MALENKOV’S SPEECH

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26985, 10 March 1953, Page 9

MALENKOV’S SPEECH

Praise For Dead

Leader

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) ®ec. U ? LONDON, March 9. Mr MalenKov delivered the funeral oration for Stalin when the ceremony began in Moscow’s Red square shortly betore 11 a.m Moscow time. Following the precedent at Lennin’s funeral m 1923, when Lenin’s successor Stalin delivered the oration, Mr Malenkov Bailed Stalin as the man who brought Russia freedom, as the deepest thinker of the age, and as one who gave his life for the liberation of the working class. , “Stalin has brought our country freedom for the first time for 1000 years from exploitation,” he said. “The deeds of Stalin will live for ever. Our party and the whole of have suffered a great loss. The name of Stalin justly stands alongside the greatest names of history and Lenin. Our party will follow the great teachings of Marx Engels. Lenin and Stalin. Stalin gave his life for the working classes. Stalin is the greatest genius humanity nas produced. He has given nis life for the liberation of the working class and all working people from oppression by all exploiters. He is the deepest thinker of our epoch”

Foreign Policy kit i reference to foreign policy, Mr Malenkov said: “The only foreign policy the Government can pursue is a policy of peace based on mutual tr ust and realities. ‘The peoples want peace and curse Wa r* x Cursed are the governments which try to cheat their peoples in the desire for peace. “Our policy is to strengthen friendship and solidarity with . the peoples’ democracies, to strengthen our eternal brotherly friendship with the .Chinese people. Our foreign policy is to further peace and friendship with all peoples, policy is against warmongers. Our policy is one of co-operation between the two different systems—capitalism and socialism. Stalin taught us to serve our country and the naThis must be our sacred aim. Our nation does not want war. We must not permit the blood of millions of to be shed. “Stalin’s work consisted of liquidating age-long national conflicts. Under nis leadership the Soviet Union made away with age-long political and economic backwardness, and created one family of nations working together in friendshln. “Our holy duty is to safeguard the unity and friendship of the peoples of the Soviet Union, in the close friendship of all Soviet people. “We do not fear any internal or external enemies. Under the leadership of our beloved leader the Soviet Army grew in strength. “In Battle Readiness”

“Our holy duty is consistently to strengthen the mighty Soviet armed forces to be kept in battle readiness for routing any enemy. “In the Soviet Union has been created a new economic system which does not know the crises of unemployment. Our task is further to develop industry, strengthen the collective farms, and strengthen the working and peasant class. “The aim of internal policy is to increase the standard of living of the Soviet people. We must remember Stalin’s words that to be a member of the party is the biggest joy. “The unity of the party and of the Soviet people must be further strengthened. The party must serve the people’s interests. We must guard the unity of our party as the apple of our eye.

“We must have even greater unity, we must show even greater vigilance and determination in the struggle against all the dark ‘elements in our country. Our sacred aim is to strengthen the peace camp. “The Communist Party Government stands firffi on the policy ot peace, which is the only correct one. “The loss of Stalin puts us under the obligation to work with yet greater energy for Communism and the might of our homeland.

“We have everything at our disposal to build the Communist community. There is no power in the world to stop this development.” Mr Malenkov concluded: “Good-bye our friend and teacher. Forward along the triumphant road towards socialism and communism.” The Minister of the Interior, Mr L. P. Beria, in his oration, said the dead leader had given an example of unselfish work for the working classes and for the entire people. “For almost 30 years he led them

on the path of Leninism. Stalin’s greatness consists in having enriched Lenin’s teachings. “In securing the world-wide victory of the Soviet Union in the great patriotic war he has armed the party and the people in a grand programme of Communist construction.

“Our party, which has 50 years’ experience, knows how to work for Communism, having gone through the school of Lenin and. Stalin. The people’s Soviet Union, therefore, can completely rely on the Communist Party and the Soviet Government. “Vain Expectations” “Vain are the expectations of those who expect confusion and disorder after the death of Stalin.

“All the people of the Soviet Union, headed by the great Russian people, have rallied even closer round the •parly and the Government. “The Soviet people fully support the foreign and home policy of the Government. Our home policy is based on the alliance of workers and collective farmers, and on the brotherly companionship of all Soviet peoples, and its aim is the economic and military strengthening of the Soviet Union. “Our foreign policy is a clear policy—a policy of peace. This policy was left us by Lenin. This policy was always carried out by the great Stalin. In future the policy of the Soviet Government will remain the policy of Leninism and Stalinism—a policy of peace, of the fight against warmongering. “The Soviet will Still further s engthen its fraternal ties of alliance and friendship for peace in the whole world.” Mr Beria said the Government would strengthen co-operation with China, the people’s democracies, and the German Democratic Republic. “Our friends abroad may rely on our party to strengthen friendship with the colonial peoples who fight for freedom, and also with the Korean people. “Let nobody think the enemies of the Soviet Union could find us unprepared. “Our armed forces are provided with the latest and most complex range of weapons. With their experience gained in the last war, they know how to meet any would-be aggressor. Our main strength consists in the unity of our people, and its trust in the Government and the party.” Mr Beria declared that the Soviet people approved the appointment of Comrade Malenkov as chairman of the Council of Ministers. 4 ‘Stalin left us a great inheritance which, we must watch like the apple of our eye. We 'must continuously develop the task of government and the party which is to guard 4he unbreakable unity of the Soviet family of peoples.” Foreign Minister’s Speech Mr Beria spoke for 15 minutes. He was followed by the new Foreign Minister, Mr Molotov. Mr Molotov/said that Stalin called himself the pupil of Lenin with whom .he built the great Communist Party and led the revolutionary battle against capitalism. ‘‘He destroyed in our country the b?g agrarians and capitalists. With Lenin he built up the Soviet State and laid the foundation of brotherly co-operation between small and large countries. “We are justified- in taking pride in the fact that we have spent the last 30 years living and working under Stalin’s leadership. We are pupils of Lenin and Stalin. We always remember what Stalin taught us because we want to be faithful and true pupils. Stalin came from the people, and always felt his close links with the workers and the working peasantry. ‘‘From his early days Stalin knew that the only way to hanpiness was to fight for communism. He dedicated himself all his life to that fight. “Stalin always knew how to combine the everyday revolutionary struggle with the study of the teachings of Marx and Lenin. He did so

in beginning the revolutionary movement, and became a great authority on Marxism and Leninism. In these years the Soviet multi-national State has become an example of friendly cooperation between p’eoples. The gigantic role of all that work belonged to Comrade Stalin.” Mr Molotov extolled the scientific achievements of Stalin besides his political guidance, and said he Had armed party with the discovery of most important scientific • laws.

Stalin was the creator of the Red Army’s might. “In the civil war and the great patriotic war he actually commanded Soviet forces on the most important sectors of the front and in most decisive actions. “Stalin through his victories changed the face of Europe. Our foreign policy is Stalin’s policy—peace, the defence of peace against the unleashing of a new. war, ana a policy of co-operation and trade relations with all countries.”

“We must follow Stalin’s policy. We must be vigilant and stand firm against all enemies, against the agents of the imperialist aggressors,” said Mr Molotov. “Our Soviet Government has not aggressive aims, does not interfere in the affairs of other countries. “The creation of a multi-national state on the Soviet basis has been realised in our country and state, which by strength and the continuous rise of its cultural > and economic levels is unprecedented in history.” Mr Molotov said the Communist Party’s strength was in its unity and its closeness to the people. The Soviet people must rally even closer now round the Central Committee, the party and the Soviet Government. “Stalin’s name will live for ever in the hearts of the Soviet people and of all working people in the world. Long live the great imperishable teachings of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin.”