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From: berman@psuvax1.UUCP (Piotr Berman)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Russian quotes
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 17:18:35 EST
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> 
> 	The "We will bury you" quote has seemed to have created quite a 
> conversation in this group.  I wonder if it is deserving of all this
> attention.(?)  I came across this quote a while back and I doubt there
> is a translation problem in this case.  It makes "We will bury you"
> seem quite mild in comparison.
> 
> 		"A war with mercy between communism and capitalism
> 	is inevitable.  Today, of course, we are not strong enough to
> 	attack.  Our moment will come in twenty to thirty years time.
> 	To win we will naturally have to have the element of suprise
> 	on our side.  So the western bourgeosie will have to be put to
> 	sleep.  We will, therefore, have to launch the most spectacular
> 	peace movements the world has ever known.  They will contain
> 	.................
> 			-- Dimitri Z. Manuilski
>	Former President of United Nations Security Council General Council
> 
The problem is that it is not a quote of Khrushchev.  Khrushchev, some
incidents notwithstanding, was the only Soviet leader who was serious
about peacefull coexistence.  He approved the Hungarian intervention, 
but otherwise was preceding over some liberal reforms, the deepest
cultural "thaw" in Soviet history and over deep reduction of the 
military budget.  He genuinely wanted the confrontation to have a 
character of economical competition.  Being excentric and untraditional,
he was rejected by Soviet leadership.  

One can try to draw many conclusions from Khrushchev saga.  However,
to equate every Soviet polititian to a Stalinist propagandist is not
putting any light on the kind of relationship USA should try to have
with Soviet Union.

Piotr Berman