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From: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics
Subject: Re: Star Wars Defense...
Message-ID: <1287@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Sep-84 19:47:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1287
Posted: Sun Sep  2 19:47:28 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Sep-84 04:22:39 EDT
References: <302@ihu1e.UUCP> <406@oliven.UUCP> <flairvax.740>
Reply-To: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

>> Nah, the expressed goal of the Russian government is only to take over the
>> world.
>>                                          (Rick Hawkins @ Olivetti ATC)
>
>Can someone cite me a reference to such an expression of this goal,
>made by the Soviet government within the last thirty years?
>

I can; I can give you a whole bunch of them!  The earliest is 1956, the
invasion of Hungary to prevent it's people  from escaping control by
the Russian Soviets.  The latest is 1984, preparations for the
invasion of neutral Sweden by reconaissance of defenses by submarines
and covert landing parties. The latter was reported by the L.A. Times
last week, quoting from one of "Jane's...of the World" books, that it
has been going on since 1962. There are a lot more in between those
dates, of course, you can almost pick a year at random...

Too bad you didn't say 'last 40 years', the aims of Communism haven't
changed preceptibly since then, and the list would be even longer.

But let me quote Dimitri Z. Manuilsky, lecturing at the Lenin School
of Political Warfare, in Moscow in 1931:

	War to the hilt between capitalism and communism is inevitable.
	Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time
	will come in 20 or 30 years. In order to win we shall need the
	element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to
	sleep so we shall begin by launching the most spectacular
	peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures
	and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid
	and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction.
	They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their
	guard is down, we shall smash them with our clenched fist.


	Alan Algustyniak   (ihnp4!sdcrdcf!alan)
        (allegra!sdcrdcf!alan) (cbosgd!sdcrdcf!alan)