Fraternity-Testvériség, 1962 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1962-12-01 / 12. szám
FRATERNITY 15 Watson of the University of London, Prof. Z. K. Brzezinski of Columbia University, Paul Kecskeméti of Rand Corporation, Hubert Ripka, former professor of Prague University, and books written by Hungarian writers, i. e. Tibor Méray, Tamás Aczél, Paul Ignotus, Ferenc Fejtő, George Páloczy-Horváth. The purpose of this brief review was simply to draw greater attention to the area in which, in the belief of this writer, the ultimate fate of Communism as an ideology, as an economic and political system, and as a world power may be ultimately resolved. I am referring to the moral fiber of men, to their deep yearning for humanity and justice. Different civilizations created different moral values, but history proves that never could a society long endure in a moral vacuum. The efforts of Communist leaders to explain away blatant violations of avowed principles, contrasts between promises and performances by dialectical arguments reflect their realization that a prime requisite of the stability of their system is the successful creation of a moral image. Khrushchev’s expose of Stalin’s crimes at the XXth Party Congress, the de-Stalinization processes in the Soviet bloc countries, were dictated not only by political expediency, by the turns and twists of intra-Party power-struggles, but first of all by the urgent necessity to divert public attention from the inherent contradictions of Communism. These contradictions have caused one convulsion after the other in the Communist world and have prevented the Kremlin from attaining the monolithic unity it so fervently desires. The Hungarian issue is clear and the world’s public opinion can not be diverted from the basic issue of Soviet domination by such announcement as w'as made by the Central Committee of the new Hungarian Communist Party in August
