COMMUNIST SUMMIT

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29378, 3 December 1960, Page 13

COMMUNIST SUMMIT

Peace Appeal Planned MOSCOW, December 2. The Communist Bloc, whose summit meeting ended yesterday, is expected to publish an appeal for peace, “unanimously” approved by delegates from 81 Communist and workers* parties. During the three-week conference, arguments were long and at times stormy, according to unofficial reports. The summit is also believed to have gone well beyond the time limit set for it by the Soviet hosts. The appeal, to be issued in a few days, will probably be aimed at strengthening the struggle for peace. A brief communique issued last night was the first official indication that the summit had. in fact, been held. A fuller report is expected in a statement to be issued with the world appeal. The statement is expected to include moot of the principles of the. 1957 resolution on peaceful co-existence and the ability to avoid war at the present time. It is also expected to go into detail on methods of transition from capitalism to socialism. The Chinese delegation, in particular, was believed to have made a strong stand for the view that peaceful co-existence tended to take the strength out of the revolutionary parties in capitalist countnee. lhe Soviet view is that peaceful co-existence does not imply a relaxation of the class struggle or hinder Communist parties taking power—perhaps by Parliamentary means.