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j wn 9 * oF PEACE IN VILIN wW AR! Wil dl WALy on war production, and disarmament would lead to economic collapse. Second, disarmament woul dmean an end to Americar imperialism and its special privileges overseas. Therefore, they reason, the American ruling class could not possibly enter inte negotiations for a meaninoful peace in good faith, and the best chance of preserving peace, they think, is to weaken imperialisr by supporting peace movements in the advanced capitalist coun- tries and liberation movements elsewhere. In recent months, with the escalation of the war in Vietnam, the Chinese have paid increased attention to the question of libera- tion movements. In a recent speech commemorating the twenticth anniversary of the victory over Japan, Lin Piao, one of China’s Ieading Communists, addressed himself to this very problem. This speech? has reccived considerable attention because Lin attempts to project the experience of the Chinese Communist guerrilla-type warfare against Japan and the Nationalists in terms of aerating the United States on the world scene. He stresses the fact that, i the face of a strong enemy capable of seiz wade att Ae aa Hay Ca pauue main ljnes of communication, the countryside, and countrvside alone, can provide the revolutienar' bases from which the revolutionaries can go forward to final victory . Taking the entire globe, if North America and Western Europ. can be called “the cities of the world,” then Asia, Africa and Lath America constitute “the rural areas of the world... .” In a sense, thi contemporary world revolution also presents a picture of the encircle ment of cities by the rural areas. Thus, . the Socialist countries should regard it as their internationa duty to support the people's revolutionary struggles in Asia, Africi and Latin America. At the same time he stresses the fact that these revolutions mus be home-grown, If one does not operate by one’s own efforts. dees not independently ponder and solve the problems of the revotution in one’s own country * Peking Review, No. 36. September 3. 1965. An abbreviated version 1 New York Times, September 4, 1965.