THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 JANUARY 1970

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• Publication Date: January 10, 1970

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The President's Daily Brief
10 January 1970
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 January 1970
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The Yugoslav press has published an interview with a
Hungarian Marxist which is highly critical of Soviet
distortions of Marxism. (Page 3)
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USSR-HUNGARY-YUGOSLAVIA
Gyorgy Lukacs, a veteran Hungarian Marxist phi-
losopher, has publicly condemned Soviet distortions
of Marxism in a recent interview with a Yugoslav cor-
respondent in Budapest. Last week Borba, one of
Yugoslavia's main dailies, published the interview
in three installments. In it Lukacs forcefully ex-
plains the need for a Marxist renewal to avoid a cri-
sis in the socialist world. Lukacs boldly criticized
the Soviet leadership for losing common cause with
European socialists and characterized the theories
of Stalin and his predecessors as "tactical maneuver-
ings which are largely irrelevant." Lukacs expanded
his heresy by citing Tito and the Yugoslav self-man-
agement system as a major contribution to Marxist re-
newal.
The 85-year-old .Lukacs is a party member
but does not hold a party position. This
is the first time he has linked current
Soviet policies in his tirades on Stalin's
errors. His remarks will complicate the
position of Hungarian party leader Kadar
who is attempting to introduce liberal
measures within the bounds posed by Soviet
conservatism.
Lukacs' article appeared a few days after
the Lenin Centennial theses which implic-
itly criticized the Yugoslav system, and
this may have swayed Borba's editors to
cooperate with the Hungarian philosopher.
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