Dear Comrades,
From your detailed description, I have come to the conclusion that Tripura is on the verge of a spontaneous tide of armed struggle. At this moment, a general appeal should be given. It is not possible for a thoroughgoing land reform at this point of line. But we can raise the slogan to seize the agricultural products of class enemy. This slogan will attract and capture the imagination broad mass of peasantry in the agrarian struggle and backward peasants will take part in the war of liberation. We should strive to lead the tide of this armed struggle in Tripura to the highest stage. We should remember that when mass proceeds like a storm, we often fall behind despite thousand efforts. It is so, because broad masses gets involved in struggle such a pace that it is not possible for us to impart political consciousness among them. People’s spontaneous movement fast out numbers our conscious organised force, and so at some point of time, movement suffers temporary setback at the face of enemies counter attack. So, on one hand we should strive utmost to build organization in order to aggravate this tide, and on the other should take all preparations to cope with all the possible odds during setbacks. If broadest peasant masses can be mobilized under the economic slogan – seizure of agricultural product, then both of these task can be achieved. When the movement is on the upswing, prepare party comrades & people for the future setback, strengthen shelter and other secret organization.
Revolutionary Committees will lead the economic struggle of peasant masses. The revolutionary committee should establish the leadership of poor-landless peasants. The size of these committees should be small. In the beginning, one-third of its members may come from party, because this is the structural experience of China are can make necessary changes afterwards gathering from our own experience. These revolutionary committee will undertake the responsibility of forming guerrilla forces. Standing force will be formed under party leadership by those comrades who have left their home or locality, and are ready to to and work anywhere. Local force will be formed under the leadership of revolutionary committee, comprising those elements who have not left their home or locality and participates in local struggles. The next stage will be people’s militia, comprising of broad masses with arms. These three types of armed force is essential for people’s war.
I have received the documents of the ongoing two lines struggle of Tripura. We must bear patience during this two lines struggle. Most of the comrades who have fallen with the revisionist side are honest. We should give them a scope to reeducate them. Only by this method of winning over a number of misguided comrades patiently, we will be able to isolate and weaken the handfull revisionists. There are some within the Tripura organization, who feign to admit mistakes openly, but it is no wonder that they may covertly form their own group. Always and at all times, revisionists resort to this method when they get isolated. Their conspiracy can be blunted if we continue two-lines struggle patiently. Comrades of middle class origin will be political commissar. I have heard from you that some have distorted this statement at Tripura and is propagating that an intellectual is indispensable for a political commissar. Distorting revolutionary line is the age-old tactics of the revisionists. Therefore, you all disseminate my opinion among the comrades and people, and protect its revolutionary essence.
It is wrong to put forward the question of authority mechanically during difference of opinion. This puts politics to the back burner, and doesn’t elevate the level of consciousness among our comrades. Only this question comes to the fore – “Accept or don’t accept.” The question of authority cannot be imposed upon through directives. Experience, and through wide debate & political discussions, majority of the comrades can come to new realisation. Blind imitation is harmful. If you lose your analytical power, how can you be a communist ? Determination comes from one’s inherent realisation. Determination leads to firm conviction.
One should not comment when two-line struggle is going on between two fraternal parties. This is the policy of international leadership. Moreover, due to communication gap, we fail to send good report on the advancement of class struggle. Which is why, our party news is comparatively less available from Peking these days.
North Korea should be considered as a part within the socialist camp. This is Chinese view. Situation has changed since 1970, when I said that only China and Albania are socialist countries. As soon as Cambodia was attacked, three people’s united front of Indo-China emerged. Similarly, North Korea has united with China and become an ally of socialist camp. There is no contradiction between attack on Cambodia as a beginning of third world war and declaration of 20th May. By attacking Cambodia, United State has categorically given a nod in favour of third world war. But the conspiracy to instigate third world war is prevented by the world wide ever growing force of people’s war, small and middle sized countries are ignoring the hegemony of two super power and have given opinion to include China within United Nation, defying imperialist threat they are determining their coastal territory and controlling oil prices. So China has welcome this remarkably significant world wide anti-imperialist struggle. In those middle and tiny countries, the national bourgeoisie have not assumed power overnight. The political power still lies in the hands of comprador bourgeoisie. But they have contradiction with the imperialists. In those countries, basic contradiction between people and imperialism exists and the comprador bourgeoisie are forced to reflect that contradiction in their foreign policies. This is an unprecedented event. Reactionaries are now forced to weigh people’s power. This is a new era from all respect. Many events are now taking place which were hitherto unheard to us. So, Peking is epitomizing the truth, and is the criterion of correct & incorrectness.
The state character of India is neo-colonial. Our society is semi colonial, semi feudal. The Indo-Russian military pact has reduced Indian state to a stooge of Russia, and among the different imperialist enemy of Indian people. Soviet has occupied the main position. It is our primary responsibility to expose Soviet Russia.
Indian army has attacked East Bengal, and through this attack East Bengal has become a joint neo-colony of India & Russia. The alliance between US imperialism and Soviet social-imperialism is the main aspect (however, contradiction is ever growing). The interest of United States and other imperialist force is present there, and so, East Bengal cannot be termed as a colony of Soviet. The difference of revolutionary situation between India and East Bengal is, the latter has witnessed blatant foreign aggression and severe hatred has generated among the entire people of that country.
The Marxist-Leninist of East Bengal has called for national revolutionary war and we are carrying out revolutionary agrarian civil war. Sans class struggle it is not possible to mobilise the peasant masses in this national revolutionary war. Primarily, in appearance their struggle & our struggle bears resemblance. Their annihilation campaign against the traitors will give a serious blow on the feudal classes. In the course of struggle, however, at some point of time the patriotic section without this class will come towards the revolutionary war.
The main force of peoples war is peasant, and primarily, landless-poor peasants. This essential theme was hitherto not grasped by the Indian communist movement. Inspite of innumerable sacrifices, we have failed to liberate our country. You are working among the peasantry untiringly with this class outlook, pin our hope upon you. We rely upon you.
