Revolutions
Sir,—There is much to commend in Mr J. J. Saunders’s lecture on revolutions. However, at least two assertions do not ring true. The first is that the Russian revolution was not as well prepared as the Chinese. What more could have been done than was done by Lenin? In the story of his life, written by his wife, we are told that Lenin was active over a period ot many years organising the coming revolution while banished from his native land. There were several conferences in European cities, and much coming and going to Russia. The other point made was that the Chinese do not want the friendship of other countries. This is quite wrong. One has only to travel in that country to become aware of the intense desire of the Chinese for friendship with all nations. Both revolutions were established on the principle of Marxism and Leninism, and no amount of wishful thinking will ever drive a wedge between the U.S.S.R. and China.—Yours, etc., ACADEMIA. June 17, 1960.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29235, 20 June 1960, Page 3
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