(1) Instruction on Huan Xiang’s Article “Imperialism Is Riddled with Contradictions; the Initiative Lies in Our Hands” (November 25, 1958)

Huan Xiang’s argument is correct. Fragmentation—that is the state of the Western world. It is now undergoing a gradual process of disintegration; final rupture has not yet occurred, but the trend is toward it, and such a rupture is inevitable. This process may take quite a long time; it will not happen overnight. The so-called unity of the West is nothing but empty rhetoric. To be sure, there is some degree of unity: Dulles is indeed striving to maintain it. However, what the United States means by “unity” is unity under its own control—forcing its smaller and larger allies, under the threat of the atomic bomb, to rally around America, to pay tribute, and to kowtow in submission. This, according to the Americans, constitutes “unity.” Such a situation is bound to lead to the very opposite of unity: fragmentation. Comrades, if we look at the world today, whose realm is it after all?

(2) Instruction on “An Examination of U.S. Domestic Politics Through the Lens of the Presidential Election” (November 17, 1958)

The analysis submitted by the Central Investigation Department is very interesting. It bears a close resemblance to Huan Xiang’s analysis of Europe; both are excellent pieces. In short, the Western world is changing for the better day by day, and both the proletariat’s direct and indirect allies are growing stronger.