~ndiLidn~ ~f de~urity and the equ~1 ~naperntinn ni' t~].1 nt' ttie ~tute~ dn
t}te r,r~ntitt~nt,
7'hc int~rent~ ~f pnguring pence are ur~ently demandin~ c~ ~olution of' th~
probl~m df di$~n~m~nt, Atid til:thou~tt the p~th t~ it ig not ear>y dne,
nuch impdrt~nt pr~eticc~l uctiong ~s the Soviet-Arnericun up,reement on c~
lirnitn.tinn of ~tra~e~ic w~uponn E~nd the ennvention ~ri th~ pr~hibiti~n and
d~~tructidn uf bc~~tprid~.n~iC~1 w~gpong ~hocr th~t kith ~ renlistiC appr~~ch
n~re~ment in thi~ field is rn~~ib1~~ If c~ur p�~rtn~r~ ~haw r~ali~m and a
re~pect far th~ principle df equ~l security at the n~~otiati~nn whiG}~ ~re
now bein~ conduct~d, ~n~ ecu~ hope that ~'ur~h~r ~tepc Nill b~ taken ~l~n~
the pntt~ of limitinp, th~ ~rm~ race ~
~veryon~ nnw a~kndWledge:~ thut the pol.itical Climate in tt?e world ha:~ un-
der~one an appreci~ble imprevement after th~ Soviet-Amc~ricr~n nc~,oti~.tion~
in Mn~coN in Muy of lust y~nr, mhey W~re, it can be s~ir1, n turnin~ point
in the nnrmcslizt~tion of rel~tinr~s b~tWe~n the Ur.ited 5tate~ nnd the USSEi~
We ~ee rederves fdr improving Soviet-Atnerican relation~~ $ut We ulso gee
tt~nt therC are fbrces which are oppoginp this in the United States. A~
for tihe pb~ition af the Sovict Union, it hn~ heen C]ehrly c~ef'ined. "If
both states--the USSFi ~nd the United St~tes," comrc~de L. t. I3rexhn~v ~uid,
"will really move along the pr~th Which w~s ,~ointly m~pped out during the
Moscow negatigtions, then sre believ~ that new nubst+nntial step~ toaard tfie
development of
Saviet-Americ~sn relation~ and for the benefit of the ~ood
ot' the pedples of both countrie~ and of world pence cc~n become pan~ible
duri7~ th~ caur~e of subsequent contaet~."5 (Applaune.)
'I'hp development nf relntions of pcaceful raexistence meun~ ttn expansinn of
con~tructive cooperation in Lhe economic, ~cientifie ar~d teChr~ical, ru~d
c~~.tur~l. fie]ds. Civen the rapid gro~rth of the econnmic potentiol of Lhe
Soviet ilnion and of the entire sncialist commonwealth, the possibilities
for thi.; are F,ros+ing immec~surubl~r. 'I'here is a FroWing understanding in
the warld of the hopelessne~3 of attempts to pluce barrier~ fn the way of
the development of relations with the socialist countries. Of
course, theae
relntion~ can only be argnnized on the principle~ of mutual gdvant~ge end
equal rir,ht~ and with a romplete re,jection oi' diacriminution and interven-
tion in internal ~ff~irs,
Cort~rades! It has been possible to accomplish a~reat deul recently to
prevent the ~ianFer of r~ thermonuclear war and to en~ure the peaceful coope-
ration of peoples. But many thinns are nl~o compelling us to shoW concern
for maintainina our V~~~1slI1Ce. All of the obstuclea to n politicttl settle-
ment in Indochin~ have not yc~t been removed. The 2sraeli rs~gression ugafnst
the Arub stnte~ With uhich w~ are in snlidarity in their ~juat ~nuse conti-
nue~. We ahttll continue in the future to consi~tently support the national-
liberation r.?ovPr:ent nnd the ~usL stru~p,le of peoples a~;ain~t colonfalir,m
nnd neocolonialism.
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The Commuriint party ~1N~,yn r~member~ Lenin'a W~rnin~s ~bdut imper~aligm'n
~nc~eavor ta do~.ve int~rnati~n~l prabi~mm$ by m~~ng o.f f~rc~ nnd i~ dning
pVei'yth~tig t1~C~ggFit'y t~ ~tr~t~then nnd improv~ the ~~fen~ivp ahi~~.8 0~
go~i~].igm. Th~ke to the ~oncern ~f th~ party and 9ovi~t ~tate en~ of th~
ehti~'e ~edple ar~d th~nka t~ th~ effort~ of th~ Work~rs of
our defena~ in-
du ,Lry, dur ~;loria~~~ Arm~c~ por~~g ar~ nr~x equip~~d With the u~~at m~d~rn
we~ipang ~nd military equipment. 7'he cambat r~~?c~in~gg of thp 5ovi~t Arn~y ~
~nd H~?+ry ig on ~ hi~h level. (F'roleng~d ~ppleus~. ) And this, a~ We h~v~
bprome cdnvinc~d mor~ th~n dn~~, h~s 8 Yeiy BOb@riflg effect on ~1 kind~
of Lc~ver~ o~ mtlit~ry �~dventures.
mh~ ~oviet Arrn~d F'orce~ ~re prdte~ting our p~~Gefu1 c~ d construetive labor.
And f;he ~tt~mpts by imperir~list ar~d peking propaggnfl~ to cr~ate g rt~rth about
~ ~"Sovi~t milit~iry thr~gt" gr~ in v~in~ The peoples of ~1] counLriea know
~nd ae Wau~.d like onc~ ag~in tr~ empha~iz~ thi~: the d~fen~iv~ might af
the USS~i exint~ or~ly f'or trie d~f~ns~ of ~ocialism, freedom, ~ncl the ~~cu-
rit;/ nf
peopl~s and for the d~feng~ of the nob1~ eau~e of c~emo~ra~y and
penc~l (Appl~use.)
Comrz~des! On~ of L~niri'g chi~f b~hests to communigt~ und to the aorkin~
cla~~ a~ his b~hect td gtrengthen the ur~iLy of prolet~?rian ranks. Our
psrty r~gnrds it~elf gs ~ ins~parable part of the international communi~t
arid s?orkers' movement. It ig consistently implementing the testefl Marxint-
Lenini~t principles of proletarian internation~liam and ie actively atrug-
gling for the unification of the ranks of the entire nnti-imperialigt
front and, nbove all, of its enLire rommunist vangugrd.
In recent yet~rs ther~ have been nesr and impdrt~t achievements in th~
gccomp~ishment of this vitsl. t~?sk. After the 195g Mo~rou Conferenc~ relr~-
tiony betWeen the communiat and xorkers' parties beceme even more close,
and their domestic ~nd foreign politicsl activities became mnre fruitful.
This is testified to by the recent ma~or successes'xhich were xon by
cammunists together With other left-uing forces in France and Chile. Thia
i3 also testified to by the development of bilateral ond multiluteral coope-
ration betWeen the fraternal parties.
It cunnot but be not~d that Lhe anti-Leninist, $o~i~r-chauvinistic position
of Peking conttnues to be a serious obstacle in the stru~gle against impe-
riulism. tt i~ strange and monstrous, if one is to use Lenin's words, that
the pres~nt leaders of China Who pretend to some kind of revolutionary spirit
hav~ cast off the principles of proletarian internationalism. It is strange
and monstrous that the international policies of Peking are permeated by
bn anti-Sovietism and a schismatic spirit in relation to the communist and
nationul-liberation movement and that tr.ey actual~y connect up With the
~?etions of the frar?tic enenies of coaanunism.
This unti-Leninist cour~e is causing substantial change to the interests of
the internationul Working cla~~ and of srorld socialism and to Lhe interest3
of the Chine~e people itself. inis is ahy our party end the LeninisL-Communist~
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~f c~11 G~untri~~ are Ktrugglin~ and will continu~ to ~',r~.~~;~1~ n~ain~t th~
_ Mn~i~t enur~~ antl for tih~ unity a~ ~ll of tod~?'~ r~v~lutiion~ry forc~a.
W~ beli~v~ th~t in th~ ~nd th~ ~rtifiai~l b~rrierg ~hich are beit~g ~r~et~~
by th~ p~king lead~r~hip ~~~in~t coop~r~.tion aith th~ USS~ other aa-
~iali~~ atateg wil~. b~ r~moved and thnt th~ Chin~sp people wi].1 oCCUpy a
aarthy pl~~~ i~ the fcunily ~f fr~t~rna~. ~euntri~~ ,and in th~ common re~nkg
af the f1~ht~r~ a~ain~t imp~ri~~i$m. (Appl~us~~)
~~nin s~rr tt~~ guar~nt~e of th~ victory of our r~volution~ry ~~ud~ in th~
unity df w~rld sd~igiigm gnd of th~ int~rnation~l e~mmunist an~ Work~rs'
mov~m~nt ~nd fn th~ir alog~ ~lli~nc~ with th~ ~truggle of ev~rynr~~ whn in
dppr~~~e~. We ~r~ alu~,ys faithfu7. tio this L~ninigt lin~ gnd ai11 n~ver
r~tr~at from itl ~~torn~y ~pp1~u~~.)
Our ~'irm conviction in the fingl vietory of the eau$e oi' peac~ groNa gtronger
gs th~ anti-a�~r movement of the p~opleg unfl of broad democr~tic public
o~inio~ unfolds. W~ ~tand for ~ r~nl gr?fl inCreasin~ly ~ctive ini'lu~nce
by the ~apul~r m~~s~~ an Wor1d pt~litie~~ Thig i~ why Soviet p~ople givp
their suppart t~ th~ id~~ c~f holding ~ Wo~�ld ~~~ce Cdngreg~.
On~ ~atinot but b~ ~1add~ned Wh~n on~ lookg ov~r ~n~ broaci punorcuna oi' the
~ contemporttry historica]. process. Wtth ~11 of its :ontradictorin~ss and
With a11 c~f th~ difficulti~~ in the mov~ment by ;ndividual countries towgrd
~ocig~ progreg~, We cl~nrly see that the World is develo~in~ ~s Lenin had
predicted. The ideas of $oci~liam and rommunism, fre~dom c~nd independence,
~r?d nf the fraternity ~nd friendship of
people$ for ahich Vladimir I1'ich
struggled his entire life, hnve become, after having t~lcen po~�?ession df
the masses, n poW~rfu1 material fc�rce ~+hicf~ ig le~yin~ the rnad into the
bright future of mankind. (5t,:rn~r, prolonged applaus~.)
Comrades! The very truth of history, the vital interests of the vast
ma~ority nf the populaLion of the earth, and an ob,jective need for s
communi3tic transr'ormation of society stand behind the great teachin~s of
Lenin.
To prep:re the trr~nuition to communism With the work of m~ny many yeara--
this is hosr Vladimir I1'ich defined the program~tic goal of our party and
of Lhe constructive labor of the Soviet people. A substantial. pgrt of
the roacl to this goal has nox been covered. $asing ourselues on What hus
been achieved and uon, xe shall continue to strive to Work and live in
a i.~ttinist mar~ner, affirming xith all of our thou~ht~ and uctions and
aith our labor and struggle the irrcaortality of Lenin's cause and of the
cau~e of the Communist Party. (5torrRy, prolonged applause.)
Long live the Leninist Comraunist Party of the Soviet Union--the inspirer
and orgeriizer of all of our victories! (Stormy applause.)
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May th~ hcrnic 5ovi~t peopl~--th~ builder oi' Coirununi~m--pro~per nnd fl.ourlnht
( ~tiortRy nppl.~u~~ . )
Lon~ ~.iv~ Merxism~Leninism--th~ ~t~rn~].ly living, all-conquering int~rna-
tionli~t 8ocbr3n~1 (Stormy, prolonged applause.)
FbOTNO'I'~S
1. V. I. T~nin, "Complet~ Works," Vo1. 4g, p 440.
2~ L~ I. Brezhn~v, "~ollowing L~nin's Course. Speecheg anfl Articleg,"
Vol. 4, MoF^oW, 1974, pp 8g-g0.
3. V. I. Lenin, op~ cit., Vol. 36, p 392.
4, tbid, p 150. -
5. L, i, Brezhnev, op, cit., Vol. 4, p 79~
6. V. I. Lenin, op~ eit., Vol. 44, p 151.
CO~YRIOHT: POLITIZDAT, 1g79.
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n. F'. USmINOV, IZ~RANNYYE ~CHI I STAT'T (D. F'. Uatinov, S~lected Spe~ches
end Articleg), Moscow, Pol3tixdat, tn ~u~sian i97g pp Loi-104
[Speech by D. F, Ustinov at ~ fegt3ve meeting devoted to the ~5th anniver-
~~ry c~f the defeat of
the Germ~n ~'ascigt forces n~ar mul~ and the awarding
of the Order of Lenin to the City. 8 December ~.g66.~
(~xCez~ts) F'uller use has to be msde af the rich revolutionnry, Cnmbnt,
and 1c~bor tradit3ons of Tula people in the work to educate th~ workerg and
the ynutih. We r~not forget about the military threat from imperi~liam.
The Sovi~t peopl~ must alw~ys be ready to repel eny ~gr~ssion. Under
- thes~ conditions th~ eaucatianal development o� ~rd~nt patriots af our
socialist homeland is one of the most important tasks in the ideologic~il.
work of party organizations.
Comradesl -
The realization of our plans and the Soviet Union's for~rard movement Along
the path of communist construction is inseparably connected xith its inter-
national 3ituation. The stronger our foreign political positions, the more
~erenely and confidently will our country move far~rard to the achievement
of the goals mapped out by the 23rd CPSU Congress.
The policies of the Soviet Union are aimed at strengthening the solidarity
of the 3ocialist countries, ~nd at a struggle against imperialism and for
the nxtional and soci~l liberaLion of peoples and for peace andsocialism.
The appeal "Prolete~rians of All Countries, Unite!" is for us a sacred prin-
ciple and the basis of the Soviet Union's solidarity with the socialist
countries, s~ith the working classes of other states, with the communist and
srorkers' parties, and with the national-liberation movement in the entire
world. The CPSU and the Soviet state stand firrtily on the positions of
proletarian internationalism. The Central Committee of our party is
consistently carrying out the general line of the communist raovement which
was expressed in the documents ~f the Moscow Conferences or i957 and 1960.
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Th~ ~ovi~t tJni~n reg~r~g the d~f~ng~ ~f th~ soc3nli~t ~~ins of our frn~ernul
~auntri~g ns a vit~l matite~ for itg~lf. W~ ~re in ~rat~rnal ~o13fl~rity
witih th~ D~mocr~tic ~~public o~ Vipbnam Kh3~h ig opposSng th~ arm~d at,tnr.k
of th~ Uniti~d St~ties. Our ~ountry regard~ it ~e its duty to ~horoughly
prc~mnt~ ~~tr~ngth~nin~ of the po~3tion~ oP the ~epublic of Cuba, the -
Cerm~n Dema~ratie Republic, ar~d th~ Korean i'~ople's Demoeratic Republic
which ~r~ being ~ub,~~c~ed to ronstc~r~ti prp~gur~ by imp2ria].ism.
moday, ~ reau].~ of the aggres~ive policies of
imperiali~m, ~ 3Lrth~r
~~grgv~.tiion of intern~tion~~ ten~iona ig tak3ng place~ Under th~se con-
ditiong, ~ gtrength~nin~ of
tihe unity of the aorld sori~l.is~ commonw~alth
nnd of the entir~ wor~.d communiat and xorkerg' movement b~com~~ especi~lly
impnrtant~ This qu~~tion is constently at th~ cent~r of our p~rty'n att~n-
tion. Our consultatiions, vigitn, and fri~nd~y meetings are ~imed ~t
creating n~rong and stable r~l~tion~ b~~w�en the frgternal socia~igt eoun-
tri~s. 7'he gph~re o~ ~conomic coop~ration between the Sov~~t Union anfl
the soci~.igt st~t~g ig groWing wider. Commodity turnov~r ig in~r~~ing
~nd thp productiion speci~li~ation and coopera~ion of the f'r~ternnl coun-
tries is ~rowing deeper, which ig more fu11y reveelir?g tt?c udvantc~geg _
set in the socialist ~yatem.
Th~ Conference of th~ Political Congultative Comcaittee of the Warsaw Pgct
5tates which took place this summ~r in Bucharest Wag of great importanc~
in strengthening the socialist commonWealth. The conference p~rticipantg
worked out a broad program fbr ~ struggl~ fdr peace and interngtional
security in ~urope and unanimously came out in support of the heroic strug-
gle of the Vietname~e people. The solidarity of the Warsna Pect countries
represents an enormoua contribution by socialism to ~nsurin~ aorld peace.
'Phe Central Committee of our party and the 5oviet government have been
and continue to make considerable efforts to improve relations uith the
Chinese People's Republic. HoWever, all of the steps by the CP3U and the
ather fraternal p~rties Which have been aimed at improving relations With
China and bringing about unity hsve given rise in the leadership of the
Chinese Communist Party only to an intensification of their schisrmtic
activities in the world communist mov~ement, an expansion of their anti- ~
Soviet campaign, and cin intensification of their struggle against the
unity of the socialist countries gnd against the general line of the Wor1d
communist movement. The political course of the Chin~~e leadership and
its actions Which are undermining the unity of the international communist
movement are causing bitter regrets among us. All of this is in no Wey
in accord with Marxfsm-Leninism and With proletarisn internationalism, is
alien to socialism, and is causing damage to our great cause.
Under present conditions the schismatic policies of the leaders of the
Chinese Communist Party are pl~ying into the hands of imperialism and making
the criminal war in Vietnan? easier for it. The Chinese leaders are taking
upon themselves a heavy responsibility before history With their actions.
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_ 'Ph~ ~dvi~t ~~d~1~ beli~v~ in thp pow~r af tih~ ~r~t~t c~mmurrin t mavem~t~t .
We at~~ convin~~d that na one rri11 suc~~ed in und~t~ninin~ th~ unity ~f
~ammuniat~ and th~ ~dlid~rity df p~opl~d~ mhe t~im~ wi11 Com~ wh~n the
' Chine~~ Communist ~arty wi11. again c~ccupy a w~rthy piace in th~ renks dr
the w~r~d ~~mmunigt mdv~m~r~t. Th~ fa~ur~ beSon~n ta ~dmrnunigm whi~t~ in
~~~~t~~.e df overc~ming ~1.1, of th~ difficultieg ~uid db~t~c~lea in it~ Wny!
'~h~ int~rv~ntian by the Uni~~d St~t~~ in Vi~tn~un i~ bei.n~ ~~v~r~~y rdn- '
d~mne~ by all pro~r~~div~ m~nkind. mhe w~r w}tich ~+r~~ unle~~hed by
Wn~hin~tnn ig threat~nin~ ~he p~ac~ not c~nly in SaUth~FlSt Ag~ti~ but al~d
~nr beyond thati region. ~hrough the ex~mple oi' th~ r~pu~ioua Am~i~i~~nn
~r~r in Vi~t~?fun the peopie~ nf th~ entire ear~h r~r~ once ngain beir~g Can-
vinced th~t United St~t~~ imperi~?ligm ig pln?yring th~ role ~f u unrld
genc~arm~ and ~uppre~sar of fr~~dom, end that it no~+ repregentc~ th~ ~hi~f
aoure~ of mili~~ry dung~r.
Attempting to e~ver u~ the uglin~s$ a� thi~ shameful role, th~ Ameri~gn
gggres~or~ from tim~ t~ tim~ m~1c~ h,~p~critic~l ~tatements nbdut their
love o� pea~~ fv?d th~ir ~ndeavor t~ r~aCh ~ p~sCeful ~ettlem~nt di
the
Vietnam quegtion. However, the impression is being created that they
thems~lves ~?re t~fraid thst thege atat~m~nts mc~Y bc tr~lcen reriou~ly und,
fdr this r~ason, they immpdiat~ly rommit nerr bar~dit-like ~ction~ like
those be~tial mass bombing ~ttncks sgain~t the guburb~ of Hanoi unfl oth~r -
nren3 0~ the nemorr~tic Republic of Vi~tn~m Which they ur?d~rtook on 2 t~nd
4 D~cember.
Such actions by the Ameriran imperialigtn nr~ giving ri~e to indfgnation
nnd protests from all Soviet ~eople ~3r?d from ~11 of xorld ~~rogresgive
public opinion.
'I'he Soviet Union thoroughly supports the courageous Vietnamese people in
its stru~gle for freedom and independence. Our country has provided and
will continue to provide the Democr~tic Republic of Vietnam trith politicnl,
economir, and military assistance. 'Phe Soviet people i~ expressing its -
�irm confid~nce in the fingt victory oP the Vietnamese people.
We ~re not for one mimate igno~in~ unother important greu of World politics--
~urope. It cannat be fdrgotten that both u~r1d Wars aro~e in ~urope. Tens
of mi]lions of people aere the victims of these anrs. ~special vi~il~nce
has to be sho~m to th~: situgtion xhi~h is developin~ nasr in Europe. Mili-
tari~tic tendenries rlre intensifying in the policie~ of the revcu~chist
rircles of We~tern (Sarmanyr. Counting on the support of the United States,
the West Cerman revnnchists are again dreaming of altering European boun-
dgries in their fnvor. And the increased activeness of neo-faccist elements
in Western Germnny ahich are calling for a new campaign against the ~nst
cannot but cause anxiety in the peoples.
Hoaever, Europe todqy is completely differAnt than it was 15 or 20 yec?r~
a~;o. The mi p,~ty 3ocirilist crunp has developed and groun stronger. The
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~irgt c~~rma+n worker~' and p~a~anta' gt~te--th~ ~ermr~n Uernn~r~ti~ ~i~publi~--
h~n app~~red. t~u~~ de~'~n~iv~ a~.].i~c~^-the W~r~aw pa~t-'i~ ~ ban~ion of
p~nPe. D~mBnc~in~ th~ ree~gnition of ~xi$ting ~urepe~n bord~rn and ~n
ab~dlut~ prohibition n~sin~t eceesn of th~ ~'Ra to nu~le~r w~~pons, th~
Wnr~aw Paet ~t~t~s are ~'iihnl.y conf3~ient that p~~c~ in ~urop~ can be fl~-
f~nd~d.
~'o1loWing I,~nin'n policy of ~~n~~ful coexi:~tence, the Sovi~t Union ig
~f'~~rmin~ the prineiple~ o~ ~omp~et~ equ~~ right~, mutuglly ~t~v~nt~~~oug
~~ap~ration, ~�eape~t fdr nntion~l gov~r~ign~y, and non-in~~rvention in
the intern a1 ~ff~ir~ af other atateg on the international ~r~ng.
'I'h~ present int~rnn~ian~1 8ituation is markefl by great complexity and
contr~dictdrine~s, howev~r, a~ ran confidently look to the future. No
intrigu~g by imperialigm ar~ capable of changing the m~in tenfter?cy of
World dpv~lopm~nt Which con~igt~ in the f~?ct ~h~t a furth~r strength~ning
of the po~itiong of the ~ovi~t Union and the other rountri~g of th~ eorialigt ~
~ommonwealth is tc?king p1ar~, the upsurg~ in the ttationnl-1ib~ration mov~-
ment is continuing, thr r~nk~ of th~ communist cutd Worker~' parti~g rire
gr~~rin~, nnd th~ ~nnti.-imp~riali3t front of the ~truggle ngaingt ag~rea~ion
c?nd for peace cuid the security of peoples ig b~coming strong~r.
While purauing its p~ace loving foreign policy, th~ Communist pnrty i~
nnt for ~ minute i'org~tting about th~ ~ggresaiv~ essence of imperiulium
and, for this reason, i~ con~tantly strengthening the defensive might of
our eouritty ar~d maintgining the Armed ~orc~~ of the Soviet Union in comb~t
readin~~s. Th~ CC CPSU and th~ Soviet gov~rnment are convinced that the
Workerg of Tula, lik~e thp entire Soviet p~aple, xi11 continu~ ta make a
r+orthy contribution to strengthening the defense capacity of our great
homel~nd.
Fermit me noW to carry out an honnrable commission from the CC CPSU, Pre-
~idum of th~ USSR Supreme Soviet, ar~d the U55R Council of Ministers and
to present the Order of Lenin to the gloriou~ city of Tula.
Dear Comradesl Permit me in conclusion to once more nrdent~y cangratulnte
you and in your person a11 of the workers of the city of Tul~ end of the
obl.~.st on your deserved aWard and Lo srish ynu n~u succegses.
E'ermit me to express n~r confidence thgt the working class and intelligentsin
of the noW order-henring city of Tulg nnd the Workers of the ord~r-benrin~
Tul'skaya Oblast ~ill continue to give ~11 of their strength, knowledge,
and experience to the great csuse of communi3t constructfon.
Long live our great Soviet p~ople, a hero-people, a worker-pcople!
Lon~ live our glorious Communist Party uhich is leading the Soviet people
to communism!
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I~ortj; live the Cr-.ntt~t~1 Committ~e of the C~'~U--the Gen~r~.1 l~radqu~t~tet~s nf
dur ~1dri~us Leni�i~t p~rty!
('Che apcech by Comr~.de U. F'. U~Cinav wn,~ listenecl to with ~;i~cnt at;t~nti~t~
zlnd re~~e~.ted]y 3nterrupted by uppl~u~e. )
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D.~'. USmYNOV, IZ$FtANPtYY~ ~~C~iS I STA'T'I (n, F'. Uatinov: Speeche~ nnd
Arti~leg), hlo~cow, f'olitizd~~, In xu~$ian, i979
(~pec~h by U. F'. Ustinov ~,t ~ m~eting with the voters nf the Kovrovnkiy
eleCtion di~trict in connectinn with the el~ctiong to the Ft5I'S~ Supreme
Soviet. 27 ~ebruary 1967, p~ 113-115J ,
[~xeerpts~ The worker~ of the village decided to achieve n.n increaae in
the yi~lds of xgricultural crops and the productivity of livestock, to
reduce the cost of output by no less than 5 percent, to mgic~ all of the
aovkhozea profitable, and to increase the monetary income of kolkhoz ,
Workers by 10 percent.
Comrndes! There i3 a grent denl nf politirttl and labor enthuaiasm in
the rountry now. The ~ocialist competition for ~ Wor.thy celebration
of the anniversary af Great October r~nd to ~,lgdden our remsrk~ble home-
lnnd aith neW Iabor successes is gro�.ring wider with each pnssing day~
Permit me to express rrGr confidence that the workers of the city of Kovrova
and of the rayon will be in the first ronks of the com~etitors and Will
emcr~e as victors in tlie competition in honor of the 50th anniveraary
of bctober and s~ill win the memorial Red Bonners of the CC CPSU, Presidium
of the USSR Supreme Soviet, USSR Council of tdini~ters, and the All-Union
Central Council of mrude Unions.
Nou, comrades, permit me to consider certain questions of the internatianAl
situation.
In it~ foreign policy Work our party is being guided by the course wt~ich
wus formulated by the 23rd CPSU Congre~s.
The December (1966) plenum of the CC CPSU who~e decision has been publistied
devoted a great deal of attention to the problens ef foreign policy ~nd
of strengthening the unity of the international couununist movement.
The international situation at the pre3rnt moMent is very difficult. It
is being exucerbated by the Araericun ag~ressiot~ in Vietnam, by the fact
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~hat tnt~tty ~urop~an prob~~md rem~in unrolved, an~ by th~ ~ci;:tvir,~t;inn nf
neo-na~zi ~.nd r~vt~nchig~ farces in tlie I~'IiQ. 7'he nchinmatic po~ic~.~s of
the pr~~ent lec~flership of the Communi~~ p~r~y of China ~re prnv~.din~ gup-
_ por~ f~r ~h~ a~~r~seive int~ntions of th~ Am~rican imp~r3n,~.i~t.
'rhi~ f~ll~cinua poli~ien n� th~ Mad mge-t-.ung ~rnup h~.ve ].ed th~ ~~untry
3nto a b~.ind-~lley~ 5eeing no w~y outi, th~ Chitt~s~ leuder.ship i~ casting
abnut frnm on~ ~dventure to anottier. One of th~~e ~dv~ntur~s is 3.t~
nnti-Sovie~ism. Todny Mr~~ m~e-tun~ and h3s entnur~~~ ~r~ provid3ng ~.n-
v~il.unbl~ nervices for the imperi~ligta wi~h th~ir p~lici~g. mhes~ po13-
ci~s ar~ w~~kening the front of th~ nnti-imp~ria~ist ~'nrces ~nd ~.re com-
plicnt;in~ th~ ~ntire pol3tical $itu~tion in A~ia. A11 of this i~ strik3ng
n bldw in the back, fir~~ of a11, of the heroic Vie~na,mege people in 3ts
struggle ngainst the American nggressors. 5~:~,he face of
the provocat3ona
which are being org~nized by the Chinege 1.eudera Soviet people ~re show3ng
comp~ete .elf-pdgsesnion end $ high degree af politicu.l. m~turity. Stund3ng
f3rmly dn ~he positiong of prol~~~rian internationttlism, our peopl.e sees
th~ pregent event~ in China with bitternesg and pain und ~incere]y gympa- _
thiz~~ with the Chineg~ p~op].e and the Communist party of that country
which is now experienc3ng such a tr~edy.
The development of events in Chinu has once again canfirmed the cort~ectne~s
of the line of the CC CPSU and the 5oviet government und of the decision~
o� the December (1966) Plenum of the CC. 7'hese decisions have been unani- -
mously upproved by o11 of the communists and a11 of the crorkers of our coun-
try.
While unmaskin~ the adventuristic course of the hfao 'I'~e-tung group, we
stand for an improvement of relations between the Soviet Union and the
Chinese P~op1e's Republic and for ~n impruvement of relations between
our parties. This kfnd of policy fully ~ccords with the fundamental
interests of the Chinese people and of the Chinese Communist Party.
The CC CPSU rznd the Soviet government have repeatedly expressed our posi-
tion on the question of the American aggression in Vietnam. We have
helped, are helping, c~nd aill continue to help our Vietnamese friends;
we ai11 not leave a fraternttl socialist state in trouble and will continue
to provide Vietncun With diverse assistance in its heroic struggle.
The Central Committee of our party is devoting a great deal of attention
- to ensurin~ ~uropean security.
The Soviet Union is waging its stru~gle for security in ~urope in close
contact with a11 of the European sociulist countries. The Bucharest
Declaration which is exercising a great positive influence on a relaxation
of tensions in Europe is the program of their 3oint actions.
We nre finding support from the broad populur masses in this struggle,
ba~ing ~urselves on the active assitance of the progressive forces of
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Europ~ and, first of a1~, nf the communist and workers' parti~e of our
continent, and o.re ~eek3ng an 3mprovement of the ~urope~n political
~itua~ion.
Our~ effbr~s ar~ ~imed ~t no~ allowing the West C}~rman revanchiats and mi-
~itarietg to gain s~;rength ~nd, above a11, at no~ al~owing them to get
their hands on nuclear weapons; and, on thin basis, at strengthening the
security of our western borders and the borders of the socialiat states
which ar~ friendly to us and creating the cond3tiona for wide and mu~ue~lly
advantageous cooperation in ~urope among countriea with different social
systems.
The proposal to ca11 an all-European con�erence to examine the questions
of security a,nd cooperation in Europe which was advanced by the socialist
states is gradually winn3ng universal reco~it3.on. We can be confident
th~t the active international policy of the Soviet Union which was defined
by the 23rd CPSU Congress and 3s aimed at strengthening the peace and
security of the peoples, at rebuffing the aggre~sive actions of imperial-
ism, and at providing assistr~nce to the national-liberation movement of
oppressed peoples will provide our country with the neceasary conditions
for peaceful. construction.
Comrade~! Now, during days when we are preparing to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of Great October, the Soviet people can see especially clearly
what broad horizons for the development of our homeland have been opened
up by socialism and what a field of activity is open before them for the
construction of a new society.
In indestructible alliance and in monolithic unity with the non-party
workers of the country of Soviets our Leninist Paxty is going into the
elections to the Supreme Soviets of the union and autonomous republics
and to the local Soviets of w'orkers' Deputies.
Giving their votes to the candidates of the life-tested block of communists
and non-party people, the Soviet people will vote for the implementation
of' the decisions of the 23rd CPSJ Congress, for the fulfillment and over-
fulfillment of the new five-year plan, for strengthening the might and
defense capacity of our homeland and for strengthening peace in the entire
world, and for an inseparable connection between the party and the people.
The Communist Party is responding to the trust and great love of our peo-
ple with an unshakable determination to ensure the construction of a
communist society. No power in the world will be able to prevent us from _
achieving this great task.
In concluding ~r speech, I want to wish you, dear comrades, great succgss
in your work and happiness in your personal lives.
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Once a~a,~.n I express n~y sincere grati~ud~ to a11 of ~he vo~ern for th~
gre~~ ~rus~ wh3ch ~hey h~ve shown ~,n me and Z a~sure them ~ha~ S nhc~.1
~iv~ ~11 of m,y s~ren~h ~o nerving our Soviet people, our party, ~nd ~h~
gre~t cauge of ~he cons~ruc~3on of a commun~.st soc3e~y,
(Comrade ll. F'. Ust3nov's sp~ech was 1.igt~n~d to wi~h grea.t attention and
w~s repeatedl.y in~errupted wi~h applause.)
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b~ F'. USmSNOV, I~BFtANNYY~ Et~CH2 I STA~' I( b. ~ U~tinow. Sp~eeh~s ~nfl
Artieleg), Mogcow, politizdat, In Russian, ~.979
(Sppech by D. F'. Uatinov at a solemn me~ting devoted to the preeent~tion
oi' the Order of Lenin to Perm3k~ya Oblast. 26 May ~967, pp 12~-131~
(~xcerptis~ One muat also mention one more importent tagk of party-politic~l
work ~~mong the masse~ which is directly connected aith todey'g fentive
holiday. We have rich revolutionary and labor traditiong, P1d fuller uge
ha4 to be made of them in the education of the aorkera and the youth.
We hav~ to constantly remember about the military threat from imperinlism.
The 5oviet people has to be constanLly ready to repel nny a68resgion. In
this connection, ths morel ruid political training of Soviet peonle end the
cultivation of ardent patriots of our socielist homeland an d convinced
fip,hters for communism is one of the most importunt tasks in Lhe fdeological
work of party organizations.
Comrades! Permit me to briefly consider some of the problems of the current
international situation and of our foreign policy.
As was noted by the 23rd CPSU Congress, the policies of the Soviet Union
on the rroxld arena have a~ their goal to ensure, along with the other
socinlist countries, favorable international conditions for the construe-
tion of socialism and cocamunism; to st.rengthen the unity an d solidarity
of the socialist countries and their friendship and fraternity; to support
the national-liberation movements and to carry out comprehensive cooperation -
with the young developing states; and to consistently defend the principle
of the peaceful coexistence of states Kith different social systems, to
give a deci?:ive rebuff to the aggressive forces of imperialism, and to save
humanity from a new world War. The Central Coaaaittee of our parLy is con-
_ sistently putting this policy fnto practice.
The Plenum of the CC CPSU which was held in December ~966 made a profound
analysis of the situation Which has developed in the World and mapped out
measures aimed at the realization of the forei~ political line of the
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~dviet dt~te NhiGh Wc~d Warked dut by the 2~rd CpSU ~on~r~~~ ~ mtte pl~nwn
n~rain rnni'irm~cl our firm r~~~lutian to put a dtap to thc a~~;r~~dive r~npi-
rat;ion~ ~t' ~h~ imperiali~ts ~nfl to con~tan~ly stru~~le fdr th~ golidarity
oi' th~ Warld eammun3at mdv~m~nt ~nd ~h~ unity at' n1~ revalution~ry forc~c~,
~'h~ r~robl~m d~ ~urdpean ~~rurity dc~upi~~ ~ 1nrg~ place ir~ Curr~nt inter-
n~ti~nr~1 i~elati~ns. mo ~ngur~ the s~curity nf th~ ~urdp~an ennttn~nt ir~
dn~ di
th~ d~ri~ive ~dnditionn for gtren~thenin~ p~a~e in th~ ~ntire wdrld.
It ~nnndt be �argdtten thnt bdth adrld warn b~gnn in ~urop~. The m~moryr
of thc many million$ ~f people Nhd aer~ the victimn ~f th~n~ agrn d~m~nd~
~ t~ hiph lev~1 t+i' vigil~n~e uith r~~ard td the d~v~lopment ~i' ~ventg in
~urop~. It i~ ne~~~~ary tc~ gp~~}c nbout thi~, firgt oi' a~l, in rdnne~tion
ait~t th~ atr~tt~~henin~ bf the mi.lit~riutic tendencies in the pa].iGi~~ oi' th~
rulinr; cil~cle~; of' '+~e~t c3crm~u~ whict? h~,ve made r~vunchi~t demc~ndr~ r~n8 im-
pr~rtunnte dem~nds fnr nuclee.r we~p~n~ s pivot of their stat;e policy. I~n~inr;
thr_m~elve~ on the ~u~j~art nf the Uriitec~ St~.te~, thc Wc~~t ~crman revanchi~sts
~rn dr~eumin~ c~bout re~r~;nnizin~ ~urope~n boundari~g.
In thi~ gituution, the Conferenc~ nf Eurdpean Communist and Work~r~' partieg
on the prdbl~ms oi' security in ~urope ahich uas recently held in Karlovy
Vr~ry ts of exceptional importnnce.
'~he conferene~ uorked out a compl~te program for ensuring pencc ~?nd security
on the European continent. It raised the qu~stion of the establi~hment
of nex relations gmon~, th~ ~urope~n states based on g~eneral relaxa,tinn
of ten~iona and on mutual trust. And thia demands a reco~ition oi' the
unshukablencgs af the postWar borderg of the ~uropean countries, af' the
fact of' the existence of twn Germ~sn state~ with different sdciul sy~tem~,
~.nd the exclusion of the possibility of access by the FRG to nuclear wea-
pons in uny form. The ~uropean workers' movement and ull peace-lovfng
democrutic forces are faced With the task of seeking to uchieve cooperation
by ull nf the state~ of ~urope, the conclusion of a treaty renouncing the
use of force or the tlireut of the use of it arid intervention in the interne~l
arrnirg of other countrie~, the normalization of relations betWeen all
3tAt~~ nnd the GDR, the elimination of artificially creuted barriers in
the econamiC relatiari~ betWeen the soCialist und cnpitalist courYtrien of
Europe, and the solution of rs number of other important problems.
The Kurlovy Vary conference supported a proposal to call a conference of
ull of the Europeun states on the problem of security and peaceful coopera-
tion in ~urope. This proposal is finding an increasing],y broa~ response.
The participants in the conference at Karlov~,~ Vary devoted a great deal of
rsttention to thc unification of their forces in supporting the struggle of
the Vietnamese people. They called for an even Wider development of the
stru~gle to }~alt the criminal /lmericnn intervention in Vietnam.
The conference condemned the military coup in Greece r+hfrh Kas inspired by
nr?d is bein~ ~upported by the imperialist circles of the United States.
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Fe~1in~ th~mn~~.v~g l~~ing ~h~ ground under th~ir f~~t, th~ r~action~ry
elem~nts tn th~t country undertook ati ~xtreme m~~?~ure--the er~t~bli~hmet~t
of ~n op~n milit~ry dietotor~hip~ The mi13t~?ry ~unt~ i~ cgrryin~ out
r~~ri~a~.~ ~~in~t it~ politieal ~n~mi~g end thou~and~ of democrQtia h~v~
b~~h throrm in~o ail~ .
~'h~ m~~tin~ in K~rlovy V~ryr deve~op~d into a mighty flemon~tr~?tion of the
groWing influ~nee ~f the eommunist~ c~f' ~urop~ a~fl into a~treagth~ning of
th~ir unitiy ~.nd solidarity. It eonvincing~y d~mnn~trat~d that the commu-
nigts ~re the mogt con~istent fighter~s for gtr~ngth~ning of ~uropegn
ancl international ~e~urity.
'~hp outcome n~ the Gdtlfer~rice aa~ welcomed Wibh great s~tigfaction by ~11
~+h~ ar~ re~l~jr for p~�~~~ ~nd gecurity in ~urope ~nd in the ~ntir~ Wor1fl.
~ur p~rty end th~ entire Soviet peopl~ ~r8ently approve of gnd gupport
tihe higtoric docwnentg of thig conferen~e.
7'hc s3tu~tion in 5outhea~t A~ia Where th~ American imperialistg are perpe-
tr~ting a blooc$r robbery aggin~t the Vietn~se pe~ple cc+ntinues to ~ttr~et
esp~cigl sttention. 4'he criminal x~r by the United St~tes in Vi~tnam
serves e;still ~urther testimor~Y to the fact that American imp~rigliem ig
plc~yin~ the role of a uorld gendarme and a suppressor of the freedom end
independence of peoples. But the Americ~rn aggressors wi11 not breek the
aill o� the courageous Vietnamese people. Itg caune is a 3u3t one. On
the side of struggling Vietnam is the poWerful support of the gociali~t -
countries, of the broadest popular m~seg and of all of those who cheri~h
freedom, pe~ce, and the h~ppiness of people.
The goals of the struggle of the fraternal Vietnamese people are close and
understRndable to Soviet people. For this reason our country has r~nd Will
continue to rrovide complete ~ssistance to the heroic people of Vietnam
in its 3 ugt struggle.
Thc ~vents in VietnEUn are e~ain and again ur~ently posin~ the question of
the importence in the present situ~tion of r~trengthening the eolidarity
of a11 of the socialist countries and creating a sinP,le front af progressive
forces to repel the American aggression.
There is no need to doubt that in the face of a united front of all of
the socialfst countries, including China, the aggressor would behave more
cautiously and the task of halting the American aggression would be greatly
f
acilitated.
E[oWever, all of the proposals of t'~e CPSU and the other fraternal parties
aimed at improving relations uith the Communist Party of China and at en-
suring unity of action are being re3ected by the Chinese leadership. Mao
Ts~-t,ung and his group are stubbornly continuing their subversive schismatic
activities on the international arena and are expanding tneir anti-Soviet
campaign. It ia becot;ting increasingly obvious thet the political course of
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~n~ d~~fCIAL U5~ dNLY
the M~.a 7'ge=tun~ ~rdup ~nd it~ prn~ti~r~~ nctionn h~ve n~thin~ fn cornmon
uith M~rxi~m-t~ninism and Nith proi~tbri~n intern~tion~linm, ~re di~cr~dit-
in~ ~ari~~i~m, and ~re doi~~ ~aamma~e ta our ~r~~t ~~uN~. mt~~ dehi~m~tie
nCttari~ oi' the 1e~ider$ af th~ Chi~te~~ Gemmunint f~~.~ty ~~e ~~tetttly pla,y-
3n~ into tih~ h~dg imperi~ii~m ~nd m~king it ~asier ~or iti t~ ~~ndu~t
it~ ~rimingl w~~ in Vi~tn~m. Wfth ~h~ir ~~tiann Mad T~e-tung ~nd hig
p,rdup nre t~king up~n th~m~~lv~s b h~~vy r~spensibiiity bei'nr~ hi~tory
and bef~re a].1 af the fighter~ ~~aingt imp~ria].i~m.
'~'he pre~ent internution~l ~ftU~~ion is m�~rked by grer~t compl~xity. Never-
thel~~s, ~dvi~t p~op1~ e~nfident~y l~ek t~ the future. No intri~u~~
by imp~rialism ttr~ cc~pabl~ of ~h~n~ing th~ m~?in tendenGy c~� Wdr~d dev~lop-
m~nt whi~h co~~i~t~tn th~ f~~t that a furth~r ~tr~ngeh~nin~ of th~ poni-
tidng d~' the S~viet iJnion an~ the oth~r gtate~ ~f th~ sc~~ia.l.iat commdnr+~alth
i~ talting pln~e, th~ influence ~f e~mmuni~t ~rtd adrkers' p~rtie~ i~ grorsing,
the upsurg~ di thp n~tion~l-1ib~r~tior? mov~ment in th~ Asian, African, end
L~tin Am~rir~n countries i~ eontinuing, gnc~ the ~nti-imperi$1i~t front of
th~ ~trug~le ugaingt a~gression ~nd for peaC~ ~nd security i~ groWing
gtron~er.
Con~i~t~ntly flefending the interests of goci~lir,m, thc Commtinint Pnrty of
Lhe Soviet Union is doing everything nere~~ary to ensure pen~eiUl condi-
tidns for ~he d~velopment n� our homeland ttnd for the eonstructiv~ ~.abor
a� th~ Soviet p~ople--the build~r of communism. We sha~ll cnntinue tn
steadfnstl;f follow a Leainist foreign policy course srhiCh r~rCOrdu With the
vital interegts of nll peopl~s. While pursuing a peace-loving far~ign
policy, the Communist Party is con~tnntly ghoWing COhCE2'fl for gtr~n~thening
thc defengive might of our country, for orgnnizing the production of' th~
latest military equipment and supp~}Iing it to our armar and navy, and for
mainta~ning the Armed F'orces of the Soviet Union in constant combat readi-
ne~s.
Coriradesl Tt?c Soviet people i3 advancing toWard the 50th anniversary of
Soviet po�aer With optimism and rx profound belief in the f'uture. We are
convinced thn~ this y~ur Will do good servicp for the cauae of the progres-
aive development of mankind: it aill bring the triumph of communism closer
in our c~untry, rsnd will be marked by n further groxth of the forces of
socialism on the World arena and by the unification of communist rnnks and
of all of the revolutionary forces of the present dey in the strug~le aguinst
the imperiulist aggressors and for peace, national independence, and demo-
crncy in socia~lism.
It ~;ives me great glaciness Lo carry out an honarable cottunission froc? the
CC CPSU, Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, snd USSR Council of Ministers
--to present you uith the Order of Lenin.
Deur comrades! The awarri to Permskqya Oblast is a reco~nftion by the pnrty
ar?d by our entire country of the enormous services of the uorking class,
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l~aiktio~ p~~~~ntry, ~i~ ia~~l~ig~n~$ig of
th~ ob1~t to th~ cause af
~tr~n~thenin~ the ecc~n~mic might of the w~r~.d'g fir,~t gvciali~t ~tete.
H~n~~forth, th~ Ord~r of L~nin ui~i for~v~r ~hin~ on th~ b~nn~r of your
oblaut as u~ymbc~l d~ yaur l~bor f~ats, ~lorioug reirolution~ry traditiion~,
.~nd ~f th~ ntrt.~~l~ af th~ work~r~ ~nd a11 ~f th~ toilprs of Lhe obla~t
for th~ entab~ighm~nt of Snvi~t poW~r and the con~truction af socialicm
and cocnmwtinm in our country.
~'~rmit m~ dn~~ ag~in t~ ~rd~ntly congratul~te you ~nd in your person a].1. ~
of th~ work~r~ o~' P~rrm~kayg Oblast on th~ir deserv~d rerrard ~nd to wish
yoti n~a ~uce~~r~~~ in th~ furth~r dev~lopment of your induatry, ~riculture,
scien~e, ~nA cultur~.
permit me to express ~r confidence that ttr aorking c1~sa, kalkhoz peaggntry,
gnd int~iligentgiu of order-bearing Permsk~ya Oblast, under the leadership
of the ob~~gt party orgar~ization, aill mark the great holidqy of the Soviet
people--the 50th anr~iverg~ry of October....
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ANALYSIS, 3~ARCH, AND CREA~IVITY
. D.~'. USmINOV, IZgRANNYY~ R~CHI I STAT'I (S~1~et~d Spe~~h~~ ~nfl ArtieJ.~~),
Ma~coW, Polit3~flat, In Ru~gi~n, 1g79
[Spe~ch by M~rsh~.1. of the Soviet Union D. Ugtinov ~t th~ 17~h Chd].ya-
bingkc~yn Oblast Party Confer~nce. 21 ~'~bru~?ry 1968, pp 143-146j
(~x~erpti~) A h3gh 1ev~1 of
labor di~cipline ~d orgt~ix~tion ig one of
the indfspengable conditions for an increa.ge in production efficfency.
V. I. Lenin repeatedly stated that the con~tructfon of th~ neW life is
impogaible without conscious iron discipline, orgnnix~tion, and order.
A solid social foundation hag been created in our country for a conscious
attitude tor+ard labor. Millions of Soviet people are xorking honestly
and selfless~y. Howev~r, ae still frequently encounter casea of g lack
of discipline, extravagance, and slovenline~s st production. The necessary
struggle against disorderliness and self-seeking is sti11 not being Waged
at certain enterprises and construction sites and at certain kolkhozes and
sovkhozes. There is a tolerant attitude toWard violatora of labor disci-
pline and of production and technological operational modes. Truancy and
lateness is still widespread.
, In cnnducting ideological Work among the aorkers and, especially, emong
th~ youth, party committees must not limit themselves solely to gn ex~l.~-
nation of their rights. Soviet people have to be persiatently educated
in a s~:rit of a profound understanding of their social duty and of a high
level of exsetingness tos~ard the fulfilLnent by every individual of the
obligations ~+hich are placed upon him by society.
At the same time, a resolute stop must be put to in~tances of a scornful
attitude by some leaders to the members of their collectives and of a lack
of respect for the honor and di~nity of Soviet man xhich are impermissible
in Soviet reality. Unfortunately, party organizations do not a1We,ys pose
these questions sharply and do not alaqys create an atmosphere of intole-
rance toWard such phenomena.
In the performance of all of our political-educational vork consideration
has to be given to the groxing intensity oF the ideological struggle of
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~on d~~~ciai, us~ ox~.Y
th~ ta~ gy~t~m~. Bourg~oig prop~$~nd~ ~mployin~ ~v~r mor~ ~ubtl~ an~
gnphi~ti~~ted m~thod~ m~1c~~ u~e of any ~3~~iculty we have gnd of
any
~rror we m~lc~ in ord~r to ~as~ doubt~ ir~ tha COfl~C~0U8fleg9 of 5ov3~t p~o- -
p1~, to r~viv~ privat~ prdp~rty, nc~tionali~t3c, and religiAU~ ~urvival~,
to oppog~ th~ ynun~~r ~~n~ration to ~h~ Ald~r on~ and th~ intel].igent~it~
~ to th~ p~rty, bnd to d~fam~ the idea7.~ of communism~ W~ mu~t not forget
fbr on~ minut~ th~t W~ ar~ d~aling wi~h ar~ exp~ri~nce~ and tre~ch~rou~
~nert~y r+ho knoW~ hoW to ~dapt hima~lf to ur?y n~W situ~tion in th~ Wor1d.
Th~refor~, comr~d~$, 3t is v~ry import~nt to k~~p the ini~i~~iv~ in one'g
owr? h~ndg in thi~ ~truggl~ and ~o conduat co~rtnunis~ prop~~~nda akillful.ly
~nd ~gr~~~ive~:y.
Yet, w~ da not ~1W~y?g ~ttnrk, gr?d w~ do not ~.1.W~yg resolutely unm~gk th~
re~etion~ry ~ss~ace oi' imperiali~m ar~d its ideolo~r.
All of un have to think about hoW to activate the ~truggle agn3nst bour-
geois propagand~. This work has to hgve a more concrete and purpose~l
char~cter. The basic strategic line of our struggle ag~inst bourEeois
id~ology is propaganda for the Soviet aay of life ar?d for th~ ndvantagea
of socialism over capitalism and the unmasking of the anti-popul~r esg~nce
of bour~eois ideology, morslity,and culture.
The stru~gle against bourgeoia ideology is one of th~ most important forms
of the class struggle, of a struggle for th~ establighment of the ideolo-
gy of Marxism-Leninism in the minds of peoplp. 'Phere ig not and cannot be
any kind of peaceful coexiatence betKeen the two ideologies--communist and
bourgeois.
In the pregent internationsl situation ahen the threat of War has not been
removefl from the agenda and imperialism is intensifying tensions, the mili-
tary-patriotic education of Soviet people nr~d, first of e11, of the youth
is an important ideological task of the party.
Th~ :3oviet people and all progressive mankind is at the present time makin~
preparations for some important dates--the 150th artniver~ary of the birth
of Kurl Marx and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir I1'ich
Lenin. These names are infinite~}r precioua to all af the peoples of the
earth; they have become the banner of the revolutionary reorganization o!'
society and a syrn.bol of the neW aorld.
Both of these anniversaries uill be ceYebrated as holidays of the workers
of our entire planet. The preparations for them have to be carried out _
under the token of a further strengthening of all ideological Work.
Comrades! The Central Committee of the CPSU and the Soviet government
are constant~y keeping international problems in their field of vision.
There is every reason to say that the f'oreign policy line s~hich our party
Worked out nt the 23rd Con~ress end at the December (~966) and June (1967)
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~ot~ a~~tctn~ us~ ortLY
~~.~r~um~ df ~he GC CpStJ h~g ~~mplet~l.y ,jugtifi�d it~clf:
An i~ kn~wn, ;l~st ye~r imperi~li~m und~rtdok t~ nt~mber v~ r~rriau~ ~dunt~r-
n~ta~kg ~~;ainst th~ fare~~ of ~oci~li$m ~n~ oi' the nntinnnl-libhrr?t~,i~n
mdv~n~~nt, Continudu~ly int~nnif'ying th~ ~g~ala~ion d~ th~tr criminul -
~;~*r~~gion in Vi~tn~m, Am~ri~~ milit~ry circl~~ ~ttempt~d ta d~liv~r
t~ d~einiv~ d~f'~~t to the Nationai Liberntion ~'ront and td br~~1c the �i~ht3ng
~piri~ ~f th~ p~dpl~ ~f th~ nemc~cr~tic R~pu~lic of
Vietn~n with b~rbari~
- bombing attneks.
~ut th~ a~r~~~~r~ ~gain mi~~u~.cul~t~c~. An ~t~n~r of m~r~ thctn oc~~ million
m~n d~'the Unieed St~t~s ~nd ~f th~ South Vi~tn~raes~ ~uppet r~~ime Wa$
ur~abl~ t;o ~~hi~ve th~ir gon1~, Tt~e h~1p of th~ ~oCinlist cnuntri~~ m~d~
" it pdn~ibl~ for the Vi~~n~m~~~ p~trintg tn r~p~l the ~n~rqy nttt~eks~ 'I'h~
lat~gt ~v~nts shoW th~t the Vi~tn~m~ge peopl~ gre retttining th~ initi~tive
in th~ ~trug~le ttg~in~t th~ interv~ntionigt~.
~'h~ llmerican a~gre~~ion in Vi~tn~m h~~ been for millions ot' people in the
rapitn].ist rountries, ineluding in the United Stxtes it~elf, ~ n~K pr~of
bf th~ fttct that American imperi~l.ism h~s t~1t~n upon itselt' the role nf
a aorld g~ndarme. Hotrever, th~ robber actiong of the United Stutes on
Vietnamese lands snd itg provorations in Laos and Cambodi~ t~nd on the ~hor~s
of th~ Knre~ people's Demncratia Republic are coming up gg~innt groWing
resistanr~ from the peace lovin~ force$. They have ~iven rise to a pro- _
found mnral r~nd political isolation for the United States und it~ prespnt
lettdership. A Wnve of ttnti-Americ~ fe~~ings and of demands ttiat th~
Vietnames~ people be given the pos~ibility of deciding itc own fute is
spregdin~ in a].1 of the areas of the World. ~
We, for our part, have been doing and Wfll do everything to feil the plans
of the Americ~n aggressors and to restore peace in Scuthenst Asin.
The line of the CC of our party ha3 ~lso compl~te~y ~justified it~elf in
the Arab ~~st. The economic, political, and diplom~tic aid of the Soviet
Union cu~d the other socialist states which has been provided to Arab
countries with progressive regimes has localized und Weakened the danger
from outside Wtii.ch threatened them. It hrss foiled the military and economic
plans of Tel Aviv and of the imperialist stotes ahich stand behind it to
destroy these regimes and to strike a s~vere blow against the national-
liberation movement in the entire Near East.
The Central Committ~e of th~ CPSU and the Soviet government are devoting
a great deal of attention to the problem of European security. The emer-
gence on the West German political arena of a national-democratic party
Which is ~ direct successor of Plaziism, the accelerated creation in the
FRG of it~ o~+n military industry, and the fascist military coup in Greece--
all of this testifies to the fact that the dcinger of neo-Naziism and
of revsnchism is growin~ in Western Europe.
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~c~x o~~ictn~, us~ ortt~Y
M~e-N~~ii~m b~~ome ~~~ri~u~ o~dt~e~~ to th~ r~[~li~~ti~n Af ~h~ con- ;
~tructiv~ pro~ram for ~ecurity and pea~e itt ~urope rrhi~h rr~~ ~rark~d ~ub in
K~?r~.~vy Y~ry by th~ ~urop~an ~~mmunis~ and Work~r~' p~rti~~ ~n~ uhich a~-
eardd With th~ int~r~~t~ of ~.1. pe~e~-loving p~op].~~~
Har~r~v~r, the aetivi~~tion imp~:~inli~m by no m~~ng ~i~r~ifi~s th~?t it i~
' su~e~eding in char~ging th~ b~lane~ o~ p~rr~r in itg ~im favar. 4n ~h~
~~ntrgty, th~ ~xscerb~tion af int~r-imperi~li~t eontr~dictiong end af p~-
lit3~~ dig~r~em~nt$ ig gr~~tly und~rmining itg commAn pogition~.
'~he ~~ntr~. C~mmitt~e ~f t}i~ CP~U i~ r~~li~tic~l.y ~v~u~ting th~ d~ng~r
td p~~r~ Whieh ig ~dntgined in imp~ri~li~m'g milit~ry g~v~ntur~~. In ~
~itustion in rrhirh intern~tian~i ten~ion~ ~r~ b~ing ~x~cerb~t~d, ~11 of
the ne~~~~~ry m~~sureg ~re b~ing taken to ~trength~n th~ d~f~n~~ c~pacity
o� our gtat~. 'i'he 5ovi~t Armefl Force~ Which aill c~el~brute their y0th
c~r?nivers~ry in ~ d~ys are ~ eon~~an~ sub~ect of especi~l concern and ut-
tention ~'rom th~ CC ~nd th~ Politburo of th~ CC CP3U.
The Soviet people loves it~ nrn~r ~nd it h~s gupplied it r+ith the best
We~pons. With theg~ W~~pon~ gny ~g~r~sgor uho thinkn of e?ttackin~ our
homelanc~ or iLs allies cen b~ destroyed. Permit me from this rostrum to
$rdently congratul~te Soviet goldiera on their great holi8ay.
Comrndes! Proceeding from b scientific gr?a].ysis of the intern~tivna~].
situation and basing itself on Lenin's thesis conrerning the nece~gity
for unity in th~ ranks nf th~ Wdr1d communist movement, our party is
currying out a consistent line aimed at preparing for a neW international
Conference of Communist attd Workers' Parties.
~he question of calling a conference has alreac~y been put on a practical
basis. A consultstive meeting Which in the next feW days Will begin in -
Budepe$t will be an impart~nt step toa~rd it. Mogt of the parties wi11
send their 8elegations to it. Tt is believed that around 70 of the
88 cocmnunist parties in the world will gather in Budspe~t.
We believe that the consultative meeting will meke a positive contribution
to unifying the communista of the entire world and to the further devAlop-
_ ment and deepening of the World revolutionary process.
Thus, comrudes, despite a certain activization of the forces of imperialism
and reaction, the initiative on the international arena is being held
firmly in the hands of those forces which are determining the future of
mankind. We can say todey with confidence that the far-sighted and flexi-
ble foreign policy of our party is creating entire~jr favorable interna-
tional conditions for progress by the Soviet cotintry along the path to
communism!
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~amr~c~~enl Th~ ~3rd ~~~U ~anp,r~~~ ap~ncd up unpre~~d~nt~~ ~ra~p~~t~ ~ar
thc+ ~~ngtructive ~r~rk t~f aur p~op1~ ~rhich is b~in~ 1~~ by th~ p~rty. ~ur
part~ earr~nitt~~~ ~n~ ~i' aur commut~i~te are fu~.~. oi' ~nergyr and det~r-
minati~n to giv~ �~1 a~ th~ir ~tr~ng~h to th~ sa~r~d cau$~ of th~ Working
~i~~�~, th~ ~~u~e a~ th~ p~rty, ~nd th~ ~au~~ a~' eomnuni~m.
Th~ p�~rty ~onf~r~n~~$ rrhi~h ~re no~r t~king pl~ce nre dPmon~tr~tin~; ~h~
~1~~~ unii'i~~tion ~f th~ r~nk~ ~f the ~~3U ar~c~ th~ in~rettg~~ r~~pongibility
of milli~hg ~f' eomtnunint~ far th~ aceornplinhmpnt nf the ~re~t gnd many-
~ided t~kg a~' e~mmuniet conr~tructi~n. mhig i~ a~.~d ~onvineingly b~ing
d~m~n~tr~t~d b~ ~il ~f' ~h~ r~ork y~ur ~~nf~r~n~~.
~ Winh yeu, ~e~r comr~d~e, gr~~t $u~~ens in yaur rrork f~r the g~ad af
aur ham~innd.
P~rmit me ~n beh~f af th~ C~ntrti~. Committ~~ of the CPSU t~ ~xpreg~ rt~?
~onfid~nce th~t g~ in th~ p~~t, the cocr,munigts of
th~ Ch~lyabingk ~arty
or~anization Wi11 be in th~ front r~nks di th~ build~rs o~' commur~i~ml
(Cnmrttd~ ri. F'. Ustinnv's sp~ech W~g listened to by th~ parti~ipunt~ in th~
pnrty conf~r~n~~ with great ~tt~ntian gnd Wgg f'requ~ntly interrurt~d by
~pplnu~~.)
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FaR tl~FIGIAL US~ ONZ.Y
iN OUR ~RA~ERNAL ~'AM~LY OF t~EOPL~
n. F'. US~NOV, ~ZBRANNYYE i2~CHI I STAT' I(9~lectec~ Sp~~ches ~nd Arti~le~
Moscow, Politizd~t, In Ru~giar~, 1979
(Speech by M~rghal of the Sovi~t Union D. F. Ust3nov, ~?t a fe~tive meeting
o� the Udmurtsk~y~ Obkom of the C~'9U end the Supr~me Soviet of the UcLnurt
AS~R devoted to the 50th annivers~ry of the Udmur~ AS3R. ~ November 1970,
pp 157-159~
(Excerp~.~~ Comradesl
~n accompliahing the tru~y tremendous tasks of communist construction th~ '
party con~tanL]y shows concern for creating th~ most fc~vorgble for~ign
politicel conditions for the Soviet people'g progress toaard itg gre~t
goal and for ensuring a further change in th~ bal~ce of poWer on the inter-
national arena in favor of socialism and the aorkers' and national-libera-
tion movements~
If the situation Which h~ developed todqy in the World xere to be charec-
terized ag a Whole, there can be only one conclusion: events are developing
in a direction Which is favorable for World socialism, For the internation-
a1 Working class, and foz~ the entire anti-imperialist movement.
The world system o� sociglist states is the decisive force in the strug~le
against imperialism. It serves aq a reliable support for the conununist
and Workers' movement, for the democratic forces in the capitaliat countrieg,
~d for Lhe struggle of the peoples for their national liberation.
The constant groWth of the economic and defense might and of the political
influence o f the socialist states is a high~y importent factor in the strug-
gle for the peace and for the security of peoples. The attractive example
of socialism is promoting important changea Which are occurring on the
international arena.
The strength and vitality of the international Working class is groWing.
Not a dqy passes ~rithout reports about neW fierce class battles by the
working clnss against the monopolies and for its economic, social, and
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~ot~ d~~tc~nt, vs~ nrtLY
paliti~t~. ri~,}~t~ ~ In Ita1y, ~nglund, f~'ranee, nn~ ~th~r cF~pitall~t ~n~~ntri~n
th~ ~trik~ ntru~~;l~ i~ tt~lcin~ o~ ~n in~r~a~in~ly nharp ~ht?r~~tct~. t~
th~ tl~it~~ ~tat~s ~f Am~ri~g,th~t buiw~rk a~ mad~rn e~pitt~li~m, thr Ptrik~
~na+tem~nt a~ th~ warkin~ el~~o ifl ~rBWin~, M~,~g n~ti~nn ~~;~in~t ?nilit�~rism
~nd raci~i app~~~~~i~n ~r~ d~v~lopin~ into a~truggl~ ~g~in~t th~ very t~y~t~m
~ df
im~eriali~t r~aminian ~nd ~xploitation.
'I'h~ v~n~unrd pdsitian~ in the ~truggl~ a~gingt imp~riulism ~r~ o~cupied by
th~ int~~nt~tiofl~i ~ommuni~t mov~mer~t wha~e influ~n~~ on thc ~durn~ d~
= ev~nt~; in the uorld ic ~onetnr?tly gr.~win~ $tranger. ~'t~e ~dli~arity af
the
c~mmunint p~rtf~s ~n t~ prin~ipl~d Mt~rxi~t-L~nini~t bn~ig in ~ontinu~lly
~rc~Ning ~tronger. Th~ int~rn~ti~n~l Cdn~~r~n~~ df' f'r~tern~]~ p~rti~~ in
M~nGOa in Jun~ ~q6~ pl~y~d ~n ~narm~us rale in tt~~ ~~n~dlidati~n of dur
mn+t~ment ~~'he p~~iti~r~ regults ~f the Gonferen~e W~re ~~nnr~lidnt~d by g
palitict~l cgrnp~ign ~ann~~t~d With the 100th ~nniver~ary vf the birth df
.
V. I. L~nin uhich r~eeived ~ wt~rld-Wide s~op~.
Y~ti kndrr very rr~11, ~omr~fle~, thc~t th~ ~ituation on the int~rnatic~nf~1 nr~na
i~ ~ diffi~ult nn~. ~mperi~li~tt~ r~m~ing u dan~~rous enen~y, nnd it i~ urid~r-
t~lciflg coury~~r-�~t~~eks ~~iit~st the r~~lu~ion~y fore~s nc~w in on~ and noW
in ~noth~r ure~ di the uorld. No~+ever, imperi~lism'~ nctidn~ nre b~ing
~iven gn ir?ere~~ingly r~$alu~~ r~buff.
tmportnnt, positive Chartg~3 h�~v~ accurr~d on th~ ~uropenn contincnt. mh~nk~
- to the con~iatent ~nd firm cdurse of' the Soviet Union ttnd the other nocial-
i~t countrieg iL htLa been pc~~sible t~ tt~hipve some progre~s towgrd improving
' the political Climnte in ~urope.
'The treaty Which ha~ been si~ned betWeen the USSii und the ~RG i3 a ma,jor -
int~rnntional factor. 7`his treaty le~alizea the invio2ubility of the bor~
derg exi~tin~ noW in ~urope and, particularly, the Oder-Yci~sc border,
~nd s~l~o the border between the GD~i snd th~ FRG. We are convinced that
~ it~s rgtific~tion wi11 become an important ntep townrd aeakening interna-
tinnnl tensions in ~urope.
'I'he rec~nt vi3it to our country of the president of ~'rttnce G. Pampidc~u
w~~ oi` ~reat importxnce. The outcome of the visit demonstrated the greater
cooperation betu~en the USSR and ~rance. There is no doubt thr~t this
devrlopment of Soviet-~'rench relation~ i~ c~ ma,jor factor in strengthening
European security.
'Che id~~ of holdin~ an all-~uropean ~onference of states uhich i~ being
consi~tently supported by the Soviet Union is receivin~ support not only
t'rom the bro~d democratir forces, but also from mar~y governments.
At the snme time, it would be an error not to see that thia cour~e of
events in ~urope is encounterin~ increasingly stron~ resigtunre from the
reactionary and revanchist circles in certain countries. Tt~is is shown
by the activization of rip,ht-ain~ nnd neo-faacist force~ in ~he ~RC which
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~r~ opp~ein~ the 5dvi~~-W~at (~erm~n tr~c~ty, nnd e1~o by t~he endeavor of
a numb~r of' ~overnment~, primaril.y the Un3ted States, tn d~lay ~he a7.1.-
~urapean confer~nce.
~dut}i~~zst Asitt remains one nf the most dangerous centers of tension. mhe
recent propd~uls by the 1'resident of the United Sta~es which have been
advertised ~s a"new npprn~ch" by Washington have graphically shown that
the Americ~n imperiali~t~ ~.re striving by any mee.ns ~o preserve and s~rength-
en their pogitiono here which are growing wealcer under the blows of the
patriots and td snlidify the posi~ion of t,heir puppets, As in the pagt,
the So+riet Un3on W~1~Ctl is faithflil to its in~erna~ional duty w311 provide
comprehen~ive support to the struggle of th~ Vietnamese patriot~ and the
peaples of Indochina against the American occupiers and their hirelings.
(Applause.)
United States imperialism h~s created and is maintaining n dangerous crisis
in the Near ~ast. And although its calculations--to use the Israeli occu-
piers to destroy the progressive democratic regimes in the Ar~b countries--
have cle~rly failed, imperialism has not given up its aggressive plans.
This is once again shown by the attempts of the American imperialists to
mr~lce use of the conflict which arose in Jordan in order to split the
liberation forces and to frustrate a political settlement of the Near East
crisis.
mhe facts show that wherever situations are being heated up and wherever
blood is flowing it is perfectly clear that this is the work of imperialism
and, above all, of American imperialism, the most belligerent. At the
same time, the facts also show that the policies and actions of American
imperialism are giving rise to the wrath and hatred of the peoples who are
ri~ing more and more actively for a decisive struggle against it and who
are achieving important successes. It is irapossible to remake imperialism,
but the people can, they are capable of foiling its plans and dooming its
adventures to defeatl The positive changes in the situation on the inter- -
nutional arena and the achievements which have recently been reached by the
anti-imperialist forces were possible to an enormous extent thanks to the
Soviet Union.
We take note with pride that the foreign policy line of the Central Committee
of our party which was defined by the 23rd CPSU Congress, a line which or-
ganically combines Marxist-Leninist firmness in questions of principle and
tactical flexibility and a far-sighted purposefulness has not only achieved
serious international successes for the Soviet Union, but has also made
it possible to substantially advance the world struggle by the revolutionary
forces for the nat,ional and social liberation of peoples and for peace,
democracy, and socialism. (Stornbr, prolonged applause.)
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STRENGTH~N THE MIGHT OF THE HOMELAND
_ D. F. USTINOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI.I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Ar~icles),
Moscow, Politizdat, In Russian, 1979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov a,t a meeting with
the voters of the Kovrovskiy election district in connection with elections
to the R~I'SR Supreme Soviet. 25 May 1971, pp 171-174]
[Excerpts] The USSR and the other socialist countries h~ve made a large
contribution to the struggle for the peace and security of peoples. Social-
ism's international positions have become even more solid. (Applause.)
Our party attributes especial importance to the development of cooperation
with the communist p~,rties of the fraternal countries. The world socialist
system is a decisive force in the anti-imperialist struggle and its uni-
fication and strengthening have accelerated the development of the world
liberation process. In the historical conflict with capitalism the socialist
social system has shown its great vital fbrce.
During the last five years the political cooperation of the fraternal states,
above all, within the framework of the Warsaw Pact has become even stronger ~
and deeper. Their coordinated policy has become more effective and this
_ has made it possible to achieve a number of important successes on the
international arena. The socialist countries have ~ointly put forward a
constructive program for ensuring European security; they have frustrated -
NATO's pians to allow West Gerraany access to nuclear weapons; and they have
achieved a strengthening of the international positions of the German Demo-
cratic Republic.
The acti.ve support and assistance of the~Soviet Union is a vitally important
contribution to the struggle of the patriots of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
"This support," the First Secretary of the CC of the Workers' Party of
Vietnam Comrade Le Zuan said from the rostrum of the 2~+th CPSU Congress,
"is a powerful stimulus which is inspiring rrly countrymen and the fighters
of all of our country to new a.nd even bigger victories; at the same time,
it is giving rise in the Vietnamese people to an even deeper sympathy for
the fraternal Soviet people." *
*"24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stenographic
Report," Moscow, Vol 1, 1971, p 192.
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'1'hr: dcC.tn.i.v~ ttr.tion~ by ~he aocialigt gtilt~'g in tih~ Near ~ant hr~v~ com-
pelled Inrucl td ~t~p ~~nnding it~ a~~r~gdinn ~ncl hd~v~ frugtir~ted ~h~
nttempt by the impcrta~.i:~t pnwerg to d~stirt~y the prn~re~~iv~ Arar re~im~s.
It waa not~d a,t the Congress that during the pa~t five-year period th~re
wt~~ n nubntnnti~. ~rowth iri th~ ~conomic pot~ntiial df ~he aorin7.i~t dtat~~,
tte politicE~. foundnti~ns ni' goci4l.inm becumr: Atronger, the w~l~-b~in~ oi'
the people~ wa:~ improved, and the nciencp ~nd culture of th~ f'rc~t~rnt~l
countri~~ devel6ped ~uC~~s~fully. 7'he ~trengthening of
their ~conomic
cooperation und the expans3on and d~epcning of their economic relation~ ig
~ hclpin~ to incr~~~e tihe efficiency oi' social production end ie providing
for the dev~~npment of' the economies df eaCh of the nociali~t atate~ ut
high rat~n. _
At the same time, us is known, r.~rtgin difficultiea and Complicgtion~ hav~ ,
nhown up in the sociali~t world. In the repnrt by Comrnde L. I. T3rezhnev
at the Congrea~ ~ principled cle,ss evaluation wes given of the events in
Cz~cho~lovakia which hnve a~,uin reminded us of the fuct th$t the domestic
~nti-gocialist force~ which atill survive in a number o." frnternul coun-
tries can under certain circumstunces become activated and unflertoke an
uttempt c~t a counter-revolution~ry coup,eaunting on the support of wdrld
imperialism. The 24th CP5U Congress unanimously approved of the political
po3ition and practical activities of
th^ CC CPSU in providing the Czechos-
lovu}cian people with internationalist uid for the defense of the ~uina oi'
so~i~ri~m. (Applauae.)
In his speech at the Congress the Fir3t Secretary of the CC of the Commu-
nist Party of Czechoslovakia Comrade Custav Husak expres~ed his profound -
gratitude for this assistance which saved the country from a civil war and
a counter-revolution end helped it to defend the gains of socialism.**
The idea that the CPSU will not spare its sti�Angth to further strengthen
~ the socialist commonwealth, to solidify the friendship between our frater-
nal bodies, and to strengthen the political, economic, and cultural rela-
tions of our countries ran like a red thread through the work of the
Con~ress,
The principal position of the CC CP~U on the question oF relations with
the Chine~e People's Republic and the measures by the Soviet government
uirneci at a normalization of these relations received the full approval of
the Con~ress. The delegates of the Congress and mnny repre~entatives of
the fraternal communist and workers' parties resolutely condemned the
t?r?ti-Soviet course and schismatic activities of the Peking leadership
which is ~ausing especi:~l harm under present conditions when imperfalism
i:~ attempting to activate ~ts aggressive policies.
**See, "The 24th Con~res3 of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Stenographic Report," Vol 1, pp 261-262. .
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Our party wi11 cnn~inue to uncompr~migingly w~~e ~ stru~;~le ~.~;~inat thc
anti-L~nini~t und anti-Snvi~t courde of
~h~ Mao m~~-tun~ E,roup ~nd ~~;uin~st
itn ~.ttempt~ to gpJ.it ehc front o#' revolutionury for~~s~ ~ At the game timh,
an wnF3 nnt~ct uti th~ Cnngr~~g, the CPSU i~ comin~ out fnr n nnrmn~i~nt;ic~n
of re~.at3onn between the USS~i and the Ch3ner~e people' a Republi.c ~nd for
the rent~r~tidn ot' goad-n~ighborlin~a~ ~nd friend~hip b~tween th~ ~oviet
c~nd Chin~cse per~pl~n, f'oi� i;hig ~.ccord$ with tih~ fundomentnl. in~~r~nt;s ol'
bdth ~nuntri~~ ~nd th~ inter~g~~ of th~ stru~~].~ ngain~~ imperialism ~nfl
. for thc~ p~nc~ and �r~eddm o� peopl.eg attd for nncialinm.
~n the Summnry Fiepnrt o� the CC CF'SU an~ in the gpeeCh~s o~' the clel~~ates
to thc C~n~ren~ ~nc~ it~s ~ue~ts emphnsis wu~ put on the ennrmou~ importance
Cnr ~il.l nf progre~sive mnnkind of the conrlusion~ from a acientific analy-
~i~ of pr~t~ent-day imp~rialism which wer~ made previously in vcry impnr-
t~n~ documents of the CPSU and thp int~rn~,t3on~.1 Communittt movement~ Lii'e
irs u~;ain uttd again ronfirming that the reactidnary and a~~*re~sive ent~~nce
of imp~rialism h~s nn~ chr~ged; it h~s be~n ~nd continue~ tn be ttn ~netr~y
nf
the people~ and a suppressor of freedom. American imperi~.].igm which
i~ ~triving to pla,y the role of a l~ind of guarantor and pratectdr of the
international system of exploitntion and oppression is rn~rked by an e~pe-
ciul].y reactionary and a~~ressive character.
~ At the same time, present-day imperialism has its own special characteris-
tics. mhey are showin~ up above a].1 in its nttempts to adapt itself to
the new international. conditions and the new balance of power which i~
tncreasfngly chan~in~ in favor of socialism und progres~. Fearing the
development of the claa~ ~tru~gle of the individunl detachments of workers
into ~ muss revolutionary movement, ttie bourgeoisie is tirying to make use
~ of more camouflaged forms of exploitation, is accepting partial reforms,
_ and is resorting to social dema~o~r and mass repressions. The monopolies
are trying to put the achievements of the scientiffc and technological
revolution in the service of their interests. However, none of these
meo.sures can ensure the stabilization o� capita].ism as a s,ystem.
The ~,eneral crisis of capitalism is contfnuing to deepen. Mar~y developed
capit~.list countries and, above o11, the United State~, have found them- -
selves in the grips of a new economic crisis. The cri3i~ in the capita-
lic~t currency and financial system continues to be an acute one. Unem-
ployment is continually increasing and has alreac~y reached the level of
8 million people in the developed capitalist countries. Millions upon
- million~ of new people are rising up to struggle against imperia:ism.
The number of strikers in the capitalist countries increased from 36
million in 1965 to 70 million in 1970. The present ma~or actions by the
working class are a herald oi' new class battles which may lead to funda-
mentul sociul transformations.
In addition ~o the pressure from the workers of the capitalist states,
imperialism is also being sub,j~cted to increasing pressure from the forces
which have developed out of the national-liberation struggle and, above
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~11, frdm th~ ynun~ inde~~nd~nt ~nti-imp~rinlint gtut~g of Anic? nnd Afri~a.
mh~ gtiru~p;~.e i'dr n~ti~n~.~. lib~r~tion ha~ be~ur~ in ~~feet td develop 3n
many countrie~ i,nto a ntruggle c~~aina~ ~~loita~ion r~~.r~tSone, bo~h fut31~
~nd c~pit~lintie. (~uit~ ~ f~w liber~ted coun~rien h~v~ a~.ready be~un to
t~1c~ a non-cnpitEil.ist path of develdpment Rn~1 h~v~ n8~pt~d a cour~~ r~im~d
a~ the canotruction in ~he fUtiure of ~ soc3ali~t ~ociety.
5ucc~~n in th~ strup,~le g~~ingt imp~ri~li~m dependg ~o ~ 1nr~e ext~nt upon ~
th~ go~iclarity di th~ ~nti-imperi~liet force~ and, first of a11, of their
vanguard--the world cnmmuni~t movementi, mhe Communigt P~rty of
th~ Soviet
Union is mekin~ ~re~t effort~ to ensure thin solidarity.
'I'hr: t'orei~;n guest~ at the Con~ress g~ve hi~h praiae to the tir~lega ~nd
fruitt'u1 work of our party in the world communist movement. "In the apirit
of L~nin's teachings" the G~n~rgl Secretary of the Communiat Pnrty of the
United Stateg Cdrr~~.~e Cus H~11 emphnsiz~d 3n hig w~lcoming ~ddre~s, "the
Communiet I~arty of
tihe 5oviet Union i.s continuing to act as the most con- -
sistent fbrce in the ~truggle for the unity of the world communiat move-
ment, for the unity of anti-imperialiat forc~s,and fnr praleturiun inter-
nationalism.**~
Our party will continue to do everything to strengthen the solfdarity end
unity of communist ranks end aill continue to wage a principled stirug~le
from Marxist-Leninist positions against right and "left" revisioniam and
against nationalism which pleys into the hands of impcrialism. (Applause.)
As is noted in the Summary Report of the CC CPSU, on the whole in recent
years the progressive forces led by the Soviet Union have succee8edin ma-
king marked ~ains against a~~ression and war. Impartent changes in
Europe are in evidence. Soviet-French relations have improved and deve-
loped. A positive change has occurred in relations with the FRG a
- concrete expression of which was the conclusion of the Soviet-West German
and Polish-West German treaties. The Treaty on the Non-Dissemination of
Nuclear Weapons has come into effect; and treaties have been concluded
prohibiting the placing of nuclear weapons in outer space and on the
ocean and sea floors.
But for the time being the forces of aggression and war exi3t and the
stubborn stru~gle by all peace-loving states and peoples for a firm peace
continues.
The 24th CPSU Congress fully approved of the forei~ policy course of ~
our party which is finding profound understanding arid ardent approval from
all progressive mankind. (Applause.)
***"The 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Steno-
graphic Report," Vol 1, p 416.
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~dmr~d~n t'1'~e �urt,h~r ~eonamie ~~v~~.opm~nt o~' ~he c~untry accupi~d a 1ar~~
- p~u~~ in th~ work ~f the Congres~~ As V~.adimir r~.'4ch L~n3n t~,~u~ht, th~
chi~f pnli~y for our p~rty gnfl for ~h~ Soviet st~~~ ~eonc~m3c conetruc-
- tinn. Itg gUCC~9tlpd ~o a d~ci.~iv~ exten~ fl~t~rmine tit,~ w~ii-b~3ng of th~
workers, the pro~re~give mo~remer.t of ~ov3et ~6Ciety tbit~~~ communism, and
th~ ~tren~th~nin~ nf the intern~tion~l p~ni~ion~ of c~ur ~ocia~.int ~ts.t~
~nd ir~ contribution to th~ develdpm~nt of the world revo~u~ionary proces~.
mhe Cnngr~s~ to~~led up :th~ r~sult~ o~' ~he ro~d which hag ~een cov~r~d in
five y~ara ~nd gdoptied ~ m~gnific~nt ~rogr~m of economic d~ve~opm~nb and
fbr r~ising th~ st~nd~rd of 13v3ng fbr th~ people~ mhe an~7.,yg3s of th~
spe~ial ~haracterigtics of ~he pre~ent gt~~ of the country'g economic
v~lopm~n~ t~nd th~ d~finibion of the directions of our long-~erm economic
policy contain~d in the report of Comrade L~S. Brexhnev ~nd 3n the d~ci-
c~iona di the !'ongreas nre an important new contributinn to the theory of
Marxinm-Leninigm ~.nd to the developm~nb of the meth~ds of conatructing
rommuni~m. (Applause.)
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THE VImAL ~'ORCE OF' IN'I'~RNATIONALISM
D. F. US~INOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHZ I 3TAT'I (D. F. Uatinov: Selectefl Speeches
ar~d Articlea), Moscow, ~olitizdat, In Rus~ian, 1979
[Sp~ech by Marshal. of the Soviet Union D. F'. Ustinov et the ,jo3nt festive
meeting of the Bashkir Obkom of the CPSU and the Supreme Soviet of the ~
B~shkir A5SR mark3ng the presentation ta the republic of the 4rder of the
Friendship of Peoples. i5 January 197~+, PP 204-207)
[~:xcerptsJ 'I'he successes of your republic are impressive. And we are all
proud of them. But, following Lenin's behests and the demands of our party,
even clur3ng dqys of festivities we have to not on~y talk about achievements,
but also concentrate our attention on unsolved problems and on shortcomin~~
in our work. The recently published Appeal by the Central Committee of
the CPSU to the Party and to the Soviet People speaks with party directness
about the fact that there are still quite a few lagging enterprises in the
econon~r, that losses of raw materials and materials are pe.rmitted, and that
the commissioning and mastery of neW capacities is frequently delayed.
And in your republic also, comrades, there are serious shortcomings. Some
enterprises have not fulfilled their plans for output products lists and
labor productivity. In a number of branches of industry--the light, food,
and local industries--there has been a slowing down of the g~rowth rates of
production and capital investments are not being made full use of. -
T regard it as tt~y duty to remind you that the kolkhozes and sovkhozes of
Bashkiriya are in debt to the state with regard to the production and pro-
curement of grain, sunflower seeds, potatoes, and foods.
It also has to be said that in recent years output per tractor and combine
has been falling in the republic, labor expenditures per unit of the most
important types of agricultural output have been increasing and the cost
of this output has been going up .
At the rayon and city conferences which are noW taking place,the first af-
ter the 24th CPSU Congress, communists are reacting strong~y to these
shortcomings and are planning measures to eliminate them. The conferences
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t~re nhatring th~ incre~ged aetivene~~ politi~~, maturity nf ~ur commu-
nin~g, the snli~~rity di thp r~nk~ of th~ ~b1as~ p~rty or~an~zation ardund
the C~ntt�a~. Commit~~~ of th~ p~rty, ~nd ~h~ ftil.~. ~nd unnnimc~u~ ~pprov~l
sn d s~u~~ort for it~ work t~ ea,rry aut the deci~ion3 0~ th~ ~4~h GP~U
~angr~~~ in th~ fi~1~ af
dom~s~i~ ~nd for~~~ poli~~.
P~rmi~ m~ to ~~re~~ ?ny ~onfidenc~ that ~h~ n~ehkir party arganization
wi~.~. cdntinu~ to dd ~v~rything ~o ~ccomp~~r~h ~h~ ~rer~t ~nd r~~por~~~bl~
~~k~ w}itCh fac~ aur party.
~nmr~d~$1 Our suece~s~g in economic gn~ cul.tural. con~tructidn are inn~-
p~rub].y bnUnd up �~rith the congigt~nt for~ign politic~l. ar.tiv3tt~~ the
p~rty t~ renliz~ th~ p~nc~ pro~rem.
The p~nc~ offengiv~ by th~ Soviet Union ar~d tt?e ~ntire ~c~cialigt ~ommon-
w~nlth is having a fgvar~bl~ 3nflu~nc~ on th~ internationttl gituation and
is bearing re~l fruit.
tn r~cent yeurs u~erious turn toward peaceful coexistence and ~he gtrength-
enin~; of international security has been achieved. 7'he eliminatidn nf
~i number of mtlit~ry danger spnts, the first steps towurd u limitation
of the arms r~ce, a series of importent internation~l 1ega1 documenta,
ar.d political consul.tations between states with differ~rt social systems--
c~ll of these are visible features of profound changes o~ the world. 2'he
tnsk is to give this process a atable and irreversible character and to
make the principles of peaceful coexistence between socia].ist nnd capit~].ist
~tates a generally reco~nized norm of international relations.
The tu,~^n aw~y from the "Cold War" to detente and from military confronta-
tion to peaceful cooperatian has become possible thanks to the general
change in the balance of power on the world arena in favor of socialism,
peace, and pro~ress.
As you know, an importent role in the achievement oi' these results was
played by the visits of comrade L. I. Brezhnev to the United States, the
FRC,, F'rance, and India. These visits and all of the foreign policy acti-
vities of our party have led to the fact that the international situation
today is developing to a considerable extent under the influence oP the
peaceful initiatives of the Soviet Union.
Our country is waging the struggle to strengthen peace and security in
close cooperation with the fraternal countries of socialism. We see our
paramount internationalist duty in thoroughly strengthening the positions
of world socialism, the unity of the states of the socialist commonwealth,
and friendship and comprehensive cooperation with them. Of especial im-
portance in this respect are the regular contacts between the leaders of
the communist and the workers' parties of the Fraternal countries, inclu-
din~ the latest meetin~ in the Crimea. The forthcominp visit by the l?eneral
Secretary of the CC CPSU comrade Leonid T1'ich Brezhnev to Cuba follows
the sume ~oal.
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~'h~ ~~nLrn~. Cnmmitit~e ~f th~ p~rty i~ dev~tin~ ~~reat deal of a~~~ntion
to ~h~ problem~ of ~~onomie coopera~ion with th~ goc3~.ig~ ~tat~s. An im-
~r~v~ment ~nd in~~ns~.fica~ion of our fbr~i~n eeanomic reiation~ with the
fr~t~rn~l eou~trie~ on th~ b~is of
tihe Ov~ra.11 F'rogram for ~eonomie
- ~ntegrntion and ~n inereage in the eff~Gtiv~ne~~ of th~~~ r~letio~s for
~h~ purpo~~ of ~~r~ngthenin~ the ~conom3c four~d~~ion of warld ~ocial.ism
ig on~ of th~ key ~con~mic ~nd foreign politic~]. ta~k~ o~ th~ party which
follow~ from the decigi~n~ of the 24th C~'~U Con~reg~~
~'h~ tiot~1 commodity turnover of th~ Soviet Union w3th the sociali~t ~t~te~
ha~ inerea~~d fram 14.4 billion rubles in 1970 to approx'tr~~el,y 18 billion
rubl~n in ig73. Sovi~t dpliverie~ al.most entirely eover tihe importi needs
of ~h~ C~MA eo~~ri~~ i'or p~troleum and iron ~nd cover 60 to 7~ perc~nt
of them for petrol~um produe~s, rolled me~~1, ar?d coa1. mhe Sov3eti Union
purch~se~ ~round one-h~.1.f of the machine building and in~ugtri~l consu-
mer goodg expdrt~ of th~ C~MA countries.
- At the Apri1 (1q73) gnd D~cember (1g73) Plenum~ of th~ CC CPSU Comrade
L~ I. Brezhnev emphaaized the importance of developing economic relgtiong
with the fr$ternal ~oci~ti~t stat~s for the nurpose ot' further pro~resg
by the economie~ of th~ entire social3st commonwenlth, and also the nece~-
~ity for folloWing the path of integration more boldly and rapidly and
cmr. extensively.In this connection, the responsibility of all of our enter-
priseg, assnciations, and scientific orgsnizations for a precise fulfill-
ment ~f our foreign economic commitments is becoming much greater.
Comrades! The present state of the economies in the capitalist countries
is a sharp contrast to the consistent growth of the economies of the social-
ist countries and to the expansion and deepening of the relations betWeen
them. The capitalist countries have entered the new year in a situation of
a sharp energy ~d currency crisis and an intensification of inflation.
Production is being curtailed and mass dismissals are taking place in the
steel, aircraft, textile, garment, and other branches of industry. And
this meens an increase in unemployment and greater uncertainty ab~ut tomor-
rov~ also for those aho today have not yet lost their ,jobs. On 1 January
prices again increased for foods and primary necessities in the United
5tates, England, Japan, Holland, and other countries. I Want to emphasize,
comrades, that I am speaking about the most mass consumption goods whose
increased costs is being reflected first of all in the budgets of the wor-
ke rs .
It is impossible not to see manifestations of the general crisis of capi-
talism in all of this. It is interesting that mar~y western government
leaders and economists have a very pessimistic vieW of the future todqy
and are speaking about a new stagnation of production, whfle some of them
are even predicting a recession covering the entire system of world capi-
talism. Under these conditions, the competitive struggle between the lar-
gest imperialist states and groups of these states is becoming especially
intense and especially heated. At a recent session of the NATO Council
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thin~n went fur ag ~eri~u~ contr~~ictiong b~tw~en the UnitQd Statp~ and
ttg ~urc~pe~,n a1~i~n ~
C~rtain b~urg~oi~ ~oliti~3~ng ~re ~~~kin~ ~ W~y dut o~ the cnn~r~c~iGti~n~
whieh are ret~flin~ the c~pit~].3gt Wor~d throu~h puttin~ ~d~~th~r n~w mi~.i-
tnry ~rnupin~~ ~nd thr~ugh ~h~ ~rms r~~e. 'I"h~ mi~.itary bud~~~~ of ~h~
' NATd e~un~ri~~ incr~~g~ by ~ t~ 3 b~iiic~n dol~~r~ every ye~r. mhe mi~.ii;a-
riz~tion of' th~ economi~~ of the imperi~l.~g~ st~~~~ i~ strength~n3ng the
inf~,u~n~~ in them of th~ mi~.3tary-indus~r3r~~ ~omplex~g, nat t~ ment3dn the
f~Gt thc~t th~ ~rm~ r~~e 3g hind~rin~ ~ d~epenin~ of th~ i~elc~x~tion of
int~rnat3~na1 t~nsion~~
Andth~r impdrt~nt proa~~~ wh3ch is churact~ristic fnr the gtt~te df
a!'f'~ir~
in th~ capit~.ist world i~ a sh~rp int~nsific~tion nf the con~;rr~dictiona
betw~~n the 3mp~ria~int s~~t~s ~nd the dev~loping countriea wl~ich ~re
p1~y~ng un iner~asingly up~recinbl~ role in world pd~.itiics, B~~ing them-
s~lves on the support of ~he USSR and of the ~ntire socialist ct~mmonwealth,
most of' the developin~ countries ttre eff~ctive~yr opposing ~he policies of
neo-col~nialism and ~re waging ~ stru~gle again~t the dictatorship of
the imp~rialist monopolies--both national and transnational monopoli~g--
~.~?@ for thp right to mana~e their own resource~ by thems~lve~ ctnd use them
in the in~ere~ts of the development of their nutional economieo.
Very significant in this sense are the "petroleum sanctions" which were
rec~ntly used by the Ar~b states. Let us s~y it frankly, several years
ago such action~ would have been frought with the dan~er of military in-
tervention by imperialism. And the fact that todr.~y the western powers
whiCh nr~ eatperiencing an ncute petiroleum shortage do not dare tn do this
is important. Tt speaks about the new balance of forces in the world which
_ has changed and will continue to change to the detriment of imperialism.
Proceeding from the principles of the peaceful coexistence of states with
different socinl systems, the Soviet Union is striving for the development
of mutually advantageous equal economic and scientific and technical rels-
tions with the capitalist countriPS. Such relations are doing much to
consolidate the positive changes which hav~e occurred in international life.
Scientific and technical and economic relations with the developed capi-
talist countries are also important for the purpose of making fuller use
of the achievements of the scientific and technological revolution which
i~ developin~ in the world an d of the advantages of an international di-
vision of labor. The expansion of mutually advantageous economic rela-
tions between the USSR and France, the FRG, Japan, Italy, and a number of
other ~tntes which has been achieved in recent years is an example of
this.
We hope that the obstacles in the way of extensive cooperation between the
USSR und the United States in the field of economics on an equal basis
and without discrimination and restrictions will also be overcome.
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W~ mny r~.~ht1,y ~xp~rience aatiafectii.on w3th the ~ucc~aoful deve~opment in
f'b.vor ef ~~ei~liem of ~h~ h~atoric confllc~ of the two sy~~ems and e
c~mp~.~t~~.y under~t~nc~~bl~ pride due to the gro~rth of th~ might and autho-
rity of our coun~ry ~r?d of 3ts 3nfluence on the course of world even~~.
H~wever, ~h~ proc~ss o~' de~ente doeg not s3gnify ~n ~nd to tihe c~asa
~trugg~e on ~he world ~rena whirh i~ ~eatified ~o, in par~icular, by the
intrigu~g of th~ frantic ~nemies of peac~ and soci~l.i~m w3th whom the
Peking ~e~flership ie shoa3ng 3ncreasing]y close solid~rity. Th~ M~oiate
are pursuing a~reat power chauv3n3stic courae which is hn~tile to the _
CP5U, the Soviet Union, the socialigt commonwealth, the entire world
commun3at movement, ~nd the lntere~ts of tihe Ch3nese people itself.
A~.1 of thia 3s t~lcen 3nto ~ccount by the Communist Party when it worka
out i~a foreign and domeatic pol.ic3es. The aork of the Central Comm3.~tee
of our party 3n the international fieZd and the tii;anic work which is bein~
performed by the General 3ecretary of the CC CPSU Comrade Leonid I1'ich
Brezhnev to re~lize th~ Peare Program which was put forward by the 24th
CPSU Congress en~oy the universal gratitude of the Soviet peop~e and ex-
tensive support from the p~e.ce-loving forces and from a11 of progrege3ve
mankind.
Comradesl The 4th year of the five-year plan has begun. In the national
ec~nomic plan for 197~ which was approved by the December (1973) Plenum
of the CC CPSU and adopted by the USSR Supreme Soviet....
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~oR o~~icint, us~ oNr.Y
SOM~ pNOBL~MS 0~' 7'HE PARTY LEADEASHIP OF AbMtNISm~2AmIV~ BObY~B
D.H'. USTINOV, I?.BRANNYYE RECHI I SmAT'I (Selected Speeche~ end Ar~icles),
Moscow, Pn~itizdat, in ~ussian, ig7g
~From a report by biarshal of the Soviet Union b. F. Ustinov at the
hi~her party ~chool of the CC CPSU. 26 Apri1 ~974, pp 223_225
[Excerpts~ One of the tasks of the sections is to make a deeper study
of the pos~.t3ve experience in the struggle against violutors of th~ 1aw,
to interpret it creative~y, and to introduce it into lii'e more actively.
I Y:r~ve in mind here the necessity for collectin~ bit by bit and making
wide use of everything that is good not onl,y 3n one's own area, but also
in other republics, krays, and oblasts. I think that the present courses
will be very useful for you in this respect.
Comr~flesl
It is necessary to call your attention to certain questions in our work
which are connected with measures of a defense character.
The consistent realization by our party of the Peace Program which was
worked out by the 24th CP:'J Congress and the peace offensive by the Soviet
Union and the entire socialist commonwealth are having a favorable in-
fluence on the international climate. A tendency toward detente is the
dominating feature of the development of the situation in the world.
However, detente has influential enemies in the imperialist camp with
whom the Maoist leadership of China is ~oining up. They are ~oing every-
thing to hinder the process of detente.
The complexity and contradictoriness of present-day international develop-
ments and the activization of the enemies of social progress, democracy,
peace, and international security demand a strengthening of our vigilance
and a readiness by us to reliably defend the gains of socialism.. For
this reason, the party, as in the past, is devoting the necessary atten-
~tion to a further increase in the defen3ive capacity of the country and
in the fighting strength of the Armed Forces. It can be said with full
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~o~ n~~~ic~nt, us~ ortLY -
,~u~tification th~m th~r~ is not ~~ingle qu~s~~on ~onn~ct~d with militi~?ry
~ens~rue~ion w;:ich ig not in the fieid of vi~ion of bhe GC GP3U, the
Po~.3tburn, c~nd Camr~d~ L, I. Hre~hnev p~rsonal.ly.
7'he CC Cp~U dem~nds the s~tne intenge at~ention ~o the defen~e capacity
of our etate from ~oc~~ p~r~y ~~eneies. 'I'here hgo already be~n a d3s-
cus~ion ~t your courseg of the prgebical ques~~on~ 3n ~he work of ~he ad-
min3.s~ra~ive body s~ctiong which concern the militRry-patriotic educa~ion
of the population, the ~r~inin~ of the youth for milibary service ~nd c3vi1
defpnae, and the activities of D09AAF. 9o as not to be repetitive, permit
me to single out only the basic pointa which ydu have to conaider in your
work~
It hag ~o alwqys be k~pt in mind th~t the defense c~pacity of our st~te is
determined not only by the fighting strength and combat readiness of our
arnLy ~.nd navy, but also by the 1eve1 of the development of our econoir~?,
science, and culture, and by the p~triotism of ~he 3oviet people, itg
. ideological convictions, poli~icgl consciousness, vigilance, and conatant
readiness to defend the homeland.
At the same time, consideration must be given to the groWing role of
timely preparations by a state for posaible military trials in the face
of the threat, of the use of weapons of mass destruction. The entire po-
- pulation has to take the mo3t active part in preparing for the deFen3e
and protection of facilitie~ and itself from the destructive action of
these weapons.
The vast ma,jority of our local cadres show a feeling of great responsibili-
ty for the performance of defense measures. However, there are cases of
a failure by individual persons, including leading ones, to understancl the
enormous state importance of such preparatory work during peacetime. Not
everywhere are measures which have been planned put into practice on time
and persistently. In some places, there are shortcomings in preparing
the youth for military service, in the civil defense system, and in DOSAAF.
The party has always regarded and continues to regard the defense of the
country of'Soviets as the holy of holies. The defense of our socialist
gains h~s always been and continues to be one of the most important duties
of every Soviet person. This is why party and government agencies, public
orgenizations, and leaders of all ranks have to devote unremitting atten-
tion to defense work. Party a~encies have to ensure control over the ful-
fillment of the decrees of the party and government concerning the defense
capacity of our state. Control is the most important thing which is being
demanded from us in this very important work sector.
It is not possible, comrades, not to mention the necessity for increasing
political vigilance. Under the conditions of detente the enemies of so-
cialism are changing their tactics and the forms and methods of their
subversive work and of ~the ideological struggle.
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" ~C~Ct (~~i~ICIl1L U5 ~ ~NLY
W~ mugt ttdt b~ cdmfdrtefl by th~ fn~~ that th~r~ in n~ ga~i~.l Ua.tt~ in th~
U99R fdr th~ ~~r~ying ~ut a~ ~ubrr~rsiv~ activ~~i~$. ~I'h~ ~nemi~~ of ~o- ~
~iali~m ~ra not ~qu~~i~h ab~ut us~n~ for ~hig purpose �~1~ ~~flt~5 of r~~~-
ga~~~, ~r~mina~ ~1~m~n~~, an~ morally un~table p~ap1~. ~'or thi~ re~son,
it i~ n~c~~~~,ry ta cot~~tan~1~ ~em~mb~r abaut palitical ~tigi~.~n~e t~nd ta
r~t~ct ~harp]y tc~ a11 cage~ ~f carel~s~n~gs and light-minctedfled~.
~t h~g tc~ be g~id that ma~t af th~ party commi~t~~s ~~r~ �~UCG~tl3fU:L~.y ~oping
with ~}t~ task$ th~y hnv~ b~~n giv~n in th3~ ~~ctor. At the g~m~ time, it
ig not po~gible ndt to se~ g~rious shnrtcnming~ which are n~dst c~~ ~11 ~on-
neat~d uith ~ we~kening of v3gil~nee.
Comr~d~~l 'Ph~ rsng~ di trxsk~ dn whi~h the adminigtr~tive boc~y ~~Ction~ of
th~ p�~rty committ~en h~ve to aork is extr~m~ly bro~d ~nd diver$e. ~ r~-
pe~t th~t it directly eonc~rn~ th~ inter~st of a11 Soviet citiz~n~~ mt~ig
~~t~in r~minds us the ~xtremely great re~ponsibility of the s~~tion~ td
th~ party committeea fbr th~ ~Crompl3shm~nt of the ta~ks they have be~n gi-
ven. A11 of you know the d~mandg of the Der~mber (1973) nl~num di th~ CC
C~'SU concerning un increased role for the ~ppnratus oi' party boflies in
~controlling th~ ~xecution of
p~rty decisiona. Nr~tur~lly, this mtilces it
n~c~ssary ta again ~nd �~gain critically �v?~ilyze thr uork of th~ s~ctions
And to constantly seek ways to bring about their most effective influettce
on the gtnt~ of affairs. Your studies h~ve given you ~ gre~t de~l in thi~
respect. It is importgnt for everything yau have received in your courses
tn be profoundly interpreted by you and realized in practical ~ctivity.
In conclusion, comrafle~, I xtint once ug~in tn spetilc nbout the remarkable
l~bor and political enthusiasm of the Soviet people and of the monolithic
solidarity of our Workers around their Leninist party and its Centrul
Committee. 'I'his has been vividly demonstrated by the report and election
party conferences which have taken plare--the first since the 24th CPSU
Con~ress. They were characterized by a spirit of high exactingness by
the communists with regard to their Work in the light of the taska posed
in the decisions of the December Plenum of the CC CPSU and in the sreech
ttt the plenum by the Ceneral Secretary of the CC of our party, Comrade L.
I. $rezhnev. The conferences demon3trated the increased uctiveness and
politiral maturity of the communists ~u?d their unanimous upproval of and
suppnrt for the work of the CC CPSU and the forei~n and domestic policie3
worked out by the 24th Party Congress.
'I'he speeches by comrade L. I. Brezhnev in Alma-Atu and nt the 17th Congress
of the komsomol gave ri~e to a new wave of political and labor activity
. on the part of the entire people. The tasks which saere put forward in them
have received the unr~nimous approval of the party and of the entire Soviet _
people. This i~ testified to by the great political activity of our wor-
kers which is manifesting itself during the course of a very important
political campaign which is noW unfolding--the preparations for and holding
of the elections to the USSR Supreme Soviet.
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W~ have befbre u~ a gr~at dea1. of difficult and r~spons3ble work. bur
t,en3ni~t Y~r~y profoundly b~li~ves in the gr~at creative energy of our I
paople which is capable of overcoming ar~y difficult3es in the way of its
goal. And our goals and nob~e and humane ones: the flourishing of our ~
homeland ~nd th~ well-being and happinens of all Sov3et people.
In a few da,ya millions of our workers wi11 come out for our hol3day ].st
of Mgy demonstrat3ong o.nd w311 make labor reports to the homeland, ex-
pressing ~ single w311 to realize the historic decisions of the 24th CPSU
Congr~ss.
You are returning to your places on the eve of 1 May. Permit me, dear
cnmrsdes, to congratulate you on the coming international holiday of 1 May
and to w3sh you great success in your work and happiness in your lives.
(Comrsde D. Ustinov's report was listened to with great attention and
repeated~}r interrupted by applause)
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THE PARTY'S CAUSE, TH~ PEOPLE'S CAUSE
D.F. USTINOV, IZBRAiYNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articles),
Moscow, Politizdat, In Russian, 1979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a meeting with
the voters of the Leninskiy election district of the city of Tzhevsk in
- connection with the elections to the Council of Nationalities of the
USSR Supreme Soviet. 30 May 1974, pp 241-243]
[Excerpts] The conference of the Political Consultative Committee of the
Warsaw Pact States which was held in April became a new step in the strength-
ening of the unity of action of the socialist countries on the international
arena.
In an atmosphere of fraternal friendship and cooperation the conference
participants discussed the problems of a further relaxation of interna-
tional tensions. A~constructive basis was worked out at the meeting in
Warsaw for the successful completion of the preparations for the concluding
phase of the All-European Conference on Security and Cooperation.
The Warsaw Conf~rence adopted the declaration, "For a Firm and Just Peace
in the Near East," in which the socialist countries expressed themselves
with al1 resoluteness in support of the ~ust cause of the Arab peoples and
_ for an immediate elim.ination of the consequences of Israel'~ aggression.
The statement by the Warsaw Conference on the Vietnamese question was es-
pecic:lly important and timely in connection with the fact that the Saigon
clique is continuing to violate the Paris agreements on a peaceful settle-
ment in Vietnam. The statement takes full account of the national aspira-
tions of the Vietnamese people and of the interests of peace and calm in
Southeast Asia.
All of the democratic forces of the world heard the appeal of the Politica.l
Consultative Committee: "Put an End to the Arbitrary Rule an d Persecution
of Democrats in Chile!"
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'Th~ doCUttient~ ~.dnpted by tilie War~~w Conf~r~nee sp~~lc of the complete soli-
dnrity of th~ c:ountriea o1' the socialigt commonwealth witt~ thp ,~uat stiru~g~.e
of th~ p~d~~.~n of
A~in, Africn, and Latin America. 'I'he regult~ of th~
Con~'erence ~re o� outgtandin~ impor~ar?~e for a further ebr~ngthening of
th~ aolidari.ty of the soci~lint comnonwea~~h and for the gtruggl~ for peace,
national inaepend~nc~, ~nd democracy and ~oci~lism~
Comradesl
l1~ n ren~.l.t of the active for~i~ political work of th~ Cp~i1, re:L~.t3ong
between th~ Sovi~t Union nnd a nwnber nf very lar~e capitn7.ist countries
tiave improved. F2egul~r contacta b~tween the le~.d~:rs of
tihe socialist
~nd c~pitn.ligt states on qu~gtions of mutuul 3ntereg~ huve be~om~ s new
phenomenon in international political life. 7'hp visits by the General
Secretary of the CC CpSU comrade L. I. Brezhnev to the United St~.teg, F'tif3,
~uid F'rance, the negotiations helci by him, and the treatie~ and ~greements
si~ned by t~im were of especially gre~t importance for orgnnizing mutually
udvnnt~geous international. cooperati~.n.
At the present time, there are mcre thnn 90 lon~-term ugreements on coope-
r~tinn in the fields of economics, science, and technology between the
= socialist and cnpitalist courri:ries. Ma~or pro~ects in scientiFic and
technicnl and economic coo*,,er.~ation are being worked out and are beginning
to be realized. Cultural rClationa are develcping and trade ia expendin~.
All of this testifies to the fact that the tendencies toward detente nre
becoming a dominating featurc nf the development of the situation on the
European continent and in the entire world.
At the same time, it cannot but be seen that the enemies of an improvement
c~'tt~e international climate and the chumpions of the "Cold War" have not
put down thei2� arms and are trying to oppose the process of detente and
to hold back this process which accords with the aspirations of the peoples.
'1'he militaristic circle3 of the NATO countries are continuing to increase
military budaets and are striving to create difficulties for the develop-
ment of mutur~~.ly advantageous cooperation between the capitalist and so-
ciulist countries.
The Mo.oist leadership of China is in the same camp as the champions of the
"Cold War." Peking's oresent policy is an aggressive polic;y which is aimed
~;ainst a relaxation of international tensions and against the Soviet Union
and nt andermining the positions of world socialism and of t~e national- -
liberution movement. The USSR has favored and continues to favor normril
rel~tions with China, but this requires a mutual desire on both sides,
and, unfortunate ~y, this desire does not exist on the part of the Peking
leadership.
Ttie activization of the enemies of social progress, democracy, aiid peace
and internationul security requires an intensificati~n of our vigilance
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and a ntrec~gthenin~ of the defense capa~~.ty of ~h~ Sov3et ~~t~te and of
~ti~ entiire nocial~.gt rommonwen~ttt, Our poJ.icy of
peacefu~ coex~.gtence
and detente,of c~ constructive sol.ution of
internation~Y prob~emg by means -
oP n~~otintions, and of a atru~gle to m~lce th~ pos~tive cha.ng~~ ~n ~h~ ~
wor~.d 3rr~ver~ib~e ia inv~riably combin~d with ~ firm rebuf
f of aggr~:st~ion
and witli r~~o~ute ~upport for the p~opl~ g who ~r~ strugg~.in~ fbr freedocn
and independence and a~ainst ~mperial3sm, co:~nn~.a~~sm, ~id neo-colon3a].ism,
mhis pd~.3ay which is bein~ purnu~d by the Commun3.st Party of ~he Sovi~t
Uniori in a generally aocial.ist and intern~tiono~.i~t policy.
'1'~~e entire cour~e of events on the internationo.l arena shows clearly thF?t
with the supporti of the socialist countries, the worl.d comcnunist mavement,
und n,1J, of the pro~reasive ~.nd peace-lovin~ force~ o� the plt~net, the
freedom loving peoples are capable under present conditions of opposin~
the pre~sure ond ttg~ression of imperia].ism. And noi; only oppas3ng it,
but al:~o nf
victoriously atru~rg].ing aga3nst imperialist react3on, both
foreign and domestic. The winnin~ of st~,te independence bv the pPOp1e
_ of .Bcut~;ladesh, the successful rebuff to Israel3 aggression by the Arsb
countries in October of last year, and ~he overthrowin~ of the fascist
re~ime in Portu~sal. nre the latest ~raphic examples of this.
We shal~. continue to ~tren~then our solid~,rity with the world communi~t,
workers', and national-liberation movements, with a11 of the ;~rogres~ive
and peace-loving forces of the planet, with all of our friends and fil.lies
in thc ,joint stru~gle ngainst 3mperial3sm and for a~ust democr�atic world
and for fricndship between peoples.
The Soviet Union has been and rem~ins in 'the front lines of the struggle
to defend the interests of mankind. It will always be faithful to the
gre~t cause of the international unity of the fighters for the freedom -
of peoples, for socialism, and for a durable peace in the world.
All o� our successes in economic and c ultural construction, in improving
t}ie public welfare, and in realizing remarkable achievements on the inter-
national arena are the result of the heroic labor of the Soviet people and
the result o� the Leninist policy of our Communist Party and the mar~y-sided
and pur~~oseful work of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Politburo
of the CC, a.yd the General Secretary of the CC CPSU Comrade L. I. Brezhnev,
The workers of our country have unanimously named Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev
r~., the people's can didate for deputy to the USSR Supreme Soviet. His
tireless constructive work, far-sightedness and sense of principle, his
concern for people, and his persistent struggle for peace have won univer-
s~l reco~;nition and love and respect.
Corirades !
Our country is on the eve of a great and important political event--the
elections to the supreme ~,gency of state power in the USSR. The Soviet
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people have arrived a~ this event ag eingle harmonious multi-na~t:Lonal
family which is clos~ly united around its Communist Par~y and its Leninist
Cen~ral Cotmn~t~e~ ,
On 16 J'unc Sov3et people w311 go the po113ng booths with profound faith
in th~3r party ond in its policy and w3th great patriotic pride in the
enormous achievements of our country in order to vote for the represen-
tatives of the 11fe-test~d block of communists ~nd non-party peop~e. On
that day Soviet peopl~ wi11 vote for the realization of the party'g dec3-
sions, for a,further strengthening of the economic might and defenae capa-
city ot' our home7.nn8, for the consolidation of peace in the entire world,
und fbr the unity and inseparable connection of our party and people.
In concluding tt~y speech, ~ want to w3sh you, dear comrades, great success
in your work and happiness in your personal lives.
I once again express ~ sincere gratitude to all of the voters for the
great trust they have shown in me and assure them that I will glve all
o~ rr~y strength to serve our Soviet people, our party, and the greut cause
of the construction of a communist society.
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention and
repeatedly interrupted by applause.) i
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SmR~NG'.CHEN TEi~ MIGHT OF TEIE ~'ATHERLAND WITH LABOR
D.~'. USmINOV, SZBRANNYY~ R~CHI I 5TAT'S (Selected Speeches t~nd Articles),
Moscdw, Politizdat, In Russian, 1979
[Speech by Marshal of the Sov3.et Union D. F. Ustinov at a meeting with
voters of the Kovrovskiy el.ection district 3n connection with elections
to the RSFSR Supreme Sov3et. 3o Ma3r i975~ PP 270-273]
(Excerpts] There are sti11, of course, many difficultfes and unsolved
problems in the work to accelerate scientific and technological progress
arid, for this reason, it requires the daily attention and persistence of
party and economic agencies and of a11 leaders ~nd specialists.
Comradesl
During the years which have passed since the previous elections to the
Supreme Soviets of the union republics and to the loc~.l Soviets of
- Workers' Deputies there has been a further strengthening of our multi-
r.ational state and an equalization of the classes and social groups which
comprise our society. The process of eliminating essential differences
between intellectual and physical labor and between town and country is
pro~ressina more and more actively.
Pro~ress along the path of the construction of communism is inseparable
from a further comprehensive development of socialist democracy and a
steac~y increase in the role of the Soviets as agencies of people's power
in the economic, social, and cultural development of the country. Soviet
law is being improved. In recent years the USSR Supreme Soviet has adopted
legislation which regulates such important problems as labor relations, an
improvement of health protection for the workers, a strengthening of the
family, a rational use of national resources, and others.
In accordance with the decision of the 24th CPSU Congress, a law has been
adopted on the status of deputies wh~ch is promoting a further increase
in the role of the Soviets .
Comrades!
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The ma~or F3l1CC@~5~8 wh~.ch have been e.chieved by the 5oviet peop~.e in
cortununist cons~ruction and the increased economie and defense might of
the U55R ar~ serving as a solid foundati,on for an active fore3an pol.icy by
our p~rty and state.
In recent years the fore3gn policy course of the 24th Party Congress and
the peace program which was worked out by it have been succesefully realized.
During this period the international situatfon has changed greatly. A
turnaway from the "Co1d War" toward detente and the peaceful. coexistence
and mutually advantageous cooperation of states w3th different social
systems has been achieved.
These changes became possible thanks to a fundamental change in the bolance
of power in the world in favor of socialism. The Apri1 (1975) Plenum of
the CC CPSU emphasized that the achievements of the Sovlet Union and the
other cauntries of the socialist commonwealth in the fields of economics
and defcnse, and the unity of the fraternal states and coordination of their
actions and their consistency and sense of princ3ple in defending peace
an d the fundamental interests of the peoples make up the basis of the
outstanding successes of socialist foreig.n policy.
The international positions of the socialist commonwealth have never been
as strong as they are now. Its authority in the eyes of the peoples of
the world is unprecedentedly great. For two decades now the Warsaw Pact
- has been playing a truly historical role: it is an effective instrument
of political cooperation and of the development of a coordinated forezgn
policy course by the socialist states and it is a reliable guard over their
security.
The economic integration of the socialist countries within the CEMA is
developing successfully. In accordance with the decisions of the 24th CPSU
Congress, our Leninist Party, its Central Committee, and the Politburo of
the CC are pursuing a line aimed at a further strengthening of the socialist
commonwealth, the development of allied relations with the fraternal coun-
tries, and the coordination of our ,joint activities aimed at achieving new
successes in the struggle for peace and for a strengthening of the positions
of socialism on the international arena.
The possibilities for strengthening peace in Europe axe becoming increasingly
clear. The All-European Conference on Security and Cooperation is nearing
its conclusion. Negotiations are continuing on decreasing the armed forces
and armaments in Central Europe. There has been a substantial activization
of mutually advantageous economic and scientific and technical relations
between the Soviet Union and the other fraternal countries of socialism and
the capitalist states of Western Europe.
_ An improvement of relations between our country and the largest capitalist
state--the United States--Pnd also with France, the FRG, and England is of
great importance for improving the international climate.
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mh~ vig~.ts by the General Secretary of the CC CT'SU Comrade L. I~ Brezhn~v
to the fraternal socialist countries and also to Ind~.a, ~he Uni~ed S~a~~s,
I~'r~.nce, ~nd the FRQ, and his meetings ~nd nego~ia~3on~ w~.th forei~n ~tatea-
- men and po13t3cians have played an exceptiona~. ro~e in the prnce~s af
cietent~ .
The ~oviet Union is s~ruggling for the elimi.na~ion of g d~,nger spot of in-
~ernat3onal tens3ons in the Near East. ~'he only way to settle ~he conflict
3s the liberation of the Arab ~.ands wh3ch hAVe been ~eized by~Tsrttel, the
protec~ion of the legal rights of the Palestinian people, o.nd the ach3eve-
- ment o.f guarantees f~r the independent existence and deve~.opment of all of
_ the states of this region.
Recently the position of the progressive forces which ai�e stru~gling for
a revolutionary trans~'ormation of the planet has grown stronger. This
convincingly proves that peaceful coexistence favors an expansion and
deepenin~ of the revolutionary struggle of the workin~ class r~nd its allies.
The front of anti-imperialist actions is widening in Eurdpe, Latin America,
, Asia, and Africa. The reactionary dictatorship 3n Greece has coll~,psed.
The democratic anti-fascist revolution in Portugal is developing suc-
ce~sfully.
The calculations of the aggressive forces of imperialism regarding local
wars against peoples which are waging the national-liberation struggle
have proven to be doomed to failure. The historic victories of the coura-
geous patriots of South Vietnam and of the entire fraternal Vietnomese
people are a vivid example of this.
They have been welcomed with great happiness by the peoples of the socialist
countries a.nd by all progressive mankind.
A powerful increase in class battles is taking place in the basic capitalist
countries. In 1947 the number of strikers reached 47 million people.
Comrades!
The Apr~l (1975) Plenum of the CC CPSU fully approved of the practical work
of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the party led by the General
_ Secret~,ry of the CC CPSU Comrade L. I. Brezhnev in realizing the Peace
Program. Our party's Leninist foreign policy is ardently and unanimously
supported by the entire Soviet people and it is shared and supported by
a11 of progressive mankind. (Applause.)
The communist parties and peoples of the fraternal countries wi11 continue
to struggle to see to it that the relaxation of tensions is spread to all
of the regions of the world. We are resolutely in favor of having the
right of all peoples to a free and independent development be triumphant
in international relations.
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In thi~ connection, ment3on has to be made of the fact th~~ the forces
which axe s~riving ~o w~aken the tendency ~oward detente and to atop the
mnvement of the peoples toward a solid p~ace ar~ still active~ These
reac~~.onary forces ~re b~ing ~oined by th~ Maoist leadership of Ch3na which
3g conduC~ing an unrestrained slanderoua campaign against the USSR ~nd the
other soc3a].3gt countries, is fight3ng for a strengthening of the imperial-
ist blocks, and is urging the capit alis~ countries on to~increase the arms
race.
The 5oviet stgte has cons~antly been in favor of a normalization of Soviet-
Chinese relations. mhis would undoubtedl,y accord with the fundamentel
interest of the Chinese people itself.
The constructive work of the Soviet people which ia building commun3sm and
its selfless labor aimed at the development of the country's econot?~}r and _
culture an d the strengthen3ng of its defense is of paramount importance
in the struggle to preserve and strengthen the peace and to make the relax-
ation of international tensions stable and durable and to give it an irre-
versible character.
A11 of our achievements in economic and cultural construction, 3n raising
the material and cultural levels of the workers, and in our remarkable
- successes on the ~ternational arena are an embodiment of the results of the
heroic labor of the Soviet people and of the many-sided and purposeful
work of the Communist Party, its Central Committee, the Politburo of the
CC, and the General Secretary of the CC CPSU Comrade L. I. Brezhnev.
(Prolonged applause.)
Comr.ades!
Soviet workers will go the polling booths with a profound faith in the
party and its policies, with great patriotic pride in the enormous suc- _
cesses of our people, and with a clear understanding of their next tasks
in order to give their votes to the candidates of the indestructible block
of communists and non--party members, thereby expressing their continued
readiness to work successful]y on behalf of the triumph of communism end
peace on our planet.
In concluding rr~y speech, I want to wish you a11, dear comrades, good health,
great successes in your work, and happiness in your per~onal lives.
(Storn~y, prolonged applause.)
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D. F. USmINOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI I STAT'Z (Selected Speechea and Articles), .
Moscow, Politizdat, In Russian, 1.979
[Speech by Marshal. of the Soviet Un3on D. F. Ustinov at a reception in
honor of Military Acadetr~r graduates in the Kremlin. 30 June 1.976,
PP z74-277]
[Text] Dear comradesl
It is with a feeling of profound satisfaction that we are honoring today
a new detachment of officers who have successfully graduated from our mili-
tary academies. Permit me to slncerely congratulate you, comrades, on this
happy event.
We also offer our greetings and our congratulations to the officers of the
fraternal armies of the Warsaw Pact states on their successful completion
of their studies in Soviet military educational institutions.
It gives me great pleasure to carry out a cormnission from the General
Secretary of the Central Committee of our party, Comrade L. I. Brezhnev
and give you his sincere greetings and warm congratulations and wishes
for creative success in your work. Leonid I1'ich gives an exceptional
amount of attention to the strengthening of the defense capacity of the
Soviet state, to the development of our armed forces, to supplying them
with first-class combat equipment, and to increasing their combat readiness.
He shows great daily concern about our officer cadres and about their train-
ing and education.
The award to him of the high military title of Maxshall of the Soviet Union
was a token of the recognition by all of the people of the outstanding
services of the General Secretary of the CC CPSU and Chairman of the USSR
Counci'1 on Defense Comrade L. I. Brezhnev. This event was greeted with ~
enormous inspiration by all Soviet people and by a1.1 of the soldiers of our
glorious armed forces. We wish Leonid I1'ich good health an d great suc-
cesses in his work for the good of our homeland.
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i Comrade gr~,duates!
You ex~ ~etting off for uni~s and ships at an important time when Soviet
people, inspired by the dec3sions of the historic 25th CPSU Congreas, are
working with unprecedented enthusiasm to accomplish the tremendous tasks
of the 7.Oth ~'3ve-Year P1an. The soldiers of our Arc~y and Navy are reply-
ing to the decisions of the Congress with new succeasea 3.n combat and po-
litical training. The Congress once again demonstrated the indestructible
un~ty of the party and the people and the tr3umph of communist ideas. The
workers of our country and the soldiers of the Soviet armed forcea ardent- ?
1.y approve of the tite,nic work of the party, its Central Co~r?ittee, its
Politburo, and of the General Secretary of the CC CPSU Comrade Leonid
I1'ich Brezhnev personally.
Thanks to the.wise Leninist policy of our party, in recent years substan-
tial progress has been achieved in the strug~le for a relaxation of inter-
nationa7. tensions. The CPSU is not sparing efforts to realize its Program
for a further struggle for peace and international cooperation and for
the freedom and independence of peoples.
The Conference of European Coimnunist and Workers' Parties which opened
yesterday in Berlin is raising hi~h the banner of the unity of European
communists .
- The speech by Comrade L. I. Brezhnev at the conference was listened to by
its participants with enormous attention. The speech of the General Secre-
tary of the Central Committee of our party contained a profound and compre-
hensive ana~}rsis of the situation in Europe and in the entire world, it
mapped out the main problems facing the peoples of this continent in the
struggle for the kind of Europe which would cease being a source of the
most bloocZy wars in history, and it demonstrated the enormous struggle of
the CPSU an.d the Soviet government for a halt to the arms race and the
establishment of relations of peaceful coexistence on our continent.
"True to the great ideas of proletarian internationalism," Leonid I1'ich
Brezhnev said at the Conference, "our party has never separated the fate
of the Soviet country from the fate of other countries in Europe and in
the entire world. Both the foreign policy of the USSR which is aimed at
strengthening the peace and freedom of the peoples and our. domestic policy
which has as its goal~the construction of co~nunism accords not only with
the fundamental interests of the Soviet peoples, but is, and we are con-
vinced of this, our contribution to the coimr?on struggle of the communists
of the entire world for a better f~Zture for mankind."*
However, as the 25th Party Congress noted, world peace is as yet by no
means guaranteed. Militarist circles are continuing the arms race, and
~L. I. Brezhnev,"Following Lenin's Course. Speeches and Articles," Vol 6,
p 58.
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~he threat of wt~r continues. ~'or this reason, our primary ta~kg remain
a further strengthen3ng of the defenae capaeity of the country, a thorough
increase in the vigilance and combat readiness of the Arrr~r and Navy, and
a~ strengthening of the fighting a].1lance of th~ Warsaw P~,et s~a~es~
_ Comr~zdes 1
In his speech at the 25th CPSU Congress, Leonid T1'3ch Brezhnev gave a vivid
character3zation of the modern leader as a person who ha~ to organ3ca11y
unite in himself part3ynost' and ~ profound competence, and discipline and
initi~,~ive and a creat3.ve ~.pproach to work. At any sector, a leader is
obliged to take account of socio-pol.itical and educational aspects, to be
sens3tive to people and their needs, a,nd to serve as an example 3n h3.s work
and in his life.
A11ow me to express rqy firm confidence in the fact that you will firm].y
follow these instructions of the party, that you will look up~n all of the
phenomena of life from class positions, that you wi11 g3ve a11 of
your
knowledge t~.nd ener~yr to the accomplishment of the tasks set for the forces,
and that you will evaluate the results of your work strictly and critically
and t~].ways measure every one of your practical steps against the demac~ds
of the party.
The vast ma,jority of the graduates of our academies are communists. We are
confident that when you come into the Army and the Navy you wi11 show your-
selves in your practical work to be genuine fighters for the party, a.nd
not only good specialists, but also skillful organizers and educators of
the masses.
5oviet people are not sparing their strength or resources to suppl,y the
Artr~y rznd Navy with modern weapons and combat equipment. They feel a pas-
siunate love for their arrr~y and are confident that it is reliably protec-
tin~ our socialist gains. There is no doubt that the glorious armed
forces wi].l continue to worthily accomplish the responsible tasks which have
been given to them--to be a sentry for the peaceful labor of the Soviet
people and a bulwark of world peace.
During the period of your studies in the academies you worked a great deal
and fruitfully and acquired and consolidated new knowledge in all of the
fields of military affairs. But graduation from an acade~y is only one
of the steps on the way to the heights of mil.itary mastery. There is quite
a distance between knowledge and ability. We hope that in your new and
more difficult stage of service-independent practical work--you will con-
tinue to persistently master the art of managing the Arrqy, the Air Force,
and the Navy, successfully overcome di.fficulties, show intelligent initia-
tive, and raise your ideological-pol~'�i,al and military-theoretical levels.
We are confident that you will malce your own important contribution to
improving the quality of combat and political training and to strengthening
the military discipline and combat readiness of the forces.
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No m~,t~er how t~rribl.e and perfected a wet~pon mey be, th~ outcome ~f a bat-
tle, oper.at~,ion, or a war a~ a whole is determined in the f3na1 anal.y~i~
by people . For this reason, re@;axdless of ~he 3peci.alty you have received
in the acadecr~y, each of you has to constant].y atuc'~y on h3s own, work pain-
stakingly with his subord3nates, tra3n and educate them, and show ~'atherly
concern for them.
We celeb rate every graduating class from our m313tary academies as a holi-
day not o~a1y for the officers who have completed their studies, but also
for the ent3re administration and faculty of the military educational
institutions. With a11 our heart we congratulate the commanders, polit~.cal
workers, and teachers with th3s great event~and express our thanks to them
for their difficult but honorable labor. We are confident that our h3gher
military school will cont3nue with equal success to accomplish the respon-
sible tasks bf training the Officer Corps of the Armed Forces which have
been given to them.
Comradesl
Permit me to assure the Central Committee of the Party, the Presidium of
the USSR Supreme Soviet, the Soviet government, and the General Secretary
of the CC CPSU Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev personally that the graduates
of our military academies will honorably ,justify the high trust of the
_ party and people and make a worthy contri'oution to the fuller stren~thenin~
of the combat might of the Soviet Armed Forces and of all of the armies of
the socialist corrmionwealth.
I wish you good military careers, dear comrades! I wish you good health
and optimism, inexhaustible energy and great successes in your honorable
and noble military work!
Long live the great Soviet people--the builder of communism!
Long live the valorous USSR Armed Forces--a reliable sentry for the peaceful
labor of the Soviet people and a bulwark of world peace!
May the fraternal alliance of the peoples of the countries of the socialist
commonwealth and of their armies grow stronger!
Lon~ live the Leninist Cc~mmunist Party of the Soviet Union--the leading
t~nd directing force of Soviet society!
(The reception yook place in a warm and sincere atmosphere. Its partici-
pants r~ccepted the greetings of the CC CPSU, the Presidium of the USSR
Supreme Soviet, and the USSR Council of Ministers with enormous enthusiasm. ~
The speech by Comrade D. F. Ustinov was listened to with great attention
and was repeatedly interrupted by storn~y applause.) ~
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PARTY-POLITICAL WORK IN THE AFtMY AND NAVY--AT TH~ L~VEL OF' THE DEMANbS OF
TH~ ~STH CPSU CONGRESS
_ D.F. USTINOV, IABRANNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Ar~icles),
Moscow, Politizdttt, Zn Russian, 1979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a scient3f3.c
practical conference of the leading workers of the political agencies of
the Arrrpr and Navy. 7 Ju~.y i976, pp 278-291]
[Text] Comrades!
First of all, permit me to carry out an honorable commission--to convey
to you from the General Secretary of the Central Committee of our party
Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev his sincere greetings and wishes for your
- great successes in the important and noble work of training and educating
the personnel of the Armed Forces. (Applause.) From his life and
military experience Leonid I1'ich knows very well and greatly appreciates
the work of the political workers of our Ar~y and Navy--the fighting de-
tachment of the party in the Armed Forces, tireless transmit,ters of its
policies, an d the mentors and educators of Soviet soldiers. (Applause.)
Comrades!
Our party and the entire Soviet people is now living and working under the
~ inspiring influence of the ideas and deci.sions of the 25th CPSU Congress.
The Con~ress summarized results of the world historical accomplishments of
our people and pointed out the ways for the further developmen~t of the
country, the ways for the victorious construction of a communist society.
These result s and the new prospects fill the heart of every Soviet person
with a feeling of great pride for the Leninist party, wise and far-sighted,
which is leading our people on the road of the first arrivals to the
triumph of communism.
Today there are great and difficult t asks facing all of the workers of our
homeland, the workers of industry, agriculture, transportai;ion, communica-
tions, constru :tion, and science and culture, and the soldiers of the Arn~y
. and Navy. It `.s the duty of every Soviet person to actively participate in
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their e~ccomplishment and to perform the wark he has been giv~n with mexi-
mum effort and with the greatest yield. And this requires a profound
stuc~y of the ma~er3als of the 25th CPSii Con~ress, an interpretation ot
thc Char~c~er ~nd content of ~he tc~sk set by it, thouE;ht aboui; tt?e gi~i:L-
fic~.nce of the work be3ng accompl.ished, and the ability to combine one's
own work with the tremendous people's efforts during the course of commu-
- ni3t construction in our countxy and with the development of the entire
world revolutionary process.
7'he political workers of the Armpr and Navy must also profoundly -
interpret their work and their tasks and the future prospects. Our con-
- ference which is devoted to the problems of party construction in the
Arcrpr and Navy in the light of the decisions ~f the 25th CPSU Congress is
one of the important measures which are be3ng carried out toward this
end 3n the Armed Forces. It has the task of promoting a further improve-
ment of party-politicFil. work and of the work of political. agencies and
party organizations. And since party construction in the Arcr~y and Navy
is an inseparable part of the party's overall woxk, we should be guided -
unswervingly in all of our practical work by the ~ecisions of the Congress
and by the theses and conclusions of the Summary Rep~~rt of the CC CPSU to
the Con~ress and put them into practice with all of'c~ur party passion and
persisterce.
The 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union graphic~.l.ly
demonstrated to the entire world the gigantic dimensions and depth of
the revolutionary constructive accomplishments of the Soviet people.
During the five years which have passed since the 25th CPSU Congress our
country has achieved remarkable new frontiers in the creation of the
material and technical base of communism, in raising the standard of living -
of the people, and in strengthening the defense capacity of our state.
With respect to the absolute increase in industrial output, the growth
of the country's economic might, and the scope of the a,ccomplishment of
the tasks of raising the standard of living of the people, the 9th Five-
Yer~r Plan has no equals.
True to Lenin's behests,the party is unswervingly pursuing a socio-economic
policy aimed at a further improvement of the well-being of Soviet people,
an improvement of their working and living con ditions, and substantial
progress in health care, education, and culture, and at the realization of
everything that promotes the formation of a new man, the comprehensive de-
velopment of the individual, and the perfection of the socialist way of life.
The construction in our country of a developed socialist society the like
of which ma.nkind has never known is of world historical importance.
As the productive forces and the economic potential of our state grow, tize
soci~,l structure of our society improves. There has been a greater strength-
ening of the ideologic al-political unity of Soviet people who are united
around their native Communist Party and of the indestructible coirunonwealth
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o� tlte peop:les of our multi-national homeland. The 1ec~din~ ~,nd c33reet3np; -
role of the CPSU 3s grow3ng consta,n~ly, and the ~.nfluence o~ ~he working ~
a~~ss .~r. ~,11 spheres of 1.ife is growing and becomin~ stron~er. Toda,y th~
stron~ a~~.13a,nce which has been tested in severe tr3a1;~ of a:Ll of ~lie wor-
ke r~ of our countiy, an alliance of the working cl ass, the kr~lkhoz pea-
~antry, F~nd the 3nte1l3.gentsia, of the workers of physica7. and intellec-
tual labor, is strong r~nd indestructible as never before!
During the past five years changes of enormous importance have occurred on -
the world arena. The Communist Party and the Soviet state have achieved
ma,jor successes in re~,lizing their Leninist peace-loving foreign policy
course and in rea,lizing the Peace Prograrn which was worked out by the
24th CPSU Congress,
Thanks to the active and purposeful foreign policy of the Soviet Union and
the other ~ocialist countries,an historic shift h~.s occurred from the
"Cold War" to a relaxation of tensions which has become a leading tendency
in internati~n~,l relations. Imperialism has been compelled to retreat frum
the policy of brinkmanship and from the policy of unconcealed threats and
nuclear blackmail.
These favorable phenomena are not some kind of miracle. They are connected
above all with a change in the balance of power on the world arena in favor
of peace, progress, and socialism. The socialist corrm?onwealth has now be-
come the niost c~}mamic economic force in the world, while the capitalist
states are experiencing an acute economic crisis. With each passir,g day
there is a strengthening of the political, economic, and ideological coope-
ration of the fr.aternal countries of socialism whose foundation is the
indestructible fighting alliance of their Communist Parties.
- The fraternal socialist countries are successfully realizing a long-term
program of socialist economic integration. The military and political
_ alli~,nce of the Warsaw Pact countries is reliably serving the interests
of peace and socialism.
True to the sacred principles of proletarian internationalism, Soviet
people F.re giving concprehensive support to the peoples who are struggling
for freedom and national independence and against imperialist aggression
and neo-colonialism. We are proud of our fraternal help to the heroic
people of Vietnam in its struggle of mar~y years which has been concluded
with a full victory an d the defeat of the aggressor and has been crowned
with the unification of the country and the proclamation of the Socialist
Republic of Vietna.m. -
The strivings of millions of people to throw off the yoke of colonialism,
to acquire independence, and t~ build a new and free life--is an insupera-
ble phenomenon of the present day. The proof of this is the victories
which have been won by the peoples of Laos, Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-
Bisque, and the Green Cape Islands, and mar~y other facts.
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Comt'ttd~~~~ I
'1'he ry5tt? C~SU Congre~s y~.gnified a new fron~i~r in the history of t;hc
Catrununigt E'n.rty cicicl tihc Soviet ~ta~te c~nd in ~he deve~opment of soc3a~l~~t,
~oeiety on ita wq}r ~a communigm. I~ confirme~ that ~he p~rty is following
~t C~rrc:Ct Lcnini~t cours~ nnd is worthi~y fulfi~~in~ it~ rnle nf ~h~ poli-
ticnl lend~r of
tl~~ ~~rorkin~ clasy ~nd o� our entire people, (Applause,)
Un~nimounly approved b,y the Congre~p, and me~t with enthusi~~m by th~
entire Sov:tet people, the Swmm~ry Ha~ort of the Central Comm3t~ee of the
},nrty which w~~ m~de by the General Secretary of the CC CPSU, Leon3d
[1'icti I3rezhttev ts n mu,jor contr~ibutiott to the theory and practice of
3ctentific communism. At the center of the par~y's policies 3s concern
for the welfare of the pedple ~,nd for r~ rich and happy life for 5ov3et
peopl~, Thp party's economi.c ~trategy whichwasworked o~it by the Cor~gress
3ervcs thi~ lofty goal. 'Ct prov3des for a c'~yna?ni.c and proport3onal deve-
lopment oC socia~l production, en increase in its efficiency, szn a~ecelera-
tion oP scientific and technolo~ical progress, an increase in labor pro-
dt~ctivity, and a comprehen~ive improvement of the quality of work 3n all
oC the elements of the econocrty, including economic manttgement. The ta~sl:
hn~ been set of turn3n~ aQriculture into a highly developed sector of the
econortpr and ~eein~ to it, first, that all of its branches are highly effi-
cient nnd, secondly, that the m~terial and cultural .living condition3 of
town ond countty become more equal.
'I't~e Con~;ress devoted a~,reat dec~. of uttention to the part~~'s ideological-
eciucation~l work. Tt pointed out th at the improvemcnt of the material
wcll-being of Soviet people must constantly be accompanied by a rise in
ttieir ideolo~ical-moral and cultural levels. And the CPSU is doing every-
th:N~*, possible for the formation of the new man--a worthy citizen of the
U~~~:, Rnd active builder of communism. The way to increase the effectiveness =
of educational work is an overall approach to the organization of this
work, that is, the achievement of a close unity of ideological-political,
labor, and morul education with regard to the special characteristics of
the v~,ri~us ~roups of workers. It is necessary to develop in people an
uctive life position f~nd u conscious attitude toward their social duty,
in wtiich the daily norm of life becomes the unity of words and deeds. All
of the~e theses in the Swnmaxy Report of the CC CPSU to the 25th Party
Congress have a direct and immediate relationship to political-educationa].
work in the Arttpr and Navy.
- Comrudes! The ideas of the Congress and the decisions adopted by it are
inspiring our great people to new labor feats and to tremendous new accom-
pli^h^~ents. There is no higher honor for any Soviet persoii than the rea-
lizt~;,ion of the party's plans. The enormous self-sacrificing constructive
lubor of millions of Soviet people which began with the firfit days of the
lOt}? Five-Ye ar Pla.n convincingly testifies to the fact that everything that -
h~~ been plrsnned by the party will be realized in life!
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rot~ orr~c~nL us~ oN~Y
Ct~ r~~r.,~~o~u.~e t;o ctin ftippc~,l. by udv~riced work~r:~' ~o1.l~c~ivc;~, a nc~tihnn~].
c~~r.i~.:iut; com~etit3.on ti~n ~e~un in ~he coun~ry tbr ~.nci~~~nin~; product:ton
~i'E'3cicciCy nnd improvin~ tt?~ quality nf work attd for i;he 9UCC~95,~U~ fU~.-
fillment of the 1q76 econom~.c plan. Accord~.n~ ~o pr~~.imin~ry da~a, in-
dt~try ha~ a.chieved ~he ~~s~.~nmen~ of i;he f3rs~ ha~.f yea~r by 1.02 perc~nt.
dur n~r~3cult~~t~a1 worlcer~ are uctive~y stru~gling for a b3.~ harvest in t;he =
d3fficult weather condi~ion~ nf th3s year. In a, nwnber of
~xe~s c~f the
cottn~ry our ~r~in ~rowers have c~lready begun ~he mag~ sale of ~ra3.n ta the
stnte. 7.'hey are being helpefl by the en~~re country--by equ3pment, ~rans-
portzLtioci, and cadres. And, as in pagt years, the aoldiers of` our Armed
~'orce~ are not standing nloof from th3s truly all-people's gtruggle for
' the ha,rvest. 'I'hey re~ard participation 3n a 1976 harvest ae their patrio-
tic ciuty.
The 1~unching of the sp~,ceship "Soyuz-21" with the Hero of the Soviet Union
Cn].onel B~r~is Valentinovich Voloynov o,nd Lj.euten~nt Colonel Vitaliy Mikhay-
lovich 'Lholobov aboard is a new proof of the outstand3ng achievements of
Soviet science and technology and of our entire people. Like all Soviet
people, we have no doubt ~ha~ our glorious astron~uts will t~onorably c~rry
out their assignments ~nd ttiereby increase the glory of our 3oci~zlist home-
land. (Applause,)
Comrcides! Only a few months have passed since the end of the 2Sth CPSU
Cor~~re~s, and we are all alreac'~y witnesses to the great activity, consis-
tency, f~nd far-sightedness with t~hich the CC CPSU and the Soviet ~overn-
ment are realizin~ the Program for a further struggle for peace and in~er-
n~tion~.l. cooperation and for the freedom and independenca of peoples which
was mapped out by the 25th Congress. The conclusion of the Soviet-American
treaty "On Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes, the visits
to the Soviet Union of the leaders of a number of countries, and'also the
foreign trips of ~oviet leaders should be counted among the important events
in thi~ field. -
`I'he influence of the socialist states on the course of world development
is becoming increasingly strong and profound, and the working class of the
c~.pitalist countries is becoming more Active.
The Conference oi European Communist and Workers'Parties which took place
very recentl;f in Berlin was a ma,jor event in the history of the communist
movement which had great international significance. The speech by the
head of the d~le~ation of the CPSU, the General Secretary of the CC CPSU
L. I. Brezhnev had an enormous resontance in all of the countries of the _
world. In it he provided a profound analysis of the current situation in
Europe and in the entire world, revealed the main problems in the struggle
for turning Lurope into a continent of peace, demonstrated the persistent
and purposeful work of the CC CPSU and Soviet state aimed at halting the
ai~s race, strengthening detente, and developing international cooperation,
and empha~ized the constant import~.nce of the internation~.l. solidarity of
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the co~rununi~t ~nd workera' par~ieg. Comradc L~ I. Brezhnev ~nnured the
participnnts in the conference that our party woul.d not weaken ito e:ffortn
in ~hc strt~;~;le for p~ace and security.
The Berlin confercnce raised hi~h ~the banner~ of the unity a,nd 9olid~.ri~y of
our fratern~l p~rties ~.nd demonstrated their readines~ to make t~ contribution
tn the common c~use of the stru~gle for ~he achievement of these rioble ~;oals.
~t clear~.y po~.n~ed out the chief revo~utionary forces o~' ~he present 8ay-- ~
the r~cia~.ist g~~,tes, the workers' movement 3n the capitalist countries,
~.nd ~'~,e national liberation movement--which are capab7.c:, along with a1.1
demo~ratic peace loving forces, of overcoming the resistance of reaction
and prevent3ng a new world w~,r.
However, the successes of detente which have pushed back the direct threat
of
a nuclear clnsh have not yet become sufficiently strong to ~uarantee
peace against possible provocations by the most aggre3s3ve and react3onary -
3mFerialist circles. For the nature of imperialism has not changed. It
has not lost its aggressive essence and is not voluntar3ly surrendering
it~ posit3.ons, but, on the contrary, 3~ attempting to move into counter-
attacks. 7'hi~ is testified to by the events in Chi1e, in the Near East,
by the situa.tion in Cypress, by the periodic emergence of conflicts in
other areas of the world, and by the constant increase in military budgets
and the arms race in the imperialist states.
Imperialist reaction is everywhere attempting to place barriers in the
wey of the security and cooperation of countries with different socir3.1
~ystems. There is a direct threat to peace in the concentration on the
European continent of very large groupings of NATO armed forces, in the
accumulation by the member countries of this aggressive block of enormous
stocks of weapons, including nuclear weapons, in the crude pressure and
intervention in the internal affairs of other states, t~nd in the endeavor
by certain imperialist circles to renew an atmosphere of tension and con-
frontation in inter-state relations and again return to the policy of the
"Cold War."
Under these conditions, our party regards it as its sac?:�ed duty to continue
with redoubled energy to pursue a policy of restraining the forces of war
_ and aggression and of strengthening world peace. It has done and will con-
tinue to do everything necessary for a further strengthenin~ of the defense
capacity of the Soviet state and of the entire socialist commonwealth.
The party, its Central Committee, and the General Secretary of the CC CPSU
Comrade Leonid I1'ich B~ezhnev are constantly working on a strengthening
of our country's defense. Every day we, military people, feel the firm
direction and ~uiding role of the Coimnunist Party in the Armed Forces. Our
duty is to cherish the attention and concern of the CPS~~ Por strengthening
_ the Arn~y mnd Navy and to respond to this with selfless devotion to the
party and people and with self-sacrificin~ military labor. (Applause.)
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Con~r~x~drti! ~i'nday'~ ap~~ch itt for me, ~.n e~sence, a?~r f3.rh~~ ine~~in~ w~.th thc
l~n.dint; pa~.i~3c~. per;ionncal oi' ~hc Armpr and N~vy. Malc~.n~ u:~e of thi~ np-
portunii;y, T would like ~o touch upon certa~.n prob~.em~ of ~~,r~y-politicnl
work in tt~e Armed ~'orCes Which, in r~r np~.nion, deservF our corn~non n~~.nn-
tion.
In ~arder to evaluate tti~ role a,nd importnncc of par~y-po~.itical. worlc in
the Ar~r~y and Na,vy ~nd to def3ne i~s ch3ef dir~c~ion~ w~ have to fu11y im~i-
gin~ tc our~elves ~he p~.ace that ~s occup3ed by ~he Sov3et Armed I'orces
in ~he 13.�e of the country, in its history, and in ~he spir3tual world of
5ov~et rnfan. It is special end honor~ble p~.ace, comrades. Not a s~.ngle
arcr~y has ever achieved anything like i~ .
Th~ 5oviet Arrr~y wh3ch was ~iven b3.rth to by Great October to defend the
youn~ ~iepublic of Soviets ~nd to defend ~he ~ust cause of the workers and
peas~nt~ has been ~nd remains the f~esh ~.nd bl.ood of our people. Zt co-
vered itself with unc~ying glory during the years of the Civil War ~.nd of
the atru~~l.e with the imperialist Interven~ion and gained immortali~y
throu~h the heroism of mi~lions of its soldiers, conananders, and pn~itical
workers dui�ing the Great Patriotic War.
Our Arrr~y en~oys the complete trust and sincere lovc of our people. For
Soviet people service in it is to the highest degree a useful and fruitful
school of courage, a school for acquiring lofty moral gualities~ ~nd n ~chool
of expertise. The Arrr~y raises patriots of our Soviet homeland in its ranks.
'I'his is why in the Summary Report of the Central Committee to the 25th Pa2~ty
Congre~s the General Secretary of the CC CPSU Comro,de L. I. Brezhnev ~ave
hi~h prn.ise to our Arrr~y as an educational school.
Comr�~.cles, we should be proud of such praise. But it also obliges us to
do a~;reat deal and, first of all, it obliges us to organize all of our
part,y-political work in such a way that it produces a maximum effect and
ensures hi~h comrat readiness for a11 of the branches of the Armed Forces.
It wus correctly said here that the organization of propaganda and of a
profound study of the decisions of the 25th Party Congress by all of our
servicemr.n and their re~.].ization are now the central task of the military
councils,the commanders, the political ~.~encies, and the party organiza-
tions. This work has been widely developed in the Armed Forces. All of
our best cadres, beginning with the leadership personnel of the central
upp~r~Ltus, th^ districts, the groups of forces, and our fleets have to be
enlisted in it. btore eff'ective use has to be made of our cadres of expe-
riencecl propa~andists, of the entire system of political training and party
educa~tion, of the broad network of ideological institutions, the military
press, and of the other means of mass information.
_ rspecial ~.ttention has to be devoted to an explanation to all of the per-
sonne:l. of the ev~.luations which were m~de by the party Congress of t~~e -
funci~.ment~.l problems of international relations, the current political
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nttuation, and th~ sources of mi~itary danger, and ~z1so ~o unm~nk~.ng the
int~,ri~;ue~ of imperialism end the an~i-5oviet actions of Maoi~m. I woul.d
nc~mc tt cnncern that every soldier have a deep awareneas of his personal
responsib~~.ity for the high combat readiness of our Armed Forces during
~he present period as the heart of a11 of ~he propaganda of ~he materials
of the 25~h party Congress in the Arr~ and Navy. -
It has to be telcen into account, comrudes, th~t our propaganfla work w311
yield the best results if the explt~nation of the d~cis3.ons of the Congress
and the realization of the ~asks set by it become a single unbroken proceas.
7n this connectian, it is necessary to consider some concrete quentions
which follow from the instructiona of the Congress.
The swnmer combat training is now in fu1~ swing 3n the forces. During ~he
winter period the comba~ and polit3cal training plans were successfully
fulfilled and an improvement was achieved in field, ~,3.r, and sea tra3.n3ng.
7'he tasks of the summer period are much more difficult; but ttiey are rea-
- listic tasks and they have to be accompl3shed with higher quality. The
mo~t important thing is to constantly improve the combat readiness of the
units and ships, to improve ~heir tactical and specia,l training, and to
shorten the periods needed for making the forces reac~y to accomplish com-
bat mi~sions under difficult conditions. We will cope with this the more
succeesfully, the more persistently we caxry out the instruction of the
2Sth Party Congress concerciing an improvement in the efficiency and quality
of a11 of our work.
It is necessary to achieve the kind of level of training for the forces in
which every soldier has a perfect mastery of modern weapons and combat
- equipment. The great leader of the revolution V. I. Lenin noted that in
war "he who has the greatest equipment, organization, cliscipline, and the
best machines gets the upper hand...."~' And the party takes constant
account of this thesis.
During the time between the 2~th and the 25th CPSU Congresses our Arr?~y
and Navy received improved weapons n:odels which in their combat and oper~.-
tfonal characteristics accord the most modern demands. This was made
po~aible thanks to the self-sacrificing labor and skill of our working
class ar,: the technical daring and talent of our designers, scientists,
engineers and tzchnicians, and all of the workers of our defense industry.
The successes of our domestic science and technology in military aff~irs, �
as in a11 of the spheres of our life, are of enormous importance. But
equipment by itself does not determine a high level of combat readiness
in the Armed Forces. It is also essential to see to it that it is studied
deeply and mastered by al_1 af the personnel and that it is used skillful.ly ~
'~V. I. Lenin "Complete Works," Vol 36, p 116.
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and w~.thouti accident~, Our advantage has always been and cont~.nue~ to be
an ~,dv~ntage of the ideyn~st' and consciousness of our peop7.e, of the~.r
hi~h socia,list pa~r3otism, and also of t;heir excel.lent training. We must
continue ~o maintain this advantage for ourselves.
tn t;hi~ connec�tion, r would like to call atten~ion to the tm~ermi~sib3l:ttY
of ~ny 3ndu~.~ences or simplifictttions which, unfortunately, stiJ.l exist
in combat training in individual units. There has to be a resolute strug-
g1e ~.g~,inst these shortcomings. The kind of situa~ion has to be created at
every exercise which requires ma.ximum effor~s from every tra3nee, and the
fu1~. use of the combat possibilities of weapone and combat equipment. We
have to be even more persistent in cultivating in every soldier an under-
standin~; of the great importance of combat trafning under diff3cult condi-
tions, keeping in mind the unch~nging truth that the more d3.ff3cul~t 3t
is in tra3n3ng, the easier it is in battle.
More ttttention has to be given to a further strengthening of military dis-
cipline ~nd to the maintenance of strict order in accordance with the regu-
lations in the subunits, units, and on ships. It is not necessary to prove
th~t high level o," discipline is the basis o~ the combat training of the
Armed P'orces. It i~: not without reason that it is cr~lled the mother of
victory. Discipline unifies people, increases their strength tenfold, and
~?elps them to reach their goal more rapidly, with smaller losses. And,
on ttie contrary, ~ 1+~ck of discipline engenders disorder, disorganization,
Hn d in war leads to unnecessary losses and to defeat.
Tod~y, when the Arrr~y rlnd Navy are equipped with complex weapons systems,
the slightest manifestation of carelessness ~,nd l~,ck of discipline even by
an individual serviceman can lead to severe consequences.
What must we take into account in organizing party-political work under
present conditions?
First of all, it is necessary to keep in mind the fact that the Armed Forces
now ~.re rece~ving the kind of youth which in the level of its development,
literacy, and diversity of interests is higher tY?an its predecessors. At
the same time, it ca~~not but be considered that a considerable number of
the ,youn~; people are c~l.led into Arrr~y directly from school and that it is
not e~,sy for them to overcome the haxdships of military labor. Moreover,
milit~xy service itself has become much more complicated than in the past.
Tt is natural that the political and military education of this kind of
,youth demands hi~her qualifications from co~anders and political workers.
A lart;e role in this has to be played by~ the party and komsomol organizations
for which providing help to corrur?anders in making skilled soldiers out of
youn~ conscripts has to become a laily concern and the content of their
work.
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Spea,king a~ n meetin~ with the workers of the mo~or vehic~.e plant imeni
I. A. Lilchachev, Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev sttid that modern production requ3.re3
~hat every worker have ~ clear 3dea of his place in the la,bor process,
- th~.t he knows what he is making and why, that he knows what depends up~n `
him, and ~hat he has the feeling that his work is a necess~r~r par.t of the
overal.l work. 7'his, comrades, also direct].y ~pp~iea to our ed~.tcational
work with the personnel. Its goal is to establiah in ~he consciousness
of every sol.dier a clear understanding of ~he fact ~hat he is pc+.rform3ng
a responsible assignment in the defense of the social3st gains of the
Soviet people. Then we will rightly be able ~o expect from him a genu3ne
interest in his mil3tary profession, and not simply diligence and disc3pline,
but also a vital interest and concern for the common cause, for increas3ng
the combat readiness of his subun3.~, unit, or ship, and for strengthening
the combat m3ght of the Armed Forces.
In organizing party-polit3cal work, we must also take account of the cha-
racter of modern wax. Tt is frequently said that today's weapons make
incomparably greater demands upon people than those which were used during
_ the past war. This way of putting the matter does not give rise to any
doubts. But we should not limit ourselves solely to establishing this
indisputable truth. It is necessary to achieve the kind of situation in
which, in organizing the training and education of the personnel, every com-
mander and political worker has a clear understanding of the kinds of new
moral, physical, and psychological trials that our soldier will come up
against in a real battle, if the imperi~lists were to unleash a war, and
the kinds of reserves of strength--combat, ideological, and moral--that
, have to be trained into the defenders of our homeland during peacetime.
And although combat equipment is becoming increasingly complex and menacing,
the decisive force in war has been and remains the human being, one who is
convinced, who has an expert mastery of the weapons entrusted to him, and
who is mcrally prepared to endure all kinds of trials for the sake of
achieving victory.
We have to consider the irreconciliability of our struggle ~gainst bour-
geois ideolo ~y in the work on the ideological-political education of the
personnel. The ideological conflict between the two systems is becoming
increasingly active, while imperialist propaganda is becoming more sophis-
ticated. There can be no place for neutrality and compromise in this
strug~le.
Thus, comrades, the basic criterioti of the effectiveness of party-political
work is the level of combat readiness and of combat and political training
- which has been reached. And this must always be remembered.
A further increase in the activeness and vitfsl.ity of the primary party
or~anizations and a strengthening of their influence on a11 aspects of
the life of the forces is or.ie of the central problems of party construction
in the Arrqy a.nd Naw. ~
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~1s e~,r1y as the ~~.me when the ~~viet Armed I'oxces were at ~the beg3nning
of
~heir combat caxeer Vlttdimir S1'ich Lenin no~ed ~ha~ the party had
cr~e~ted n atrong founda~ion for a new Ar~y wh3ch made it poss3ble for it
to win victories under unprecedented].y difficult condition~, and ~hat thi:~
foundnt�ioii had been created by "worlc in a new manner, poli~ical propaganda
~~t the i'ront, ~he organ3zation of the communists in out~ Army, and ~he se~.f-
s~,criticing org~,n3zat3on a.nd strugg~e of the best people of our working
cl~iss."~~ Since tha~ time the str~ngth of th3s foundation has been testefl
tnore ttian once. And alwr~ys, both during the years of peacefu~, construction.,
~nd durin~ wttrtime, our commun3s~s have been ~he force which has cemented
~he ranks of ~he defenders of our homeltand and led them to victory.
The st~tement of the 25th CPSU Congress to the ef'fect that the primary
part,y or~aniza~tions are 3n the front line of our construction appl.ies in
fu11. me~,sure to the woric of our Arrr~y and Navy commuriists. Our communists
in the Armed Force~ are with good reason regarded as the le~ders of the
Arrr~y ~,nd N~,vy masses, examples of the execution of milit~zry~ duty, and models
_ of a sense of principle ^,:~d of ideological tempering. At the present time
the�re are tens of thousands of primary ~.nd company party organizations and
party groups in the ~LrrrLy and Navy which practic~,lly cover ouY� eci�tire mili-
tar,yr s~ructure. What an enormous force this is, comrades! It is only
necessary to make skillful use of this force in the accomplishmen�t of its
tasks. The party organizations and their fighting helper--the Arrr~y komsomol
--this is the chief force by means of which we accomplish all of our deeds.
It is ~;enerally known that party work has its own specific nature. Party
or~;~nizations cannot me~ht~nic 311y copy the work methods of commanders and
- chiefs or duplicate their decisions and order.~s. To persistently struggle
for a complete and high quality fulfillment of combat and political train-
, in~ plans by active measures of persuasion--this is the most important
auty of party organizations. With the means characteristic of them they
have to increase the role of the orders of commanders an d chiefs and active- ~
ly influence the work of the military collectives of units, ships, and -
military education~,l institutions.
The most important thing which we have to seek to achieve is for every
comnuni~t not only to be a model soldier, but also to lead the non-party _
mecnbers. This, comrades, is a very important and difficult matter. The
fact that we ar~ still insufficiently working in this direction is testi-
fiecl to by instances when certain communists see shortco:nings and pass them
by. If a party organization tolerates such cases, the effect of its edu-
ca.tional work will not be high.
On the whole, the res ults of party-politic~,l work will be better, the more
p~incipled the approach of party organizations to the solution of a11 of
the pr�oblems which are raised for them by Army life and the deeper and _
_ ~~'V . i. l~enin , op . cit Vol 37 , p 468.
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bet~c~r t~,hc~ ?n~thod~ ot' educational work. rrom the point of vj.ew of the
entire party, a11 of ~his i~ very well d3.acusaed in such import;ttnt docu-
ments as the decrees of the CC CPSU "On the Work to Select and Educate
Ideolo~:tcal C~dres in the Party Or~aniza~ion of Belorussia" ~,nd "On the
Sta~e of Criticism and Se1f-Critic3sm in ~he Tambovoskaya Ob7.ast Party
Organizat3on." And it is entirely correct that the comrades who spoke in
the d3scussions called at~ention to this.
The 3.ncreased role and influence of party or~ganizations depends to a large
extent upon a further improvement of their direction by political agencies.
In recent years, the work of political agencies of all elements has become
ric:her and more purposeful. They are actin~ as consistent transmi.tter~ of
the part,y~s policies and fighting organizers and are doing a great deal
for the development of the mass initiative and creativi~y of the personnel
and for the development of socialist competition in the units and on ships.
A considerable contribution has been made by political agencies in further
strengthening connections with local party, government, and public organi-
zations and improving military-patriotic and m~,ss defense work fzmong the -
population.
In speakir~g about intra-party democracy, one must keep in mind its close
connection with one-man authority as the principle of construction and
management in the Armed Forces. For this reason, political. agencies have
to be more active in instilling a spirit of partiynost' in the work of
the agencies of military management, constantly show concern for strength-
ening one-man authority and for increasing the authority of commanders,
~.nd be intolerant toward a11 shortcomings in this a.rea. Greater ener~y
in their work and a greater acuteness and sense of principle in posing
and resolving ur~ent problems--this is what we should wish for our politica.l
agencies, including in their work on educating cadres.
The dema.nds today upon the leader in general and the ~oldier in particul~,r
have undergone an immeasurable growth. The present-day leader has to be
distin~uish~d by a high level of partiynost', a deep knowledge of his
work, discipline, ir.itip.tive, and a creative approach to the fl.ilfillment
of all of his duties.
In recent ye~rs substantial work has been carried out in the Soviet Arr?~y i
and Navy to improve the sel.ection, placement, and education of cadres.
A policy ~f promoting promising young officers to the basic command, poli-
tical, and engineering posts is being actively carried out. They have a
hi~h level of theoretical training, but do not always possess the necessary
practical experience. Party concern for their formation and education is
one of the most important tasksof the military councils, the conm~anders,
and the headquarters and political agencies. In showing concern for the
education of these cadres, it is necessary to correctly combine a high
level of exactingness toward them with sensitivity and to patiently and
persistently teach the young officers so that they give the best showin~
of themselves in their work sectors.
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Our p~,rty is m~.lcin~ e~peciall.y great demands upon the po~.i~tica,]. workers of
thc Arrr~y ~nd Navy. A1l of you, comrades, know from your own exper9.ence that
a po].itical worker has to lcnow a great de~.7. and be able to do a great -
de~1. Dut if I were asked what is the chief and basic quality that a po-
:li~Lica1 worker has to possesa, I woul.d say tha~, in the first place, he
h~,s to b~ ~ conununis~ in the highest meaning of that word. (Applauae.)
What has alwuys distinguished and continues to distinguish the political
worker of our ~,rn~y? Why ~s he highly v~,lued, believed in, and why do the
m~sses of soldiers follow him? First of a11, for his profound ideological `
conviction, his ~reat partiynost', his honesty and exemploriness in every-
thing, ~.nd foi� his c1o~e and not formal relationship with the personnel.
The political worker's chief inethod of work has alw~,ys been fand continues
to be the method of persuasion. Tn order to persuade people and have them -
foll.ow after you knowledge alone is not enough. The decisive role here is
played by the personal exfunple of the political worker, his party passion,
his sense o� principle and intolerance toward any devio,tions from the
Len3.nist norms of party life and the pz�inciples of' our mor~,lity, and, rzt
the same time, his responsiveness and sensitivity to people and his ability
to understand them and give them the necessary he1p. A political worker
has the task of puttin~ all of his abilities and all of the passion of his
henrt into liis work with people.
A genuine ~olitic~,l worker is distinguished by his accessibility to and
cons~tant connection with the masses. The people are always attracted to
tiim. Veterans respect him for his experience and sincerity. Young so1-
diers see in him senior comrade who is t~ttentive to ttiem in fatherly
way ~.nd who is strict And sensitive; they go to him �or ~,dvice and share
their most secret thoughts with him. _
There is no doubt that if in all of the elements and, above all, in the
subunits and units there will exist precisely this kind of conr:ection with
the masses which will make it possible for commanders and political workers
to, as they s~.y, feel the pulse ~~nd the heartbeat of people, we will rapidly
rid ourselves of the negative phenomena which still exist among us and
r~.ise the combat readiness of the Armed Forces to a new ancl even hi~her
level. And it is this that we are seeking to achieve.
In conclusion, I would like once again to emphasize that the chief task
of all political workers at the present time consists in explaining the
decisions of the 25th CPSU Congress to all of the personnel in a convin-
cing and underst~,ndable manner, in propagandizing our achievements, and
in demonstratin~ the grea.tness of the tasks which the party has set for
~ :ie entire Soviet people. All of this work has to be aimed at a further
unification of the entire personnel around the Communist Party and Soviet
government, at the cultivation in soldiers of a selfless devotion to the
ideas of Marxism-Leninism, and at the formation in them of u feeling of
ardent Soviet patriotism and proletarian intc:rnationalism.
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It is essentit~l to continue to constantly cul.tivate 3.n the personnel rz
hi~;h level of vigilance and an intolerant hatred toward ~he enemies of
our homeland, toward all who are waging a struggle a~,ainst soci~,lism and
the pol3.cy of peace and the secur3ty of peoples and who are a~temp~~.n~
to throw mankind into the abyss of a new world war. -
The entire content of our ideological-educational work has to be suLordina-
ted to malcing every Soviet soldier see the meaning and go~,1 of his life
in selfless service to the homeland a.nd in a consc3entious fulfillment of
his mil.itary duty and in seeing to it that even a former sol.dier who has
retired from the ranks of the Armed Forces is always reac'~y to t~~a3n take
up his place 3n these ranks and with a weapon in his hands perform his
sacred duty of protecting the Soviet homeland.
Comrades!
A useful, creative, and rich exchange of opinions has taken place at our
conference. The discussion of the report by the Chief of the Main Political
Administration of the Sov3et Ar~r~y and Navy General of the Arrqy Comrade A.A.
Yepishev on the problems of party construction of the Armed Forces testifies
to the high ideological-theoretical maturity and great practical experience
of our leading political cadres.
~uite a few valuable proposals were made at the conference which will be
studied by the Ministry of Defense and Main Political Administr�~.tion nf
v the Soviet Arn~y and i~avy. We shall attempt to find an acceptab::.e form
of ~eneralizing the results of the conference and of transmitting its
conclusions and recommendations of all of our military councils, commanders,
and political agencies for extensive use in their practical work.
Comrades!
There are important and responsible tasks before us. The year 1976, the
year of the 25th Party Congress, has tt, become for us military men a year
of a further increase in the combat might of the Soviet Armed Forces. We
have everything necessary to accomplish this task. High results in our
work will be the best reply to the decisions of the 25th CPSU Congress. We
- are convinced that the glorious detachment of Army and N avy political wor-
kers, likP the entire personnel of our Arrqy and Navy, will give a11 of its
strength to the accomplishment of this responsible task. (Prolonged ap-
plause.) -
� Pel~riit me, comrades, on your behalf to ensure the Central Committee, the ~
Politburo of the CC, and Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev personally ~hat
the Armed Forces will continue to perform their combat watch with honor
and will do everything so that no intrigues by the aggressive imperialist
forces will be able to hinder the historic movement of our society along
the path to communism! (Prolonged applause.)
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f wi;.li you I'url.l~er t;t~eut ;~ucr.E~h3e~ in youi~ ~~es}~ons:Lbl.c ~.nc1 nob].e worlc.
_ ( I'r~,:l.on~~cci n.ppl.ctius~ . )
C0~'Yli.T.(;IC.I': I~OLT'PIZDA'P 1979
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TH~ GR~AT P'RIElVD6}IIP OT~' Tft~ PE01'LFS OP' TEiE SOVIET UNION AND BULGARIA
D.F. USTINOV, IZBRANNYYE R~:CHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articl.es),
Moscow, Politizdat, In Russian, 1979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov ~.t a meeting with
the leading party and administrative aktiv of Plevenskiy District of
the People's Republic of Bulgaria. 6 December 1q76, pp 296-300]
[Te xt] Dear citizens of the city of Pleven!
Friends!
Permit me to express my most sincere and deepest ~ratitude for the great
honor you have shown me--the a,ward to me of ~tie title of Honorary Citizen
of the City of Pleven.
I regard this decision by the Executive Committee of the City People's
Soviet of Pleven ~s a display of deep fraternal feelings on the part of
the Bulgarian people ~.nd the Bulgarian Communist Party for the Soviet
Union, for the Soviet Peop1E, and ~'or our Leninist Communist Part,y.
Your city occupies an irrcportant place in the history of our peoples. It
symbolizes Russian-Bulgarian friendship and fraternity which has been
molded by the blood spilled by both peoples in the strtz~gle against a
common ener?~y. To bear t::e title of Honorary Citizen of such a wonderful
city as Pleven is a gre at honor! -
- Making use of this occasion, ailow me to transmit to you the words of warm
- ~reetings from a great friend of the Bulgarian people, the twice Hero of -
the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the General Secretary of the CC CPSU,
Comrade I,eonid Il'ich Brezhnev and his wishes for gre~t new successes in ~
the construction of developed socialism and in a further strengthening
and development of the friendship of the Soviet and Bulgarian peoples!
The sources of our frienship have their roots in the distant past when the
people of Russia more than once stretched out a hand of help to its fra-
ternal Bulgarian people in its struggle for the freedom and independence
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of its homeland. With the help of the Russian artr~y Dulgaria shook off the
five-century Osman yoke, and thanks to the vic~tories of ~he Soviet Armed
Forces durin~ the Great Patriotic War it was liberated from German-Fascist
~ s:lavery. ~Poday the free Bulgarian people, under the leadership of its
figliting vanguard--the Bulgarian Communist Party--which I.s bound by in-
destz�ucta.hle ties of fraternity wi~h the peoples of the Soviet ilnion and
the other socira.ll.ist countries is building a developed socialist society
r~�nd is invariably achieving great successes.
The fr3.endship of the peoples of the Soviet Union and the I'eople's Republic
of Bulgaria is stronger today than ever before. Its traditions are growin$
stron~er and more numerous in our magnificent deeds of socialist a.nd commu-
nist construction. They are embodied in the unity of the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union and the Bu:lgarian Communist Party, in the fraternity
of the Soviet and Bulg~,rian peoples, and in the indestructible alliance
- of the USSR and the People's Republic of Bulgaxia. This alliance is ce-
mented by a common scientific revolutione,ry world view, by common lofty
ideals, and by an unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism. The ~reat
frienship between the Soviet Union and Bulgaria is the result of the very
nature of the socialist system. It is increasing the creative strength -
of our workers by many times over, and is ~.ctively promoting the socio-
economic and culturol development of our countries.
The deep fraternal relations between the Soviet and Bulgarian peoples have
- one of their vivid manifestations in the close friendship betwe~~n the
brather cities of Pleven and Rostov-na-Donu. ~'he reciprocal trips by de-
- leg~,tions of workers from these cities ard their warm meetings and exchanges
of experience are promoting an even gre~ter mutual underst~nding between
. our peoples, Socialist internationalism is a powerful inspiring force of
Soviet-Bulgarian friendsYiip. The General Secretary of the CC CPSU Leonid
I1'ich Brezhnev has said that if we were to be asked today what socialist
internationalism means, we would repl,y: look at the relations between
Bulgaria and the Soviet Un:son. That is socialist internationalism in
action!
Like Soviet people, the Bulgarian people place a high value upon and pro-
tect as something sacred our frienship. Spe~.king at the 25th CPSU Congress,
Cornrade Todor ~hivkov said that "Bulgarian-Soviet frienship is the inner-
most hope and cause not only of Bul~arian communists, it is the profound
conviction ~.nd insuperable striving of our entire people. For the present- -
day ~3ulgariun love for Bulgaria and love for the Soviet Union ~,re insepara-
, ble from one another: it is a single love--single, like our cornmon goal,
and like our single great and glori~us path."~ The workers of the Soviet
Union are~full of the same feelings of love an d endless frienship for their
Bulgarian brothers and sisters.
*"The 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Sovi?t Union, Stenegraphic -
Report," Vol 1, Moscow, 1976, p 237.
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It i;~ i'or thi~ kit~d oP frienship, for t}~e e~tubli~tunent oi' disinterrsted
fi~:3ternul cdoperation between th~ wnrk~rs that Vladimir I1'ich Lhnin ntrug-
~~l.ed. 'I't~e true Leninf3t Ge~rgiy bimitrov ~tru~gl~d for this kind o~'
i'riend;~~;il~. It cen ndw Ue ~~id wit1~ eo~nplete ~ustific~tian thut thei3~
hope~ have been re~lfzed. We are carefully protecting a.nd incr~at~in~; thin
~re:~t t'.ri enship ,
Comrndesl
We knoa with wh~t enc~rmous ~nthu~iasm und persistence the gul~uri~n peo~le
i~ wvrking in renlixin~? the decision~ of the 11th Congre~s of the Bulgarian
Communi:~t flurty. M enormdun ~nount of o:~anizational work ta realizc the
rourse aimed at the construction of developed soCialisro i~ bein~ performed
by the Central Committee of the Bul~arian Communist Pttrty led by the
~ ~re~?t fri~nd of the 5oviet Union and glorious son of thc Bul~arir~n people, �
tt~e ~rdent patriot-internationalist Comrade Todor 7,hivkov.
Ac in the nther countries nf the socisli~t eommonwealth, ma,~or economie,
- ~oci~31, ~nd rultural transformation~ have occurred durin~; the years of
people'a power in ~ul~aria. The standard of living of the workeru is
risin~;. 'Ifie international authority of your country ha3 inrreased, tuid
- it~ defensive mip,ht has beaome ~tron~er.
SovieL people are sincerely ~laddened by your achievements and do not doubt
for a moment that the successful fulfillment of your plans will accelerr~te
Bul~aria's progress to~rard neW heights of socialism!
Coru~ades! The Soviet Union has achieved great successes in communist
- con~truction. Our state ha.~ entered the 60th year of the Creat October
Socinlist Revolutfon at th~ height of its strength. The Soviet people i~
uorking on the rer~..liz~tion of the historic derisions ~f the 25th CPSU
Conre~a uith ine:chaustible creative energy. 7'he motto of Soviet people
is: "~verything that hss been planned by the pnrty will be carried out!"
The Plenum of the CC CPSU which took place in October of this year ~umma-
rizc~ithe preliminary results of the vork wtiich has been done by the party
and people in reali2ing the assignments of the first year of our lOth
~'ive-Year Plan. These results show that the Words of Soviet people
do not diver~e from their deeds. The country of Soviets has gotten off
to a good lubor start and thfs is serving as a reliable guarantee ~f our
future successes!
Peace fs needed'in order to build socialism and communism. In recent
years important positive rhanEes have occurred in internationel relations.
As a r~:-ult of the ,~oint efforts undertaken by the socialist countries
and with the support of all of the peace loving end realisticrilly thinking
- forces, it has been possible, as Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev noted, to
push bacr the threat of a nuclear war and to make p~ace more reliable and
more durable.
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'I'tie declnionn of th~ I~o~.~ticr~l Consultt~tive Coirunittec whicli were m~.de r~~
itg ~onfer~nr.e last month in tiuchare~t ~,re t~ n~w peace init3.ative by thr-
nocialigt states. ~'his eonf~r~nce af,ain ~demott~trc~t~fl th~ det~rmina~inn
of th~ Wr~rs~w pact st~t~~ ~o continue to carry out a cnordinat~d cour~e -
uimEd ~t strengthenin~ pe~c~ and security in ~urope, deepenin~ detente,
and affircnin~ the principles of peaceful co~xistence b~tw~en str~tes with
dit'ferpnt social ~ystems.
I~ut we, camrade~, are not pr~cifists. We are combining a persistent
ctru~gle fnr peace with a stru~~le to strengthen the dc~fense capacity
of ttie st~tes of the soCi~list commdnwealth. And you may be sure that
ttir petsCeful labor of aur peoples is being reliably protected. No one
wi11 nucceed in disturbing 1tl
I~ar cnmrades!
F'ermit me tn thank you for the wr~rm words which have been said at this
meeting about the Cammunist Party ~f the Soviet Uninn an8 ~bout the
Soviet pe~ple and it;a Armed Forces.
Once n~ain from a11 of tqy heart I thank you sll, dr~r frierids, the district
rsnd city committees of the Bulgarian Cammunist F'ar,,; and the district ~nd
city People's Soviets for the honor you have shown me--the award of the
title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Pleven--and I assure you that I
will bear this lofty title~with dignity, as is fitting for a communist
and citizen of the country of Soviets.
Long live the People's Republic of $ulgaria uhich under the leadership of -
the Bulgarian Communist Party is successfully building a developed so-
ciulist so~fetyl
Mqy the indestructible fraternal unity of the peonles and armies of the
Soviet Union, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, and the other socialist
states ~;roW stronger!
Glory to the Bulgarian Communist Party and its Central Committee led by
the trun son of the Bulgarian people Comrade Todor Zhivkov!
G]ory to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, its Central Committee,
and to the General Secretary of the CC CPSU Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnevl
Glory to the Soviet and Bulgarian peop]es!
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention and
was repeatedly interrupted by enthusiastfc applause.)
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F'RI~NSHIP J30RN IN JOINT STRUGGLE
D. F'. USTINOV, IZBRANNYYE FtECHT I STAT'I (Selected SpePChes and Articles),
Moscow, Po~.itizdat, In Russian, 1979
(S~eech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a meeting of the
personnel of one of the units of the Sofia Carrison. 7 December 1976,
pp 300-304]
(Text] Dear Comrades!
Friends!
For several days now our Soviet military delegation has been in fraternal
Bulgaria. During this time we have had an opportunity to meet with its
workers and with the personnel of the Bulgarian People's Arn~ and to become
acquainted with the life of the people and wfth th~ llfe and combat train-
ing of its soldiers. From the first hours oP our stay in your country we
have everywhere felt a Priendly attitude toward the Soviet military dele-
gation. Many thanks to you for this.
Comrades! Permit me to perform an honorable cor,mmission from the General
Secretary of the Central Committee oP our party, the Marshall of the Soviet
Union and twice Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Leonid I1'ich
Brezhnev and transmit to you, the ~oldiers of the glorious Bulgaria:~ Peo-
ple's Arrt~y, his friendly and sincere greetings and wishes for great suc-
ce~ses in your military Iabor.
Permit me also to convey to you ardent combat greetings from the entire
� personnel of the Soviet Armed Forces.
Comrades! The friendship of our peoples has developed over centuries. Born
in ,~oint struggle, it has been groxing stronger from year to year. This
friendship is pure and indestructible, for it is based on the solid foun-
dation of a Marxist-Leninist vorld view and on the prfnciples of prolete,-
rian internationalism. At its basis is the common nature of our ideas and
goals--the construction of socialism and communism. Its cementing force
is the inseparable unity of our fraternal communist parties. No one and
nothing can disturb this friendship.
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7.'he ~ttitude of our peop~e toward Soviet-$u~.garian friend~}ii~ wa~ vividly
expressed by L. I. Brezhnev, He said: "mhe true friend~hip of the Soviet
Union and Bulg~ria, their growing closenes~, and our compreh~nsive coopera-
tion--thls is our common precious poases~ion. At the sarne timc, it is
~.no the possession of the entir~ gocialist eomntonwealth. rt i~ a con-
tribution to the cause df peace and oi' the soCial progress of ~.11 nf man~
kind."*
Convincin~ exumples of our ever strengthening friendsh3.p of many centuri~s
can be met e~~erywhere on Bulgarian 7.and. They include the numerous monu-
ments which h~ve been erected in honor of ~tussian and Soviet solr~i~r-
liberators, and they include a number af new plant3, factories, electric
power ste,tions, and other enterprises which have been built with assistance
f'ro~n the Soviet Union.
As L. I. Eirezhnev has noted, "the drawing together of our two countries--
the Soviet Union and Bul~aria--is unswervin~ly moving fbrward. 7'he soli-
darity and mutual e,ctions of nl.l of the countries of the sociulist cnmmon-
wealth are constantly growing stronger....In all of this there are ever
new manifesta�ior.s o� the constructive force of our ~'raternal rr_1Rtions
and of the mighty power of proletarian and socialist internationalism."**
We nre confident that the friendly relations, the exchange of advanced
experience, and the constant process of the development of comprehensive
cooperation between the USSR and the People's Republic of Bulgaria will
continue to serve as an inexhaustible source For the strengthening of the
fraternity of our countrie~!
With their successes, our peoples, like the peoples of the other socialist
_ states, are demonstrating to the entire world the indisputable advantage
of the new social system. The socialist cotuitries know of no crises, no
inflation, and no unemployment. The life of their peoples is becoming
increasingly rich and beautiful.
Bul~;aria has attr~ined ~reat heights in its development. In an historically
brief period of time it has turned into a socialist state With a developed
industr~�, a mechfinized agriculture, and a modern science anci'.culture. As
Was noted at the llth Congress of the Bulgarian Communist Party, the econo-
rr~y of Bulgaria i~ developing successfully. High economic and cociri]. deve-
lopment indicators have also been planned for the current five-year period.
Soviet people place a high value upon the diligence of the Bulgarian peo-
ple which under the leadership of the Bulgarian Communist Party has accoro-
plished a fundamental turn toward progress and toward an advanced social
system--socialism. As sincere friends, we are gladdened by your successes
*L. I. Brezhnev,"Follo~ring Lenin's Course. SpPeches and Articles," Vol 4,
p 282.
**L. I. Brezhnev. op.cit., pp 225-226.
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in rea:L1 zint; t}~e decit~ions of the 11th Congress of the nul~arian Communist
P~,rty, and we are ~laddened by the confident progress of the Bulgarian
peopl~ in the construction of a developed socialist societyl
- I want to say to you that the Soviet Union has achieved great accomplish-
ments in communist construction. The economic might of the Soviet sta~e
has ri~en to g new quulitative lev~l. Todey our people is successfully
working on the f'ul.fillment of the historic decisions of the 25th CPSU
Congress. A social3st competition for an advanced realization of our
plans is spreading throughout the entire country. At the Plenum of the
Central Corrunittee of our pe,rty which wa~ held in October of this year and
in the speech at it by L. I. Brezhnev u profound analysis wa~ given of
the course of the realization of the Congress' decisions. The key issues
of the socio-economic development of the country were defined. -
This year, the first year of our new five-year plan, the Soviet people
has laid a good basi~ for the realization of the tasks set by the party.
The party and people are putting their chief emphasis on achieving a
high level of efficiency in production and on output quality. 7'his is
now the general line of the development of the S~viet economar and the motto
for all of our work. Soviet people are confirming with new labor accom-
plishments fn a11 of the sectors of the great front of our atruggle for
co;nmunism that the party's plans are the plans of.~the people and that with-
out question they will be fulfillpd!
Comrades! The Soviet [Jnion and Bulgaria, together with the other countries
of the socfalist commonwealth, are moving in a single rank in the struggle
for a durable peace on our planet. Thanks to the efforts of the socialist
states and of all of the world's progressive forces it has been possible
to push back the threat of a nuclear war and to make peace more reliable
and durable.
However, the international situa~tion contfnues to be complex and contra-
dictory. The forces of reaction and militarism exist in the.world and
are active. They are striving to create conflict sftuatiot~,, are trying
to cast doubts ~ipon the possibility and advisability of deepening detente,
are heating up Lhe arms race, and axe pr~voking intervecitfon in the inter-
nal affafrs of other countr~es.
All of this demands from us constant vigilance, an increase in the combat
readiness of our armies, ~nd a 5trengthening of their cooperation within
the framework of the WarsaW Pact. We, communists, have never been suppor-
ters of the organization of military blocs and we have repeatedly expressed
our point of view in this regard. It is ~xpressed with complete definite-
ness in the Declaration of the :Jarsaw Pact states which was adopted at a
meeting of the Political Consultat:tve Co~amittee of this organization which
took place last month in Bucharest, The ~articipants at this meeting
confirmed their readiness to dissolwe th~ Warsaw Pact simultaneously with
the dissolution of NATO and, as a firs~ s~te~, to eliminate their military
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orgn.nizationa. At the same time, it is stated in the Dec~.aro,tion that a~
long as NAmn continues to exi~t and increane its mil.itary potentiial the
Warsaw Pn.ct states will ~ake a11 of the necessary measur~~ wi~hin ~heir
pact in order to ~lways ensure r~liable yecurity for� their p~ople:~.
At the present time, the kind of defense potential has been created und
is being maintained by ~he ,~oint efforts of the Warsaw Pact countries which
will dnom any atterapt by imperialiam to deal with socialism by milit~ry
force to failure. We huve to continue to develop oui~ combat rommunity
in a11 direc~ions. The fraternal parties of the socialist countries nre ~
devotin~ constant and unremitting attention ~o this questfnn.
The USSR Armed Forces are surrnunded by the daily concern of ~he entire
Snviet people, the Communist Party, its Central Committee, and L. I.
Brezhnev personally. They possess all of the necessary mean~ to accomplish
their responsible tasks--to be a sentry for the peaceful labor of the
Soviet people and a bulwark of world pettce. Keeping step with the people,
our Arrr~y and Navy are working intensely on the accompZishment of the tasks
which follow from the decisions o� the 25th CI'SU Congress and are constant-
ly inereasing the effectiveness and quality of combat and political train-
ing.
In the ~ame way as the CPSU, the Bulgari~n Communist Party is showing con-
stant concern for the Armed Forces of its country. At the llth Congress
of the Bulgarian Communist Party Comrade Todor Zhivkov said that "the party
will continue to constantly increa~e the combat readiness of the Arrr~y and
to strengthen the defense of the state within the framework of the Warsr~w
Pact." The Bulgarian Pe~ple's Arlqy, in close combat ranks with the ar-
mies of the fraternal socialist countries, is vigilantly standing guard
over peace an d socialism!
The 3oviet military delegation beceme acquainted with yc+ur unit with great
inter~st. Its life and combat training produced a~ood impression upon us.
'rJe sincerely wish that your unit will achieve even higher indicators fn
combat and political training.
Comrade~! Permit me once a~ain to thank you for the warm reception, and
for the warm ~ords which have been said about the Soviet Union, our Commu-
nist Party, the Soviet People, and its Armed Forces. The meeting with you
has confirrr~d with new force the strength and indestructibility of the
combat corr~nunity of the armies of the Soviet Union and Bulgaria and of
a11 of the countries of the socialist commonwealth.
I wish you, dear comrades, good health, happiness, and great successes in
your combat and political training and in a further increase in your combat
readiness!
***PRAVDA, 30 March 1976. .
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' Lona live th~; eternal and indisso~.uable friendship of the Soviet and Bul~a-
rian peoplesl
Long live the Bulgarian Cammunist Party and its Central. Committee 1ed by
Comrade Todor Zhivkov!
, Long live the Commun3st I'arty of the Soviet Union and the Central Committee
of the CPSU 1ed by ~omrade Leonid Il'iah Brezhnev!
. f
May the combat allfance of our armiea which are stendin~ guard over peace
and~sociali.sm grow strongerl
(Comrade D. F'. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention and
was repeatedly interrupted by enthusiastic applr.u~,se.)
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S~IIDFA"TLY INCREASE THE CONBAT STRENGTEI OF THE ARM~D FORCES
D. E'. IJSTINOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI I STAT' I(Selected Speeches o.nd At~tic~.es
Moscow, Politizdat, In Ruasian, 1979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union b. F. Ustinov to the personnel of
the 7'aman' Guard tdotorized Infantry Division imeni M. 2. Kalinin. 28
December 1976, pp 304-3io]
[Text] Comrades!
I am very glad that I have been given th= opportunity to visit your remark-
able division, to acquaint rr~self with the life and combat training of its
personnel, and to speak with them.
Permit me to carry out an honorable commission with a feeling of deep
satisfaction--to convey to you combat greetings from the Ceneral Secretary
of the Central Committee of our Party, the Ch~.irman of the USSR Council for
Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade Leonid rl'ich Brezhnev and
his wishes for your further success in combat and political training.
Leonid I1'ich is always interested in the liFe of the Armed Forces and
devotes.a great deal of attention to increasing their combat ~trength end
strengthening the defen~e capactty of our homeland. Soviet soldiers are
replying to this concern of Leonid I1'ich with new achievements in their
militar.v work .
Recently, our Soviet country, the peoples of the fra~ernal socialist states,
and a11 of the progressive people ~f our planet celebrated Leonid I1'ich's
70th birthday. We are all under the ineffacable impression of this glu-
rious anniversary. The life and work of Leonid I1'ich is a vivid model
of fafthful service to the people, devotion to the great ideals of commu-
nism, and self-sacrificing struggle fbr Lenin's cause.
Comrudes!
Only a f'ew days are left until the end of 1976. This year has been fil]ed
with important events in the life of Soviet people. It will enter the
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c:hron:LCle of our fatherland a~ the year or the historic 25th CpSU Congre3s
AIl(~ tit'1@ year of ~;reat labor accomplishments by our people . Never before
during the ent3re history of' i.ts existence has the country of Soviets
c~chieved such impressfve successes on all of the front~ of commun3~t con-
struction as it has this year.
The results of the fulfillment of the national economic plan for the pi�e-
sent year show tliat the lOth Five-Year Plan, as Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev
noted in hi~ speech ~,t the October (1976) Plenum of the CC CPSU, has begun
we11. 7'he economic rhythm of 1976 is ensuring the accomplishment of the
tasks which have been imposed by the party. Social production is develop-
ing at outstr3pping rates, its efficiency is increasing, and labor produc-
tivi~y is en:;stantly growing. Solely on the basis of an overfulfillment
~ of plans this year the country wi11 receive around 5 billion rubles worth
of additional industrial output.
~ifie workers of agriculture have achieved great successes. They have ga-
thered the largest grain harvest in the history of the country and have
increased the production and procurement of cotton and other agricultural
products. This, comrades, is an unprecedented victory of the agrarian
policy of our Communist Party.
The material and cultural well-being of the workers is improving. Wages
are increasing, the public consumption funds are growing, and millions of
apartments and many hundreds of schools, hospitals, and children's insti-
tutions have been built. Health care and education and science and culture
are developing.
All of this is a vivid testimony to the fact that concern f~r tihe welfare
of the people is the highest goal of the wor~: of our party and that the
CPSU is cons.tantly realizing it.
The country's achievements in economic development are great and indis-
putable. They are inspiring Soviet people to new labor feats and to the
successful accomplishment of the historic decisions of the 25th CPSU
Con~ress.
Atong with the growth of the economic might of our country and of all of
the states of the socialist co~nonwealth and the continuous strengthening '
of their cooperation, their role end influence on the international arena
are also increasing. The CPSU together with the fraternal co~nunist and
workers' parties is carrying out a peace offensive on an ever wider scale.
Despite the counteractions of the reactionary imperialist circles, the
principles of the peaceful coexistence of states with different social
systems are becoming increasing~y established in international relations
and detente is more and more persistently carving a road for itself.
Soviet people and the soldiers of the USSR Armed Forces fully approve of
the wise foreign policy of the CPSU which is aimed at strengthening the
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peac~ ~nd security o� peoplea and ~t the creation of favorabl.e cond3.tions
for the construc~ion of communism.
'1'he imperialists Are now alreac~y takin~ ~,ecount of the f'aact th~t sacir~li~m
has t~cquired such an enormous weight in the world and has gc~ined such power
that it is impossible not to reckon With it. Neverthel~ss, as a res ult of
their aggressive essence, imperialist re~etionary circles ~re st311 attempt-
ing to hinder a further strengthening of worl.d social3sm. They have not
lost hope that, bas3ng therr~el.ves on a"position oi' atrength,'~ they~ wi11
still succeed in holding on to the poasibility of coimnanding other countries
and pe~ples, a possibil3.ty which is slippin~ out of their hands. Toward
this end, they are placing various obstacles in the way of detente, inci-
tin~ an arms race, increasing their military prepar~,tions, and strengthenin~
aggressive militarvr blocs, in the first place, NATO.
This is obliging us to vigilantly keep t~n eye on the intrigues of the
enemies of peace, to foil their attempts to drag mankind into a destructive
war, to constantly increase the combat strength of our armed force~, and
to always be on guard.
Comrades!
Like the entire Soviet people, the soldiers of our Armed Forces are laboring -
stubbornly. They are pe'rsistently mastering complex modern weapons and the
art of being victorious. At the final tests and during eacercises tha.s year
all of the units and ships showed positive results. Our sol.diers from the _
mos~ diverse occupations are vigilantly performing their service and pro-
tecting the peaceful labor of our people.
Soviet people love their Armed Forces, are proud of their accor~plishments,
and show concern for them. The source of a11 of the achievements of
Soviet soldiers is in theindissolu~,ble ~ity of the people in the A:~y.
Thanks to the concern of the party and the government, our Armpr and Navy
are continuing to successfully develop. They ~re being equipped with mo-
dern weapons and comb at equipment, the organizational structure of the
forces is being perfected, and the training of the personnel is improving.
Carrying out the demands oF the Central Committee of our party, the soldiers
of the Soviet Armed Forces are directing their efforts toward the most
rapid m~stery of their new combat equipment, a further strengthening of
discipline and organization, and an increase in their combat readiness.
Our many-sided party-political work and all of the work of our cormnanders
and political workers in party and komsomol organizations is aimed at the
high quality accomplishment of these tasks.
The armies of all of the other states of the socialist commonwealth are
in a single combat formation with the Soviet Armed Forces. They are also
per~istently masterin~ the miZitary art and axe reac~y at any time to rise
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to the defense of the socitil.ist ~ains of their peoples. We were once ngc~in
convinced of thi~ when we were present at the exercise of th~ United Armed
P'orces of the Warsaw Pact 5tates, "Shield-76," and by the visit of a
5oviet military delegation to the mi11t:~~,ry units of the Polish I'orces
and Bul.garian People's Arn~y. This was a genuine demonstration of combat
unity and of ~tie class salidarity of the socialist armies and the3r fr~-
terni~y in axms,
Comradesl
You are servin~r in a division which is known by the entire country. It litt~
a rich and glnrious history and has passed through the fiery trials of the
Great Patriotic War; it participated in the battles at Smolenslc and in the
- North Caucuses, in the liber~tion of the Kuban' and the Tam~n' peninsula
and of the Baltic States, and in the defeat of the German Fascist Forces
in East Prussia.
Our homeland has placed high value on the division'g services awardin~;
it the Orders of the Red Banner and of Suvorov Second Class for it~ madel
performance of its combat r~~tssions and for the unexampled heroism and
courage shown by its personnel. More than 30 soldiers of the divis3on t~ave
been awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and thousfands have
been awarded orders and medals.
You are rightly pr~ud of the fact that your unit bears the name of the
fiery Leninist-revolutionary Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin. To serve under
the combat standard of a division so covered in glory and to bear the high
title of a Taman' soldier--this, comrades, is a great honor.
Durin~; the postwar years the unit's personnel h~s continued to persistently
perfect its combat training and to incr.ease the glorio~xs traditions of
it~ fathers. The award to the division of the Honorary Lenin Anniversary
Certificate and the Honorary Anniversary Token of the CC CPSU, Presidium
of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and USSR Council of Ministers testifies to the
successes which it has achieved in combat and political training. At the �
final tests in ~975 and 1976 the unit demonstrated good results in combat
and political training.
Now, as is known to me and as we only ~ust heard from the speeches, the
personnel of the division which has ,joined the A.1.1-Ar~y Socialist Compe- _
tition is persistently struggling for high indicators in combat and po-
litic~~..l tr~,ining and for a wortY~jr reception for our public holidey--the ~
60th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.
What can be said about the results of our brief acquaintance with the life
of the personnel and with your combat training? I have to observe that 2
personal],y and rrd comrades have formed quite a good impression about the
division. It is well organized, has new baxracks and dining rooms, is
equipped with modern weapons and combat equipment, staffed with remarkable
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rnnk-ctind-file cuid :,rt^~;c~ant~ acid wit}i hit,hl,y t;r.~.:iried of'fice,r9, c~nd :i~t po~-
ner;~es .ti ~;ood ti�t~3nin~, base, In a word, the unit has everyl;h:In~ necet~~~,ry
to r~ccomplish its t~,slc with high indic~,tor~ . It is now up ~to you, ~omrades .
Succ~3~ depends upon your work. '
I would like to ea11 upon you, soldier:~ of the ~lorious T~.man' division,
to accept the commitment to make the division ~he most advanced one in the
Armed F'orces ta~nd to report by the 60th ~nniversary of the Grea,t Oc~tober
Socialist Revolttt3on that you have kept your word. I unders~~o,nd ~ti~,t this
a,ppeol i~ very responsible one arid demands an equc~l.ly r~espons3ble response
from every soldier in the division. Is i~ possible to ~.chieve ~uch high
results? Yes, it is possible and it is necess~,ry. Of course, this i~ not
an casy m~.tter bec~use ~,11 of our units are strugglin~ to be leading and
adv~.nced ones in the Armed Forces. But you have to mobilize your entire
wi11 and all of your mind to be victorious in this great coinpetition. I
wish this for you with all of rr~y heart.
Cotnr~des! I have said that yot~'division is well set up. But this does
not mean that everythin~ ha:~ bPAn completed in it. There is no limit to
~n improvement in the livin~ conditions of the troops and ~n improvement
of the training or any other base. Thei~efore, if you adopt the commitment
to make the division an advanced one in combat and political training,
you h~ve to think about how to set it up better than any other. It is for ~
you to do this, and it is for us to help you. And we will help you.
Comr~.des !
One of our great tasks is the mra,sstery of mode2�n equipment. No assurances
and no oaths will help to accomplish this task if you do not take up this
- work with youthful komsomol ~.rdor, and if your hearts are not aflame with
a passionate desire to be in the forefront and if this desire is not backed
up by work. It h~.s to be remembered that in our day one must not lag
behind even by a little in any sector. This is a11 the more impermissible
in military matters, under conditions when the armies of aggressive impe-
ria.list states are being intensively supolied with new types of weapons,
are mastering them, and are persistently preparing for war.
You possess good weapons and combat equipment and will be receiving even
better arms. And your task is to genuinel,y master them more rapidly, to
learn to make skillful use of them in battle, and to make use of a11 of !,neir
combat possibilities. This is one of ths dem~~ds upon the training of
the division so that it can become advanced not in words, but in deeds.
In this connection, I would like to remind you that it is necessary to
make a profound stuc~y of the experience of wars, especially of the Great
Patriotic War. It is necessary to~work a great deal and stubbornl,y and
to make full use of the time assigned for studies in order to master
military affairs, military equipment, and tact=cs to perfection. This
is the great task of the entire personnel a.nd, in the first place, of the
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corruna~ide.r;~ r~nd ~olitical workers. They have to or~~nize the in~truction~l
process ~.nd combai; and politic~l trainin~ in such a wr~,y ~s to make the di-
vision ~,n advanced one in the Armed Forces.
We, comrades, are ~reat enthusiasts. Howev~r, enthusiasm ~.lone is not
cnou~h fbr the r~ccomplishment of ma~or and responsible t~sk~. It is nece:~-
~ary to emboc~y it in our prnctical actions and in an nbility to m~ster
equipmen~ in such a way that ev~:ry bullet, she11, bomb, or mi~sile strikes
ttie tar~et and that the enettly i~ deatroyed at the f3xs~ shot, missile
launching, or bomb strike. Otherwise, you yourself will be beaten by him. ~
In brief, you have to thoroughly train yourself for the defense of the
homel~nd and be 3.n constant combat readiness .
A great deal of training is necessary in order to o.ahieve t~i~h indic~,tors
in combat training. I am satisfied that a great d~Fil. of attention is
being devoted to this in your division ~nd you you.rselves are creatin~
some models of trainers. It is necessary to continue to do this in colla-
boration with science and with research institutes and desi~nin~ bureatis.
We will til.so try to help you in this.
Comr~,des !
Our country is approaching the 60th anniversary of the Great October
Socia.list Revolution. The preparations for this glorious anniversary ~2�e
givin~ ri~e in all of us to a feeling of pride in the ~reat accomplisti-
ments of the Soviet people and in our native Communist Party which is con-
fidently leading the country along a Leninist course to the victory of
communism and it is engenderin~ an insuperable endeavor to gladden the
homeland with new successes in military labor.
You know that in light of the decisions of the 25th CPSU Congress, the
chief emphasis ~ the Armed Forces is being put on improvin~ the efficiency
an d quality of combat and p~litical traiiiing. Today, these two words--
efficiency and quality,--as L. I. Brezhnev noted at the October (1976)
Plenum of the CC CPSU, have become tne motto for all of our economic work.
Soviet people are confirmin~ with new labor achievements in all of the
sectors of the great front of the struggle for communism that the party's
plans are the plans of the people and that they will wit~iout question
be realized.
In the Armed Forces the struggle for efficiency and quality presupposes
a persistent rise in the level of the combat readiness of the forces, an
improvement of the training and educational process on the basis of an
increasingly wide and full use of the achievements of scientific and
technolo~;ica1 progress, the active use of all forms of ideological-education-
al and party-political work, and a thorou~h strengthening of military
discipline anc~. org~.c~ization.
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'I.'he stx~ugg~.e for efficiency and quality is not an abstract concep~, but
the d~,i1y work of every soldier. Tt obl.i~es us ~o persis~eri~l.y mt~ster
Marxist-Leninist science, to seek to achieve an excellent fulfillment of
trainin~ arld c~mbat tasks and c;f the mastery of weapons and combat equip-
_ ment , to ~zcquire and improve ratin~s ,~nd to const~,ntly stru~~;le for m3-
lit~ry honor ~.nd dignity, for faultless beh~vior and for~ model appear~.nce,
and for the observance of our moral norms whi:le at service and outside of
it. In ~ word, the struggle for efficiency and quality for thc Soviet
solriier is a stru~gle for the high ti+_,1e of excellent soldier in combat
and politicfil. training and for excellent subunits, units, ~nd ships.
In order ~o achieve this, it is important that commAn ders and political
wox�kers, headquarters ~nd politic~.1. agencies, party and komsomol organi-
- z~tions, and the entire personnel of the division work even more actively
~n accomplishing their tasics and ~lways and everywhere show r~ high level
of organization and responsibility for the state of the combat readiness
, of the units and subunits .
Permit me to express n~y confidence that the Taman'-soldiers will successfully
cope wi~;h the tasks which have been set for them and will serve as a beacon
for all of the units of the USSR Armed Forces. You have a11 0� tlie neces-
sary preconditions for this . ,
:l
Permit me, comrades, to express on your behalf profound gratitude to the
Central Committee of the Communist Party, to the Politburo of the CC, and
to deax Leonid Il'ich Brezhnev personally for their great concern fox~ the
Arnied Forces and to t~ssure them that our Arn~y and Navy will continue to
honorably carry out its great mission--to be a guard for the peaceful labor
- of the Soviet people ~nd a bulwark of world peace!
i~Ia.kin~ use of this occfzsion, I congratttlate you, your families, and y~ur
relatives and friends with the coming New 'iear and wish you great successes ~
in your military labor, good health, and personal happiness.
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention and
was frerluently interrupted by storn~y applause.)
COPYRIGFiT: POLITIZDAT, 1975
~959
Cso: II144 /152~+
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F'Ufi A F'Uti'I'HE~; ~~NGTt{~NINO 0~ MILITARY DISCIPLIN~
b~ U~`~INOV, IZBFtANNYYE Ii~CHI I STAT' I(Selectee Speeche~ nnd Articlea
MoscoW, politizd~t, In Ruasian, 1979
(Speech by Marshel of the 5oviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a conference of
the le~ding personnel oP the Armed F'orcen. 23 M~rch 1977, Pp 333-=3~+OJ
(Textj Comrades! .
I3y maintaining the neceasary comb~t readiness the Soviet Armed Forces,
our Ar~qr ~nd Navy, is vigilently performing its duty end guccessfully
accompliohing the t~sks ahich have been set for it.
Th~ increased demendg uhich have been mgde upon the Armed Forces by the
~5th CPSU Congress are meking it necessary to further strength~n disci-
pline in the Ar~ and Navy. A hip,h lev~el of military discipline i~ a cru-
cial factor in the combat readiness of the Armed Forces and a necessary
condition for the achievement of victory in battle.
Vl.~dimir I1'ich Lenin attributed enormous importance to military discipline.
"We led the Red Ara~y to victory," he noted, "not only by agitation, but
e~].co by strict iron discipline."* AL gll oP the stages of military con-
struction our party, guided by Lenin's inatructions, has cor.stantly and
per~istently shovct concern for strengthening discipline in the Ara~r and
Navy .
Under present conditions, as a result of the m~or and truly revolutionary
transformations fn military affairs, the equipping of the Ar~qy and Navy
with neW equipment and s~eapons, the appearance of nex methods of Waging
combgt aperations, and the chenges in the u~ys of military life, military
discfpline has become even more tmgortant. Todey the Armed Forces need
di3cipline Which has been truly brought in Vladimir I1'fch Lenin's expres-
sion, to the highest level.
*V. I. Lenin, "Complete Works," Vol 40, p 12.
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1~ A Y~~r o+' tr'ork te fter~lize the b~Cigiong of t}ie ~yth C~'SU Congr~~n
Gomr~d~sl
F'or more th~n ~ y~~r now th~ Sovi~t peopl~ an~ th~ person,~~l of
th~ Arnqr
and Navy have been working with ;ns~irati~n and geir-gacrifice to reali~e
th~ hiatoric decinion~ d~ ~h~ 25th CP5U Con~res~ whirh definpd the most
important dir~ction,s o~' our at~te'~ dom~etic ~nd foreign policies and
formul~t~d th~ canrr~te t~ks of
tihe economic, ~ocio-politic~,1., anfl
id~ologiCnl gtr~t~gy of the party ~t the current sta~e.
The ideas ~nd decisions of the Congreag ar~d the principl~d positions s~t
_ �orth in tlie report by th~ Ceneral Seeretary of the CC CPSU Comrade
~ L~onid I1'ich $rezhn~v ~t th~ Congreso t;nd in hia speech at the Ocl;ober
(1976) pl~num nf' th~ CC CpSU define tihe b~sis for the srnrk of party, t~tate,
and public or~sniz~tions and af the entir~ Sovieti p~opl~. mhey are ~iving
rin~ to ~~rowing upqur~e of political and labor ~ctivity by th~ masae~
in c~rryin~ out the assignments of the lath F'ive-Ye~r Pl~n.
7'his is witne~sed by the success~s which have been achieved in ~he All-Union
5oci~li~t Competition for a further rise in production efficiency and 3n
the qu~lity of work which w~s initi~ted by an uppeal from the Central. Com-
mitt~e of the CC CPSU. The Pirst, starting year of the lOth ~"ive-Year
Plnn has been successfully completed, and the seeond--the year of the 60th
anniversary of Great October--has begun. Our country is continuing to
confidently Follow the course of the 25th CPSU Congreas.
Alang With the workers of our country, the soldiers of our Arn~r end Nevy
have stubborn~y ~orked on accomplishing their tasks and have taken a neW
step forward in mastering military skills and increasing the combat readi-
nes~ of the Armed Forces.
The lar~e and vivfd speech by comrade Leonid Il'ich Brezhnev at the 16th
Con~ress of USSR mrade Unions defined the concrete xays of accomplishing
the tasks set by the party and revealed the increased reaponsibility for
this of every Soviet person.
The Central Committee of the party and the government are carrying out
mgny-sided and ~trenuous work in the foreign policy field. It is defined
by the Program for a Further Struggle for Peace and International Cooper-
ation which Was adopted by the 25th CPSU Congress.
. In our foreign policy we and our socialist allies are firnily follo~+ing a
I~ninist peace course. The fraternal socialist states are devoting
especial attention to strengthening their unity and deepening their com-
prehens i ve coope rat ion .
The relations betueen the Soviet Union and the other socislist states ctnd
the countr3.es which have liberated themselves from colonial dependence are
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d~veloptn~ ~uccecst'ully~ Having t~1c~n the ~ath of ind~pend~nt dev~~opm~nt,
these countiriea are continuing ~o ~trength~n their intern~tional ponttion~
and econom3.~s ~nd w~ ~r~ providing th~m with comprehenaive ~88~9$~tt1C@ ~IIQ
~upport in thtg~
In Compiete accord~nce with the p~rty's i'oreign policy progr~m, ~he Soviet
Uninn ig continuing to dev~lop relationg witih the c~pitiali~t st~tes on the
ba~i~ of th~ principle~ of' ~quality and mutual advan~a~p. At the game time,
de~pite the consi~t~nt pence-loving foreign policy of' our p~rty, ~.g~rpssive
Circl~8 in th~ imperiglisti atatea ~re not stopping their hogtile aCtivitii~g
a~aingt the Soviet Union and ~h~ oth~r soci~list countrie~ ~nd are opposin~
d~tent~ and roop~r~tion in every way that they cen. Th~y are replying to
th~ peaceful. propo~als ar~~ initiatives of th~ eauntiries of the oocia].iat
commonWe~lth with inrreased military preparetiong, increased r~ilitary ex-
penditur~~, ar~d nn intensifiCation of anti-5oviet propa~nnda. "It is th~~e
force~," Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev gaid in his apeech in Tula, "acting undpr
tt~e f~].se pretext of' ~'Sovfet threat' which repres~nt the a~grea~ive line
- in internation~.l politics of' our day."~*
All of thfs is compelling our p~rty ar~d government to devote unremitting
' attention to strengthening the defensive might of our country and to
constantly shox concern that the Soviet Armed Forces pos~ess everything
neces3ary to acromplish their chief tssk--to be a guard for the peaceful -
labor of the Soviet people end a bulWark of s+orld peace. The personn~l
of the Soviet Arn~ and Navy express profound gratitude for thia roncern
to the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Politburo of the CC, and Lo
Comrgde Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev personally and ~re replying to it With
nex successes in their military labor.
2. Iron Military Discipline--the Basis of the Cosnbat Readiness of the
Armed Forces
Comrades!
An gctive proce~s of irnproving cambgt ~nd political training is not+ teking -
place in the Armed ~'orces. As never before the personnel of the Arcr~r tu?d
Navy are united around the Communist Party ar~d its Leninist Central Com-
mittee. Since the 25th CF'SU Congress the military cauncils, the communder~,
the headquarters and polftical agencies, and the party ar?d komsomol orgxni-
zations have markedly intensified their aork to cultivate in our service-
men high moral qualities and a feelfng of personal responsibility for main-
taining a proper militsry order, for an absolute exeautfon of Soviet la~+s,
regulations, and orders, and for a further strengthening of militery dia-
cipline.
Military discipline is a component part of our general atate discipline;
ft is close].y interconnected vith all of the aspects of the political
~~L. I. Breznev, "Follouing Lenin's Course. Speeches and Articles,""Vol 6,
p 294.
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_ ~oCio-eeonomi~, ~d ~piritu~.1. 1if~ ~f th~ 9ovi~t p~opl~~ mh~ ~r~rty ha~ a1-
w~re rep,ar~ed ~d contiinuE~g to r~~r~rd th~ conetruc~ion oi' thr Arm~a ~or~ed
a~ ine~p~r~bl~ unity wi~h th~ g~neral ba~k~ af communiat con8truction.
'i'he ~5tti CrSU Gongre~$ devot~d a~reut d~al of attention tc~ the problem~
of di~eiplin~, organi~ation, pffiriency, anfl of a~trict ~b~ervance of
' th~ rt~.].~n ~f ac~ei~].igt cammunity living. 1'h~ problem of di~cipline ati
produetion w~ r~ised ~~ain with ~specinl force in th~ ~pe~eh by Leonid
~l'ieh at th~ 16th Con~r~�~~ of ~r~de Uniong. 7'h~ p~rty'a demanc~ ~onr~rnin~
t~ stren~h~ning of 1~N and order, legal.ity, ~r?fl organi~~tiion and 8isciplin~
~re directly relat~d to the Armed F'orc~s.
Modern Armed Forceg ar~ 3nconceivable without atrong disriplin~. 2'hi~ is
understioad hot on~}r by u~, but ~l.~o by our probable enemi~�~. In the cnpi-
taligt armieg c~i~eiplin~ ig p~rgigt~ntly impl~nt~d t,y mear~s ~f blind obe-
dienee, ~he ere~tion of formations con~isting of't?irelingg who ~re re~.c~y
for money to cammit the most h~inaua crimee, ~d also by n?e~n~ of inten~e
fdeological work ~+ith soldierg and snilorg in th~ gpirit of anti-conQnur~ism
and anti-Sovietism. 'I'hie wag very clear during the tim~ of the Wara in
Vietn ~n, Angola, ~nd in the Near ~aat. W~ also gee this in the everydeq+
prc?ctice of capitalist armie~.
By virtue of its social riature, Soviet military discipline is fundamentally
diff~rent from military dfscipline in the capitaliat armies. Ita essence
springg above all from the fact thaL our Armefl F'orces s~ere given birth to ,
by the Great October 5ocialist Revolution, are the cregtion of g Working
people, ~nd embody in themselves feutures of the most advmc~d uoc'al r~nd
state system, gnd thgt th~~ guiding role in them is Garried out undlvid~dly
by the Communist Party.
Military disCipline in the Soviet Armed Forces is based on a high level
of politiral cor,sciousness in thP personnel, a profound understanding by
it of the patrtotic duty ~n d internationalist tagks of our people, and
a selfl~ss devotiori to our socislist homeland ~nd to the cause of communigro.
"The strength of our syst~m," Comrade Ir~onid I1'ich Brezhnev has emphasized,
"i~ fa the consriousneas of' the masses. Md the party regards it as its
constant concern to cultivute communist congciousnesg ar?d thc readines~,
Will, and ability to build communism."~** A profound axgrenes~ of his
duties to society gr?d g readineas to alxays, at any post and under ar~y
conditions, be faithful to his military oath and perform his duty to the
end i~ moat llilly characteristic of the Soviet soldier.
In apeaking about discipline ae must not fgil to teke eccaunt of the fact
that the current stage oF the developm~~t af th~ Armerl Forees is malting
even ~re$ter demar?ds upon it .
~**L.I. Br~zhnev,op. cit., Vol 5, p 530.
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With tihe introduetion in~d the forcea of the ~.atiest eomb~t equ3pment ~nd
~~pon~, ~nd With th~ groorin~ complexity o#' the charac~er of military ope-
rgtiong and of th~ tasks p~rformed by theArmed Forcen the role of firm
military ord~r, organization, and Q pr~~3ap execution of th~ orders of
eommanders an~ chief~ becom~~ mor~ impor~e~nt. ~he present-d~yr militnry
organism demundn m~ximum coordination of act3ona not on1.y on the p~rt o�
individua~ ~oldiers, but algo nf interconn~cted military eollectives. mo-
dQy the flama~c caus~d by any violation of mi~.itary diacipline is growing
immeasur~bly gre~ter. ~v~n ~he slightest manifeetetion uf carelenseess
or a failure to comply aith the regulations even by a single soldier can
lead to gever~ connequences, unWarranLed losses, arid to e~ failure to carry
out combnt miaeion~. Every soldier is personally responaible for th~
~ctiong of h3s ~ubun3L, and the latter has this responaibility for every
golflier.
Th~ increas~d demaryds upon Soviet military di~cipline ar~ algo a result
of the increased role of the moral factor in the Armed ~'orcea. In the
future ~rar soldierg wi1.1 frequently get into situations in which they
will have to independent~jr a~complish combat missionn. mhis pl~ccs a
great reaponaibility upon tham and demar~ds initiative ~nd a high 1eve1 of
personal discipline.
The high demandg being made upon military discipline oblige all commanders
~ nnd chiefs and headquarters and political agencies to constar~tly improve
the forms end methods of the xork ~rhich ia aimed ~t strengthening it aith
re~~rd to the char~ges which are occurring 3n the country snd in the Armed
~'orces .
3. The Basic Directions of a Further Strengthening of Military Dfscipline
I shall consider the basic directions of our Work xhich follow from the
demands of the Central Committee of the party regarding a strengthening
of military discipline.
Ffrst. On a further strengthening of political-educational uork with all
cate~ories of servicemen. The most important thing here is, first of all,
thst not a single soldier remain outsiae of constant political influence
and that every chief and all of the con~ttnmists of the Arupr and Navy Work
every de~y on the education of people. And, final]y, �Lhat every politicgl-
educetional measure be performed xith the greatest effect and return.
Wel~-trained reinforcements are no~r coming into the Aruar and Navy. Among
our recruits, around 70 percent have higher ar~d secondary educations,
more the~n 80 percent are komsomol mecbers, every third one has undergone
training in DOSAAF, and mar~y have production experience. The intellectual
bap,gage aith s+hich young men are coming into the Arn~ and Navy is ob3ective-
ly increasing the demands upon the entire process of trsining and education
and, eapecially, upon educators. We have to take all of this into account
and organize our training arid ideological-educational xork accordingly.
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Dai~y pn~itiiCaJ 3nfluer..ce on the per~onne~ ir~ achi~ved ttnt on~.y in carry-
in~ ou~ m~asur~~ of' ~n e>ducational character who~e ~ftectiveness must
without c~uc~tion be inareased, but a1.so in ~h~ procesn of the en~tr~ s~r-
vic~ en d l~i'e of th~ forces. In or~enizing th~ trainin~ of the perAOnnel
every commander in chief attd every headquartera e~nd po~3tiC~1 agency hge .
to be aonc~rn~d that every exerci~e aervea not only training, but a1.no
the ct~.7.ti,vation 3n the soldi~rb of communiet ~ongciousn~sg, high combati
mornl.~ qualitie~, end a~,trengthening of military d3gcipline.
Th~ s~cond directxon in the work to gtrengthen ~ni~it~ry discipline consigte
in increasing the exactfngness of commander~ ~d chiefs of e~.~. levels.
Wha~ should be the sturting point for a general increa~e in ~xactingnesa,
comradea2 It can be said wi~hout any doubt that it has to begin with the
v~ry highest ex~ctingness of the leader toward him~~lf, with the peraonal
efficiency of commanders and chiefs of ~ii ie~eig, and with g c~.ear ~.nd
~trict execution by them of the orders o,nd regulations.
7'he leading role in fncreasing ex~actingnegn upon subordinates belongs to
the commander with one-man author;ty. In further stren~thenin~ orie-man
nuthority--and we must do ~his un.,wervingly,--it must be kept in mind
th~t one-man authority not only gives the right to command. It obliges
the leader to be an exFUnple for his subordinates of irreproachable service
to the homeland and to the Communist Party. The success of a commander's
work ns a whole and in strengthening military discipline in particular
depends to a decisive extent upon his ideological maturity und senae of
party principle, his profes3ional competence ond moral purity, and his
exemplariness in everything--in labor, in everyday life, and iti his �
behavior. No post frees a leader fra~a a high level of exactingness toward
himself.
Bn~icttlly, these propositions are correctly understood in the Arrt~y and Navy.
But case~ can be met when individual officers see in one-man authority
only one aspect--the right to pouer. They do not show the necessary con-
cern for the education of people and for giving them the necess~ry help,
apparently believing that orders r~l.one ure capable of ensuring success.
It hus to be remembered that true exactingness does not end With the
is~uing of an order. Every order has to be backed up by organizing its
execution. And when we spesk about increased exactingness in all of th~
element~ of our Arr?~r orgenism we want once again to emphasize that this
is being demanded by the Communist Party, by lffe itself, by the greater
complexity of the tasks whose accompl3~hment is the work of the Armed
~orces.
The third direction of practic al work in strengthening military discipline
concerns ensiu~ing firm order in accordance with the regulations in the
forces.
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'I'he entire w~.y of' lif~ ~nd serv3c~ of the forces, ~heir internal order,
and their perf'ormance of garrison and wateh duty--~very~hing ha~ to be
or~enized in aCCOrdrince with the regulations and ordera, and there mugt
not be any dev3ntions or indulgences, mhis requirea tiha~ a1,1 s~rvicemen
have a~ood knowledge of the regulations and that they strictl.y carry ~hem
out. 7'he warrant afficers anfl m3chmen and se.rgeants and firet-sex~ean~s
hnve ar? important role in maintaining firm order in accordance with the
regulations in the units and subunita. Constant concern has to be ahown
for increasin~ their autt?ority and they have to be persistently taught the
art of training and educating people and inculcated with command akills.
It has to be ~een to it that the ,~unior commander who is always in the
midst of the sol.diers always has his own personality and confident]y com-
mands and directs his subordinstes.
A strict execution of the regulations is an inseparable part of the general
task of comp].ying with the laws of the Soviet state, for our regulations
are the legislative summary of the rules end regulations which determine
the life and the work of the forces. Taking account of this, more tttten-
tion has to be given to legal propagen de. and to explaining the requirements
of the oath and the rights and duties of soldiers and of their responsibi-
lity for violating them. It has to be seen to it that the entire way of
military life affirms socialist law and order, educates soldiers in the
spirit of its sacredness end inviolability, and inculcates in them an
intolerance for the slightest deviations from it.
The fourth direction in the work to strengthen discipline is ensuring the
exemplariness in service and personal behavior of, above all, communist~
and komsomol members who comprise 90 percent of the personnel of the Arrt~y
and Navy. This, comrades, is a great force. But it can show itself in
fu11 measure only when every communist and komsomol member serves as an
example for his comrades in the performance of his military duty. The
exemplariness of cor~miunists and komsomol members has to show itself not
only in personal behavior, but also in dai]y work to strengthen discipline
in those military collectives in Which they are serving.
A communist who knoas about violations of discipline or about individual
instances of unhealthy relations betWeen soldiers and who does not take '
the necessary measures to put an end to this is, in essence, himself de- ~
viating from the requirements of the party Rules. This fs why a communist ~
must not only himself be an example in discipline and service, but also .
struggle to implant firm order in 'the units and subunits and be intolerant ,
toward shortcomings. ~
;
And, finally, the fifth dfrection in the work to strengthen discipline
consfsts in a further improv~ement of living conditions and of the organi- '
zation of mass cultural work. The constant concern for this of the ~
Communist Party, the Soviet government, and the entire Soviet people obliges
us to devote unremitting attention to the everyday 1ife, training, service,
and leisure of our soldiers. This Will unquestionably have a favorable
;
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~fiec~ upon th~ combat re~dinen~ of the Arrr~y ~,nd N~vy and upon ~h~ ~.eve1
nf military disciplin~ ~nd organization in the un~tn and on the ships.
: i would ].ike ~o consider a fpw more ia~ues.
~'irot of ~11, ~bout th~ rultivotion in Aoldiers of ~ Fee1~n~ nf ~reat
re~~origibility f'or the fulfillment of ~he requirem~nts of the m~13t~ry
oath. Wh~n youn~ go~di~rs ~ak~ the oa~h we creo.te ~ solemn a~moaph~re, _
em~linsi7.ing that this is an important act in ttie life of ~oldier which
places upon him the honorable duty of a deffinder of'this soci~l.igt hom~-
land. F'aithfulneys to th~ oath and to mili~ary duty has to be 3n the
center of ~,11 of our ideological-educational work. 7'he oath contnins
word~ by the solflier to be honest, brave, and discipl3ned and to irrepro~ch-
ably c~rry out a11. of the regulations and orfleis of commancierg and chiefs.
'I'hese words have to be constantly rem~mb~red and the gbsolute ful�illment
of the oath has to be strict].y dem~r?ded. mhis is our primary military and
p~rt,y duty 1
'I'he next question. A mass socialist competition for a worthy celebrati~n
of the Fnth a.nniversury of Great October and for advanced unit ~i our
Armed Forces has now taken on a wide scope in ttie Artr~y and Navy. This
movement was begun by the Ttunan' Guard Motorized Infantry ~i.vision imeni
M. I. Kalinin. The great power of competition has to be used in a11 of
our work in the subunits, units, and ships to strengthen military discipline.
All cate~ories of soldiers--from privates to generals--have to make a
worthy cor~tribution to the competition. When the result~ of combat and
palitical trainin~ are totaled up strict account also has to be taken of
the state of discipline.
And one more question. The Pormation in the youth of the essence of mili-
tary discipline has to begin with pre-conscription training in our general
educutional and vocational and technical schools, at entprprises, at kolk-
hozes, and in the DOSAAF system. For this reason, it is necessary to
thorc~u~hly improve the quality of pre-conscription training, to supply
- training bases with the appropriate equipment, to inculcate in the future -
soldiers not only the principles of military knowledge, but also a love
for the Army and Navy t~td a deep respect for military labor, and to accus-
tom them to military discipline. We are vitally interested in a11 of this.
The Arrr~r and P1avy are providing considerable help to local authorities in
ensurin~ the pre-conscription training of the youth. This help should con-
tinue to be given. More attention has to be devoted to the work of the
militaxy-commissariats.
Cotni�ades !
The stru~;gle for a further strengthening of military discipline is our
common work--the work of commar?ders and political Workers and headquarters
and politicul agencies. We hav~ to solve all of the problems connected
with ~tren~htenin~ discipline in an organic unity with the tasks of
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incr~asing combQt read~.neas and the combat improvement of the aubunits,
units, and ghipa. And ~he level of discipline he~s ~o be ,~udged abov~ ~1Z
by the de~ree of its influence on the comb at readiness and c~pacity of' ~
unit or r~hip.
(Comrade D. Ustinov's apeech was listened to w3th great ~ttention and
was repeatedly interrup~ed by appleuae.)
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A~ mH~ F'FiONT LINES OF ~'F(~ SOCIALIST COMMOIJWEALTH
D.~'. USmINOV, IZBFtANNYYE R~CHI S STAT'T (Se1.e~:~c.~ Speeches and Articles),
Moscow, politizd~t, In Russian, 197g
(Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. Ustinov at the meeting with
the personnel of the tank division of the Group of
Soviet Forces in Germany.
12 Apri1 1977~ PP 341-345]
(~ext] Comradesl
A 8~viet military delegation has arrived for a visit in the Cerman Democra-
tic Republic at the invitation of the Minister of National Defense of the
GD~ Ceneral of the Arn~y comrade Heinz Hoffman. Whi1e we were here we could
not but visit our own troops who are performing service on the territory
of the German Democratic Republic in order to acquaint ourselves with their
combat and polit3cal training and with the life of the personne~..
Permit me, first of all, to carry out an honorable commission from the
Ceneral Secretary of the CC CPSU and Chairman of the USSR Council c;'
Defense Marshal of the Soviet Union Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhn~�v--to
convey to you, guard soldiers, his combat greetings and wishes for great
~uccess in your life and training and for a further increase in your combat
readinessl
The Cen+.ral. Committee of the Party, the Politburo of the CC, and I~eonid
I1'ich Brezhnev personally are devoting constant attention to strengthening
the defense capacity of our country and to increasing the fighting strength
of the Arn~y and Navy. You remember his words which he said at the 25th
CPSU Con~ress: "No one should have any doubts about the fact that our
party will do everything so that the glorious Armed Forces of the Soviet
Union will continue to possess all of the necessary means for carrying out
, their responsible task--to be the guard for the peaceful labor of the
~ Soviet people nnd a bulwark of world peace."* And our party and our people
are doing everything and are not sparing ar~y efforts so as ti�o maintain the
combat cupacity of the Arrt~y and Navy at the neces~a,�y level ~tnd supp],y it
� *L. I. Brezhnev, Following Lenin's Course. Speeches and Arti.cles," Vol 5,
PP 543-544.
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with first cla~n We~pon3 and everythin~ nec~ssary for its comUa~ train~.n~
and 1.i fe 1
'I'his conc~rn ~.s yield3ng its fruits. It is finding a most ~rdent responae
in the heart3 of Soviet goldiers and in ~heir deeds. In rep]y to the con-
cern of the party and the people they are persistently increas3ng their
~ combat re~diness and uchieving high ind3cators in combat and political
train3ng.
Comrade~!
Although you are far from your homeland, you are 13.ving a single life with
it. You know that the Soviet people, closely and united around the
Communist Party and its Leninist.Central. Committee,is working with inspi-
ration and self-sacrffice on the realization of the historic plans of
the 25th CPSU Con~3ress and of the decisions of the October (1976) Plenum
of the Central Committee of our party. Having successfully fulfilled the
assit,mments oi' the first year oi' the lOth Five-Year Plan, 5oviet people
are confident]y increasing the rates in realizing the even more difficult
and strenuous program of the second year.
7'he approaching 60th anniversary of the Great Octo'ber Socialist Revolution
is giving rise to a new flow of creative power in our people. The workers
of our towns and villages and our Soviet soldiers are full of an enormous
aspire.tion to celebrate the ~lorious anniversary with new successes in
strengthening the economic and defensive might of our socialist power.
The Communist Party and the Soviet government are performing many-sided
and strenuous work in ~he foreign policy field. It is defined by the
Yrogram for a further struggle for peace and international cooperation
and for the freedom and independence of peoples which was adopted by the
25th CPSU Con~ress. In our foreign policy both we and our allies are firm-
ly following a Leninist peace policy and we have achieved considerable
successes here.
However, the'aggressive circles of the imperialist states are opposing
an improvement of the international situation,are conducting preparations
for war, and are intensif~ing their anti-Soviet propaganda. It is these
forces, operating under the false pretext of a"Soviet threat," ~rhich
represent the ap~ressive line in the international politics of our day.
They want to return the world to the times of the'Cold War."
You know from the press of the results of the recent visit by the United
States Secretary of State to the Soviet Union. The new American adminis-
tration is attempting under various pretexts to revise and, in essence,
nullify the agreement on a limitation of strategic offensive weapons
which was reached between the USSR and the United States in Vladivostok,
;~eekin~ one-sided advantages for itself. The same line is being occupied
by the NATO b.loc at the Vienna negotiations on reducing armaments and
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/lrmeci I~'orens in Centr~l Europe. Zt is completely obvioua ~hat ~h:ts li.ne ie
nob cnr.ountrrtn~ our ~upport. mhe ~ov:ta~ Unian wi11 not t*ive up it~ ncc~x-
r:tt,y ~c~d 1~,1~c: cECUri~y of the frat~rn~l :~oci ~1~nt count.ri~;~ .
~ Uncier these conditiona, the party 3s demanding from Sovie~ soldiers that
they do not weaken their vigilance, tY~~~ they keep a close watch an the
3ntrigues of the enemies of pe~ce, tha~ they constantly increase the
comba~t might of the Armed I'orces, and ~hat they alw~rs be on guard! In
carrying out the demands of the party, the servicemen of our Arrr~y and
Navy are persistently train3ng, are performing their service conscientious-
1y, and are directin~ a11. of ~heir efforts toward a further increase in
the combat readiness of the Arn~y and Navy.
Comrade~!
You are serving in a unit which is the continuer of the glorious cornbat
traditir~ns of the Urals Voluntary Tank Corps which was formed during the
Great Patriotic War, It honorably carried its combrzt standa,rds t,hrough
ma,ny front-line trials. The party and the government placed a high value
- upon the services of the Corps ~nd awarded it the Orders of the Red
Banner,of Suvorov, and of Kutuzov. Tt was awarded the honorary designations
of Guard and Urals-L'vov. Thirty-eight soldiers were awarded the high
title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and around 45,000 people were awe,rded
orders and medals.
btiring peacetime also your division has ~ustified its G uard title. For
its services in defense of the Soviet homeland and for its high indicators
in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution
and the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin the unit was awarded
the honorary banner and the Honorary Lenin Anniversary Certificate of the
CC CPSU, the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and the USSR Council of
Ministers.
You have a wonderful combat heritage, comrades! To serve in such a divi-
sion is ~ high honor. You should be proud of the combat glory of your unit
and increase the traditions of your grandfathers and fathers with your
military labor.
In 1975 t~nd 1976 the division received a good evaluation for combat and
poltical training. This year also, as it has been reported to me, it is
successfully accomplishing its tasks. A large amount of work has been
performed in the unit to maintain the initiative of the Taman' division.
With great enthusiasm and effort the communist and komsomol members and the
entire personnel have ,joined in the struggle for the title of an advanced
unit in the Group of Forces and in the Armed Forces.
I consider it rqy obligation to warn you that the corrcpetition with the Taman'
division will not be easy. The Taman' soldiers have begun'to flzlfill their
~ommitments seriously and with a feeling of great responsibility. The
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Kantemir division is a13o following in its steps. T hope that you will nob
' i'~.1]. behind in this cotrrpetition. May we have more advanced div3sions.
I wish you success in thisl
What can S say about my impressions after t?~y brief acquaintance with your
training and life? -
When i visited the units I saw we11-organized training--all of the necessary
conditions have been created 3n your division for this. It is on7.y neces-
sary to make a 1ittle more effort and you will achieve your goal.
The most,important thing in combat and political training is to increase
efficiency and quality. This follows from the demands of the party on the
organization of work at ar~y sector in which the 5oviet people is active.
Efficiency and quality are the key task of the lOth Five-Year P1an. But,
as comrade L. I. Brezhnev noted at the 16th Congress of USSR Trade Unions,
"In order for this laconic and exact formu].a not to turn into a tiresome
ph rase and lose its active and mobilizing character, it is neces~ary to
check oneself every day and with pa~sion: is everything being done to
put it into practice?"~'~
The efficiency and quality of military labor, like combat readiness, are,
comrades, the conerete daily practical affairs of the entire personnel.
To struggle for efficiency and quE~.lity in the Armeci Forces means : first,
to increase the effectiveness of th~~ ideological-political education of
the soldiers and of party-political w~~rk and, on this basis, to achieve
a punctual, full, and profound treatme;nt of combat training tasks, effi-
cient combat coordination among the ~ubunits, units, and crews, and a
shortening of the time needed to n�at them in combat readiness.
It means, secondly, that every soldier has to have an excellent knowledae
of weapons and combat equipment and skillflzlly employ them, correctly ope-
rate them, and maint ain them in model condit ion; the struggle for acqui-
ring an d increasing ratings and for the title of Best Specialist has to
be broadened. When the desire is there it is possible to obtain much
more from weapons and comb at equipment than they are designed for. alnd
you have to be experts at your work and show what the weapons and combat
equipment which the people is giving to you are capable of in skillflill
hands .
It means, thirdly, that it is necessary to struggle for the honor, dig-
nity, irreproachable behavior, and model appearance of soldiers, for com-
pliance with the moral norms of behavior, and for a strengthening of mili-
tary discipline and organization.
~*L. I. Brezhnev, op, cit., Vol. 6, p 323.
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In brief, the ~trug~le fbr efficiency rand c~uality in ~the Arme~ I'o.rc~~ mh~nn
for ~so:Ldier~ a stru~gle for the high ti~1e of exce~.lent aold~.er in combat
~.nfl po~.i~:ict~1 trainin~ and For excellent subuni~a, unit~, ~.nd sh3ps. Muke
~n effnrt, comrades, do not a1.1ow yourselves any indul~~nce~ in trainin~,
and ~ct dur3ng exerci~es ~s if you were 3.n a real batt.le!
In the ~oc3.~.l.ist competit3on in honor of ~he 60th anniver~ary of Great
October wh3ch h~,s developed the personn~l o~' the div3sion has adopt~d high
new comm9.tments in the truining of exce~.lent uni~s and subuni~s. 5uch
commitments deserve approval and thorota~h support. Their realization wi11
be a rather ~oc,~ ~ift for the holiday. But, of course, this puts a great
rc~~~onsibility upon you. In order for the commitments not to remain empty
words on pape,r it is necessary to work much and stubb ornly arid to mnbilize ~
all of your strength and possibilities. Communfsts and komsomo~ members
have to play decisive role in this .
I am expressing rrpr confidence that the guard-soldiers wi11 honorab].y carry
out their word which they h~,ve given to the homeland!
Comradesl
In conclusion I would like to remind you that you are on the front 1ine~
of the socialist co~rmonwealth. Your service is taking place on the terri-
tory of a fraternal socialist country--the German Democratfc ~epublic.
The Central Committee of the Socialist United Party of Germany an d tl~e
government of the German Democratic Republic have provided our forces with
all of the necessary possibilities for successful combat training and are
showing constant attention to our soldiers. Permit me on your behalf and
for ~yself personally to express our d~ep gratitude for this!
Our reply to this concern must be a further strengthening of the c~mbat
collaboration with the National People's Ar~y of the German Democratic
Republic. You operated at many exercises together with its units. This
is an excellent school of socialist internationalism. Learn from one ano-
ther. Hel.p one another in a comrade~y way, share your knowledge and ex-
perience generously and strengthen and develop the fraternal combat alliance
of our r,.rmies a.nd peoples! Be worthy always and in evc~rything of your
great homeland and of its heroic people!
Taking the opportunity, I congratulate you, comrades, on Astronautics D~}r
which is being celebrated today by our country. It is a big holidqy for
a11 Soviet people. Under the leadership of the Communist Party the Soviet
people has achieved outstanding successes in ma.stering outer space and is
persistently continuing to storm the cosmos. We ar e proud of the achieve-
ments of our homeland in carrying out its tremendous snace progrem and we
ardently wish Soviet scientists and astronauts new successesl
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I'~ rtnt.L m~ td ~bn~lucir rrith thi~ ~nd to Wir~h thaE by th~ 6bth ~nniv~r~~ry
of' ~r~nt O~tab~r yo~ ~r~ ~ng th~ nwnber of bhe adv~nc~d unit~ oi` our
Armrd ~dre~~!
- (Cemr~d~ U. t~s~in~v'n np~~r-h r~~s li8t~n~d ~o With great a~tention er~d ~
_ aag fr~qu@ntiy int~rrupted b;/ ~tAt~r applAU~~. ~
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~a~ o~~ic~nL us~ oN~.Y
vrrtmY ~o~ v~~ws, vx~m~r Acm~err
b.F. U~~tNOV, ~zB~ANNYY~ Ti~C!{I I~'~A'~'t ~S~1~et~A 3p~~rh~g ~d Artiel~~),
MauCnu, Politi~d~t, ~n ~tu~~ian, 1~79
(Sp~re~h by M~rnha~. ~f th~ ~oviat Union n. t~. U~tinov ~t ~ me~tin~ Wi~h
th~ p~r~onn~1 0~ ~n ~r~iilery r~~iment af th~ N~tional P~~p1~'~ Arrrqr of
th~ ~3Dt~, i~ April 1977, pp 346-3~~ J
CText ~ I~~r Comt~~?d~~ I
F'ri~nd~ !
P~rmit m~ on b~h~l.f oi' th~ Saviet militgry del~~~ti~n to ~xpr~~~ eur pr~-
t'ound ~r~titud~ to th~ ~ari~list Unit~d f~arty of G~rm~r?y ~nd to the Mini~-
t~r of Nution~l t}~fens~ oi' th~ t3D~ Gener~l e~f th~ Arn~y Cnmr~?d~ H~in~
Haftlnar~ for providi~~ ua aith the apportunity ot' vigitin~ your regiment,
meetin~ With it~ p~rsonnel, ~sn8 acquainting ours~~ves ~itn i~~ life gnd
camb~t trafning. He w~r~ d~~ply touched by the hespitality and a~tention
which uats shrnm to u~ by th~ :o~and ~nd by gll of the regiment's soldiers.
We nlsa expr~ss our sincere the~riks for your usrm Words ~?bout the Cot~nimist
Party ot' th~ Soviet Union ~n~d about the Sovi~t people ~nd its Armed Forces.
It ~ives me ~reat ~aticfactinn to carry out e~n honorable commission--to
conv~y th ynu, d~~r eoarr~de$, gnd in your pcrson to nll of the goldiers of -
thc Nation~?1 F~eople's Ara~r of the (~D~ th~ ardent greetings and best vishes
of the t'~ener~l 5ecretiary of the CC CF~5U Leonid Il' ich Brezhnev--ari outst~nd-
in~ pgrty, utate, anfl military le~?der, ~ fiery fighter for peace, ar~fl g
uinc~re fri~nd of the people oP the Cerman Democratic Republic.
~ur party, the Soviet peopl~, and the soldiers of its Armed ~orces p,reatly
value the frienclship ~nd cooperation whirh unite the Soviet Union er~d tfie
~erman Democrgtic Republic. Th~ue rel~tion~ aid not develop by thes~elves;
~ they h~ve been orggr?ized end developed for m~ur,/ yegrs by our canmunists,
~+orking clnsg, b;/ ~11 of the Workers of both countries, er~d by the soldiers
of our grrni~s. Arifl ~irperi~r~~e s fe~lireg of prc~found s~tf~factfon vith
the ract that today our friendship hes become the cause of the bro~d
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papulnr tna~~~~, tha~ b~trr~~n our cowntri~~ th~r~ ia ~ unity of vi~k~ on
~11 af th~ important probl~m,~ of ~he pr~sent d~y, ~nd th~t ~ atmo~ph~r@
o~ ~ir~~~rity, mutual r~sp~et, and comrad~ly tru~~ h~~ ~~~1op~~ in th~
r~la~ion~ b~tw~~n Aur p~opl~s. Thi~, ~omr~dea, is th~ solic~ founfl~?tion
of our ~rat~rnal a1li~ne~~ Md th~ S~vie~ ~eop1~ i~ fil~.~d ~ri~h d~~~~=
mination to prot;~et thie ailiaric~ a~ som~thin~ ~~?cr~d and to ron~t~~ly
~tr~n~h~n it.
C~ur M~rxiat-L~ninist parties--the Communi~t Party of ~h~ ~ovi~~ Union ~n~
th~ Sociali~t Unit~d Parby o#' Qermany--~r~ ~h~ inspirin~ forc~ of our eio~e
unity. Aur fri~n~~hip i~ et~rnsl, ae the gregt teact~ir~~ Marxi~m-t~eninism
i~ ~tiern~i!
Th~ power ~nd fruitfulnegs of aur alliance haa b~en proven not in words,
but by life ita~lf~ In a brief hiatorical period th~ vork~ra of th~
t~ rman ~eebcrg~ic R~public in elo~e cooperation wi~h th~ S~vi~~ Union ~d
th~ other fr~tern~l coun~ri~~ have created a socialiet s~~te Whieh po9~~~~~~
~ developed econo~p? and an advanceri acience ar?d cultur~ which provid~ ~x-
tengive possibilities for A free ar?d genuinely democratic life for ~1~ of
~he citizena. Soci~lism has proc~uced splendid ~hootg on your land--th~
homeland of the foundere of our revolutionary ~eaching--K~rl Marx ~nd
Friedrich Eng~lsl
The people of the Cermen Democratic Republic are rip,htlyr proud toda~y of
their succesaes in the construction of a developea sociuliat society.
Soviet people aincere~y share this legitimate pride of their friends.
The Cerman Detflocra~ic Republic occupie~ a solid place among the dozen masL
eeonomieally developed states of the world. But Lhe mo~t importent echieve-
ment consists in the fact thaL e nea laboring man has been formed in a
society of victorioug aocialism and that a new generation of people with
a communist world vier? and xith firm internationalist viexs has groxn up
there.
The Soviet people is confident that ur~der the firm leadership of their
Lested v~guard--the Socie~liat United Party of (fermany--which is 1ed by
a true son nf the xorking people, a protninent leader of the international
co~maunist movement, and a great friend of the Soviet Union Comrade Eric
Honekker, th~ workers oP the GDR xill continue to successfully accomplish
the enormous construcLive tasks vhich have been mapped out by their 9th
Party Cangress!
Comrades! Speakin~ about our fruitful and comprehensive cooperation it ia
necessary to ~lso emphasize the great effectiveness of the military coope-
ratton betxeen the USSR and the CDR. It gerves as ~ vivid example of the
realization of T.enin's idess concerning a unification of the efforts of
the socialist countries for the defense of the revolutionary gains of Lhe
proples and for ensuring e stable peace in the xorld. Our cooperation is
ar~ important ~lemenL in the defensive allience of the socislist counLries--
the Warses+ Pact.
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'~h~ N~tion~~ ~~~p~~'n Arn~y? ~h~ ~DA ac~upi~~ Q W~rthy ~~~c~ in ~he Unit~B
A~tn~d ~'a~re~g th~ W~r~~u ~~~t. 'f~atik~ td th~ ~or~~~rn ai' tt~~ ~a~i~?ii~t
UnitaB ~~rty ei' ~rmany, ~h~ ~ov~rtim~n~, ~h~ ~n~i~~ 1ab~ri~~ p~aple af
the Qf~~, it ig ~ a~li-tr~in~~ ~nd ~quipp~~ mod~rn A~r r+hi~h po~~~g~~~
~v~rythin~ n~~~gs~ty ac~ompli~h tih~ mo~t ~ifficult task~ of ~h~ d~~'~n~~
o~ i~~ ~oua~ty ~d ~h~ prot~ctian of th~ hi~~orie ~~inn o~ the ~oci~~i~t
~~nrmonw~~~th. '~'h~ ~trength th~ N~tidn~. ~e~l~'~ Arn~ ra~ thp GDR i~ in
it~ ~~os~ ~ena~c~ion wibh th~ r+ork~rd, in itg prei'oun~ un~~r~t~din~ a~'
it~ g~~ia and ~~~k~, ~.nd in th~ ~'irm ~:~a8~r~hip of it~ ~ntir~ lif~ erid
activ~~i~~ by th~ ~o~i~i~t Uni~~~ ~ar~y of d~rmaay.
'~h~ ~r~nier~ aur cauntri~~ ar~ ro~r~~tit~g in ~~i~~l~ ~~rma~ian of th~
Arm~d ~'or~~~ of th~ ~ta~~~ o~ th~ ~o~i~.li~t ~~mmm~nu~~~h. ~h~y ~ro~~~
on~ ~othpr With ~an~t~nt h~1p ifl a11 of th~ fi~1~~ at' th~ir 1i~'e ~nd
activi~i~g ~r~?d ~xrhan~e ~xp~ri~nr~~ ir~ r~mb~t tr~ining, po~.iti~cal-~due~tio~-
~1 ~+ork, dn~ the ~chiev~m~nt8 mi~.it~ry sei~ne~ t~chnoio~yr. A i~r~~
rei~ i~ piqy~~ by ~oint ~x~rei~~~ in ~+hieh our ~oldi~r~ ~~~rn th~ ~if~icu~.t
~nnd eampi~x ~rt ~f b~in~ vi~torioug ~d ~tr~n~hen th~ir int~rn~tion~lir~t
fri~n~~hip. A11 ~f thi~ ig prsmoting ~#'urth~r incre~~~ in th~ �~mb~t
~e~idin~~~ ~f our ~rmi~~, ~ in~re~~~ in th~ir romb~t ex~erti~~, ~d c?
~tren~thening of th~ir mor~l-politi~~l unity. Our friendship ~nd unity
ia ~trang and ind~atructibl~. It ig our ,a~cr~d duty nnd hbligation to
prot~ct ~nd str~ngth~n th~m.
A~ broth~r~ in eonvictio~, in clasa, ~rrd in grmg, rr~ ~.r~ mutual~y ~d ~in-
c~r~iy ~1~dden~c~ by our succe~~~a i~ atr~ngtihening the def~n~~ of the
countries of Lhe socia~].i~t commonuealth. 3peakin~ her~, Mp r~ gey with
lL11 re~ponsibility th~?t th~ Soviet Ar~d ~ore~~, guid~d by the historic
decisians of the 25th CF~U Congres~, ~re doin~ everything to always be up
to th~ ts?sk i'acin~ th~m--~o be a~uarfl for the peaceful labor of Soviet
p~ople ~d bulugrk of r~rorld pe~c~. t~~ sh~11 continu~ to protect ~s som~-
thing st~cred ar~d rongtan~ly d~velop our combat friendship end our military
coop~rationl
Comradesl Like the ~~her :rate~�u~l soc:taliec countries, the Soviet Union
gnd the Germ~ Democratic Republir gre succesgfl~]�ly accomp~ishing the tasks
of th~ rf.nstruction of new soeiety. The past Congress~s of our partiea
h~ve ~urncnnrized th,e r~eults of th~ pgth xe h~?v~ covered ~nd h~ve defined
th~ taska r+hich ue are now accomplishing gnd ai11 be accomplishing in the
mnr~ diatau~t f`uture. The fact that our caur?triea are accomplishing Lh~se
tesks in clo~e intergctinn makes Lnem much easier and rnskes it possible r
fc~r ug to unite our knovledg~, experience, and materi~l arid apiritual re-
aources for the good of each people md in the name of the cornmon intereat
of the entire soci~ist comnonwealth.
The Soviet state t~as entered its ar?niversary year at the height of its
pbw~ri. Our people fs preparfng for a ~rorthy celebration of the 60th gr?ni-
verssry of the Gr~at October Socialist Revolution vith enormoug crentive
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~~~r~r. Th~ r~gult~ th~ ~u~~31~m~nt o~' th~ p1~n~ o~ th~ fir~t ye~r an~
bhe thr~~ mon~h~a a~ th~ a~~on~ y~~r o!' the ~Oth ~'iv~MY~~r P~.an ~how th~t
t1i~ pro~r~c~~ d~opted by th~ parEy in ~h~ fie18 of economic c~eve~opm~nt ~nd
a ri~e in ~h~ atanflard of l~ving in the 9oviet peoplp is being su~ceseful3y
earr3ed ou~. With ~aeh pa~Aing y~~r th~ 3ov3~t cow~try i8 becoming incr~n-
sin~lyr pou~rful ~ d 3~ ~altin~ ~v~r neW st~ps along the path to cortcnunism--
th~ bright futur~ of all mar~kind.
Y~g~~r~e~r our eountry f~atively celebra~ed ~he 16bh enniversary o~' the
world'~ firet sp~e~ fligh~ by Yuriy Aleksey~v3ch Oagarin Who blazefl a treil
into outier sp~c~. During th~ y~ars ahich have pass~d aSnce then dozena of
spae~ flip,ht~ heve b~~en aceompliehed in the ~oviet Union end every time
they hav~ been iner~aain~ly difficult. These flighLe teatify to the high
~ev~l of Sovi~~ scienc~ and ~echnolo~r, ~o the ereative ener~? and exper-
$is~ of ~oviet ac~.en~iet~, ~ngineere, ~technicia~ns, and work~rs, and ~o
th~ vaior ~nd courag~ of our a8troneutg!
Th~ ~erm~n Dem~cratic Republic ig active~y coopergLing with the 3oviet
Unian i~ ~h~ gtudy atid use of outer space for peacefui purpdges. The
Repubiic'~ ecientiaL~ ~nd specialists are takin~ part in the developceent
a~d ~roduction af equipment for space studies and also in Lhe preparation
of sp~ceships and geopt~ysical missileg for 1aun~hing. At the present time
a~tronauts from the aocialist countriea, including the (3erman Democratic
Republic, are being trained for sp~ce flights on Soviet spaceships.
Comrades! The realization of our tremendous plana for communisL construc-
tion is inseparably cot~nected with the preservaLion and strpngthening of
peace in the rrorld. As a result of the efforLs of tihe sociglist countries,
it haa been poasible to push back the threat of a nuclear var cmd to make
peace more reliable and atronger.
But it would be a mistake not Lo take account of the fact that reectionary
imperialiat circles are continuing to pursue an aggressive course in rela-
tion to the socialist countries, are increasing the fighting poLential of
_ the anneed forces of NATO, oppoaing the solution of important problems of
international security, tirhipping up the arms race, end conducting materiel
preparations For a new vorld War. "Attempts are being made," Comrade L. I.
Brezhnev said in his speech at the 16th Congress of US3R Trade Unions,
"to veaken the socialist commenwealth and to undermine the unity of its
~ participants by various mear~s. Attempts are beiag made to Weaken the
socielist syatem."*
The represenLatives of the West are occupying clearly unrealistic positions
gt the Vienna negotiations on a reduction of tireapons and e~rmed forced in
Central Europe and at the Soviet-Aarericar~ negotiations on a limitaLion of
* L.I. Brezhnev, 'Folloiring Lenin's Course. 3peeches and Articles," Vol 6,
p 336.
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~tr~t~~ic oPt~n~iv~ w~apon~. Violating the principl~ of ~qu8~ a~CUr3ty,
~h�y ~r~ ~tit~mp~in~ tn g~~ on~-s3d~c~ e~dv~nt~~~ #'or ~h~mg~~v~~ ~ Of
eours~,
th~ ~ovi~~ Union ~n~ ~h~ ~~her eociali~ti countri~s c~nnot ac~~pt th~ con-
cl.uoion d~' ~uch an a~r~emen~ WStih tihe Wes~ern pc~wers.
Th~ hoa~il~ aetions of ~h~ ~nemic~ of peac~ cannot but a.'L~rm the eo~ialis~
sbat~~. 7'hey d~mand gr~at vi~ilance from us and a con~tant conc~rn for
~tr~ngthening dur ~efen~e e~p~aity ~r?d the fighting ~tren~th ~f th~ fr~?~~r-
nal armi~a, 2'h~ soldierg of tih~ Sevi~t Armed Forces understand ~hia very
~re11 ~nc~ ~r~ working str~nuously on th~ accompliahment of the ~asks of
~ furth~r increaae in their mil.itary expertise an3 combat read~nesa. ~ey
are do~n~ ~.nd a311 continue to do ~verything necessary so thnt the combat
~l~.ignce o~ the eocialist countries Wi1.Jl a.l.wqyg be strong ~nd 3nde~truc-
tiblet
Dear comradeal
P~rmit me onee again tn th~nk you for your w~rm reception gnfl cordiality.
When ~re return to our hotn~l~nd w~ wi11 convey to Soviet soldiera the feelings
~ of ~r~nt friendship of their t3erman brothers in arms . 2'h~ pprsonnel of the
Soviet Armed Forcea sincere~jr and fraternally wishes you, dear friends,
and in your person a11 of the soldiere of the National People's Arnpr of the
C~rm~n Democratic Republic the greatest auccesaes in your military labor
and in your honorabl~ service ~o your homeland and your people!
Long live the Socialigt United Party of Qermany and its Central Committee
and Politburo 1ed by the General Secretary of the CC Comrade Eric Honekker!
Long live the Communist Party of the Soviet Union end its Leninist Centrel
Committee aad Politburo led by the t}enerat Secretary of the CC CPSU Comrade
Leonid I1'ich Brezhnevl
Long live the strong and indestructible unity of our mighty socialist com-
monwealth!
May the friendship and fraternal cooperation of the peoples and armies of
the 5ovi~.t Union and German Democratic ~epublic live eternal],y and grow
strongerl
Lonp, live the National People's Ar~ of the aDR--the glorious creation of
its people and a fsithful guard over the gsins of ~ocialisml
Glory to the valorous Soviet Armed Forces--s faithfu]. guard for the peace-
ful labor of the Soviet people and a bulWark of peacel
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech Was listened to s~ith great attention and
was repeatedly interrupted by enthusiastic applause.)
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CAFiRY THE BANN~R OF INT~RNATIONALISM WITH HONOR ~
D~F. U9TINOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHS I 3TAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articlea),
Moscow, Pol.itizdat, In Rusaian, 1979
(Speech by Marahal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at R meeting with
the per~onnel of the unita of the Central Group of F'orces, i7 aprii i977,
pp 351-356]
~Text~ Comradesl ~
Our military flelegation is visiting Czechoslovakia at the invit~tfon of
the Mini~3t~r of Defense of the Czechoslovakien 3ocialist Republic General
of the Arrtp? Comrade Martin Dzur. Together with our Czechoalovakian frienda F
r?e are deciding important practical. questions and acquainting ourselves
With the life and combat training of the Czechoslovakian People's Arn~y and
~ith the labor deeds of the Czechoslovakian people. The chief goal of our
visit is a further strengthening of the combat collaboration of our armies
and peoples.
Whi1e rre were on Czechoslovakian soil we, of course, could not but visit
the Central Group of Forces in order to acquaint ourselves with the life
and training of the personnel and to talk with the 3oviet soldiers Who are
perfoi�ming service on the front lines of the socialist commonwealth.
Permit me to carry out an honorsble commission from the General Secretary
of the CC CPSU and Chairman of the USSR Cauncil for Defense Marshal of
the Soviet Union Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev--to convey to you his com-
bat greetings and good Wishes for successes in your combat and political
training!
As a participant in the Great Patriotic War and an outstanding party ar?d
state leader Who is constant]y Korking on the problems of strengthening
the country's defense, L. I. Brezhnev has a good knoWledge of the life of
the Soviet Arn~y and our dai~y strenuous combat and political training is
especial~}r understandable for him.
,
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7.'h~ C~n~r~.1. Committe~ of th~ ~PSU ig con~~~.n~~y eonc~rned fdr stren~hen3ng
our Arm~d ~orc~~~ ~n h3~ ~p~~ah at the October (~976) I'~.~num of ~h~ CC C~SU
Comrade Leonid ~~'ich ~rezhnev said: "mo con~inue ~o main~ain th~ country'~
Armed ~orc~s on a h3~h 1.eve1 so that Soviet ~old3ers a~wqys hav~ ~h~ most
mod~rn weapon~ w3th wh~.ch th~ imper3a13s~s cannot but r~ekon--th~.~ ~.g our
duty to the peopl.~ and we wi~1. rarry 3t dut religieu~ly l'~~
9ovi~t goldierg f~el thi~ cor~c~rn of ~h~ par~y every day anA are replying
tio 3~ wi~h hi~h indicator~ in comba~ exper~ise and with ~ cons~ant increase
in th~ir combat r~adin~ss.
Comrad~s!
The time in wh3ch we are livin~ 3s noteworthy with events of higtoric 3m-
port~nce. Our country 3s approach3ng the 60th anniversary of
the GreRt
October Socialist Revolutien which ~he entire people, the workera of the
fro.ternal aocialist atates, and all of the progressive peop].e of the earth
are preparing to celebrate festively and extensively~
Under the "bgnner of (~reat October the Soviet people have constructed devel-
oped socialiam in a brief historica]. period and are now per~istentl.y rea-
lizing ~he dec3sions of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party which are
aimed at a further development of the 3oviet society, at increasing the
economic and defensive strength of the homeland, and at improving the
well-being oi'Soviet people.
Soviet people and the soldiers of the Armed Forces welcomed the decree of
the Central Committee of the CPSU "On the 60th Anniversary of the Great
October SociaZist Revolution" with great patriotic enthusiasm. Following
an appeal from advanced collectives, a national aocialist competition has
developed in the country for the successfl~l flxlfil:.ment of the national
economic plan of 1977 and for a worthy reception of the 60th anniverRary
of ~reat October. The chief element in the competition is a struggle for
production efficiency and kork qualit.y.
Soviet soldiers who have developed a struggle for the title of best units
in the Armed Forces have a.lso actively ,~oined in the competition.
The winter training period shows that the units and ships are achievin~
new successes in combat training, in the mastery of our complex military
equipment, and in increasing combat readiness. The results which have
been achieved make us confident that the socialist commitments which have
been adopted in honor of the 60th a.nniversary of Great October will be
successfully met by our Ar?qy and Navy.
Comrades!
* L. I. Brezhnev "Following Lenin's Course. ~peeches and Articles," Vol 6,
p 169. ~
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mt~c� C~ntral Commit~~e of th~ Par~y, the Po~itburo of th~ CC, c~nd L~on~.~
I1'ich ~3r~~hn~v p~rsonal~y are performing a larg~ emounti of strenuous work
tc~ r~al3z~ th~'for~~gn pol.icy progrsm which waa aflopti~d by the 2y~h CPSU
Con~red~~ Th~nka ~o th~s~ efforta, and alsn to the Cbh~bfltl~ ~upport of the
o~h~r eountri~s of the socirzliat commonwealth and of all o~ t~,he progr~s~3ve
forces of the plan~t definite succeasea have been ~chieved in a re~.~xa~ion
of tensiong. 'I'h~ pr3ncipl.es of peaceful coexiatence between statea with
differ~nt social gyst~tt~ are receiving increasing recognition in interna-
tional r~1.~tinns,
However, th~ mo~t important thing that we have achieved 3n foreign policy
is ~ further unification of the countries of the socialist commonwealth,
a atren~thening of their 3nt~rnational positions and authority, and a
strengthen3ng of their influence on the aevelopment of the entire interna-
tional. aituat3on~ Thia, comradea, is a great success for the Fraternal
gocialist countri~s and, first of a11, for our Peace Program.
However, for us it is important to cons3der not on1.y the positive sides
of world development, but al~o that which is hindering the establiahment
of a durable peace in the world. 2fie reactionary imperialist forcea are
the chief hindrance to this. They are not surrenderin~ their posit3ons,
~re not giving up their aggressive goals, are organizing ex?ti-Soviet and
anti-socialist campaigns, spreading lies and slanders about our country and
the other socialist states, and attempting to exacerbate the international
situation and throw the world back to the times of the "Cold War."
The recent negotiations in MoscoW between the leaders of our party and
government gnd the American Secretary of State on a limitation of strategic
offensive wPapons showed that the neW Americen administration is trying to
move away from the previous agreement in Vladivostok and receive a one-sided
advantage at the cost of the USSR. The Western countries are conducting
negotintions in Vienna on a reduction of Armed Forces and armaments in
Central Europe in the same spirit. It is clear that the Soviet Union will
never accept such agreements.
A3 long as political forees which are hostile to peace and which are making
the solution of vitally important international problems difficult continue to
exist and act on our plenet we are compelled to strenEthen o�ar defense and
to strengthen the military WarsaW Pact. This is demanded by the security
interert~ of the Soviet state and its allies.
The USSR Armed F'orces play an importent role in strengthening the defense
ca~,acity of the Warsaw Pact countries. They are continuously perfecting
themselves on the basis of new weapons and combat equipment and a steac~y
rise tn the general educational and cultural levels and consciousness of
Soviet soldiers. Today our Armed Forces, together with the fraternal so-
cialist armies, are capable of standing against a military attack from any
a~gressor, and the imperialists are compelled to reckon with the hopelessness
and senselessness of their calculations for a military victory over social-
ism.
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~o~ o~~zcinr. us~ oNt~Y
Comrr~clen l You ~r~ ~~rv~.ng in ~he Centra~. ~rdup o~ I'orc~~ , Its uni~~ h~v~
b~en ~;3v~n th~ hon~rabl~ du~y of e~rrying ~h~ victoriou~ b~,nn~r of 3nt,er-
nationali~m w~.~h hdnor and dignity anfl of s~r~ng~hening our combr~t Goii~-
bor~t~.on wi~h the Czechos~ovakian peop~~'~ Ar~y Mnd ot~r fr~.~ndshi~, and
coop~r~tion w3th th~ C~echoslovalcian peop~.e.
'I'h~ un~.t~ which hav~ been pr~~ented for our mee~3ng have rich combat tra-
d3tiong. Th~y cov~red ~ h~rn~~ comba~ p~th ~rom ~h~ beg3nning to the end
of the ~reat Patriotic War. It is a grea~ honor, COtt1T'~(~l'S ~ to ~erve in
such g~.or~.ous units. It ie your duty to be proud of th3~ ~nd ~o pres~rve
an~ further dev~lop the heroic combat tradit~.ons of th~ old~r generations
of Soviet peop~e!
Comrndegl
You h~ve achi~ved rather good resultg in combat and political training.
'I'his reflerta the great merit of your commanders, politicat wnrkers, commu-
nists, komsomol. members, and your entire personnel, But the results which
ha.ve been achieved have to be regarded not as the summit of combat and
political training, but as ano~her new frontier for the further 3mprovement
of your mfl.itary mastery.
During the process of becomin,q acquainted with your life and of
talking with
your soldiers, sergeants, and officers I, and our entire delegat3on also,
received*he conviction that you have a11 of the possibilities for a success-
fu1. accomplishment of your tasks. The units are equipped with new equipment
and have a good physical training base. But most important is that you have
remarkable cadres, officers and sergeants who know their work, competent
sold3ers with initiative, and vital party and komsomol organizations. The
task, consequently, is to organize your training in a real way and to mobi-
lize yourselves for the achievement of new and higher indicators in combat
and political training.
On what, in crar view, should you concentrate your basic efforts? We find the
answer to this question in the decisions of the 25th CPSU Congress and of
the October (1976) Plenum of the CC and in the speeches of L. I. Brezhnev
in Tula nnd at the 16th Congress of USSR Trade Unions. They emphasize the
enormous importance of a struggle to improve the efficiency and quality of
work. This applies in full to the Armed Forces. The very highest results
have to be achieved in the training and education of the personnel by
means of a clear and we].1-conceived organization of the training proces~,
the skillful use of the achievements of scientific and technological pro-
~ress in the training of the Artr~y and Navy, a further increase in the ef-
fectiveness of party-political work, and the maintenance in the subunits
and units of strict order in accordance with the regulations. It is impor-
tant to discover new reserves for increasing the efficiency of combat and
poZitical training and to give thorough support to useful initiatives. Nor
must the rich experience of the Great Patriotic War be forgotten.
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~gpeci~. c~t~en~ion has to be given in combat train3n~ to '~f1C$3C5 ~ an im-
provemen~ of f3~1d and air training for the personnel, the ab~.l.ity to con-
duct decigive offensive ac~~.ong, and the ability to atubbornly and actively
defend onese7.f against the use of modern types of weapons.
It 3s neceasary to learn to organize bat~les in localit,ies, to master ~he
art of delivering a powerful. fire blow against the enecr~y, and to use an
ex~ensive maneuver, to master the most effec~ive methods of the comba~
uge of modern combat eguipment, to ensure the constant and firm direction
of the tronps.
In gunnery training it is necessary to acquire solid practical skills in
striking targets at various distances with the first shot, volley, or
launch.
The ~echnical training of the personnel is one of the indicators of the
combat capacity of subunits and units. New and more modern equipment is
bein~ received and wi11 continue to be received by the Central Group of
F'orces. Th3s equipment has to be mastered to perfection and it is neces-
sary to learn to make full use of its combat possibilities and tn operate
it correctly.
It has to be kept in mind that the power of a weapon can be effectively
used in battle only if it is in skillful hands and combined with a high
level of tactical training in the soldiers. For this reason, it is essen-
tial to continue to improve the pr~ctical skills of driving all types of
combat vehicles and trucks and to teach driver-mechanics and the entire
personnel camouflage movement, the competent selection of positions and
use of the protective and camouflaging properties of an area on the field
of b attle, and skillflzl actions in march, pre-battle, and battle orders.
Flyers, communications men, and other specialists also have to be expert~
at their work, have an excellent knowledge of equipment, and use it skill-
flilly in b attle. You are faced with important tasks in the field of the
political-moral and psychologic al training of soldiers and of the farma-
tion in them of the ability and skill to act under the most difficult
conditions of modern xar. The basis of this training has to be made up
by ideological education and a profound stuc~y of the materials and decisions
of the 25th CPSU Congress and of other party documents.
Comradesl
You are serving on the territoxy of our fraternal Czechoslovakian Socialist
Republic, carrying out your international duty to protect the gains of
socialism. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
and the government of the Czechoslovakian SSR have provided you w3.th all
of the necessary pc,ssibilities for successful. combat training and are
showing constant attention to you. We say our thanks to them for this.
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The entire per~onne~ of ~he Group ahou].d also rep~y ~o ~hi~ wi~h a cons~an~
etrengthening of
fr3endship with the Czechogl,ov~ilcian people ~nd d~' comb~t
cooperation w~.th th~ soldiers of the C~echpgl.ovakian ~~op1e's Arrny'. Thia
fri~ndship and comb~t cooperation is precious to us ox~d ~hey have to be
valued hi~,hly. They were obtained in ~he atruggle with the Qerman fasci~t
invaders during the years of World War xr e,nd soldered by blood spi~.led
~iointly on tihe fields of b attle. Our friendship 3n a powerfu~ factor in
the economic and socio-political flowering of our sta~es e.nd 3n 3ncreasin~
their defensive ~trength.
Comradegl
The life and praci,3.cal activities of the Soviet forces which are performing
service outside of' our homeland is constantly in the field of vision of
the Communist Party and the Soviet government. They are carefully follow-
ing your successes ctind achievements.
Permit me on your beh~.lf to expresa profound thanks and gratitude to the
Central Committee of the CI'SU, the Pol3tburo, and personally ~o Leon3d I1'ich
Brezhnev for their concern for our Armed Forces and to assure them that
the peraonnel of the Central :;roup of Forces feels the grea.test responsi-
bility for the performance of its military duty and will make every effort
to accompli:h the tasks it has been given with honor and dignity!
I hope that your units will be among the advanced ones of the Armed ~'orces.
I wish you great successes in your military labor and in carry3ng out your
socialist commitments in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Creat October
Socialist Revolutionl
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention and
was frequently interrupted by storn~y applause.)
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THE INDZSSOLUABL~ TIES OF OUR FRATERNITY
D.F. USTINOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeahes and Articles),
- Moscow, Politizdat, In Rusnian, i979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D, F. Ustinov at a meeting with the
personnel of a motorized infantry regiment of the Czechoslovakian People's
Arr?~. i8 arr3.i i977, pp 357-36i]
[Text] Dear comradesl
Friends!
We are sincerely moved by the enthusiastic reception which was given to ~
us by the personnel of your regiment and by the cordiality and hospitality
with which the Soviet mil3tary delegation has been surrounded from the first ,
minutes of its arrival among you.
From a11 of r?~y heart I WAi1t t0 thank you for this friendly meeting and for .
the warm words which were said here about the Co~nunist Party of the Soviet
Union, the Soviet people, and its heroic Armed Forcesl ~
i
We are deeply grateful to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of ~
Czechoslovakia and to the Minister of National Defense of the Czechoslava- i
kian Socialist Republic General of the Army Comrade Martin Dzur for the op- !
portunity which has been given to us to meet with your harmonious military ;
collective, to become acquainted with its life and combat training, and "
to learn about your military deeds. And I have to say frankly that our
stay in your regiment has given us all great satisfaction. One feels in ~
~
everythin~ that every soldier in the regiment knows his place in the col- !
lective very well and understands that his work is an extremely necessary '
part of the overall work to which the efforts of the Czechoslovakian peo- ~
ple are devoted. ~
~
Permit me to carry out an honorable commission--to convey to you, dear {
comrades, and in your person to all of the soldiers of the Czechoslovakian ~
People's Ar~y axdent greetings and the best wishes from the General Secre- ;
tary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ~
_ ~
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L~anid ~~~ich Br~~hn~v--an ou~standin~ p~rty, g~ate, and mi:L~L~~Y~y ~.e~d~r,
c~ 1'i~ry f3~h~er f'or p~~ce and in~ern~~iona~. ~ecuri~y, ~.nd a s~.ncer~ fr~.end
of ~ti~ C~echos~nva~lcian peop~.e .
Mnkin~ uge of th~ opportun~~y which hao b~en ~iven ~o r~~e, ~ u~.~o conv~y
to you nnfl to the entire per~onne~ of t~,he Czechos~.ovakian ~'eop~.e's Artt~y
~nmba,t ~r~eting~ from th~ soldiera of ~he Sovi~t Arm~d rorcea r~nd their
W~.g}1~5 for you for great euaceg~es in combat ~rc~3ning and in gtr~n~~hening
the combat alliance of our armies and the armies of a11 of
th~ countries
of the gocialist commonw~al~h.
Our s~ay in fraternt~.1 Czechoslovakia and 3n the unit3 of the Czechnslovc~-
kiatt p~ople's Arn~y cnnnot but move us. Our peoples and armieg are bound
by an unc3ent friendship. I~ was tempered in ,~oint battles a~ainst the
German f~,scist invttders and soldered forever by blood spill.ed on the i'ield~
of batt~e. It is precious for u~, Sovie~ people, that in the f'ire of
the 5lovak nationttl uprisiug and in the battlea on the le~endaiy buklo~
there was born the wonderful slogan of Czechoslovaki~n patriots; "With
the Soviet Union for a11 time!" `
Only a few days are left ta the 32nd anniversary of the 13beration of
Czechoslovakia from fascist sl~very. This is a tioliday not only of
the
C2echoai~.ovakian but a].so of the Soviet people whose lot it wo.;~ to bear
the basic weight of the war against the fascist aggressors. The celebr~-
tion of thi3 anniverst~ry always turns fnto a demonstration of our fighting
interntttion~.list unity.
We werc ~o~;ether during the year of stern war trials, and our bonds nre
indissoluable during peacetime ~lso. It cannot be o~herwise in relations
between peoples which are united by a common ideology and by common goals
of 3tru~gle. ~de, members of the great alliance of socialist countries,
are bound by ~enuine~y fraternal relations which have been built on the
principles of socialist azternationalism. There is practically no important
sphere of activities for our parties and states where comprehensive Soviet-
Czechoslovakian cooperation is not developing. We have the right to say
toda,y that our friendship is a genuinely disinterested friendship of peo-
ples, th~ friendship of millions of people of labor. This is the great
gain of our communist parties and their Leninist internationalist policy
and of their common positions regarding all of the fundamental questions
of the present day.
~ I want to assure you, dear comrades, that a11 of us, Soviet people, are
full of determination to piously guard and strengthen our indestructible
friendship. In our un~ty and in our friendship is the guarantee of fur-
ttier successes in the peaceful constructive labor of the Soviet and Czech-
oslovakian peoples and a guarantee of new victories in the historical
struggle for the triumpl'lof socialism and communism!
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Thr ~xp~ri~ne~ of hig~ory ~1~ar1y b~~r~ wit~~~g th~ atr~n~~h ~nd fruit-
fuin~gd of th~ fratern~l aiii~n~~ of soei~li~~ countrie~~ mh~ y~~r~
people'~ p~w~r it~ ~z~~ho$lov~ki~ h~v~ b~~n y~ar~ of th~ d~v~lopr~~nt of itg
~~onon~y, n~i~nee, and eu].bur~. Your uond~r#'ui ~ountry i~ rightly r~~~rd~d
ag on~ of th~ mon~ d~v~loped ~urop~an atate~ vith a hi~h ~n~ cor~et~tly
grdwin~ atandard o~ livin~~ We ar~ eonfid~nt thAb th~ soridlis~ g~ina of
the Cxechb~lnv~lci~n p~ople wiil b~ multipli~d ond atr~r~th~n~d.
W~, the fri~nds and ~ili~~ of socialist G~~choslovgkia, ~re sine~r~ly ~l~d-
' d~n~d by your su~cesse~ in the construction of a developed socialiat ~ocie- ~
ty ~nd in accompli~hing th~ t6gkg posed by the 15th Gongre~~ of th~ Commu- _
ni3t pnrty of Czechoslovakia. ~he stea~y gro~rth of your econon~y, the po-
1iti~r~]. unity of sa~iety wh3eh is ~ros~rinQ ~trong~r frrnn dgy? to day, ~d
the atmoaph~re of confidence in tomorroa--all of this is cloaely connected
with the inrge organizationa]. end politic~l. Work of the Cor~unist Party of
Czecho~lovnk3a and its Central Committee which ia l~fl by the outstanding
leader of
the Cxecho~lovakian Soci~ligt Republic, a glorious son of th~
Czecho$lovc;kign people, ~ prominent leader oP the international communisti
movement, and a true friend of the ~oviet Union Comrade Cuntav Etuscikl
Comrade~! Our countries are importont elements in the defens~ orgenization
of the socialist participant states in the Warsaa Pact. For mon. than 20
yenrs ~'~e Warsaw Pact gnd its United Armed Forces have been serving ~s a
reliable bulwark for the peaceful labor of our fr~ternal peopl~~ gnd
q decisive factor in protectin~ our socialist gains and in the struggle to
stren~then world pegce and international security.
The Qreat Lenin taught that any revolution is only worth something tf it
knows how to defend itself. Remembering this statement by Lenin, the '
Communi~t F'arty and government af Czechoslovakia end the entire Czechoalo-
- vr~kiun people are constantly ehoWing concern for t}.~eir At~y. The Czechon- -
lovukion ~'eople's Arn~r occupiea a worthy place in the combat elliar?ce df
the Armed Forces of the WarsaW Pact states. It ia Well-trained and equipped
:~.nd has everything necessary to accomplish the most difficult tasks. The '
Czechoslovakian people place a high value on its Arrqy snd does not spare ~
any efforts for its equipment and training to be up to r?todern demands.
The poWer of the Czechoslovakian People's Arcr~v is in its unity s+ith the
people, in the nobility of its goals and tasks, and in the fact that all
of its activities are led by the reco~ized vanguar8 of the Czechoslovakian
people--the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
The close military cooperation between the IJSSR and the Czechoslovakien
3ocialist Republic in also fostering the constant development and iraprove-
ment of the Czechoslovakian People's Ar~r. This is a vivid example of ;
the realization of V. I. Lenin's ideas concerning the necessity for ,~oint
efforts by socialist states for a reliable defense uf their revolution:iry
gains. Our coun~ries and armies are generously sharing with one another
weapons, experience in combat training and political-educational aork, and
military scientific achievements.
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We pibe~ a high v~lu~ upon ~nd ~inc~r~~r ~.r~ g~.ad~en~d by tt~~ ~ue~~ssh~ af
th~ ~oldi~rn at' the C~~chag~ovakien p~op1~' ~ Arn~? ~nd ~r~ prsuc~ th~ ~'~et
~h~t; in i~~ p~r,~on w~ h~v~ ~ tru~ fri~nd reli~bl~ ~1y. ~o~ri~t ~al~i@r~
a~h it ed ~h~ir ea~~i~u~ ~o ~ve~rthi~~ far ~ eo~tinuou~
~tr~n~th~n~.ng of r~ur ~nity, gri~n~~hip, arld cio~e ~omb~t collabor~tiant
dur ~rmiee ~r~ m~rehtn~ in a Bing~.~ combat form~tion ~f th~ Arm~fl F'or~~~
o~' th~ ~ocf~.i~t ~ta~~~. !~d thi~ unity and in~~rnationaliet eoliAdrity
i~ ~s strong a~ a mon~li~h ~nd t~ c~?no~ b~ d~~~roy~d by ~nyon~ ~v~r!
Our sA~.dier~ h~v~ ~olid knowl~ri~e of ~h~ f~?ct that they ~re t~@f@flC~~fl(~
th~ mo~t ,~uat $y~t~m and th~ p~~c~ ~nd hn?pp~ne~g of peopl~s!
Comr~fl~~l W~ are ~h~ reprcg~nt~tiv~s of c~ ~r~at ~ociali$t ~ountry Which
i~ canfid~nt ~r buildin~ a c~mmuni~t soei~ty. 7'h~ Sovi~t ~t~t~ h~ ~ntered
th~ 60tih y~~r of th~ f~r~at bctober Socialist R~volution. it i~ noW living
wit,h th~ ~tr~nuou~ rhythm of the lOth ~iv~-Y~~r pl~. 7'h~ Soviet ~eop1~
i~ workin~ on th~ re~li~ation of the histioric decigiona of th~ ~yth Congregs
of th~ Cdnununi~t party of th~ Sovi~t Union With enormous cr~g~ive ~nergy?
~nd ia preparing to ~el~br~te the 60th ~nniv~r~ary of Grent OGtob~r in ~
worthy mann~r anfl with hfgh profluc~ion indicator~. "~v~rything uhich har~
b~~n plainned by the party Wi11 b~ renlized." '~hi~ i~ th~ motto af
every
Worker in our coun~ry.
The fact the~t the uorkcra o2' the fratern~l. gocialist countries have e~l.sa
~oin~d in the sociali~t compeLition for a Wor~hy celebration of th~ 60th
er?niver~ary af Cre~t October i~ giving ri~e to a feelinp, of enormou~ sn-
tisfaction in Soviet peop~e. This internationa~ movement af millions upon
millions of builders of the nea aorld aas called by Leonid I1'ich Brezhn~v
a qualitatively neu phenomenon in the relatfons betWeen socialist countries
and an initiative of enormous significance ~+hich has a great future.
'I'he re~lizntion af the tremendous plans for ~ocialiat and camnunist con-
~Lruction is inneparably connected aith the preservation and atrengthenfng
of peace. The results of the foreign policy efforts of the Soviet Union,
the Czechoslovakian Socialist ~iepublic, and the other socialist countries
gre kno~.rn to everybody. The most important thing is that we have sucreeded
in seriously strenghtening the Foundations of the security af peoples gnd
W~akenin~ the threat of aar. These positive changes are above all the
result of the favorable influence of World socialism, of its successea and
poxer, on the course ~f international developments. They are the result
of the purposeful policies of our Marxist-T~eninist partie3 and of the
st~tes nf the socialist cotmnonWealth. The po~+~er of our fraternal armies
is reliably servfng the cause of the peace and security of peoples.
But it aoulci be a mistake not to take account of the fact that there are
still influenti~.7. political circlea~ in the capitalist worla which do not
, like a relax$tion of tensians. Enthusiests for military adventures have
3ti11 not disappeared on the other side of the ocean, or in Europe either.
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Th~y ar~ vhippi~~ up t,h~ arme ra~e ar~~ con~u~tin~ mg~eri~.t pr~par~tion~
f~r ~ar. A~ eon~~ct~ and n~gotiatione hav~ shor~m, ins~~afl of movi~~ for-
rt~r~ ~~on~; ~he p~tt~ ~f d~t~nt~, th~ Weat~rn coun~ri~~ ~r~ losing Eheir
eon~truetiv~ appro~eH a~d n~eupying a one-aided poaition. Yeti, in order
to r~e~r~in th~ nrms rac~ it is @88~fl~~6~ th8~ noti only rr~, but alao th~
ether si~e 8hou1~ be fully ~Ware of i~a reaponeibility for thi~ end s~~k
mutua~ly ~cc~gtabie ~olution8 not ~n uords, but in A~eds.
7'h~ hoabile ~etiviti~~ o~' the aggressiv~ forcee is demen~ing gre~?t vigi-
lanee from ug and a c~natant concern for ineresaing tihe ~efense capaeity
of the countri~s of the ~oeielig~ commonWe~lth and for ~tr~ng~hening the
fighting strength ~nd co~mbat reediness of our armies. Th~ soldiera of
th~ 3ovieti Arm~d Forc~a understarid this W~11 arid ere ~rorking on ~ccom-
p~iahing the tesks of improving their mili~ary exp~rtige and ~tr~ngthentn~
their comb r~adin~~s. By virtue of ite very nature so~ialism ie alien
to r+ar, but, ii' aggr~ssors dare to encroach upon our frontiere, they ui11
receive ~ resolut~ rebuff . Our armiea ~?r~ ready on ar~ c14Y ar?d at any hour
to defend the revolutionary gaing of Eheir peoples ar?d of the entire com-
monW~glth of ~~Cisii~t caun~ries. We shall do everything ~o that the
combut alliance of the socialist cotu~tries is alweys ~trong and indestruc-
tible!
De~r camra8es! . .
Permit me once again to thsnk you e11 for nyself anc~ for npr comrades for
the hoapitaliLy snd cordi~lity vhich you hav~ aho~+n to u~, your friende
from the courrtry of Sovietsl
We 3incerely, as brothers, wish you and in your person all of the soldiers
of the Czechosiovakiar~ People's Ara~y the greatest successes in your military
~abor and in your honorable service Lo your remarkable homeland ar~d your
peoplel
_ Lang live the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and its Centra]. Committee
1ed by the Ceneral Secretary of the CC of the Communist Pr~rty of Czerhoa-
lovaki~ Comrade Guatav Husak ahich are conPidently legding the Czechoslo-
valcian people along the path oP the construction of a developed socialist
societyl
Long live the Commuaist Party of the S~viet Union end ita Leninist Central
Cor?IInittee headed by the General 3ecreLary of Lhe CC CPSiJ Comrade Leonid
I1'ich Brezhnev ~rhich are confidently leading the 3oviet people along the
path of the construction of tihe bri~ht Puture of all mankind--communism!
Long live the unity of our mighty socialist coaanonWealthl
May the friendship and fraternal cooperation betxeen the peoples and arraies
of the Soviet Union ar~d the Czechoslovakian Socialist Republic live eter-
nally and grosr stronger 1
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(Comra~~ t~. U~~~.flAii~~ ~~~eH rr~s ~ig~~n~d ~o ~ri~h a~~~n~ioa ~n~
w~n fr~quently in~~rrupt~d by ~uthu~i~~ti~ ap~1~w~~.)
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n.~'. USTINOY, IZBRANNYY~ R~CHI I BTAT'I (Selected 3peeches and Articles), 3
Moacow, Polibizdat, In Ruasie~n, 1979
CSpeech by Marshal of the 3oviet Union D. F. Ustinov at e~ reception in ~
honor of the gradt~tes of military academies in thp Kremlin. 29 June 1977,
pp 370-37~~
(Text~ Dear Comradesl
Toc~y ia a festive and ,~oyous dey in the ~ife of our hi~her military schools.
They are giving the Arrtpr and Navy e nea detachment of specialiats with aca-
derty training. Along with Soviet officers, officers from friendly armies
hgve also graduated from our military academies. With all enr heart I con-
gratu~ate you, comrade graduates, and the entire personnel of our military
educational institutiona on this important event.
It is ~rith great sati$faction that I carry out a personal comraission from
the General Secretary of the Ceetral Committee of the CP~U and Chairman
of the Presidium of the U33R 3upreme Soviet Comrade L. 2. Brezhnev. He
asked me to convey to you his sincere congratulations on your successfl~l
completion of your studies in our military academies and his ~rishea for
great successes in your subsequent service.
The Central Committee oP the CPSU, the Presidium of the U33R 3upreme Soviet,
and the USSR Council of Miniaters address ardent vords of greetings to you.
Permit me, comrades, to assure on your behal.P the Central Co~nittee of the
CPSt1, the Preaidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, the U3SR Council of Ministers,
and the Ceneral Secretary of the Central Co~ittee of the CP3U, Chairman
of the Presidiwn of the U3SR 3upreme Soviet,and Cheirmatt of the USSR Council
for Defense Marshe~t of the Soviet Union Comrade L. I. Brezhnev that the
officers who have graduated from our ~?ilitary academies during this anni-
versary year aill give all of their strength, knouleage and energy to the
noble cause of defEnding the great gains oP socialism.
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Comrad~~l Qrndun~ion from a high~r e~uca~ion~1 in~~itu~idn i.~ ~lw~y~ n
m~morabl~ ~v~n~ in ~he Zif~ of ~ p~r~on. 7'hi~ ev~nb w3~~ l~t~v~ a sp~cial
mnrk upon your livea ~bov~ al~ becnuse St coincid~a With ~h~ ~im~ when the
nn~.ciicrn of our Arrtpr and Navy, to~ether rrith our ~ntir~ peopl~, nr~ re~-
1i~.tn~ th~ deeinione of th~ ~5th CP9U Con~res~ nnd prepar3n~; a wdr~hy cEi~.e-
brabian for the 60th anniver~ary of the Qreat Oc~ob~r Soeis~38t ~evolution.
Like ~h~ ~ntir~ Sovi.et peopl~, the sol~.tera of eur Armed F'orces w~l.com~d
tihe r~sul.t~ of the Mqy (1977) Plettum of the CC CP9U gnd th~ draft of the
nei+ USS~ Congtitutiion which was publ.iahed in the prese with ~ fe~lin~ of
grea~ insp3ration and 1~gitimatie pride, 7'hey unanimously approve of the
dre~ft of the new Bas3c Lau of our state and ~he these~ and cenclusiona
set fortih in ~he report by the Chairman of the Constitution~l. Commiseion ~
Comrafl~ L. I. Brezhnev. Soviet sol.di~rs wel.comed the election of Comrade
L. I. ~rezhnev as Chc~irman of the Preaidium of tih~ U59R 5upr~me 9oviet
With enormoug ,~oy.
Comrad~al
Soviet people are engaged in peaceful constructive labor of an enormous
scope. With their heroic labor they are making our homeland even richer
anfl the life of our peopies even more beautiflil and hnppier. The revolu- .
tionary process Which aas begun by Great October has 1ec~ to the creation
of international relations of a new type and to the formation of the
world socialist system. Todqy, along with the Soviet Armed Forces, the
armies of the fraternal socialist countries are vt~ilantly standing guard
over peace.
Our party has been consistently and persistently coming out With realis-
tic and constructive program aimed at weakening international tensions _
and eliminating the danger of a world War. The 3ust concluded visit to
~'rance by the General Secretary of the CC CPSU and Chairman of the Presi-
dfum of the USSR Supreme Sovi~=t Comrade L. I. Brezhnev Was a new contri-
bution to strengthening peace and international security. The documents
which Were si~ed as a result of this visit reflect the coordinated positions
of the Soviet Union and France on a number of key international problems
and, above all, in the struggle for peace, for the security of peoples,
and for che prevention oF a thermonuclear war.
The Soviet people and a11 of progressive mankind ardently approve of and
support the Leninist peaceloving policy of the Central Committee of the
party and its politburo headed by the (3eneral Secretary of the CC CPSU
Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev.
Thanks to the peaceful initiatives of the Soviet Union and the other
countries of the socialist commomrealth, the course end character of events
on the World arena today are being increasing~y determined by the process
of detente. Hoti+ever, peace on the planet is still unstable. It is threat-
ened by many dangers, end the chief one of them is the unceasing and
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~rawing ~rm~ rc?ce in th~ leading cap3talist countrieg. Thi~ race in b~ing
wh3pp~d up by ~h~ ~o3$~n~u~ prd~~g~n~~ of b~113g~r~~t cir~l~e, ~he enemies
of deten~e. 7'hey ar~ insti~.l.3ng a wnr paychosie and sowing enmi~y enfl dia-
trust ~mon~ ~eoplea and states.
Unfler these eir~umstance~, while uaging a cons3atent s~rug~le for peace,
the Communist P~rtiy of
thp Soviet Union along with the communist partieg
of the frQterna]. goc3alist countries ig showing constant concern for the
borders of the ~tates of the socialist commonaealth to always be under
relinble protec~ion. It is the duty of the Armed ~'orces to the people,
it i~ stated 3n the draft of the nerr USSR Constitution, to reliably defend
their socialigt fatherland and to be in constant combat re~dineas so aa
t~ guarantee an itnmediate rebuff to ac~y aggreasor. An important rol~ 3n
the accomplishment of this reaponoible taek belonga to our officers who
have received good ideological-politic4l tempering and eolid knowledge of
the social, military, and special sciencea in our academ3ea and aho now
have to use this knowledge in practical Work. And we are confident that
you uiLl ~ccompli~h this t~sk with honor.
You wi11 arrive in the forces at the concluding stage of this year's stre-
nuous combst training. The results of the first half of the training year
have demonstrated the increased combat expertise of the personnel. However,
life is putting many nevr and difficult taska before the Arn~r and Navy.
Their accomplishment wi11 demand from you, as from the entire officer
corps, not only knowledge, but also persistence, atubbornnesa, wide ini-
tiatives, and creativity. I would like to aish for you, dear comrades,
that you Will alWqys be champions of the newest and most advanced in mi-
litary affairs and that rrith yaur personal exampla of correct relations
and behavior in work and in everyday life you aill achieve a further
strengthening of military discipline, organization, and order in the forces.
The chief riches of our Arn~y? is its remarkable personnel whfch is bound-
lessly devoted to the party and the people. For this reason, your primary _
task cons.fsts in persistent~yr and purposefully, without sparing your
strength or time, educating and training your subordinates, showing fa-
therly concern for them, and penetrating in~to their needs and demand3.
Everything that makes up the pride, power, and glory of our Arn~y is in-
separably connected With the wise leadership of the Coaamunist Party. The
Arn~y and Navy party orgar~fzations cement our military collectives and mo-
bilize them for the successful accomplishment of the tasks of combot and
political training. In your vork to train and educate the soldiers you
have to constantly base yourself on the party and komsomol organizations
and take active part in public political life. A leader Who Works in
isolation from the masses cannot expect success.
No matter hoW deep and many-sided the knowledge you have obtained in
the academies m~}r be, you must not be satisffed With what you have achieved.
It is necessary to constantly move fors+ard, to enrich your knowledge with
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th~ new achievem~nts of military dcienc~ ~,nd pr~cti~~, to expand your hori-
r,o~n, and to raise your pnlitie~l and cul~ur~l 1~ve1~.
An 3mprnvem~nt of the ~fSiCiency and qua].3ty nf mil.itary work is ane of
the Chie~' concl~.tions for the succesaful accomplishment of our ~aeks. To
~~ruggl~ t'or eff3ci~ncy ar?d qual3ty in th~ Arrr~y and N~vy m~an~, first, td -
re13ab1y pnsure th~ con~tant combat rendineeg of the Arr~r and Navy and
th~3r ~billty under any circumstances to ~ucc~~afu~ly carry ou~ ~ mt~~ion~
tt means, a~cond~.y, to knoa your we~pons and combat ~guipment ~o perfec~ion,
to ma3ntain th~m in a model manner, ~nd to make sk311fu1 use of them~ It
mee,na, th~rdl.y, to thoroughly improve the quallty and efficiency of the
ent3re proceas of th~ ~raining and educabion of soldiere and to aehieve
a hi~h ~evel of di~cipline and organization in them in the accomplishm~nt
of the3r task~~
'I'hus, for every Sovi~t soldier the struggle fbr efficienCy and quality has
a concrete content and & CZp&T' ~ogl--to have an excellent knowledge of your
work and be an unshakable defender of your great homeland.
7'he reneral Secretary of the CC CPSU Comrade L. I. Brexhnev has repeatedly
emphasized that the lessons of the past call us to vigilance. Remembering
this order, we are obliged to constantly increuse our political vigilance
and the combat readiness of our units and ships, regarding this as a rru-
cial factor which is restraining the imperialist aggressors.
Comradesl
Our party is showing con~tant concern for the training of highly qualified
officer cadres arid for our military schools. Thanks to this concern, with
each passing year the quality and level of the training of our officers and -
generals nnd xdmirals rises, and the number of graduates with a higher
educxtion, including in the new auspicious specialties, grows. The physical
truining base of our ~~nilitary educational institutions is being improved.
Great credit here belungs to the facu~ties whose knowledge and experience
are right~y ca].led the~ basic capital of the Soviet military higher school.
Permit me to sincerely congratulate all of the facultiea of our academies
With the successful graduation of a neW detachment of military specialists
and to express rr~y profound thanks to them for this noble Work.
The interests of a further increase in the combat strength of the Armed
t'orces demand from the leadership of the military educational 3nstitutions
and~from their faculti~s a persistent improvement of the organization oF
the training and education of the students and a bold introduction into
the process of training of everything new that has been engendered by mili-
triry thought rssnd the training experience of the forces. Teaching methodo-
' logyr has to be thoroughly improved and more effective use has to be made
of every minute of instructional time.
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Scientific ree~arch work ha~ to be broaden~d in the Qeademies, ~he ehangeg
which ~e oCCUrring in our Armed Force~ ~nd in foreign armies have to
be studied more profoundly, and the development of military affaira has
to be forecas~ed and the instructinnal proce~s improved on th3s basis.
Permit me once again to ensure the Central. Comm3ttee of our party the~t the
graduates of our military acadcmtes w311 with the3r selfless labor increase
the glor3ous traditions of the officer corps of the 3ov3et Armed Forces~
I wish you, dear comrades, new successes in this great and important workl
Long live the heroic 5oviet people--the builder of the world's first com-
munist society!
Long live the glorious victories of the Soviet Armed Forces!
Long 13ve the unity and solidarity of the peoples and armies of the coun-
tries of the socialist commonwealthl
Long live the Leninist Communfat Party of the Soviet Union--the tested ~
vanguard of the Soviet peoplel
(The reception took place in a karm and sincere atmosphere. Its partici-
pants welcomed the greetings of the CC CPSU, the Presidium of the USSR
Supreme Soviet, and the USSR Council of Ministers with enormous inspira-
tion. Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention
and Was frequently interrupted by storabr applause.)
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AN T1~ORmANT FACZ'OR TN 5TRENfITEiENING THE COMSAT RFADSNESS OF THE FORCES
D.~'. USTINOV, IZBRANNYY~ RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articles),
Moacow, Pol.itizdat, In t2ussian, ~979
[Speech by Marshal. of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a meeting with
lead3ng athletes and trair.ers of the USSR Armed Forces--participants in
the Fourth Summer Spartakiad of the Friendly Armies. 1 October i977,
pp 375-378~
[Text] Comradesl
Permit me to warmly welcome you, participants in the Fourth Summer Sparta-
kiafl of Friendly Armies,ar~d to congratulate you on the athletic results
you have achieved. Your athZetic achievements are merging with the labor
feats of the Soviet people, are promoting the ~rowth of the international
authority of the Soviet state, and are creating glory for our great home-
land and its valorous Armed Forces.
The Soviet people is in a good and ~oyous mood. Every S~viet person is
~etting reac~y to festively celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Great
. October Socialist Revolution with patriotic labor deeds and approves of
and supports thP draft of the Basic Law of our State--the new USSR Consti-
tution--with enthusiasm and pride. Al1 of the achievements of the Soviet
people convincingly testify to the fact that the magnificent program of
soci~l and economic transformations which was mapped out by the 25th
CPSU ~onaress are successfully being realized.
The USSR Armefl Forces are reliable sentries for the peaceful labor of
Soviet people. The servicemen of our Arn~y and Navy are doing everything
to come to the 60th anniversary of Great October with new successes in
~tren~thening their combat readiness and in accomplishing their tasks in
combat and political train,ing. The Armed Forces are now concluding the
1977 training year. We can boldly say that it has become an importent
sts,~e in improving the quality of combat training and the efficiency of
military labor.
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It ~.s, of
course, well known to you that phys3cal training and aport,s are
an import~.n~ factor in strengthening the combat c~,pac3ty of our forces and
in ma3ntaining them in constent h3gh combat readinesa. Regular work and
physical. tra3n3ng in sports helps us to strengthen the morale-psycho~ogic~l
and physical tempering of our sol.diers the demanda upon wh3ch have now sub-
s~antially 3ncre~,sed. Morale and psychological stab3l.ity and a high level
of physical endurance are now the same kinds of powerful weapons for Soviet
soldiers as the most menacing military equipment.
The Communist Party and its Central Committee led by Comrade L. I~ Brezhnev
is showing constant concern for the comprehensive and harmonious develop-
ment of Soviet citizens. They are devoting a great deal of attention to
physic al culture and sports, regarding them as most important means of
communist education and af strengthening the health of Soviet citizens and �
of preparing them for creative labor 3n the defense of our homeland. The
problems of the physical education of Soviet man have found a vivid reflec-
tion in the draft of the new USSR Constitution where it is stated that the
right to recreation is ensured, in particular, by the development of mass
sports, pt~ysical culture, and tourism.
The Soviet sports movement has achieved remarkable successes. Physfcal cul-
ture and sports are occupying an ever growing place in the lives of every
Soviet family. Tens of millions of Soviet c3tizens, young and old, are
successfully passing the norms for the GTO[Ready for Work and Defence]insignia.
More than 50 million people are regularly engaged in various sports sec-
tions and groups. All of this has become possible thanks to a rise in
the level of the material well-being and of the culture of Soviet people,
a strengthening of the material base of physical culture and sports, and
an inct~ease in state appropriations for their development.
The ~enuine mass nature of sports is a wide and strong base for the develop-
ment of first-class masters who are successfully performing at the most
responsible international competitions. More than 3,000 gold medals have ,
been won during the postwar yeaxs by USSR athletes at world and European
championship competitions and at other ma~or competitions.
The sportsmen of the USSR Armed Forces are making an important contribution
to the general successes of the Soviet spdrts movement. Az~y basketball
players, volleyball players, ~rnmasts, wrestlers, and Navy yacht sailors
have been successful this year at many responsible competitions. The
sportsmen of the Arn~y and Navy have already been able to win 137 gold,
silver,and bronze awards which comprises 36 percent of the total number
of inedals received by Soviet sportsmen in this year's competitions.
The performances by our sportsmen at the Fourth SZUnmer Spartakiad of
Friend~y Armies in Cuba were no less successful. We are especially
gladdened by the results which were demonstrated in the applied military
types of sports. However, while speaking about the generally good results
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actiieved by Arcr~y spor~g, we c~nnot ignore the ~hor~com3ngs. In numb~r of
~p~rta, including such important ones as ligrit athleties, soccer, sKimming,
and academ3c row3ng the mastery of Az^my and Ne~vy sportgmen 3s develop3ng _
~lowly end their resul~a lag behind the 3nterna~ional claas level. The
reo~qong for tihe lagging in these types of sports, I be~ieve, are contained
above ~ii 3n shortcom3.ngs in the training and educatinn~l prace~s, 3n thc
sma1~ work~o~ds at training sessiong, and in a 1.ack of
the nec~ss~ry per-
sona~ responsibility on the part of sportsmen and of pride 3n the3r c~ub
and 3n a1.1 of Army sports.
7'h~ leading Arrrqr and Navy spor~smen have a moat responaible tr3a1 in front
of them--the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow--which they alreac'~y have
to prepare for with Fil.1 of their strength.
The Minis~ry of Defense has r~ task--to prepare for 19~0 a large number of
sportsmen who are candidates for our country's teams and for it~ reserve.
Thi~ is very responsible work, comradesl Permit me to expresa the hope
that this task will no~ only be comple~ely accompl3.shed by ~he Armed
Forces and by a11 of the sportsmen of our Arrr~y and Navy, but will also
be overfulfilled and with high quality.
The successful accomplishment of this task will demand strenuous work
by commanders and political workers, sportsmen, their trainers, and scien-
tific and medical workers.
The sports committees of the Ministry of Defense, the military districts,
t,he groups of farces, the anti-aircraft defense districts, the fa,eets,
and the Central Arnpr Sports Club and Central Sports Club of the Navy will
have to improve the organization of training work with sportsmen, raise
the methodological level of exercises, devote much more attention to the
tr~ining of yaung spartsmen, and introduce scientific recorr~nendations and
advanced experience more extensively into practice. The commands of the
districts ~nd fleets have to show greater interest in the work of their
sports clubs a.nd provide them with comprehensive he1p.
Work also has to be constant],y done on further increasing the moral-will
and psy,:hological stability of sportsmen. We have to see to it that every
Arrrpr and Navy sportsman and, in the first place, candidates for the country's
team is distinguished by high moral-will qualities, piously flxlfills the
moral code of the builder of co~nunism, and is imbued with a feeling of the
greatest responsibility for the authority of his Soviet homeland and for
its athletic honor. It is essential to further develop in our sportsmen
a lofty feeling of Soviet patriotism and of socialist internationalism
and to inculcate in them persistence in the achievement of a goal and the
ability to struggle urider a11, even the most difficult conditions. The
Arrqy and Navy sportsman must always act with enthusiasm and with a will to
victory, endeavoring to demonstrate all of his mastery.
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'I'hcir ~ctiv~ p~rticip~tion in publ3c polit3cal life and 3n the acct?mpl3~h-
men~ of a11 of the tasks which face their subunits, units, an~ ships is
a~uaran~ee of ~he cultivation ~nd developmen~ in our sportsmen of 1of~y
mor~,l-w311 and psychological. qualities~
Permit me, comrades, once again to congratulate ynu all with the succesaes
you have ach3eved at the Fourth 8ummer Spartakiad of Friendly Armtea, to
thank you for your great patriotic labor, to wish you new high results in
improving your mastery and 3n the further development of physical culture ~
and sports in the Armed Forces, and to wish you new victories in sports
for the glory of our great fatherland.
All t�he best to you, dear comrades!
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention and
repeatedly interrupted by applause.)
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IN N~MORY OF MARSHAL OF THE SOVIET UNION A.M. VASILEVSKIY
D.F.USTINOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articles),
Moscow, Politizdat, In Russian, i979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. I'. Ustinov at a mournin~ meetin~;
on Red Square. 8 Decett.ber 1977, pp 400-401]
[Text] Dear comrades!
With a feeling of profound grief the Soviet people and the soldiers of
our Ar~y and Navy are today accompanying on his last trip an outstanding
Soviet military leader, one of the active builders of the USSR Armed Forces,
the twice Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander
Mikhaylovich Vasilevskiy.
We are saying farewell to a true son of the Corr�nunist Party, a prominent
military leader, and a Hero of the Great Patriotic War who 3s covered
~ in glory.
The life of Alexander Mikhaylovich Vasilevskiy is a vivid example of self-
less loyalty to the party and people and of self-sacrificing service to the
cause of the armed defense of our socialist homeland. After th~ Great
October Socialist Revolution Alexander Mikhaylovich bound up his fate for-
ever with the Soviet Arcrpr in whose ranks he traversed a great an d glorious
combat career.
He actively participated in the struggle against the foreign Intervention-
ists and the White gangs, showing personal courage ana valor in the battles
with the enemies of the young Republic of Soviets. After the Civil Wax,
while performing command and headquarters work, he showed himself to be
a skillful organizer of the training and education of Soviet soldiers.
His qualities as a military chief showed themselves with a special vivid-
ness during the stern years of the Great Patriotic War.
A profound knowledge of military affairs, a wide operational horizon,
an ability to correctly evaluate a situation and foresee the development
of events, a.nd firmness in the execution of decisions which had been made
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ndvr~nr.~d him intn th~ r~nka of our outetanding Sovi~t mi~itr~x~y 1.ead~r~.
Wht1F working in tihe regponsible posta of chie~' of th~ Op~rat3onA Adminis-
trntion, chief of (}eneral }{egdquarterg, g memb~r oP Negdquarter~ of ~h~
:upreme Common d~r, cu~d of commander af a front and command~r snd rhief
oC tih~ ~ovi~t fore~a in the Fe~r EQat, Alexander Mikheylovich Ve~silevgkiy
put a gr~~ti d~~l of labor, Creativity, and ener~yr into organlzing the
def~nt of f~aciat Gei�many ~nd militarist Je~pan.
Ni~ nam~ is conn~Cted witih the development and real.ize~tion of such very
larFe operationg ns the Stalingrgd ~nd Kursk batt~es, ~he liberation of
Belorusgin, th~ ilkraine, nnd the Baltic 3tates, and the defeat of the
cSerman fasciet forces in Eagt Prusaia ~nd of the Japanese Kwantung Ar~r.
During the po~twar yearg Alexander MikhQylovich continu~d to do a gre~t
deal of work on ~trengthening the defensive strength of our Soviet state.
He occupi~d the high post of
Chief of Gener~l. Headquarters, D~puty Minister
of the Armed Forces, and UBSR War Minis~er.
In gll of the posts at which the party placed him he invariably ahowed great
responsibility for hig work, unconpnon creative abilities and initiative,
~ nnd exactingness and responaiveneas to people. With this he won the great
love and profound respect of the soldiers of the Armed Forces and of the '
entire Soviet people.
Alexander Mikhaylovich Vasilevskiy participated actively in the country's
p>>blic political life, was a delegate to a number of party Congresses,
aev~eral times a deputy to the USSR Supreme Soviet, and was tWice elected
a member of the CC CPSU.
The Communist Party and the Soviet state placed a high value upon the
outstanding services of Marshal. of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevskiy.
He was twice awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, was awarded
eight Orders of Lenin and many other orders, end elso USSR medFils and
the orders and meda].s of a number of socialist and other countries. The
awarding to him of tWO "Victory Orders" was a recognitior~ of his services
- as a military leader.
In this hour of grief, as We bid farewell to Alexander Mikhaylovich, We
express the deepest condolences to hia Pami~y, relatives, and friends.
The Soviet Armed Forces are lowering their battle standards to the bright
mertary of ~n outstanding military leader, a fiery patriot, ar.d a true son
of our Leninist Party and Soviet people. The bright image of Alexander
Mikhe4Ylovich Valilevskiy Will als~ays b~ preserved in our hearts.
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IN mHE IN7'ERES~S OF INCFi~ASIN(} COM~Am READIiVES~
D,F'. USmZNOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (3e.. cted 3peeches and Articlea),
Moscow, Politizdat, In Rusaian, 1.979
~Speerh by Mar~hal of the 5oviet Union D. F'. Ugtinov gt an a11-~;rrc~y
Conference to improve the life of the forces. 20 December ig77, pp 402-
412~
[Text~ Comradesl
The entire 3oviet people is living and working under the in~pir~ng influence
of the ideas and decisions of the 25th CPSU Congress ~nd the extraordinary
7th Session of the USSR Supreme Soviet which adopted the new Constitution
of the Soviet Union. Thia historic document reFl~cts ~he resulta of the
enormous revolutionary transForming work of the party and people after the
vi~tory of Great October and showe the prospects for further communist
construction .
The magr?ificent accomplishments of our people on its path to communism
fill the heart of every Soviet person with a feeling of pride ~n the
wisdom and far-sightedness of the party of Lenin ~+hich leads us from
victory to victory. The Soviet people has come to the glorious 60th
anniversary of Great October monolithically unified around its Communist
Party, its Central Committee, and the Politburo of the CC led by the
General Secretary of the CC of the party and a true Leninist Comrade L. I.
Brezhnev.
_ The 3ocialist competition by our workers for improved efficiency and
quality in ~11 of the sectors of corranunist construct~on which has developed
in the country has produced great positive results. The Soviet people is
successfully completing the fulfillment of the plan of the second yeai� of
the lOth Five-Year Plan. New and even more impressive prospects for eco-
nomic and social development were mapped out by the recent Plenum of the
Central Committee of the party and the 8th Session of the USSR Supreme
Soviet. Soviet people are filled with a fircn confidence that the task~
which were set by the 25th Party Congress to increase the economic and
defense mi~ht o f our homeland will be fulfilled.
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Th~ ~chi~v~m~ntin af t}~~ 9ovi~t people and of al~. af th~ p~opl~~ of th~
fr~t~,ernal c~oci~liati ~ta~es in the con~truction of s neW ~or.3~ty, th~
furth~r ntr~ngth~nin~ of th~ soeialiet commonrrealth, and tt~~ pea~e-lovin~
for~~~,n poLicy whi~h t~ consistently and perafgtently bein~ pursu~d by
them ar~ havin~ a deciaive intiuenee on the courae of aorld ~v~nta~ The
number oi' ~upporter~ nf de~tent~ and of peaeeful coex3stence between statea ~
with differ~nt aocial eyetems ie becomtng ev~r 1.arger.
How~ver, th~ aggreg~ive forces are no~ atopping th~3r ~ctiviti3~~. They
ar~ continuing to incr~ase the arma rac~ Which is tiaking on an incre~sing]y
d~r?gerou~ char~ctpr, are creating new types of aeapons, and are attempting
to regenerate th~ spirit of the "Coid War." Under these conait3ons, whi1~
it is pursuing ~ peace policy,our p~rty.is vigilantily keeping a watch over
the intriguea of the be113gerent circles, and d~voting constant attention '
to atrengbhen~ng the defens~ capacdty of the country an~ increasing the ~
fighting gtrength of our Arm~d Forcee.
On the b~sis of the increaaed economic poseibilitiea of our gtate, during
the anniversary year the Soviet Arnd and Nsvy continuFd to be equipped with
modern aeapons and combat equipment. Their field, air, ar?d seg training
xas perfected. The successful accomplishment of the Arrt~r's and Navy's
tasks was promoted by the high political activeness of the peraonnel which
was elicited by the decisions of the 25th CPSU Congresa, the adoption of
the new U55R Constitution, and the extenaive socialist competition for a
- worthy celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Great October Socialist
Revolution. A large role Was played by the organizational work of the -
military councils, the commands, the political agencieg, and the party
organizations of the units.
The new training year which has begun in the Armed Forces is an important
one. On 23 February 1978 the entire 3oviet people and its soldiers and
the progressive forces of the xorld,will festive]y celebrate the 60th
anniversary of the Soviet Arn~y and Navy. It is an absolute duty of our
~oldiers ta come to this wonderf~l anniversary with high indicgtors in
all of the fields of our life and of combat training.
Comrades!
Thanks to the constant concern of the party, its Central Committee, and
personally of the General Secretary of the CC CPSU and Chairman of the
Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Comrade L. I. Brezhnev, the living
conditions of soldiers of our Armed Forces are constantly improving.
In recent yeers mar~y military toWr?s have seen the construction of modern
and fully improved barracks, officers' houses, dining rooms, medical
points, tea-rooms, stores, clubs, libraries, and other facilities which
make it possible to improve the life of servicemen and their fami~ies.
The so~dier3 of the Armed Forces have been supplied With good uniPorms
and are receiving high-calorie food. Cultural, medical, and trade ser-
vices for them have been improving from year to year.
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~n ~ wmm~ri~in~; ~h~ r~~ultd nf th~ rr~rk which h~n b~~n dnn~ nn~ in mapping
aut thc wdyn t~ ~urth~r 3mprav~ th~ 13vin~ ~rran~~m~n~a of ~h~ p~r~onnei
ot ~}i~ Arrr~? r~nd N~vyr, w~ sh~ul~ proe~~~ from th~ f~ct th~t ensuring u ,
h~,~h ]~~v~l c~~ eomb~t r~aflin~~s in th~ uni~~ artd ~hip~ and ~h~ ~.ev~l of
milit~ry c~igciplin~ ~nd ar~~niz~tion in th~m in dir~~~ly conn~rt~~ Witl~
~atigfying the ~v~rydqy 1iv3ng ne~~$ ~f p~opl~.
mlti~ conn~ctior~ i~ eap~ci~lly vigibl~ ~t ~h~ pr~~ent ~im~. M311tary t~ch-
ni~cil. pro~res~ h~~ r~dieally ch ~ng~d th~ or~~ni~~~ion~1 ,~tructur~ of bhe
Ariqy ~r1 N~vy, th~ r~l~t3on~hip betu~en the variouo brar~che~ of ~h@ Armed
Forc~~ and the arm~ ~nd gervicee, ~d th~ metihofl~ ~f empl.oyin~ ~hem in
comb~t, ~n8 has m~d~ hi~her dem~rrd~ upon th~ individual and upon hie
mor~.l.p 8r?d phygic~.1. qualitieg . The Working conditiong of peop~e ~n the
varioug military apecialtie~ hav~ undergon~ a fundament~l ch~nge.
Take, for ~x~r?pl~, th~ pereonnel o~' the gentry shi~t~ oi' th~ 5trate~ic
Miagil~ Forc~~ a~nd dnti-Aircraft Force~. mh~y p~rfnrm th~ir rombc~~ W~tch
at their pogitions and ati command pointg arnund the clork. 7'he Comb~t
trainin~ of flyers in the Air fiorce ~ho muke f~igh~~ on gup~rsoniC ~Sreraf~
hr?s becorr~e more Complex. The cr~ws of our gubmnrin~g liv~ und work under
unu~u$1 rircumstartces during the3r underaater ~ruiges oi' many dayg.
'~he Land ~'orces have undergone ~ qualitiative change. Wherea~ two to three
decades c~o their bagis xas made up of the infantry equippeQ only With
riflec, today in increasing nwnber of its peraonnel deals with tar~ks, in-
fantry combe.t vehicles, armored transporterg, missile launchers, and other
combat equipment.
Large chenges have also occurred xith the peraonnel of the Armed Forces.
Th~ proportion of officers, warrant officers, and michmen has increased.
Young reinforcements with a higher level of general and cultural development
are coming into the Arcqy and Navy.
All of this ic demanding a complet~~jr different approgch to the tasks of
mttterial and medical support snd cultural services for the personnel.
What is the essence of these new demands and what are the wqys of ineeting
them?
~t?e first ar~d most important thfng to Which attention has to be paid i3
housin~ and barrack construction. Above all, it is necessary to build more
and better apartments for the officers, xarrant officers, michmen, and
Workers and employees of the Soviet Arir~yr and Navy. Moreover, the quality
of the housing has to be in keeping With the demands not only of todqy,
but also of tomorroW. The layout of the apartments, their interior finish
work, and the municipal conveniences in them have to be on the level of the
increased needs-of Soviet man, regardless of where this housing is being
built: in the central area, in the southern, eastern,or northern regiona
of the country, in a city or far awq}r from one. Especial concern has to
be shown for ofFicer dormitories. They have to be models of high culture
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an8 aom~stic ~~rv3c~~.
NeW d~manc~ ~r~e al~e be3~ig t~~d~ upon the present~~~y barr~ck~. Even tihe
v~ry nam~--barrn~k~--h~ prcbab~y alrea$y become obeolet~. Ar~d if thi~
~rord ia ~bi]~1 in use, thi~ 3s rather a tributie ~o the past. During the
y~ara of 9ovieb poaer e1on~ wi~h the development of the Arn~y and Navy,
the functi3on of the barracks has e~lso chan~ea. It has become a plac~ for
tih~ r~~t an~ cultural leigur~ of th~ aoldier~ anri a cenber for educating
the~ in the apirib of communiat commtu~al living. However, 3t ha~ ~o be
admitted ~hat in the cone~ructi3on of today's mil3~ary cotnplexes conser-
vatigi9m in th~ pl~nning of housin~ for 8oldiere end ga3lors ia making
its~lf felt.
Lg$t year anfl this y~~r I had occasion to visit a number of unitR of the
~roupe of forceg ~nd military distr3ets. And I must aay that far from
all of our barr~eks make a good impression. The old and conservstive
view of the barracks has to be re~ected more decis3vely and we have to
approach the sol.u~ion of the problems of conatruction in military settle-
ments more boldly and from more progressive positions.
The layout of sleeping quarters has to undergo the largegt changes. Common
rooms for a company (battery) or even for a batallion (division) with tWo
tiers of beds in them are hard~y advisable noW. The necesaity has proba-
bly come for placing people in sm~ller subunits--platoons, combat crews,
ar~d Watch shifts.
Small sleeping quarters pluts conveniencee in the form of hot water, shoWers,
and round-the-clock dryers, and also standardized flxrniture which is made
With taste will create better conveniences for people and turn the barracks
into a modern cultured soldiers' dormitory. Such dormitories should begin
to be built first of all in those units Whose personnel is performing
service under difficult conditions and is especially in need of Well orgg-
nized rest and domestic conveniences. �
There also has to be a fundamental solution of the problem of the construc-
tion of military to~rns. You can frequently encounter military to~+ns in our
country in which the technical territories and the barracks zones are not
set off �rom the residential houses. As a result of this, the appearance
of the military town is lost.
Military toWn complexes for the units of the various branches of the Armed
Forces should be built With regard to the prospects for equipping these
units With new types of Weapons and oP a possible change in the conditions
of service of the personnel.
It is necessary to accelerate the development of general plans and standard
plans for military to~ms in ~?hich account Would be taken of the specific
nature of the service and of the tasks of combat and political training,
the special climatic characteristics, and the organization of food, medical,
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cu~.~urn~. services f~r th~ p~Pgt~2Vle~~ ~n~ th~ ~own~ ~h~u1d ~h~n b~ bui~.~
~ecord~.ng to th~s~ pl~n~. ~n ~ny c~~, ~h3s probl~m hg~ to b~ so~vefl mor~
rapidly and in a funflamenta~. m~nn~r.
~n ~peaking abou~ th~ constructioi~ of ap~r~ments for o~'fi~~re an~ their
f~mili~~ and of barrack~ f~r th~ p~rsonnel and of other fe~cilitied, at~En-
tion has to be paid to the cre~tion of th~ necessary condit3ons For ~v~ry-
d~yr ~,3.f~, rest, eating, and o~h~r conveniencea for serv3c~men who are per-
forming work and assi~nmen~s away from ~heir units at ~3rfie~d~, ~~stin~
grounds, anfl in other p~aces.
Matt.erg hav~ to b~ organ~zed in such a way that under ~11 condition~ ao1-
diers w311 hgve a place to get warm or to get out of the he~t, a plgce
wherp i~ ie poasible to eat in a normal. way, to spend free time in a
cultiural manner, gnd if necesaary, e~lso for ins~ructive exerci~ea. The
unita have to h~v~ ~?eii equipped mobile unita, and quar~~rs wh3ch can be
ass~mbled and disassembled which have b~~n manu~'actured by industry.
As you see, quite a f~w lar~e tasks have to be accomplished in the field
of housing and barracks construction.
The qual3ty of food hns a great influence on the ntate of the hec~lth, the
mood, a~nd the ability to work of the personnel. Another step forward also
has to be taken in the near future in improving it. We hav~ all of the
ob,~ective conditions for this: the necessary materi al and technic~l
base 2'~r the food service has been created in the Artr~r and Navy and a ata-
ble supply system is in operatian which makes it possible to regtil.arly
and uninterruptedly supply the units and ahips with high quality food.
In order to completely accomplish the task of improving the quality of
food it is necessaryr to continue to build new dining rooms and equip them
with modern equipment and refrigerators which will make it possible to
mechanize and automate the processing of food and the proces$ of pr~paring
it .
At the same time, a lttrge amount of organizational work is required from
the mfli':ury councils, commanders, polit3cal agencies, and party and kom-
somol organizations to improve ~he personnel's food. ~'or ft is possfble
to have good food and modern. dining room and kitchen equipment, but food
can be cooked tastelessly ar~d served in a poor quality manner. For this
reason, constant control has to be exercised by unit and ship offieials
over the organization of the feeding of our soldiers.
Kitchen and subsidiary plots, and, especially, greenhouses are an important
reserve for improving the quality of food. Tn order to expand them more
effective use has to be made in all of the units of food wastes, the heat
of boiler rooms, and vacant lands.
The organization of the feeding of the personnel at training exercises,
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f~.~~~ ex~ra3e~s, ~nd om m~rch~s ha~ to become sub~ect of e~p~c~.a1
concern. If during the cour~e of exercises norm~l. fe~Aing has no~ been
~n~ured i'or t,he so~.d3ers, sergeant~, ~d of:f3e~r~, ~~~ci~11y ho~ food,
thig means that the r~ar BUbtltl~~8 and rear servicea h~ve a low comba~
readineas and have not coped wibh the3r taske. Th3s ~s the w~y this
matter has to b~ looked upon and evaluated.
7'he ~olution of the probl~ms of feeding at exercises r~qt;{.reg ~ deeper stu-
d~y of the work experience of the rear subuni~s fluring the Great Pa~rlotic
W~r and 3ts introducbion witih r~gard to the modern rear-echelon material
and technical base. We have to arrange mattera in auch a way that a fail-
ure to auppl~ hot food during peacstime becomes a completely 3mpermi~Rible
phenomenon.
Unfortunately, c~s~s ct~n sti11 be met--not only at exercise~, but also in
everydayr life--when the necesgary s.ttention is not devoted to the organi-
zetion and quality of food for soldiers, aeamen, sergeanta, and warrant
officera. Such abnormal facts cannot be tolerated. Thoae offic3als who
are supposed to constantly shovr concern for their eubordinatea have to '
be calZed strictl.y to account. ~
Fatherly concern for the needs of one's subordinates and a ma~cimum satis-
^ACtion of their needs--this is the high and responsible duty of every
commander and politic al Worker and of a11 of the officers of the rear.
It should alweys be remembered, and it is not superfluous to repeat it,
that a person's mood and hia health and ability to work are determined to
a large extent by his living arrangements and the quality of his food.
The maintenance of soldiers with good appearance is of great importance
in the domestic services fbr the personnel of the Arnar and Navy. One can
~udge from the appearance and neatness of servicemen....the appearance of
a soldier is a reflection of hia inner being and an indicator of his abi-
lity and readiness to carry out his duty to the homeland. It is not
accidental that the people say: "A slovenly soldier is bad in ranks and
even worse in battle."
A great deal of attention has alWays been devoted to outfitting the per-
sonnel of the Ar~ and Navy. Quite a bit has been done in this respect
recent times, and in the next fex years it has planned to carry out a num-
ber of new.measures. They will make it possible to improve many of the
articles of the uniforms oP various functions, to unify them, and to make
them more comfortable for Wearing under every day and field conditions.
A model agpearance for servicemen is determinsd not only by the quality-
of the material and the tailoring of their uniforms, but also by how the
personnel has b~en taught to Wear them, to take care of them, and always
to maintain them in good condition.� No matter where a Soviet soldier may
be--at exercises, on leave, or at economic xork--he must everywhere evoke
respect for himself with his appearance and his neatness. This obliges the
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off
3~ers to m~k~ consb~nt Qi1t~ ~UC~~C~.Ot18 ~~m~nfls upon th~m~~~.v~g and th~ir
subordin~~~s.
Yet, the facts show ~hat in a number o~ pZaceo thes~ demand~ o,re not made.
'~Ch~a 3~ probably the expl.ana~ion of the fact that, d~spit~.e a sub~tantial
3mprdv~ment in r~cen~ ~3m~~ of ~h~ m~~er1 a7. and techn3cal bage of the Arcrpr
and Navy eerv3c~s, i.n a nwnber of un~.~s ~he appearance of serv3~emen, ea-
pecia~~y enlisted men, leave some~hing bet~er to be degired~ Th~ task ig
while continuing to ghow concern for prov3ding servicemen with h~.~h que~-
lity uniform~, to ~ch~.eve th~ir model appearance.
The safegugrding and atrengthening of the health of our sold3erg hag to be
a sub,~ect of con~tant concern for commanda, political agencies, headquar-
t~rs, ~nd rear-echelon workers.
As Comrnde L. I~ Brezhnev has emphasized, "among our social tasks t.here ia
no more import~nt one than roncern for the health of 8oviet peopl~."*
As a result of our profound socio-economic transformations, publie health
care in our country has achieved large successes~ The party and government
are devo~ing great ~ttention to strengthening the health of the personnel.
of the ArQqr and Navy. For, no matter how abundantly the Arm~d Forces are
supplied, the basis of their high combat readiness is peopl~ who have mas-
tered their weapons and combat equipment to perfection and who are boundleas-
l~ devoted to their homeland and party and people and who have been we11
aonditioned morally and physically.
A system of ineasures to strengthen the health of Soviet soldiers is being
carried out in the Arrt~y and Navy. As a result, the absolute ma~ority of our
enlisted men are well developed physically and are in good health. It is
necessary to continue to provide normal hygienic conditions for the life
and combat training of our servicemen.
I would�like to s qy a few words here about the role of preventive measures
in strengthening the health of soldiers. Strict t~ygienic control over the _
liFe of our soldiers, sailors, sergeants, and warrant officers in combina-
tion with well organized conditioning and physical training is the true
path to always keeping the personnel in combat ranks. This necessitates
a wider use of the richest experience of our doctors and pY~ysical culture
end sports directors and the development and introduction into the life of
the forces of health strengthening methods and programs.
In accordance with the decree of the CC CPSU and Council of Ministers
"On Measures to Further Improve Public Health Care" an overall program for
the development of inedical services has been mapped out. Its realization
is the work not only of inedical people, but of all of our commanders,
*L. I. Brezhnev, "Following Lenin's Course. Speeches and Articles," Vol 5,
p 494.
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poli~ical. agencie~, and workers of our rear-ech~~on oervices~
Exigting medical in~titutione have to be expanded and r~~w oneg built more
rapid]y, egpecially build3ngs for regimental med3cal points, the~.r equip- ,
ment has ~o be improv~d, and preven~ive treatment work has to be 3mproved.
Measures have to b~ taken to solve the problem of inedical aerv3ces for
generals and officers 3n retirement end for the members of their fami].3ea. ,
In a word, in order to ma3ntain and strengthen the h'ealth of people weii
organized medical service is required, and we have to give daily attention
to this.
Military trade plays a considerable role in providing everyday material
support for the personnel. Thanks to the concern of ~he party for ~ con-
stant r3se in the well-being of the workers, the material abundance of
Soviet people is growing from year to year. The production of var3ous
light and food industry goods and cultural and domestic articles ia under-
aoing an important increase in our country. For this reason, servicemen
are making ~ustified demands upon the agencies of military trude for a
fuller satisfaction of their purchasing demands.
Attributing importance to the development and improvement of trade, in
Juty 1977 the Central Committee of the CPSU and the USSR Council of Ministers
adopted a special decree in whfch they~ defined the concrete ways of devc-
loping trade and its material and technical base and outlined measures to
improve the operating network of stores, dining r~oms, and warehouses
and to improve the standard of services. Unfortunately, military trade
is not organized as it should be in all places. There are still military
units where there are no stores, soldiers' and sailors' tea-rooms, and
garment and repair work shops. In a number of garrisons trade and domestic
enterprises are located in poor~}r adapted premises and there are not
enough warehouses, refrig~rators, and fruit and vegetable storage units.
Yet, the funds which are allocated to the branches of the Armed Forces and
to the military districts for the construction of trade and domestic enter-
prises are not being fully utilized. Whe~n residential blocs are built trade
and domestic enterprises are the last on the list to be built.
Residential houses have to be built and other facilities have to be erected,
but one must not forget about the construction of trade and domestic enter-
prises which are essential for ensuring the normal life of officers, warrant
officers, michmen, their families, and all servicemen. It is necessary to
change the attitude toward military trade and ensure the punctual construc-
tion and normal operations of trade and domestic enterprises in military
towns.
There are quite a few shortcomings in the organization of the work of the
military trade organizations. In a number of stores there are interrup-
tions in the sale of individual goods and violations of the rules of trade.
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Zn certain public cat~rin~ enterpri~eg food is prep~red monotonously and
do~s nn~ taste good. ~'he standard of services ~s no~ high in e,~.l places.
7'hese shorteomings are espee3ally intol~rable in those units and garrisonn
which are located 3n remote areas where there are no other ~tate trafle and
domestic ent~rprises. We~~-organized trade and domegt3c serv~.ce~ for mi-
~itary un~.ts and garr3sons is a matter of honor ~'or the workera of m3li~ary
trade. 7'here hae to be a more demanding approach to the work of local en-
~ terpr3ses, an attentive and sensitive attitude toward satisfy3ng the needs
of military customers has to be demanded from the3r directorg, and the
standard of services has to be sharply improved,
A~trengthen3ng of the Ariqy (ship) econorrp~ and the strict re~.ization of
a regimen of econotr~y and thrift occupy an important place in improv3ng
the everyday life of the Arrr~y and Navy.
Our party has always devoted and continues to devote a great deal of atten-
tion to economizing and thrift, regarding them as a reserve for increas3ng
product3on effic3ency and accelerating the economic growth of our country.
"Great importance 3s being acquired," Comrade L. I. Brezhnev has satd, -
'!by an econompr of raw materials, materials, fuel, and electric energy and
by ~ thrifty attitude toward equ3pment.... Perhaps at each individual
plant or kolkhoz a regimen of econo~r will yield hundreds or thousands
of rubles, but on the scale of the entire econorr~y this wi11 come to many
t~undreds of millions or even billions."~~
The same can be said about a regimen of econorrpr and thrift in the Armp~ and
Navy and about the contribution of each unit and each ship to economizing
in the Armed Forces as a whole.
The military councils of the branches of the Armed Forces, of the military
districts, groups of forces, fleets, and armies and flotillas, and the
commanders and chiefs of the political agencies of units have to activate
the work to strengthen a re~,imen of econoTrqr and to make the most efficient
use of material, labor, and financial resources.
Comrades:
_ The problems of improving the everyday life of the forces have to be solved
not only from a purely material point of vieW which, of course, is of great
importance. But it is no less important to skillfully organize eduoation
and cultural services for the personnel. You can have good soldiers' dor-
mitories and Lenin rooms, but if ideological-educational and mass cultural
work is not we11 organized in them, the life of the forces will be colorless
and one-sided and will not be fully satisfying.~ This will unquestionabl,y
L. I. Brezhnev, op.cit., Vol 3, p 265.
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be ref~ected in the ~oi~~~.~~,i condition and mora3e nf the forces and, 3~n
the final una~.~~tQ, in the quality of their combat and politica]. trainin~.
Remember Lenin's words to the effect that "where political work i~ per-
formed with the greatest care in the forces..~there you have no slopp3ness
in the Arm~y~, there its organization and spirit 3s be~~er, and ~here are
more victories there."~~~ These words were said during the Civi1. War.
But they have not lost their importance todey. Matters have to be orga-
nized in such a way that party life is fu1.1 and exciting in every subun3t,
unit, and ship. Its influence has to be directed both toward ensuring the
comb at watch arid service of the forces and the accomplishment of train3ng
missions and at iYrrprov3ng the everyday life of the personnel. There 3s
a wide field of activity here'for party organizations. If they w311 take
an intolerant attitude toward any instances of poor arrangements or sup-
plies for people, then the funds and~possibility will be found for organi-
zing the everyday life of Soviet soldiers in such a way as is demanded by
our re~ulations and orders and is demanded by the Central Comm3ttee of the
party .
We have to constantly be concerned for makin~ every barrack3 and soldiers'
tea-room a center of cultural t~nd educational work, for always having fresh
newspapers and magazines there, for making it possible to watch a televi-
sion program or listen to a soldier's amateur concert there, hold talks
there, have technical competitions, and other interesting measures.
In solving the problems of everyday material support for the forces it is
always necessary to see the chief thing--the purpose for which we are doing
all of this work. This purpose is to ensure high combat readiness in its
broad meaning. Everything that promotes the attainment of this purpose
has to be used in full measure, and whatever hinders it has to be resolutely
eliminated.
Comrades!
Our conference has come to an end. I would like to say that during it we
have held a large and very important and useful convers ation. I think ~hat
it will mak~e it possible to accelerate the solution of mar~y of t~ie problems
of an improvement of everyday material support and cultural services for the
forces.
Quite a few interesting proposals were made at the plenary meetings and at
the sections. We sha11 make a caref~zl. stuc'~y of them and try to realize -
everything useful.
The successful accomplishment of the tasks which were discussed at the
V. I. Lenin ,"Complete Works Vol 39 ~ P 56 .
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confer~nc~ wi7.1. be gre~t~,jr h~lped by a r~se :Ln ~he orga.niz~,t3nn~1 1.ev~~ and
respons3bi~3ty of the leadersh3p in c~].~. of th~ e~ements ni' ~he Arn~y and
iJavy, a s~treng~hening of control over the fu].fillment of the regulat~ona
and nrdern, a fl~rther strengthening of discipline, and an even wider deve-
lopment of ~ocial3st competit3on, to which the decree of
the recen~ P~enwn
of the CC CPSU obligea us.
It is essen~ial ~0 3mprove the style of all of our economic work and ~o
achieve the highea~ efficiency for it~ We, the ].eaders, must act as an
example 3n this. Commanders, politica]. workers, and the workers of the
rear-echelon services--~hese are not simply peopl.e who are defending their
pos~s, but active transmitters of the party's policies in our Armed
Forces, including in the field of economic construction in them. The party
and the government have given us gregt rights and authorities an d entrust-
ed us with leading Ar?r~y and Navy collec~3ve~. These rights and this
truqt hav~e to be fu11y balanced by responsib~lity.
The party's and government's measures ~o improve the everyday ].3~'e of sol-
diers have ~o be backed up by good on-the-spot organ3.zational work and by ~
an endeavor to uncover reserves and to d3.rect the creative energy and ini-
tiative of a7.1 serv3.cemen toward the successful realization of thi~ task.
The party and government are allocating large material and monetary re-
sources to us. And we are obliged to.use them skillfully and intelligently
so that not a single ruble is wasted, but serves the cuuse of strengthening
the might of the ~?rmed Forces in improving the everydq}r material conditions
of Soviet soldiers. ,
The unr~mitting attention of the Communist Paxty, the Soviet government,
and the Gener~.l. Secretaxy of the CC CPSU and Chairman of the Presidium
of the USSR Supreme Soviet Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev personally for
stren~thening the defense might of our homeland and satisfying the material
and spiritual needs ot' the Arrqy and Navy is inspiring Soviet soldiers to
hi~;hly effective military labor.
Permit me to express rqy confidence in the fact that the personnel of the
Armed Forces in reply to this fatherly concern, will make every effort to
continu~� to piously carry out its duty to the party and people to reliably
defend our socialist fatherland and be in constant combat readiness so as
to guarantee an immediate rebuff to any aggressor.
Taking this opportunity, I congratulate you and the entire persontiel of
the Arn~y and Navy with the coming new year of 1978. I wish you happiness,
good health, and great success in your work.
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to by the participants of
the conference with great attention and was frequently interrupted by pro-
lon~ed applause.)
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D.F'. USTINOV, IZBI2ANNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articles),
Moscow, Politizdat, In Russian, 1979
[From a Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a scienti-
fic conference of the USSR Ministry of Defense and the M~in Politicel
Arlministration for the Soviet Ar~ and Navy on the books by Comrade T,. I.
Brezhnev, "Little Land" and "Regeneration." 5 May 1978, pp 43~-439~
[Text] Comradesl We have gathered together tod~y at a scientific con-
ference devoted to the books of the General. Secretary of the CC CPSU and
Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Marshal of the
Soviet Union Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev "Little Land" and "Regenera-
tion
Permit me to convey to you, the participants of this conference, the sin-
cere greet3ngs and wishes for your good health from the author of these
remarksble�books--Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev. He also asked me to convey his
ardent congratulations on Victory Day.
Thirty-three years have pa.ssed since the world historicel victory of our
people and its Armed Forces in the Great Patriotic War. During this time
the Soviet people, led by the Communist Party, has healed the wounds which
were inflicted upon us by the war, has achieved outstanding successes in
all fields of activity, has built a developed socielist society and now,
inspired by the decisions of the 25th CPSU Congress, is working with all
of its strength and energy to accomplish the magnificent tasks of the
construction of communism.
The publication of the books by Comrade L. I. Brezhnev "Little Land" and
"Regeneration" was an important event of our day in the political, spiri-
tual, and cultural life of our country. They elicited enormous interest
in our country and received a large response abroad.
These books are small in the iiumber of their pages, but they axe astonish-
ingly rich in the depth of their penetration into the essence of the most
complicated social and political phenomena, in the clarity of their ana-
lysis of the events of the last war and of the postwar period of the
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reeons~;.ruction of the econottqr, ~,nd :Ln the ful~.ness t1S1C1 3111pbY~~ttnce of their
conclusion3. They a,re an t~11oy of the ttr~is~ic imagery o� the folk and r~
de~:p Marxist-Leninist analys3s,of the laws of soci~l ~evelopment and scien-
~3f:Ica].ly substant3t~ted recommenda~ions and combine a3mplicity and
accessibility in their language and warm lyrical digressions by the author
with rnr~~or generalizations and conclus3ons.
"Little Lt~nd" and "Regeneration" are devoted to d3.fferent stages of the
heroic struggle and self-sacrificing labor of the Sovie~t people, lecl by the
Cornmunist Party, but they are org~nically combined and suppl.ement one
another. 7'hese are books about military feats and about labor feats ra.nd
about an unshak~zble devotion to the cause of the party of Lenin and to
the bri~tit ideals of communism. They are books about the unbend3ng staunch-
ne5s, courage, and unparalleled heroism o:f the Soviet people which were
demonstrated in the fierce battles against the fascist invaders and in the
restoration of the country's ecanomy which had been destroyed by the enerr~y.
They are books about the greatness of Soviet m~,n who has been educa,ted by
the party--unbending in times of trouble, tireless in labor, fixed upon
victory, and an ardent patriot and internationalist.
On the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the Great Victory we ~,re again and .
ag~.in returning in thought to the events of pas~t years and every time
we try to evaluate the greatness of the feat of the Soviet people even
more deeply, to interpret the lessons of history, and to draw conclusions
for the future. The books by Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev teach us to believe
in the inexhaustible creative strength of the people and its ability to
successfully solve the tremendous tasks of thQ construction and of the
defense of socialism and communism. They convincingly confirm the fact
that our victories at the front and in ~he rear are inseparable from the
many-sided and purposeful work of the Communist Party. This thought runs
like a red thread through both tales.
The Great Patriotic War ~left an ineffacea~ile mark upon the life of our
people and hardened it in fierce battles against the fascist invaders.
An heroic struggle for victory was waged tirelessly on the front and in
the rear. This victory was formed from the results of many offensive and
defensive battles and operations and from the self-sacrificing efforts of
the workers ot the rear who struggled for bread and metal, weapons and
fuel, tand to provide for all of the needs of the front and of the life
of the peopl.e .
Comrades!
In "Little Land" the author was able with one of the vivid episodes of
the past war--the Battle for Novorossiysk--to show the chaxacteristic
and comman element of the Soviet people which helped it to overcome the
greatest trials and achieve victory. He has described the heroic feat
of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War richly and penetrating~y.
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It .i.g nat cc~~y to nc~vmp~iah an h~roia f~at~ Huti, nor i~ it ~~y ~o write
nbout it in ~uch a w~yr th~t it is a areat t,ruth 'nbnut the eomb~t ar~d ~~bor
hhroi~m of. the peopl~, ~n8 ttbnut th~ unp~rallel~d b~ttle which spren~d out
ovrr tu~ enormoun front--from tt~e Arctic Oc~nr? to bhe i3lack S~a, nnd t'ram
tfie uhnc~~t~ af r.li~ Vol~;n rlnd the fnnthill~ af the Caucunes to I~erlin ~nd
~ t'ra~ur~ 7'he Litt1~ Land abaut which Leonid I1'ich writ~g so movingly was
mm~l~. in ni~~, but the i'~at which waa accomplighed on it was ~ru].y enormoug.
In it was reflected the greatness of gpiri~ of the entire Soviet people wh3ch
bore the bn~ic brunt of th~ pust war and saved world civiliza~ion from the
fascist barbarians.
With their heroic fent the d~fender�~ o~ the Little Lnnd wrote a golden
page in the heroic epic af
the (}reat Patriotic War. mhe remarkab~e fea-
ture~ uf
tihe Soviet patrint which are ch~?racteriatic of every on~ of our
:3~2dier~ are ~hown in L. 2. Brezhnev's tale about the Uattles to take and
hold this very important ,~umping-off ground. At ttll of thc sectors of
the 5ovieL-German front, including ihe blooc~y battles ~t Little Land,t~,he
be~t qualitieo of Soviet soldiers which hsd been cultivated by the party
honorably with3tood unprecedent~d trt.als and becr~me even more tempered:
brn~ndles~ devotion to the Soviet people and to the grent idec~l~ of commu-
ni~m, fidelity to their military duty, an unshekable stnunchnes~ and an
unbending will to victory, courage, bravery, and high military expertis~.
'I'hese qualities are a graphic testimony to the inexhaustible spiritual
stren~th of the Sovipt Az~rqy and Navy. `
Soviet soldiers are culled heroes of the ~pirit in the book "Little Land." . _
Md they, likc all Soviet people really we re heroes. The present gene-
ration^ o� Soviet people, the servicemen of our Arrr~r and Navy, should
learn from them, the heroic builders and defenders of socialism, boundless
~evotion to the Communist Po,rty and our socialist homeland, valor, an~i
Cen~�lessneas .
The self-sacrificin~ uctions of the Soviet people and of its soldiers during
the war years are depicted vividly and palpably in this book. We find
much that is instructive on its pa~es. Everythin~ that has been lived,
felt, and thou~ht by the author is generously shared by him with the reader.
The book "Little Land" can with complete ~ustifieation be called a treasure-
house of combat experience. The landing in Little Land, its defense, the
bnttles for Novorossiysk, like many other operatfon3 of the Great Patriotic
War, are models of Sovie~ military art. We still have a~rea~ deal to in-
terpret in the combat experience of the past war and to evalur~te it from _
the height of today, to take everything us~ful from it, to f{11 it with
1 rn_W content based on the continuous,development of Wea?pon~, combat equip-
ment, and military art and to apply it creatively in the practice of the
truining and education of the forces.
Usin~ the bnttles for Novorossiysk and Little Land as an exemple, L. I.
Brezhnev provides a profound revelation of the Ieading and guiding role
ot' the party und of its enormous inspirational power in the struggle of
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thr ~n~~~t ~~ori~ ~~~ingt th~ f~~cist 3nvgflern. 'I'h~ w~xr a~ain anfl r~~~in
confirmed that ~h~ p~rty and p~op1~ are un~.~ed c~d tih~~ ~her~ is no 1'nrc~
which i~ cap~b~e af disrup~ih~ tih~ir monoli~hic gol3d~ri~y.
A~ bhe nucleug of the po~itica~ ~ystem of Sov3et ~ocie~y, th~ Communi~t
pgr~y ~odqy a~~o ~g cdnftd~ntly ~eaciing our p~ople from vic~ory ~o victory~
7'his ig engend~rin~ an opt3mi~m in Sov3et people, an unsh~kable fe.ith in
the ~UCC~g~fU~. congtruction of a communis~ gociety, and a pride in ~h~ir
sncia].igt homeland and ~.g resu].~in~ in the active life posi~ion of evexy
5av3et per~on. The further rre move ahead, the grea~~r th~ directing
role of the party in enmmunigt construction and in ntrengthening ~he de-
ferise capacity of th~ country~ This is a 1s~w of the development of our
society. And in it we see a guare~ntee of all of our Future guccesa~s.
~ev~a7.ing the role of the par~y in ~chi~ving victory nnd rememb~rin~ the
communists of the war years, L. I. Brezhnev givea, ~s it were, a sor.ial
ord~r to the present genera~ion of communists to measure themge].ve~ against
tho~e who during the most diff3cult timeg were true to their duty and high
title of inember of our Leniniat party. ~
The personal example of a communist ia a~reut force. A rommunist'a word
m0.Y not diverge from hts deeds. It is a sacred duty of communists to lead
the masses, to call them forward, and themselve3 to be in the forefront. -
The communists of our Armed Forces have to unswervingly meet this demand.
They have to show great activeness, perform their service and party dutiea
irreproachably, and be in the vanguard of the struggle of a further strength-
ening of the combat capacity and combat readiness of the Armed F'orces.
Especial demands are made upon those communists who have been entrusted
with the post of political worker. A communist who has been appointed to
this post must possess the profoundest ideological convictions, a high
level of partiynost',principles, and intolerance toward ar~y shortcominEs
and any deviations from Leninist norms of party life, end t~e must be honest
and exemplary in everyi;hing. At the same time, he has to be responsive and
secisitive to people, indissoluable connected to them, and put a11 of his
ubilities,all of his skills and the entire passion of his heart into his
work wi'�h people.
L. I. Brezhnev's po~nts and conclusions about the enormous role of party-
political work in ~a~ttle have an undying significance. His words about the -
fact that the staunchness of the soldiers of Little Land was an outcome of
this work once again reminds us of the wisdom of Lenin's statement that
Where politicul worY, in the troops is performed with the greatest care th~re
is no slackness in the Ar~}r, its organization and spirit are better and there
_ are more victories there.
The victory in the Great Patriotic War, using the words of the author of
"Little�Land," showed the gr~atness of our socialist homeland and the
immeasurable superiority of the moral strength of 9oviet soldiers over the
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morn~ ~tren~h of th~ i'ascist invaders~ Under present conditionn the
mortil.~ f~ct~,nr b~comes ~ven mor~ important. ~'or this renson, it is e~nen-
t.tu:l tn continue with ~he entire ayat~m o~ our 3deologic~.1 work to per-
cs:i:~t;~ntly edu~nt~~ 8oviet peoplp, ~nd above e~ll the you~h, in a~pirit oi'
pasa~onate pgtrioti$m, seli'less devotion to ~he party e~nd people, and a
r~adinegs to courageously defend ~he3r fatherland.
Today, on the ev~ of Victory Day, L. I~ Brezhnev's words have an eapecially
penetrating aound: "When today, a third of a century later, you remember
what befel.l our soldiers, commanders, and politic~l workers it is sometimes
even nat b~l.iev~ble that ~17. of thig occurred,that it was possible to endure
this. However, we endured. We endured everything, went through every~hin~,
and won, defeated the f'eascists."*
F'rom the first to the last dqya of the war Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev was in
the front line of the stru~gle against fascism, in the very oven of the
battles. He participated in the battles as one of the many soldiers of the
party who had been sent by it to responsible posts in the active Army. A
politicFil. leader of large dimensions, as deputy chief of the p~litical
administration of the Southern Front, chief of the political division of
the 18th Army, and chief of the political administration of the 4th Ukrai-
nian Front he made a great contribution to the development and realizatiori
of t}ie plans for mar~y operations and conducted enormous organizational and
political work in the forces.
L. I. Brezhnev took an active part in a number of ma,jor operations in the
Caucuses, in the Black Sea area, in the Crimea and the Ukraine, and in the
liberation of Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia from the fascist
invaders. One of the most vivid pages in his military biography is his
participation in the battle at Novorossiysk and, especially, at Little
Land.
Leonid I1'ich was always in the thick of the masses and of the events of
the front--at an Arrr~y command point and in a firing position, in the first
trench, and on a combat vessel. He had a profound knowledge of the life
of the soldiers and their thougr.ts and feelings were close to him. His
broad political horizon � his ability to see the large and the sma11, and
his experience as a ma,jor party, state, and military leader have made it
possibse for Leonid Il'ich to craate such a remqrkable book as "Little
Land."
Comrades! L. I. Brezhnev!s second book--"Regeneration"--is also profoundly
rich and interesting. There is already a deep meaning in its very name.
After the victory in the Great Patriotic War the party and the entire
Soviet people was faced with a new and extremely difficult and complicated
*L. I. Brezhnev, "Little Land," p 17.
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prnb~~m--to re~tore our devantiated ~COnotr~y as rnpidly a~~ pnssib~e nnd ehi~
~hc econott~y onto th~ b~aia df pe~c~fu7. conatruction. L. r. }3rexhnev d~a-
cribes w~~h greati conv3ncin~::~s~ in th~ book "Regen~r~~ion" how th~.s prd~
b~.em w~s solved, He ahowa in all of
~heir t'ul~nesa ~he ge~.f-sacrificing
heroic ~abor and inexhaustible crea~ive po~ner of the SovSet peop~e ~n~ ~he
leading ro~e o� the party in accomp].ish~.ng the t~gks of r~s~oration.
Under the most di~'ficu].t conditiong of
poatwar dev~ata~ion,by w3~.1 of
the
party and Soviet people and through their ~i~anic 1~bor mar~y p~ants and
factor3es, mines rind fiel.ds, anfl kolkhozes and sovkhozes were in fact born
anew and c~.ties and v3l.lages rose out of the ruins.
At ~ha~ t3.me, Leonid I~'ich was in the responaible post ~f firet necretary
of the Zaporozhskaya and then the Dneproptrovskqya Ob~ast commi.tteeg of
the party. As is known, before the war the obla~ts w~re among the country's
largesb industri~l centers. They were assigned ~n impartant role during
the postwar years also. The restort~tion, or, rather, the regeneration of
the industrial potential of the Dnepr area to a large extent determined
the rates of the restoration and further development of the econor~r not
only of the Ukraine, but also of other areas oF the country.
In leading the party organizations of the Zaporozh'ye and the L~nepropetrov-
shchina, Leonid I1'ich Brezlinev was again on the front line--now of the
labor front.
In the book "Regeneration;'as in the book "Little Land," Leonid I1'ich
Brezhnev aga3n vividly and colorfully and with great warmth speaks about
people of labor, about how plants and mines, quarries and electric power
stations were resurrected by them under the leadership of the party, how
kolkhoz and sovkhoz fields came to life, and how new cities and villages
grew up on ruins .
This was a new heroic feat of the people, a heroic feat of labor and con-
struction. "There was no science of the restoration of what had b~en
destroyed," Leonid I1'ich comments wittily, "and there were no textbooks
which taught how to raise structures which had been burned down, smashed,
and b1o~~?n up out of the ashes. Everything for the first time, everything
from scratch."*'~And in his book "Regeneration" Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev re-
veals how this science was learned. With many examples he shows the pre-
sent and future generations of communists and a11 Soviet people how it
is necessary to~work in peaceful fields for the sake of the victory of
communism.
L. I. Brezhnev emphasizes the very close connection between the country's
yesterday and its today, with the posing and accomplishment of new tasks,
and with the prospectsfor the further development of our state and for the
*~'L. I. Brezhnev, "Regeneration," Moscow, 1978, p 27.
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cott~~ruc~ion of ~he Armed Fcirce~. Tn keepin~ w3~h Lenin'n thesis on t~he
neceg~i~ty aonc~ntrating n~i~'s b~s~.a ePfbrte on the chi~f direc~ion, he
notea tha~ in ~he accomplishment of the t~.aks wh~.ch stand before us the
dec3sive ~mpnr~anc~ continueg to b~ in sin~ling out ~hoge 13nks w~.~h which
~h~ ent3r~ ch~in can be pu11~d~ Among tihese linka, Leonid I1'ich ncuneg:
party politic~..1. work, the g~lection, pl~cement, and educ~tion of leading
cadreg, g Leninint work style, ~nd a congt~nt connection with the people.
I3oth booka of inemoirs by Comrade L. I. Br~zhnev are a chronicle of the
unprecedented courage and staunchness of the Soviet people and a truthful
~nd mov3ng docwnenti about ~he heroic t3me of the Great Pa~riotic War and
the po~twt~r resurrection of our w~r-torn econonpr. It is for thia reason
that they r~ceiv~d nation~l reco~ition so rapidly. mhey are being read
by white-haired vetierans o~ the war and aorkers of the rear, by people of
the older generat3ons and by the youth.
Comr~de~l 7'he past war demanded not only heroism and self-sacrifice from
soldiers, but also daily strenuous labor and o,n expert mastery of weapons.
The future war, if the a~gresaors unleash it, wiLl demand anormous and
even harder labor. And the ability to work during war ia mastered, as
is known, during peacetime. It is the duty o:F our couunanders and political
- workers and of all of thase who are responsible for the training of our
Arrr~r and Navy nnd for thei r combat readiness to alw~ys remember this and
to inculcate the personnel with a love for military labor.
In speaking about labor during war and about the importance of preparing
for it during peacetime I would like to observe that Leoni.d I1'ich himself
was not only ~ talented organizer and an experienced political. leader, but
also a valorous soldi~r, a model of self-sacrifice and diligence, and that
he perf~.,rmed his party and military duty with communist passion and with
all of his strength and seething energy.
This, comrades, is what he has remained today--a tireless party and state
leader of the Lenin type and a true communist. The exceptionally strenuous
and diverse work of Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev as General Secretary of the CC
CPSU, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and Chairman
of the USSR Council for Defense is a model of a Leninist style of work and
of an ability to organically combine theory and practice and to unfailingly
achieve goals.
Our people knows Leonid Il'ich Brezhnev well and loves and respects him for
his close ties witti the workers and his ability to listen to their voices.
In accompanying Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev on his trfps, including to Siberia
and the I'ar East, I have been a witness to his numerous warm and sincer~
meetings and talks with the workers and with the saldiers of our Armed
Forces. -
During this tran L. I. Brezhnev visited with our missile soldiers and was
present at a tactical exercise of the forces of the Far East Military District
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nrid nt tt b3latera~ exer~ig~ of the forceg of ~he I~acific I'leet ~ Ne acquaint-
ed tiimse~� at~en~ively w3th tihe atate of the combat r~adinesg o~' the unibg
, nnd ~hip~ ~nd mnde a nwnber of
important atatements and c~1~ed upon our
soldiers to further improv~ their comba~ ~nd po~.3tic~~ t~ra,ining an~ ~o
cc~rry the ~t~ndard of the 8oviet Armed Forcea w~.th honor.
� Spe~ic~.ng at the 18th Congress of the Komaomol, Leon3d Il'3ch ~r~ezhn~v gave
high prais~ ~o ~h~ military labor of Soviet soldiers. "During t?Ly trip
to ~he east," he s~id,"I becgme acquainted with how the protec~ion of our
bordern 3s nrg~nized and with those who are perform3ng ~ d3fficult serv~.c~
there--with the glorious soldier~ of our Arcr~r and Navy and with our border
troopa. I w311 say one thin~, comrades: the borders of our homeland ~re
re~iably protected aga.dn9t any surprises and their defense ~.s in experienced
~ and loya]. han8s
Thi~ eva].uation gladdens Soviet soldiers, but it also obliges us to a great
des].. We have to do everything so that the frontiers of our Soviet home-
land are never violated.
The party considers a struggle for peace and for the prevention of a new
world war one of its chief tasks a~nd the central direction of its foreign
policy. Among the political ~and state leaders of the present day there
is no more consfstent fighter for peac:e than Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev. His
inexhaustible energyr, activeness, his sense of principle in resolving
internutional problems, and his enormous personal contribution to this
have been recognized w3th the international Lenin Prize "For Strengthening
Peace Arrbng Peoples."
Appeals for peace, for an end to the arms race, and for a strengthening bf
detente were expressed with new force by Leonid I1'ich from the rostrum of
the 18th Congress of the Komsomol.
The more reliably peace is defended, the stronger it will be. This is why
while waging an ~.ctive struggle for a relaxation of tensions and for peace,
the Communist Party and L. I. Brezhnev are constantly emphasizing that this
stru~gle has to be accompanied by an increase in our defense capacity and
a comprahensive strengthening of the Soviet Armed Forces as one of the
factors in stren~thening peace.
Speaking during his trip through Siberia and the Far East to the sailors
of the Pncific Fleet, Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev said that the Soviet
Union will continue its efforts to achieve steae~y progress fn detente and
in a movement toward real disarmament. "We are threa~:zning no one,"
Leonid I1'ich emphasized. "Talk about a so-called 'Sovie~t threat' is a
patent invention by the enemies of detente, and nothing more. We are
,
L. I. Brezhnev, "Important Problems of the Ideological Work of the CPSU,"
~ Vol 2, Moscow, 1978, p 571.
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im~rovin~ our defen~~ with a a~ng~e goa].: ~o reliab~y defend the gaine
of Qre~ti October and to prov3de s~rong pro~ectlon for the peac~fu7. 1~bor
of 5oviet peopl.e and of our fr3enda and aii~ea."~**~ For the peraonnel of
our Arnqr ~nd N~vy this sounds like a combat order from the pe~rty to con-
~inue to perfect ~.ts train3ng and gtrengthen its combat collaboration with
the armies of the Warsew Pac~ countries.
Comradesl Leonid Il'3ch Brezhnev's books are not only a atory of the past.
They have a direct connection with the present and they help us to look
confidentl,y into the future. Bo~h "Little Land" and "Regeneration" carry
a charge of enormous ideol.ogical power, are permeated with optimism, open
up prospects for an 3mprovement of a11 of our ideologica~ and defense work,
and teach ua to live and work in a Leninist manner, to selflessly love our
homeland, and to be f~.ithfu]. to our people, party, and the ideals of com-
munism. The personnel of our Armed Forces must master the very rich con-
tent of tnese bnoks which are fated for a glorious arid long 13fe. Active
and wide use has to be made for them in party; political and educational
~rork in the subunits, units, and ships.
In this regard, we look upon the present conference as one of the measures
to stuc'~y and propagandize L. I. Brezhnev's books and one of the forms of
mastering their ideological wealth.
Our discussion of the books today makes it possible not only to interpret
th~ir enormous theoretical and practical sign3.ficance more deeply, but
also to work out concrete recommendations on the problems of military art,
the construction of the Armed Forces, and the education of Soviet soldiers.
Comradesl Winter train~ng is now ending in the Arn~y and Navy. The vast
ma,jority of the units and ships have successfully fulfilled their combat
and political trainin~ plans. O~ur Soviet soldiers have done good work.
IIut~ this does not mean that we do not have any shortcomings and that every-
thing is going well. Our task is to eliminate all of the defer;s which
have rema~ined during the winter period during summer training and to
increase combat mastery with even more persistence so as to complete the
training year with new achievements. We will be given great help in this
by the theses and conclvsions contained in L. I. Brezhnev's books which
we are obliged to make flzll use of in our vrork practice.
Permit me, dear comrades, on behalf of the participants in the conference
to express profound gratitude to Comrade L. I. Brezhnev for his tireless
. titanic work and for his remarkable books which will educate many gene-
rations of Soviet people.
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention
**~*"The Trip by Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev in Siberia and the Far East.
March-April 1978, " Moscow, 1978, p 43.
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TRUE FRIENDS, RELIABL~ ALLIES
D.F. USTTNOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articles),
Moscow, Politizdat, Tn Russian, 1.979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a meeting with
soldiers of a unit of the Hungarian People's Ar~r. 16 May 1978, pp 4~8-
452]
[Teat] Dear comrades!
Our combat friends ! ~
Permit me on behalf of the Soviet military delegation to express our
profound gratitude of the Central Committee of the Hungarian~lSocialist
Workers' Party and to the Minister of Defense of the Hungarian People's
Republic Colonel General Layosh Tsinege for the opportunity which has been
~iven us to visit your unit,, meet with its personnel, and acquaint our-
selves with its life and combat tra.ining. ,
Allow me to perform an honorable and pleasant commission--to convey to you,
dear friends, and in your person to all of the soldiers of the Hungarian
People's Arrrpr ardent greetings and the best wishes from a great friend of
the Hungarian people, the General Secretary of the CC CPSU and C�hairman
of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Marshal of the Soviet Union
Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev!
I also convey to you combat greetings and wishes for success in your mili-
tary labor from the soldiers of the Soviet Arc?~r and Navyl
We were deeply moved by the warm reception and the cordiality and attention
shown to us by the soldiers of your unit. We see this expression of your
fraternal and friend],y feelings as being for the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union, the Soviet people, and the soldiers of our Armed Forces. We
are sincerely grateful to you for this warm and sincere reception!
Our peoples and armies are united by a strong and indestructible friend-
ship. Soviet people place a high value upon this friendship and cherish
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3~. ~~Ln vi~ali~y tLnd power is in the common nature of our communis~t 3deal.s
and convictions , i.n the un3ty of ~he~ fundamen~al interes~s and goa~.3 of -
the workers of the Soviet Union and of people's Hung~.ry, and socia~.ist
internationalism.
Our fratern4l. ol~iance person?.fies ~ new and socialist type of ~.nter-
state rela~3ons. The border b~tween the USSR and the Hungar3an People's
Republ3c is rightly called a border of fr3endship and fraternal coopera-
tion. All kinds of c~rgoes and goods cross it in an endless stream. The
"Druzhba," petroleum p3.peline and the "M3r" electr3.c transmias3.on 11ne
are operat3ng for the good of our peoples. Through our ,jo3nt efforts we
are bu3lding the "Iaksh" t~tomic electric power station, the powerful
Vinn3tsa-A1'bertirsha electric transm3.saion 13ne, the Ust'-Zlinsk cel.lulose
r~.nd paper combine, and many other economic facilities. Soviet-Hungarian
cooperation is continu~.l.ly expanfling in the fields of science and technolo-
gy and culture.
Our friendship has become a close and vital matter for the broad popu7.ar
masses. "The internationalist unity and fraternal cooperation of our
countries--the Hungarian People's Republ.ic and the Soviet Union," Comrade
Yanosh Kadar has said, "are an invaluable and mighty source of power for
our party and our people."~ These words, as we were again convinced during
our present visit, are in deep accord with the thoughts, feelings, and
deeds of the workers of people's Hungary and of its soldiers. And our
meeting with y~u and the warm words which have been said during it are
a~raphic confirmation of the sincerity, purity, and loyalty of this
friendship .
Comr~,de L. I. Brezhnev was very right in what he said about Soviet-H~~ngariar~
friendship at the llth Congress of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party.
"Soviet-Hungarian friendship," he said, "has become the possession of
millions upon millions of Soviet and Hungarian workers. Fraternal relations
witti f[ungary, our neighbor and ally, is for Soviet communists a matter of _
principle, conviction, an d feeling....0ur party and our entire people wi11
spare no efforts to see to it that our friendship continually grows stronger
and deeper."~~ ,
As genuine friends, we, Soviet people, are gladdened with a11 of our hearts
by your successes in the development of your econo~}r, science, and culture
and in realizing the decisions of the llth Congress of the Hungarian Socialist
Workers'Party. 4le are gladdened by your progress in the construction of
developed socialism and wish you great new successes in this work!
This kind of sincere and mutual interest in the successes of fraternal peo-
ples is a characteristic feature of the relationships of our friendly
* PRAVDA, 2 Septernber 1974.
li. I. Brezhnev, "Following Lenin's Course. Speeches and Articles,"Vol 5,
~ P 264.
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~ocir~.7.i~t s~La~tes which are alwey3 reac~y to come to one another's aid.
The constant econom9.c ~rowth of people's Hungary, the po7.~.tical. unity of
i~s socie~y which grows st.ronger from day to day, and 3ts atmosphere of
confidence in tomorrow--a11 of this is closely connected w3th the great
or~anizational ancl pol3tical. work of the Hungarian Socialist Workern'Part,y
and its Cen~ral Committee led by the glorious son of the Hungarian people
and prominen~ leader of the international communist movement Comrade
Yanosh Kadarl
Just as the Hungt~rian people is doing, Soviet people are working with
inspiration and self-sacrifice. The entire life of' our country is now
taking place under the beneficial influence of the ideas of the 25th CPSU
Congress and under the token of a persistent struggle for the fulfillment `
of the plans of the lOth Five-Year Plan. Under the leadership of the
party of Lenin, the Soviet people is confidently moving to new heights
in the construction of communism.
Comrades!
The time in which we live is placing an enormous historical responsibility
upon!�the sociaiist countries for the fate of peace and social progress.
Aware of this responsibility, the Soviet Union, the Hungarian People's
Republic, and all of the countries of the socialist commonwealth are per-
sistent;ly struggling to strengthen peace and the security of peoples.
Thanks above a11 to this constant struggle, a warming up of the interna-
tional climate has become a reality of our day. The ideas of detente and
peaceful coexistence have entered firmly into the consciousness of the
masses. '
But there are still other forces in the world. They are attemptin~ to
hinder the development of positive processes, are whipping up the arms
race, and are spreading a malicious lie about the alleged threat of a mi-
litary superiority by the Warsaw Pact over the NATO bloc and about the
alleged aggressive intentions of the Soviet Union. These inventions are
nothing other than an endeavor to cover over the aggressive actions of
international reaction.
Our state has the kind of 1!rmed Forces which is capable of accomplishing
its tasks and is constantly improving them and maintaining them on a
hi~h level of combat readiness.
The books by Comrade L. I. Brezhnev "Little Land" and "Regeneration" which
were recently published in the Soviet Union teach~ how to love and de-
fend our homeland and how to strengthen its economic and defensive might.
In his book "Little Land" Leonid I1'ich revealed the lofty patriotism
of the Soviet people, its devotion to the ideals of communism, and its
selfless love for its homeland, and its self-sacrificing heroic struggle
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for its freedom and independence durin~ ~he p~st war. The pa~hos of the
constructive labor of the Sov~.e~ peopl~ to restore its wc~r-tnrn econorr~y
and build social~am and co~nunism in our country is shown 3n ~he book by
L. I. ~rezhnev "Regeneration."
Both books by L. Z. Brezhnev have rece3ved nat3.ona1 recognit3on in our
country and its Armed Forces. They are be3ng s~udied, and both our
wh3te-hairec~ veterans and our youth are learning from them.
We have frequently had occasion to hear the statement that the Sovie~
Union is mainta3ning overs3zed Armed Forces. This does no~ correspond to
rea7.ity. The framework of Soviet m3.litary construction has al.ways been
determined and is now be3ng determined by the lim3.~s of necessary defense.
- Strengthening our Armed Forces, Comrade L. I. Brezhnev observed, "we are
in no way exceeding the real needs of our security and the secur3ty of
our socialist friends. We threaten no one, and we ~re impasing our will
upon no one.
If the detente continues and if other states are ready for disarmament, we
will not hold things up."~'~'~ Such is our honest and open posi~ion. We
stand firmly with it and will stand firmly with itt Fidelity to this po-
sition received a new confirmation in the speeches by Comrade L. I. Brezhnev
during his trip through Siberia and the Far East and his speech at the 18th
Congress of the Komsomol.
The visit by Comrade L. I. Brezhnev to the FRG was a ma,jor event of inter-
national dimensions and another large contribution to realizing the foreign
policy course of the 25th CPSU Congress and the Leninist peace-loving po-
licy of our party and state. It maxks a stage in the development of the
politic~.l detente and in the creation of the preconditions for applying it
to the military field. Comrade L. I. Brezhnev's visit met the approval
and appreciation of progressive and peace-loving forces in the entire
world.
The Soviet Union is prepared for decisive steps toward disarmarr~ent. But it
cannot but reckon with the fact that the threat of unleashing a new world
war which comes from imperialism continues. This demands from our fraternal
parties and from the peoples and states of the socialist commonwealth a high
level of vigilance and constant concern for ensuring the armed defense of
our revolutionary ~ains and of the construction of socialism and communism.
The Warsaw Pact has an important role in accomplishing this responsible
task. The Sovie~ Armed Forces and the Hungarian People's Arrrpr are solid
elements in its mil.itary orga.nization. Our combat cooperation is constant-
ly growing stronger a.nd developing. We disinterestedly share with one
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ari~tltr.i~ ~vei~yt}iitig which we have in the field of m3.li~~ry affaira--weapons,
experience in the tra:Lning and education of the forces, and the result~ of
our m3~itary ~c3.entific research ar?d we provide one another w3th asgiatance '
3n master~.ng m31it~,ry equ3.pmen~ and weapona . We share all this as true
fr~i.ends and comrades-in-arms I
Cood relations are develope d between Hungar3an soldierg and the soldiers
of the Sov3.et Southern Group of Forces.
The successes of ';he Hungar3an People'~ Army, our true friend and re1.3.able
ally, are grea~tly val.ued by Soviet soldiers. We are s3ncerely gladdened
by them and assure you that the soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces wi11
do everything to strengthen our unity, friendship, an d close combat colla-
boration.
Our armies are marchin~ shoulder to shoulder in the monolithic combat ranks
of the Armed Forces of our brother-peoples. Their unity and international-
ist solidarity is indestructible. The soldiers of the armies of the so-
cialist countries are deeply aware of the fact that t~hey are defendin~ the
most ~ust state system and the peace and happiness of ~he workers. Their
consciousness of this great purpose is inspiring them to the successful
accomplishment of their tasks. They are always reac~y to give a decisive
rebuff to any aggressor. We sha11 not spare our strength to further
strengthen our indestructible combat alliancel
We wish all of the sol diers of the Hungarian People's Ar~y great successes
in their military labor an d in their selfless service to their remarkable
homeland and their people!
Permit me once again to thank you for your hospitality and cordiality, for
, your warmth and sincerity.
Lon~ live the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, its Central Committee,
an d the Politburo of the CC led by Comrade Yanosh Kadar!
Lon~ live the Cor~ununist Party of the Soviet Union, its Central Committee,
and its Politburo led by Comrade Leonid I1'ich Brezhnev!
Long live the Hungarian People's Arn~y--a faithf~il guard for socialist
Hungary and a solid element of the combat commonwealth of the armies of
the Warsaw Pact states!
May the friendship and cooperation of the Soviet and Hungarian peoples
and thei~r armies grow stronger and develop!
~ (Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention and ~
was repeatedly interrupted by enthusiastic applause.)
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AN HEROIC FEAT ON BELORUSSIAN LAND
D.F. USTINOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articles),
Moscow, Politizdat, In Russian, 1979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a reception in
honor of the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the "Gold Star" Medal
to the hero-city of Minsk. 25 June 1978, pp ~53-~?5~~
[Text] Dear Leonid Il'ich! ~
Dear Comrades!
Permit me on behalf of our glorious Armed Forces and for ~yself personally
to ardently and sincerely congratulate the respected residents of Minsk,
war veterans, and the entire Belorussian people on the presentation to
the hero-city of Minsk of a high award--the Order of Lenin and "Gold Star"
Me da.l .
The history of the Belorussian land holds remarkable labor and combat
feats. We are gladdened by the outstan ding labor successes of the Soviet
Socialist Republic of Belorussia and of the glorious residents of its
capital. But we also know Belorussia as a republic whose people went
throu~h the most difficult trials during the Great Patriotic War.
Those stern days are memorable for us when the Belorussian people in fra-
ternal ~;nity with a11 of the other peoples of our homeland and under the
leadership of the Communist Party waged a merciless struggle against the
German fascist invaders, and when the Soviet Arrqy together with the valo-
rous Belorussian partisans struck blows against the hated eneiqY at Brest
and Baranovichi, Minsk and Bobruysk, Gomel'and Mogilev, Orsha, and Borisov
and Vitebsk, defending every inch of its native land. In unforgettable
19~+1 Soviet soldiers showed unprecedented courage and genuine heroism,
We are again and aga.in delighted by the heroic feats of the heros of the
defense of the Belorussian capital, valorous tank soldiers, valorous in-
fantry and artillery soldiers, and glorious flyers who waged a mortal
battle against superior ener?~y forces.
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'I'h~ c}ermns~ i'ct~ci~t Army ~ucc~e~~d temporar3~y in ge~.zin~ ~3e~orusginn ~.and~ .
_ tiut it w~n not ~b~~ tn s~ib,jugate th~ heroic Be~oru~sinn p~ople~ The entire
pdpul.atinr? of the repub~ic ron~ for the e~ruggle n~ainat ~he invgdere. On
C3e.ldrugnian land th~ hated ener~+ felt himge~f to be b~~ieged from ~,11. ~id~~.
~v~rywti~re th~ l~nd wr~~ at'la~ne und~r his fe~t, and ~verywhere the punishin~
hand ~f tihc people ov~r~ook h:tm~
flere, at Minnk, in Ju1y ~.g1~4 nn enormou~ rin~ oP encircl.ement into which
an enen~y grdupin~ had gott~n c~nd in which it had been defea~ed wae closed~
Our homelcu?d }ins plnced a high va].ue upon the magnificent feat of the
L~eloru~aian people en~l ha~ awarded ~he republic'g capital the Order of
Lenin and th~ "Gold Star" Mede1. 7'his award expresses the profound grati-
tude of the purty, the ~ov~rnment, and the entire ~oviet people to the
herotC r3nldiers, Lt?e direct participants 3n the battlec for Minsk, coura-
~;enu3 I~rlorussiun patriotis--partisans a.nd unflerground workers and all of
the workeru of the city who ghowed enormou~ endurance and staunchness and
~;r~ve all of their strength for our great Victory.
Like all Soviet people, the personnel of the Arnled F'orces welcomed the
uwo.rd to Min~k of the honorable title of "flero-City" with great ,~oy and
p~�ide. It sees in thi3 a manifestation of the fatherly concern of our
pnrty, its Central. Committee, and personally of the Cenerul Secretary of
the CC CPSU, C1i~irman of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and Chairman of the
USS~ Def~ense Council Marshall of the Soviet Union, Comrade L. T. Brezhnev
for the heroic services of Belo:usaian people and the residents of the
~loriou~ capftnl of the republic--the city of Minak.
'I't~e tiistoric feat of t~ie Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War
a par' ~?f which was the heroic feat of Minsk is perceived by the present
f~en~rntion of Soviet soldiers as an exa,mple of the courage, staunchness,
ru~d yel�].ess love of our people for its motherland and as a model of the
pcr~forman~e of military duty. This feat is inspiring the pers~nnel of
the Army and ~tavy to perform irreproachable service for its great father-
lnnd.
Re^Fected comradesl
, Permit me to proclaim a toast:
~'or our ~lorious Soviet people, a victor-peoplel
For the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its Central Committee led
by ttie ~.rue Leninist rind fiery fighter for peace L. I. Brezhnev!
Glory to our valorous Armed Forces!
Glory to the Hero-City of' bbSinskl
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was frequcn~ly interrupted by ~s~ormy app~ause.)
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FQI~',QWING A POLICY 0~' GOOD-NEIGHBORLINESS AND COOPERATION
D.r'. U5TSNOV, ZZBRANNYY~ RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Articlea), �
Moscow, Pol.itizdat, In Ftussian, 1979
[Speech by Marshal of the Soviet Union D. F. Ustinov at a dinner given by
the MSnister of Defense of Finland T. Tyakhkyamas in Helsinki. 10 June
1978 pp 460-462]
[Text] Respected Minister of Defense Mr. Tyakhkyamaal
Respected Mr,. Comm~nder in Chief of the Defense Forces General Sutelal
Respected gentlemen!
Comrades!
Permit me first of all to thank you, Mr. Minister, for the invitation to
visit your country, for the warm reception which has been given to our
dele~ation, and for the good words about the Soviet state, our people,
and its Armed Forces.
Mutual visits by political, state, and military leaders have become an in-
separable part of the good neighbor relations of our countries. They are
promoting an expansion of cooperation between the USSR and Finland and
are strengthening their mutual understanding and trust.
The development of Soviet-Finnish cooperation has entered firmly into the
political chronicle of the world as a vivid example of the realization of .
the principles of new inter-state relations which were developed by the
great Lenin--the peaceful coexistence of states with different social
systems. These lofty principles are embodied in the Treaty on Friendship,
Cooperation, and Mutual A~d which has been concluded between our countries
and axe developing on its basis.
In following the course of this treaty, the Soviet Union a.id Finland fre-
quently go into the development of the principles of peaceful coexistence and
into the organization of inter-state relations substantially ahead of time,
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thankg to whiCh our diverg~ mutua.l.~.y advantageoua coopera,t3.on ig ~erv~.ce
an a~ood exampl.e for n~her coun~rie~. Wh~.~e i~ is ~.n accord w3~h ~he
�undamental interest of our peoples, ~he tested courae of ~ooc~ ne~ghbor-
ltnenn nnd roopera~ion is he~ping ~o imprcve t~he political c19.mate in
~uro~e, r~.nc1 nnt on~.y in Europe. ~t 3s noteworthy that it is precise~.y here,
in the capi~at of r~.nlc~nd--Helsink~.--th~t ~he A.1].-~urop~an conference took
place and ~hat ~he conclud3ng act of ~his conferenee was signed here which
_ to a~.ar~e exten~ absorbed the ~irr:a-tes~ed exper3ence ot ~he good ne3ghbor
relations between the USSR and ~'inland.
A~enuine friendship wh3ch is imbued with trust and sincerity--this ia the
most reliabl.e guarantee of the fact that Soviet-F'innish re].ations will con-
tinue to grow stronger and develop. We believe that a benefic3a7. soil exists
for this.
Outstand3ng political and state leaders of' our countries--the General
5ecretary of the CC CPSU and Cha3rman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme
Sovie~ Comrade L. I. grezhnev and the respected President of the F'3nnish
Republic Mr. Urho ICekkonen--have been making an enormous personal contri-
bu~ion to strengthening the friendship and cooperation of the USSR and
Finland.
Taking the opportunity of this occasion, I want to convey from Lc~onid Il'ich
Brezhnev his sincere greetings to the Finnish people o,nd his wishes for their
further success in strengthening Soviet-Finn3sh relations.
A very responsible sta~e has now begun in the development of events on the
world arena. A materialization of detente and its transference into the
military field is becoming the most urgent demand of the day.
We believe that our countries can actively help with the solution of this
ur~ent problem. It is known that the Soviet Union not only itself is ad-
v~ncin~ very important proposels on restraining the arms race and preventing
wrlr and is not only persistently seeking their implementation, but also
*.~relcomes any constructive steps by other states in this direction.
Our country, as L. I. Brezhnev has more than once emphasized, has been and
alwuy~ will be a reli~,ble partner in ensuring a durable peace, in disarm-
ament, and in the struggle for the development and deepening of the process
of detente. Thus, the USSR has repeatedly stated its support for the peace-
lovin~ initiatives of Finland which axe aimed at declaring Northern Europe
a nuclear-free zone.
A war, if we do not succeed in preventing one, wi11 bring mankind incalcu-
lable calamities. This is why there is no more important and noble purpose
than to ensure a clean and peaceful sky over our planet.
, The good neighborly cooperation between the USSR and Finland, including
it~ ties and ccmtacts along the military line, is serving to strengthen
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peace anc~ securi~y. During the poatwar years it has been great~.y expanded
ond enriched wi~h new forms. W~ are sa~isf3ed wi~h this. Bu~ 1ife, as
i~ known, does no~ stand still. I~ a~ways brings up neW problems which '
deman~ a so~ut3on. 7'his is a11 ~he more reason Por mee~ing and exchang3ng
opitt3ons on urgent problems in the 3nterest of ~ further expanaion of nur
friend].,y relation3 anfl cooperation and a deepening of our ~rust in the
m~.lltary sphere. It is this that we see as one of the 3mportant purposes
- of our visi~.
- Permit me to propose toast:
To a further deepening of Soviet-F'innish cooperation for the salte of the
peace and security of peoples!
To strong friendship among ou~r peoples!
To your heeal.th, Mr. Ministerl
To your hea].th, Mr. Commander in Chief of the Defense Forces of Finlanc~l
To the health of a11 those presentl
(Comrade D. F. Ustinov's speech was listened to with great attention and
w~,~ frequently interrupted by applause.)
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ON TH~ BA5IS OF MUTUAL UNDERBTANDTN(} AND 7'RUSm
D.F. USTINOV, IZBRANNYYE RECHI I STAT'I (Selected Speeches and Art~c~.ea),
Moscow, Politizdat, In Russian, i979
[Speech by Marshal of the Sov3et Union D. F. Ustinov at a dinner in the
USSR Embassy in Finland 3n honor of the President of the Finnish Republic
U. K. K~kkonen. 13 JuW~~ 1978, pp 463-466] ,
[Text~ Respected Mr. President!
Respected gentlemen!
Comrades!
We are glad to welcome you, respected Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister,
and the leaders of the Ministry of Defense and the Defense Forces of
Freedom in the Soviet Embassy.
The stay by our Soviet military delegation on the land of friendly Finland
is coming to an end. I wou].d like for this reason take the opporttuiity of
today's meeting to once again thank you, Mr. Minister, the ~overnment, and
also the command of the Defense Forces of Finland and the entire Finnish
people for the attentlon and hospitality that has been shown to us.
No matter where our delegation has been--in military units or at enter-
prises--everywhere we hqve felt feelings of liking and friendship. .
"The str?ngth of a bird is in its wings, the strength of people is in friend-
ship." This is a~'olk saying in our country. I think that there is every ~
reason for sayin~ that the friendship of the Saviet and Finnish peoples is
incxeas ing their stre~zgth ~and is; sei~ving their welfare and the interests
of peace and security in the north of Europe and on the entire continent.
In the history of every people there are events which are imprinted in
the memory of the generations like v~vid landmarks. One of these events
which is equally precious to the Soviet people and to Finns is the recog-
nition of the state independence of Finland which was proclaimed by a
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decree by T,enin soon ~f~er ~he vic~tory of ~rea~ October. The idea~ of thi~
decree have t~een embodied in the Treaty on F'riendahip, Cooperation, e~nd
Mu~ua]. Aid b~~ween ~he USSR and 1'inland. The experience of more than three
decadea has completel.y confirmed it~ effect3veness and has shown what enor-
mous poasibil.i~3.es are contained in it. "With such a treaty 3n their pos-
session," Comrade L. I. Brezhnev has said, "the peoples of our countriea
are serene about the future of Soviet-Finn3sh relat3ons. Th3s future 3s
clear, i~ 3s rel3ab~.y secured."~
Imbued with the 3deas with respect for sovere3gnty and the ideas of equa-
lity, trust, and mutual. advantage, the Soviet-Finnish Treaty, ~s the
President of Finland Urho Kekkonen has observed, is "a common valuable
possession of both peoples. Its mutually beneficial and constant use ac=
cords w3th the interests of both sides."*~
These appreciations by the state leaders of the USSR and Finland v3.vid~y
express the indestructibil.ity of Soviet-Finnish friendship. We cherish the
special character of our relations and, for our part, will do everything
so that they become closer an~ more fruitful. The Finni~h people is also
striving for this, a fact about which we had an opportunity to again con-
vince ourselves during our present visit.
This is why the attempts of some of our ill-wishers in the West t~ cast
doubt upon the Soviet-Finnish Treaty and to distort its essence are fut3le.
It is serving and wi11 serve our peoples!
Our good neighbor relations in the military field are also being organi2ed
and are developing on the basis of the treaty. For this reason we regard
it as entirely n atural that the talks with the military leaders of Finland
have been marked by~broad mutual understanding. For mutual understa.nding
rests above ~.1.1 on trust. And trust isthe norm of Soviet-Finnish relations.
We believe that quite a bit has been accomplished during the days of the
visit. New opportunities are opening up in the military-technical field,
in the sphere of an exchange of an experience anci of the training of officer
cadres, and in many~~ other fields. We not only examine the state of
affairs as of today, but outline the prospects for oiir cooperation in the
futur~. Thus, it can be said tnat another step has been taken in the
development of friendly Soviet-Finnish relations along the military l:.ne
anci, this means, in a further strengthening in the friendship of our peo-
ples.
Respected friends!
* L. I. Brezhnev, Following Lenin's Course. Speeches and Articles," Vol 6,
P 365.
~'~'PRAVDA, 18 July 1970.
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~nx nrrzcznL us~ or~r.,Y
;3ov.tet; people ar~ ~.iving ~znd working under the in~piri,n~ ~ni'].uencc~ of ~he
icief~u ~.nd decisions o1' ~he 25th CPSU Con~ress. Making w3de u3e o~' the
enor~mous po~~ibili~ie~ of developed socia].ism, dt~y after day they are
~,chicvin~; new uuccesses in communist construction.
The intern~,tion~l po].icies of the Soviet Union are di~~ected towarc~ ensurin~
favorab~.e forei~xn conditions for the con~truction of communism. These are
policies of peace and of friendsh3.p a~nong peoples. They r~re findin~ ~,r&ent
approval oxid support from a,ll of progressive m~nk3nd. As you lcnow, only
recently our country made a number of new proposals in the field of disarm-
ament and of the materia].ization of detente which were wel.comed wii;h
satisfac~ion by world publ3.c opinion, including the Finnish people. I have
in mind above a11 the Soviet proposals wh3ch were made at the spec3al ses-
sion of tJN General Assemb]y on Disarmamenl;. They were a ~ogical con~inua-
tion of the peace initiat3ves which Leonid T1'ich Brezhnev se~t forth in
his speeches at the 18th Congress of the IComsomol and during his visits
to the FRG and Czechoslovakia.
It ~ives us ~,reat sa~isfaction that Finland, its government, and you per-
son~.l.1y Mr. President are showing a deep i.n~erest in a durable peace rznd
are w~,~ing a constant struggle to establish it.
As sincere friends and good neighbors we are happy that Finland's voice
ha~ weighty sound in international affairs. The pe~,ce-loving initiatives
of your government find approval and support with the Soviet people. The
Sovie~ Union has more than once stated its support for Finland's proposals
on declaring Northern Europe a nuclear-free zone and ensurin~, a durable
peace in this area. We welcome your s~eps toward a:further strengthening
of good neighbor relations with the Soviet Union and the other social.ist
countries.
The struggle of the Soviet Union, of the other socialist stai;es, and of all
of the peace-loving forces for peace is yielding its fruits. There are
more and more supporters of a relaxation of international tension and of
peaceful coexistence between states with different social systems. How~ver,
along with the positive tendencies of world development, there are also
ne~ative ~nes which are being engendered by the actions of international
reaction. It is its fault that the threat of a world nuclear war has not
yet been removed from the life of society, that explosive danger spots axe
created in various regions of the world, and that the arms race is being
intensified. The long-term program for a further increase in the armaments
of the NATO aggressive bloc which was adnpte3 by the May session of the
NATO Council runs counter to th? process of detente. The blade of the
military prepai�ations of the imperialist states is directed above all
against the USSR and the other countries of the socialist commonwealth.
This is compelling us to constantly be concerned about our defense. It is
precisel,y concer�n for defending and securing ourselves and our i'riends
a.gainst p~.ssible aggression that dictates everyt~ing that is being done by
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Sov:tet people 3.n ~he milit~,ry field. The USSR Armed ~'orces also served thia
noble ~nd.
Whi].e strengthening ~he defense c~,pacity of their country, Soviet ,peopl.e
rema3.ned faithful to the 1.etter and spirit of the Conclud3ng Act of the
Helsinki Conference on Security and Coopera~ion 3n Europe.
We are prepaxed for a decrease in the mil3tary confrontation on our conti- ~
nent and on the entire planet and for a limitation of armaments and for
disarmament if only this gives no one one-sided advantages, is to the ad-
vantage of peace, and removes the threat of a neW world war.
Comrades!
It is with a feeling of deep agitation that I accepted yesterday the honorary
award c~f the Finnish Republic--~he Large Cross of the Order of the "White
Rose of Finla.nd."
Permit me, Mr. President, to express ~y heartfelt gratitude to you for the
high honor which has been shown to me and for the warm words which have
been said about me.
I regard this award above a11 as an expression of friendship and respect
for the Soviet people a.nd its Armed Forces and as a high appreciation of
- the contribution which the Soviet Union is making to the development and
strengthening of mutual trust and good neighborly relations between our
countries.
Respected Mr. Presidentl
Gentlemen!
Tomorrow we are leaving the hospitable land of Finland. We are taking away
with us rich impressions about your country,about its remarkable people
and its achievements, and about the soldiers of the Defense Forces.
Permit me to wish the diligent Finnish people happiness and prosperity, and
the soldiers of the Defense Forces of Finland new successes in achieving
military expertise!
Permit me to z=aise m~y glass for a further development and stren~thening
_ of friendly relations between the Soviet Union and Fir_land!
To the hea.lth of the President of the Finnish Republic!
' To the health of the Prime Minister o~ Finland!
To the health of the Minister of Defense of Finland!
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To your health, Mr. Commander and Chie#' o~' ~he De#'ense rorce3l
mo ~he health of all present!
(Comrade D. F. Uat3.nov's speech was 13stened to with great attPntion and
was frequently in~errupted by applause.)
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