Peace which is the common aspiration of all humanity, is being perverted, like everything else, by the Communists to serve their own sinister purposes.
All the Communist propaganda for peaceful coexistence is but an opiate for the naive and a trap for the unwary.
In spite of the high hopes that had been entertained in certain quarters for a successful parley at the summit, the Geneva conference did not solve anyone of the substantive questions—German unification, European security, and disarmament—that have been responsible for much of the international tension since the beginning of the cold war.
The failure of the parley at the summit to lead to any spectacular results was only to have been expected in view of' the basic Soviet approach to the question of peace.
Soviet Russia, and all Communists for that matter, have never been interested in peace as such. They are interested in peace only as a means to an end—the overthrow of the decadent capitalist countries and the conquest of the whole world by International Communism.
The blueprint for world conquest by means of a peace trap has been laid down by a leading Bolshevik. Speaking at the Lenin School of Political Warfare in Moscow in 1930, Dmitry Z. Manuilsky made one of the frankest statements on Soviet policy:
"War to the hilt between Communism and capitalism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack our time will come in 20 or 30 years. To win we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we shall smash them with our clenched fist."
Any reader of these cold-blooded words, of which only the Communists are capable when they speak to their own comrades, cannot help being struck by the perfect coincidence between Manuilsky's policy line and the current Soviet peace offensive.
All the present Soviet peace maneuvers are a prelude to something that the Russians are hatching. They are trying to "put the bourgeoisie to sleep.” They are "launching the most spectacular peace movement on record." They are making "overtures and concessions.” They are in a word, preparing for the much needed "element of surprise.”
Simultaneously with the intensification of the Soviet peace offensive, the men in the Kremlin put their heads together and worked out a new strategy for war. Having made this basic decision, they issued instructions last March to the various governmental departments and the armed forces for their guidance. In the next month, articles reflecting the new policy line began to appear in the Soviet military and political press.
One of the most revealing articles appeared in the May 5, 1955 issue of Pravda, the Communist party's mouthpiece. That article, which spelled out the new trends in Soviet military science, was written by Major General D. Korniyenko, one of the heads of the political directorate of Soviet naval forces in Moscow.
The gist of Korniyenko's arguments is contained in the following passages. To make the main idea stand out in bold relief, we are putting the key words in italics:
"In connection with the appearance of new weapons possessing tremendous force of destruction—the importance of the surprise factor in contemporary war has increased enormously.
"Taking the above into consideration, the Communist Party demands that the whole personnel of our Army and Navy should be imbued with the spirit of maximum vigilance and constant and high military preparedness, so as to be able to wrest the initiative from the hands of the enemy, and, having delivered smashing blows against him, finally defeat him completely.
"Our armed forces must be ready for the most active and decisive actions against an active enemy who is strong, technically well equipped.”
This new doctrine having been developed, the men in the Kremlin immediately began to feed it to the Soviet troops. For instance, in an article published on March 24, 1955, in the Soviet Army's Red Star, P. Rotmistrov, Marshal of the Armored Troops, openly argued that in order to forestall the danger of a "surprise aggression," a "blitzkrieg," or even a "superblitzkrieg" by the capitalist Powers, the Soviet armed forces must "oppose them with better, more modern and for them unexpected methods of warfare." What are meant by "unexpected methods of warfare?" An answer to this question is supplied by the author when he discusses the problem of space in Soviet strategy and says. "This space problem and its role in Soviet strategy must be completely revised and reanalyzed to serve us not only in a passive way but in an active form—to bring atomic war into the territories of the enemies, and not to invite the enemy into our territory!”
On the basis of these and other revealing data, a former military attaché at Moscow who is now regularly making intelligence analyses of Soviet strategy for one of the Western governments but whose identity cannot be disclosed has written an illuminating article for the June 10, 1955 issue of the U. S. News and World Report. After examining all the available evidence, the anonymous author observed that "The Soviet leaders consider surprise attack with atomic weapons as a decisive factor in a future war;" that "the Soviet Union cannot afford to be surprised by the enemy because that would be a deadly error;" and that "Therefore the Soviet Union must be sufficiently vigilant and completely prepared to forestall the enemy by attacking by surprise herself.” (italics not in the original)
At the end of the U. S. News and World Report article, its author feels justified in drawing a list of five conclusions. To quote:
"(1) The Soviet Union and her orbit being no longer encircled, is no more bound to a defensive strategy.
"(2) The Western World's was preparations, their economic potential and political solidarity must not be underestimated.
"(3) The new weapons—atomic and hydrogen ones—if employed by surprise might decide the war issue.
"(4) Thus the: Soviet Union must at any price avoid the danger of being attacked by surprise herself, and must continue to increase her strength and weaken that of the enemy, so as to accumulate the power necessary to take advantage of surprise on her side.
"(5) Having realized this possibility—to attack the capitalist world by surprise and gain undisputed world domination.” (italics not in the original)
This analysis of the new Soviet strategy conforms to the blueprint of world conquest as formulated by Manuilsky a quarter of a century ago. The Soviet leaders are talking peace to camouflage their real intentions. As soon as the free world's guard is down, they will stage a surprise attack in a final bid for world hegemony.
Mr. David Lawrence, editor of the U. S. News and World Report, hits the nail right on its head when he describes "what we are witnessing in the world today" as "a strategic diversion." All the talk about peace, according to Mr. Lawrence, is simply a ruse the dictators employ to gain their own ends. The democratic countries cannot really be so "stupid and decadent" as to "rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction," as Manuilsky has said,—especially in view of the massive and incontrovertible evidence presented by the Russian Communists themselves.
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Perfectly Unselfish
King Ping of the kingdom of Tsin (of the Chou Dynasty) asked Chi Huang Yang: "Nanyang county is without a mayor. Whom should we appoint to be its mayor?" "Chieh Hu" was the reply.
"Isn't Chieh Hu your enemy?" asked the king.
"Your Majesty asked who is qualified, not who is my enemy," replied Chi Huang Yang.
"Good," said the king.
Thereupon Chieh Hu was appointed, and his appointment was approved by the people of the kingdom. After a while, the king asked his adviser again: "The country is now without a prime minister. Who can be it?" "Wu" was the reply.
"Isn't Wu the name of your son?" asked the king. "Your Majesty asked who is qualified, not about my son," replied Chi Huang Yang
"Good," the king granted.
Thereupon he appointed Wu as the prime minister, and the appointment had the approval of the people of the kingdom.
When Confucius heard of this, he said: "What Chi Huang Yang said was indeed right. He may be considered as a perfectly unselfish man. From the outside world, he did not hesitate to recommend his enemy; from his own family, he did not hesitate to recommend his son."—Retold by Edward Y. K. Kwong