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without the dictatorship of the Communist party. Indeed, they
suggested that the construction of socialism is possible through a
democratic, socialist, parliamentary system. and that communist
dictatorship is a dispensable aspect of this process. They also
rejected the Leninist principles of proletarian dictatorship and
class struggle, sacred tenets in both Stalinist and post-Stalinist
communist thinking. They further declared that proletarian inter-
nationalism is a meaningless term utilized by the Soviet party to
maintain its hegemony over the other weaker Communist parties. F1-
nally. they went on record as observing that Soviet leadership in the
camp can lead to aberrations limiting the independence of the several
communist states.
The Yugoslav statement was thus a clear-cut challenge to
the position maintained by the other Communist parties, above all
by the Soviet and the Chinese. It went far beyond the Polish
position, for it crystallized an explicit, systematic program to
which communist movements could refer, and on which they could base
their actions. Therefore, it is a major irritant in the commini st
camp. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of the Yugoslav position is
limited by the consideration that the espousal by a Communist
party of the Yugoslav stand would necessarily involve breaking from
the communist camp altogether. To be able to doeso, a communi st re-
gime would need an indigenous basis to maintain itself without So-
viet support. and presumably in spite of Soviet subversion. No
communist regime in Eastern Europe, save that of Yugoslavia, has
the capacity to do so.
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum.
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