Fraternity-Testvériség, 1960 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1960-07-01 / 7. szám

F RATERN I TY

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Volume XXXVIII JULY 1960 Number 7

“PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE?”

The Presidential Proclamation about Captive Nations stated that “such proclamations should be inadé each year until such time as freedom and independence shall have been achieved for all the captive nations of the world." His statement brings to •mind the serious dilemma confronting the free world: shall the captive nations enslaved by Communism be written-off to the communists, or, shall the free ivorld take an active interest in them, and, what is to be gained or lost through such action.

Nikita Khrushchev's blast in July, 1959, in which he said that “the only enslaved peoples are in the capitalist countries" boomeranged to his most sensitive spot. These nations — a constant reminder to the Kremlin that it cannot always do as it pleases, lest another Budapest occurs — can have the most effective breaking-power on any major Soviet decisions. Khrushchev and his clique realize the basic drive for freedom and independence cannot be suppressed indefinitely by brute force. Brute force does achieve secret police control but it also strengthens the will and determination of the captive peoples. It also offers them the most-prized intangible possession ■— HOPE! — zeithout zvhich everything to them would be lost. It is this which Khrushchev fears most, because it greatly affects his plans for zvorld subjugation. He is aware that the worst enemy is the one who knows Communism. This reality has been proven time and time again during the numerous purges and the merciless liquidations of the enemies of the state" throughout the Soviet Empire. The captives know too well the “virtues” Communism offers.

And, so, Khrushchev, the shrewd and conniving peasant that he is, has changed the basic communist secret-police methods and refined them with his policy of coexistence. This is the permissible