Soviet appeal to all
Peoples, governments

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he earth is a common home for all
the peoples, for humankind as a
whole. The Soviet people do not
need land belonging to others. We do not
Impose our world outlook and way of life
On anyone. It is in vain that the
trumpeters of the ‘crusade’ and
‘psychological warfare’ are trying to
mislead the international public with
Myths about the ‘‘Soviet military
threat’’. Historical practice and today’s
Teal facts show differently. The Soviet
nion has never attacked anyone but has
had more than once to repulse invasions
of aggressors. The Soviet people need
Peaceful conditions for creative work
and for the further perfecting of society
of developed socialism. Our ideal and
Constant concern is universal and com-
plete disarmament and a lasting and just
peace.

The safeguarding of peace was and
remains the supreme goal of the Com-
Munist Party and the Soviet state. The
foreign policy of peace bequeathed to us
by Lenin is formalized in the Consti-
tution of the USSR. It stems from the
very nature of socialist society.

It is our conviction that war is not fat-
ally inevitable. There can be no goals
which could justify the unleashing of nu-
Clear war. There are no international dis-
putes which could not be settled at the
negotiating table. Detente and business
cooperation can and must be a natural
and constant condition of international
affairs. Reason must prevail over reck-
lessness, over madness.

The Soviet Union urges the peoples
and states and their Parliaments and
governments to do everything possible to
prevent an arms race in space and to
terminate it on earth, and to limit, reduce
and eventually eliminate completely nu-
clear weapons.

It is unthinkable to reach agreement on
the limitation and reduction of nuclear
armaments under conditions of the mili-
tarization of space. The militarization of

space would become a catalyst of the
uncontrollable arms race in every field
and lead to another, even more dan-
gerous round of that race and to the
dramatic decline of strategic stability.

It is sensible to have certain norms to
regulate relations between powers
possessing nuclear weapons. They
should, we believe, provide for the pre-
vention of nuclear war, renunciation of
propaganda of nuclear war, and the
obligation not to be the first to use nu-
clear weapons, to prevent their prolifera-
tion and to work for the reduction of
nuclear armaments to the point of their
complete elimination. The Soviet Union
is prepared to reach accord with other
nuclear powers at any time jointly to
recognize such norms and make them
binding.

n the 40th Anniversary of the

Great Victory over fascism,

the Soviet Union reiterates its
obligation, assumed unilaterally, not to
be the first to use nuclear weapons, and
again urges the other nuclear powers,
which have not yet done so, to assume
a similar obligation.

The document “‘Basic Provisions of a
Treaty on the Mutual Non-use of Mili-
tary Force and the maintenance of Rela-
tions of Peace,’’ submitted by the Soviet
side to the participants in the Stockholm
conference, meets the interests of lessen-
ing tension. That initiative is aimed at
achieving the main goal of the con-
ference. The pivotal provision of the
proposed treaty could be the obligation
not to be the first to use against each
other either nuclear or conventional
weapons and, therefore, not to use
armed force against each other at all.

We call upon the governments of
European states, the USA and Canada to
take effective steps completely to rid the
European continent of both medium-
range and tactical nuclear weapons.
Europe must be freed from chemical
weapons as well. Stronger peace and se-

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In Moscow 800,000 march for peace, against Washington’s ‘disgraceful provocations.’

curity here could be promoted by the
establishment of nuclear weapon-free
zones in the Balkans, in nordic Europe
and in other parts of the continent, and by
a freeze on or cuts in military spending.

The Soviet Union calls upon the states
participating in the Stockholm con-
ference on confidence and security-
building measures and disarmament in
Europe and in the Vienna talks on mutual
reductions of the armed forces and
armaments in Central Europe to take
measures without delay to achieve mu-
tually acceptable accords.

ur country stands for settling

by peaceful means the situa-

tion in the Middle East, in
Central America, in Southeast Asia and
in other regions, and for removing seats
of tension and conflicts among states
without intervention in their internal af-
fairs. Together with the other peoples,
the Soviet people are resolutely demand-
ing independence for Namibia and the
abolition of racism in South Africa.

We will be working together with the
other interested states for the restructur-
ing of international economic relations
on a fair democratic basis and for the
renunciation of exploitation in every
form and the use of trade and economic
contacts as a means of political pressure.
The USSR will continue consistently to
support all those who are struggling
against social and national oppression,
racial discrimination and genocide and
for genuine democracy and equality and
real human rights and freedoms without
distinction on the grounds of race, sex,
language or faith.

It serves our common interests
energetically to contribute to the further
enhancement of the role and effective-
ness of the United Nations as an inter-
national instrument of peace and the se-
curity of the peoples, and to the imple-
mentation of the lofty goal announced in

the UN Charter, that of saving succeed-
ing generations from the scourge of war,
and for this end to live together in peace
with one another as good neighbours.
We welcome the UN appeal to the
peoples and states to mark the 40th
Anniversary of victory over fascism.
These celebrations will be a tribute to the
memory of millions who died in the Sec-
ond World War.

t is the sacred duty of those who

fought in the war against fascism and

those who were born after it to de-
fend humankind’s right to live.

In view of the lofty mission of all the
States, their parliaments and govern-
ments to safeguard universal peace, and
aware of responsibility for the destinies
of peace and humankind, the Soviet
Union addresses all the peoples, parlia-
ments and governments with an appeal
to heed the voice of reason and to stop by
energetic joint actions the slide into the
abyss of nuclear catastrophe, to bar the
way of another war and to work for the
complete elimination of nuclear weap-
ons, The Soviet Union is prepared to
consider any initiative and any proposal
made for the benefit of peace.

May the 40th Anniversary of the Great
Victory give a fresh strong impetus to the
common efforts of peoples and states for
a healthier international situation and
stronger peace. Humankind can and
must have confidence in its future as it
lives through the end of the 20th century
and enters the 21st century.

The Tribune considers publication
of this appeal to peoples and parlia-
ments of extraordinary importance,
particularly in view of the blackout of
the document by Canada’s mass
media. We would like to hear from
readers who could use extra copies of
this document for distribution.

All-out
Support
for youth
festival,
Says CPC

The Twelfth World Festival of
Youth and Students, which takes
place this summer July 27 —
Aug. 3) in Moscow, will see at
least 140 young Canadians taking
part. ;

The festival, continuing a tradi-
tion which began just after World
War II, will be ‘‘a stepping stone
for the further development of
understanding and friendship
among the youth and students of
the world, for increasing the
anti-war struggle of the young
generation in Canada; and for
promoting peace and social prog-
ress in the world.”

In those words, the recent 26th
Convention of the Communist
Party of Canada hailed the festival
in a  unanimously-adopted
resolution.

The event will involve some
40,000 youth from 150 countries
and, in addition to the themes of
peace, friendship and anti-
imperialist activity, will this time
mark the 40th anniversary of the
defeat of Hitler fascism and Japa-
nese militarism, and the 10th
anniversary of the Helsinki Final
Act, the CP resolution points out.
‘“‘Both historic events hold
significant lessons for youth and

students the world over in today’s
Struggle against the nuclear
threat.”

It is seen also as ‘‘an important
contribution to the realization of
the goals of the International Year
of the Youth proclaimed by the
United Nations,’’ such as the
promotion of the socio-economic
rights of the young generation to
education, employment, sports,
culture and medical care — all of
which are being further under-
mined in Canada.”

The CP resolution expressed
concern at the Reagan adminis-

tration’s attempt to manipulate
the noble ideals and expectation
of that UN initiative, with echoes
by the Mulroney government. In
aneffort to instill in youth the ideas
of confrontation and intervention.
these forces set up a youth meet in
Jamaica recently.

The CPC, on the other hand
“‘fully supports the efforts ...to
ensure that the 140 Canadian
delegates at the 12th World Festi-
val will reflect the broad spectrum
of Canadian youth from various
political, religious, and _philo-
sophical perspectives...”

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