The Chinese People Resolutely Support The People Of Panama In Their Patriotic Andjust Struggle

THE CHINESE PEOPLE RESOLUTELY SUPPORT
THE PEOPLE OF PANAMA IN
THEIR PATRIOTIC AND JUST STRUGGLE*
(January 12, 1964)
Right now the people of Panama are bravely waging a struggle to defend
their national sovereignty against U.S. aggression. It is a great patriotic
struggle. The Chinese people firmly stand by the Panamanian people and
whole-heartedly support their just action of opposing the U.S. aggressors and
recovering sovereignty over the Panama Canal zone.
U.S. imperialism is the most vicious enemy of the people of the whole
world.
It has not only committed a serious crime of aggression against the people
of Panama and doggedly schemed to strangle socialist Cuba, but has all along
been plundering and oppressing the peoples of all Latin American countries,
and suppressing their national and democratic revolutionary struggles.
In Asia U.S. imperialism forcibly occupies China's Taiwan, and has
turned South Korea and South Vietnam into its colonies. It exercises control
over Japan with a semi-military occupation, undermines the peace, neutrality
and independence of Laos, plots to subvert the Royal Cambodian Government
and carries on intervention and aggression against other Asian countries.
Recently it decided to send its fleet to the Indian Ocean, threatening the
security of the countries in Southeast Asia.
In Africa U.S. imperialism is stepping up its neo-colonialist policy in an
effort to supplant the old colonialists, plunder and enslave the people of the
African countries, and sabotage and stamp out their national liberation
movements.
U.S. imperialism's policy of aggression and war also seriously threatens
the Soviet Union, China and the other socialist countries. It further endeavors
* This is the text of an interview given by Mao Zedong to journalists of the People's
Daily.
to push the policy of "peaceful evolution" in the socialist countries in order
to restore capitalism and disintegrate the socialist camp.
Even toward its allies in Western Europe, North America and Oceania,
U.S. imperialism likewise pursues a "law of the jungle" policy, trying to
trample them under its feet.
U.S. imperialism's plan of aggression for world hegemony has run in a
continuous line from Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy to Johnson.
The people of the countries of the socialist camp should unite, the people
of the Asian, African and Latin American countries should unite, the people
of all continents of the world should unite, all peace-loving countries should
unite, and all countries which are subjected to U.S. aggression, control,
intervention and bullying should unite to form a most extensive united front
to oppose U.S. imperialism's policy of aggression and war and to safeguard
world peace.
Riding roughshod everywhere, U.S. imperialism has put itself in a
position of antagonism to the people of the world and landed itself in ever
greater isolation. The atomic and hydrogen bombs in the hands of U.S.
imperialism cannot overawe people who refuse to be slaves. The raging tide of
the people of the world against the U.S. aggressors is irresistible. The struggle
of the people of the world against U.S. imperialism and its lackeys will surely
win ever greater victories.
(From People's Daily, January 13, 1964)