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Re: Soviet Reply to Communist Party, United States of America, Protest Concerning Alleged Criticism of Communist Party, United States of America, by Anastas Mikoyan, Member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union For the past three years, the relationship between the CPSU and the CPUSA has been excellent and has been beneficial to both Parties, Many representatives of the CPUSA have visited the Soviet Union in the past year, but at no time have they been told what to do or how to do it. In discussions with CPUSA representatives, CPSU officials occasionally have offered advice, but never have issued instructions as such to CPUSA representatives, The CCCPSU is particularly proud of the CPUSA delegation that attended the 81 Party Congress in Moscow in November, 1960, It was a remarkable delegation, effective and ‘most helpful. This delegation acted independently and at no time was told what to do. The CCCPSU has great admiration and Love for Gus Hall, whom it knows well, and with whose career as a leading CPUSA functionary, the CCCPSU is familiar. The CCCPSU considers Gus Hall as important in the international Communist movement as it does Palmiro Togliatti and Maurice Thorez, leaders of the Italian and French Communist Parties, respectively. Dorothy Healey, who reported to the CPUSA the alleged criticism of the CPUSA by a Soviet official, also had talked, while in Moscow, with William Z. Foster. The CCCPSU has no knowledge of the nature of the discussions between Foster and ~-2- Spree