Khrushchev Ends Trip With Blast At China

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30413, 11 April 1964, Page 19

Khrushchev Ends Trip With Blast At China

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright;

BUDAPEST, April 10.

Mr Khrushchev will leave for home today after delivering the bitterest and longest attack he has made on the Chinese leadership during his 10-day visit to Hungary.

Soon after his return, Mr Khrushchev will receive a visit from Mr Gomulka, the Polish Communist leader, who is heading a delegation to discuss the ideological dispute with the Soviet leaders.

Diplomatic sources in Budapest said it was possible that the Poles, who are going to Moscow next Monday, partly to celebrate Mr Khrushchev’s 70th birthday on April 17, might try to mediate between Russia and China after Rumania’s failure in a similar bid last month. Addressing a mass meeting last night, the Soviet Prime Minister renewed his attack on “Chinese chauvinism,” and accused China’s leaders of slinging mud at Russian leaders, and trying to “undermine the unity of the whole Socialist camp.” “We shall emerge stronger than before after the fight with the Chinese splitters,” he said. Recently China’s leaders had become “even more aggressive” in their “undermining activity.” They were using “renegades and traitors” to the people’s interest to build up small fractional

groups. But in their “adventurous policy” they were weakening the socialist struggle for peace, he said.

Mr Khrushchev said the Soviet Union was opposed to those who “hide themselves behind Marxist-Leninist ideology but in fact represent Chinese chauvinism.” The Chinese had first of all started discussing only a few questions. Now they had spread over the whole field of ideological questions and were trying. to undermine the unity of the whole socialist camp.

The Chinese differed in very important questions such as that of war and

peace. They were “irresponsibly doing their utmost to hinder the people in their struggle against nuclear war,” Mr Khrushchev said. Mr Khrushchev said the Chinese were trying to justify the cult of personality and Stalin himself. “They have taken an attitude which is contrary to the attitude of the Communist movement and all Communists must fight against it,” he said.

Mr Khrushchev accused China of trying to unite peoples on the basis of race, colour and geographical considerations. He accused them of courting the disaster of a world thermonuclear war.