Fraternity-Testvériség, 1962 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1962-05-01 / 5. szám
FRATERNITY 3 Paul Nadanyi: THE REVOLT THAT ROCKED THE KREMLIN “Experience suggests that the most dangerous moment for an evil government is usually when it begins to reform itself . . Alexis de Tocqueville (1856) 4. REHABILITATIONS Stalin demanded total subservience, complete obedience from every Communist in every country. It was no secret that Communist leaders of satellite countries were frequently summoned to Moscow to receive Stalin’s orders and directives, and that Stalin’s lieutenants participated in every important Communist Party meeting in East- Central Europe. Their words decided all issues of consequence. Marshal Tito’s refusal to permit Stalin to run Yugoslavia, too, evoked the wrath of the Soviet dictator. Soviet spokesmen and press denounced Tito as an enemy of Communism, a traitor of the workers of the world and an agent of imperialism. The Cominform — Stalin’s instrument to hold the policies of the nominally independent East-Central European countries in line and to direct his agents in other foreign countries —- quickly followed suit. To justify his campaign against Tito, Stalin claimed that the Yugoslav leader plotted a vast conspiracy and his agents were at work in almost every Communist ruled East-Central European country. The Soviet dictator’s obedient puppets readily responded to Moscow’s wishes to deliver “evidence”. It gave them also an opportunity to get rid of their own most dangerous rivals and divert public attention from their own mistakes and failures. All through Stalin’s
