p There is unanimous agreement on Section Three of the Main Document. The differences are over Sections One, Two and Four. Some comrades think we should not have given an analysis of the international situation, or an appraisal of the revolutionary forces, or a definition of the principles and methods needed to secure united action of all Communist and Workers’ Parties.

p They argue along these lines: we must avoid issues on which there are serious differences in the international communist movement. However, these 497 and other comrades name other, no less serious, differences, and think the Meeting cannot avoid examining them.

p Leaving aside the obvious contradictions inherent in this argument, our delegation believes that the Meeting cannot offer the peoples of the world definite aims without analysing, on the one hand, the concrete situation in which they will have to fight for these aims and, on the other hand, defining the basis for unity of the Communist Parties, that cardinal factor in rallying all the anti-imperialist forces.

The Meeting should not, therefore, discuss problems that are not ripe for discussion and might only cause harm. But we cannot overlook ideological attitudes and political actions which, while creating the illusion of unity, are incompatible with the genuine unity towards which we are striving because of their anti-Soviet, anti-Leninist, anti-internationalist, and anti-communist orientation.