p Dear Comrades,

p Having heard the views and experience of all the delegates, I have found many common points of understanding each of us are reaching. We should probe the past where many mistakes were made. But to point only black about the past will not be doing justice to the past But to keep a blind eye on the past mistakes will not work. Many important achievements were made in the social arena due to the application of Marxism. I would like to point out especially 5 points.

p 1) Apply Marxism creatively according to one’s own concrete conditions. So, to take Marxism as a dogma will not allow us to progress. So, Marxism as a living science is capable enough to face all the ups and downs during its advance.

p 2) We should have a sense of respect and tolerance for the separate experiences and views. What is correct and what is wrong can not be decided only by comparing what is written in the books.

p 3) We should have a responsibility for defending the socialist countries, China, Korea, Cuba and Vietnam are the rays of hope of all revolutionary people of the world. So whatever reservation we may have regarding their experiments and experiences, we should have friendly comments only, so mat only after evaluating several practices, we can come to certain conclusions that this is socialism and this is not

p 4) How the communist and workers party can be the advance force and vanguard of its people’s interest? How can the vast majority of people take the communists, Marxists as the defender of their class and national interest. I think, only on the basis of its 351 performance of attracting thousands and thousands of people and having high prestige in its own country, can the Party can be said to be adapting to its own society.

p 5) We should agree that we have to enrich Marxism only through the practice of thousands of people. Only by regular sharing among the Communist Parties of different countries can we be benefited. We have come from different backgrounds and with different experience. So such type of Seminars are much fruitful.

p In the past we looked for models and uniformity either in the period of social political change or in the period of socialist construction. So there were many deviations and mistakes due to this. After learning many lessons, we should now come to a conclusion that there should a tolerance while there are differences and search unity in diversity.

Lastly I would like to thank the leadership of CPI(M) for organising such a type of seminar and providing a forum to exchange the views and experiences. I think we should agree for convening such type of seminar at other times.