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    "ocrText": "We must deduce from this that we have to be on our guard against the masked\nenemies of the proletarian international, that the freedom-loving nations must\nbe faithful to the end to the Lenin-Stalin principles of internationalism,\ndefending them as the foundation of all foundations in the fraternal cooperation\namong peoples.\nNow that the Anglo-U.S. bloc of imperialist powers has switched to a policy\nof open preparation for a new world war and even acts of direct aggression,\nalliance and friendship between the Soviet Union and Poland is of great importance\nin the cause of peace.\nWe cannot close our eyes to the fact that the member states of the aggres-\nsive North Atlantic Pact have embarked on a frenzied arms drive and the establish-\nment of an increasing number of U.S. military bases in Europe and the Near East,\nand that this intensifies the threat of war. The Anglo-U.S. imperialists,\ntogether with their French and other satellites, have already embarked on the\nmilitarization of West Germany and the resuscitation of Japanese militarism.\nThey are anxious to see these hopelessly venturesome plans realized and they are\nnot shrinking from violating international agreements. This cannot, however,\nconceal the growth of internal differences in the imperialist camps of various\ncountries nor the aggravated struggle among the ruling cliques in these countries.\nIn these conditions it is essential not only to maintain but to double the\nvigilance of nations in order to avert war and preserve peace. Only this\nrepresents a stable guarantee of peace.\nIn recent years the camp of peace-loving states has considerably gained in\nstrength. Alongside the Soviet Union, the struggle for peace is being waged by\nthe People's Democracies and our new and powerful ally, the Chinese People's\nRepublic. The movement of the peace partisans is expanding in capitalist\ncountries, in the West and in the East. It was, therefore, with doubled force\nthat the voice of the Soviet delegate made itself heard in the appeal for the\ncessation of military operations, for a truce, in Korea.\nFriendship and alliance between the Soviet Union and the people of Poland\nhave grown stronger in recent years. The foundations of Soviet-Polish friendship\nlaid by Stalin have grown into a fraternal alliance between the Soviet and"
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