"Comrade Kim Il Sung thinks more deeply than others about the position of the socialist camp and the international communist movement, as the fortified might of world revolution. He said:
'The socialist camp and the international communist movement are the decisive factors in the development of the history of mankind at the present time. They are the greatest revolutionary forces of our times, standing face to face with imperialism and the forces of reaction. The existence of the united and powerful socialist camp and international communist movement checks the imperialist policy of aggression and war and inspires the revolutionary struggle of the peoples of the whole world.'
"As he pointed out here, the very existence of the socialist camp and the international communist movement is the means of bringing together the working class and the revolutionary peoples of the whole world and inspiring the progressive peoples of the whole world in their heroic struggle. The greater its power, the stronger it is to move the whole international situation to further the success of the revolutionary struggle of the peoples, the greater its power to defeat the aggressive policies of the imperialists led by the U. S. imperialists, striking down the forces of reaction.
"Therefore Comrade Kim Il Sung always developed a principled struggle against all subversive activities and schemes of the imperialist reactionaries, as well as against the splitting activities of the Right and 'Left' opportunists, upholding the banner of the unity of the socialist camp and cohesion of the international communist movement.
"The Right and 'Left' opportunists appeared within the socialist camp and in the international communist movement at a time when the U. S.-led imperialists and their lackeys were looking for ways to subvert the socialist camp and the international communist movement, maneuvering particularly to undermine the socialist camp from within, and gobble up its member countries one by one. The Right and 'Left' opportunists caused splits within the socialist camp, and in their stubbornness, hampered the advance of the international communist movement.
"They brought pressure to bear upon other parties and interfered in their internal affairs just because they refused to accept their point of view. They considered that their parties alone were in a position to draw the right conclusions about different questions arising in the international communist movement. They took arbitrary attitudes on many questions and maneuvered unscrupulously to bring a country which had betrayed the revolution into the socialist camp at their own will, or to remove a country of the same camp at their own discretion.
"This is not all of such machinations. They even attached such labels as 'middle roadism,' 'eclecticism,' 'opportunism' and the like to the Workers' Party of Korea which was thoroughly adhering to the principles of Marxism-Leninism, as well as other principled parties, and slandered them, because these parties refused to support or follow their views.
"These actions weakened the unity of the socialist states by bringing ideological disputes among parties into state relations.
"The result was that the socialist camp and the international communist movement were prevented from fulfilling their great duties and role as a united force, as needed by the world revolution.
"Those who value the future cause of world revolution, and the revolutionary peoples who struggle against imperialism and for freedom and liberation, all are deeply concerned about the present situation in the socialist camp and the international communist movement, and all strongly want to see the danger defused and the revolution creatively developed as quickly as possible.
"The whole situation demands that Right and 'Left' opportunism be ended urgently and the unity of the socialist camp and cohesion of the international communist movement be achieved.
"It was only the Workers' Party of Korea among all the many Communist Parties and Workers' Parties of the world that found the right road by which to go through this crisis and recover the unity of the socialist camp and the cohesion of the international communist movement.
"This pressing and difficult question was faced up to and answered by Comrade Kim Il Sung, the great Leader of Korea's 40 million people, a thorough Marxist-Leninist and internationalist, who is not only leading the Korean revolution firmly on to victory on the principles of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche stand, but is at the same time fighting for the interests of the world revolution, with the Workers' Party of Korea under his command."
COMRADE KIM IL SUNG
FOR UNITY: AGAINST DIVISION
PART TWO
"Under the wise leadership of Comrade Kim Il Sung, the Workers' Party of Korea held fast to the principles of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche stand and played a leading role in the settlement of all questions facing the international communist movement, maintaining a principled stand on all matters at all times, while leading external and internal activities without blunders, in terms of policy.
"Comrade Kim Il Sung is the first to clearly recognize the true colors of revisionism when it appeared within the international communist movement, and took appropriate advance steps to keep the Party free of its influence, raising the standard against modern revisionism.
"From the very day that modern revisionism raised its head, he took up the important task of refuting the fallacies of revisionism in order to put the international communist movement on a right track, firmly upholding the principles of Marxism-Leninism and the stand of Juche.
"Comrade Kim Il Sung resolutely struggled against 'Left' opportunism which also appeared within the ranks of the international communist movement along with modern revisionism.
"He saw that if 'Left' opportunism were left unchecked, it would produce no less danger to individual parties and the international communist movement than modern revisionism. As it was quickly shown, without struggling against 'Left' opportunism it was impossible to unite the anti-imperialist forces or to successfully fight against imperialism or even effectively combat modern revisionism.
"Comrade Kim Il Sung made the stand and attitude of the Workers' Party of Korea clear on the situation through 'Rodong Shinmoon,' organ of its Central Committee, in such articles as 'Let us defend independency,' in which he made a principled criticism of Right and 'Left' opportunists and those people and parties dancing to their baton.
"While taking up the anti-opportunist struggle in support of the principles of Marxism-Leninism, he clearly showed the proper way to defeat the Right and 'Left' opportunism and restore the unity of the socialist camp and cohesion in the international communist movement.
"His position and his attitude towards the international communist movement were summed up and systematized in his historic report 'The present situation and the tasks of our Party' presented at the Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea.
"At this Conference the communists and revolutionary peoples were able to hear for the first time the only correct means of surmounting the present obstacles in the international communist movement.
"He pointed out that both Right and 'Left' opportunism had to be overcome, and the purity of Marxism-Leninism maintained to restore the unity of the socialist camp and cohesion in the international communist movement.
"It was necessary to maintain a principled stand, carrying on this struggle by uniting it with the struggle to achieve the unity of the socialist camp and solidarity of the international communist movement. He said:
'Our Party will fight against Right and 'Left' opportunism, while upholding the banner of unity. We must not commit the 'leftist' error of rejecting solidarity in order to fight opportunism, nor should we commit the rightist error of giving up the struggle against opportunism for the sake of unity. Our Party will do all it can to safeguard the unity of the socialist camp and solidarity of the international communist movement, while carrying on an uncompromising struggle against Right and 'Left' opportunism.'
"First, he resolutely opposed the plans of the modern revisionists to drag renegades of the revolution back into the socialist camp and develop a community of a different character.
"The modern revisionist attempted to introduce the Yugoslav Tito clique into the ranks of the socialist camp and the international communist movement, who had dropped out of the socialist camp and the international communist movement, betraying Marxism-Leninism, and had engaged in subversive activities against the international communist movement in collaboration with the U. S. imperialists.
"Determinedly opposing this attempt, Comrade Kim Il Sung categorically argued that it was absolutely impossible to recognize Yugoslavia as a member of the socialist camp or to rank the 'League of Communists of Yugoslavia' among the Communist and Workers' Parties.
"In line with this, he strenuously opposed the machinations of the 'Left' opportunists to deny the very existence of the socialist camp and to split the socialist camp and the international communist movement. He said:
'. . .However serious they may be, the differences among the fraternal parties are still an internal affair of the socialist camp and the international communist movement. Differences among the parties must not be developed into an organizational split, but must, in all circumstances, be settle by means of ideological struggle proceeding from the desire for unity.'
"What inspired this statement of Comrade Kim Il Sung's is his principled demand that communists should not allow themselves to be prejudiced or to commit errors based on subjective judgments in relation to fraternal parties and countries.
"He stated that relationships among fraternal parties should in no way be confused with the hostile relations existing between them and imperialism, and that when the leadership of any fraternal party commits an error, communists should naturally offer comradely criticism and help it to return to the right way.
"He also said that one should not put any fraternal country on a par with the enemy or push it over to the side of the imperialists even if there are certain negative aspects in its attitudes.
"Pointing out that the character of any society is determined by the class holding power and the form of ownership of the means of production, he taught:
'We must clearly grasp the difference between the socialist and the capitalist countries. There are fundamental contradictions between socialist and capitalist countries originating from the nature of their social systems. These are objective differences, whether one likes it or not. Measures taken by the leaders may either intensify or alleviate the contradictions between the countries, but in so far as the social systems are opposed to each other, the fundamental contradictions between socialism and capitalism can under no conditions be eliminated.'"