Statement In Support Of The Dominican People'S Opposition To U.S. Armed Aggression


STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF
THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE'S OPPOSITION
TO U.S. ARMED AGGRESSION
(May 12, 1965)
A coup d'etat to overthrow the traitorous-dictatorial regime of Cabral*
took place recently in the Dominican Republic. The Johnson administration
of the United States sent more than 30,000 armed troops to carry out bloody
suppression. This is a serious provocation by U.S. imperialism against the
Dominican people, and also against the people of the Latin American countries
and of the world as a whole.
Right now the patriotic Dominican people are putting up a heroic struggle
against the U.S. aggressors and their lackeys.
The Chinese people resolutely support the Dominican people in their
anti-U.S., patriotic armed struggle. I am convinced that the Dominican
anti-U.S. patriotic struggle will win final victory provided there is reliance
on the broad masses of the people, unity of all patriotic forces and persistence
in protracted struggle, plus the support of the people of the whole world.
U.S. imperialism has never desisted from its actions of control, intervention, subversion and aggression against Latin American countries. This time
the U.S. government has thrown to the winds all its deceitful talk of a so-called
"good-neighbor policy," "principle of non-interference" and other claptrap,
and gone over to naked intervention and aggression against the Dominican
Republic, thus revealing all the more the true colors of the U.S. imperialist
bandits.
The United States has resorted to armed intervention in Dominica under
the pretext of "defending freedom." But what kind of "freedom" is this? It
is the freedom to slaughter the people of another country by means of
airplanes, warships and guns; the freedom to occupy the territory and trample
on the sovereignty of another country at will; the freedom of a robber to kill
and plunder; the freedom to tread all countries and peoples underfoot. This is
what they do in Dominica, in Vietnam, in the Congo (Leopoldville), and in
many other places.
The U.S. armed intervention in Dominica also flaunted the banner of
"anti-communism." The "anti-communism" of U.S. imperialism is simply
opposition to all people who refuse to be slaves of the United States, opposition
to all who would defend the independence, sovereignty and national dignity
of their country, and opposition to all who resent U.S. imperialist aggression,
control, intervention and bullying. This is what Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo
did in the past, and now U.S. imperialism is doing it even more recklessly.
In the eyes of U.S. imperialism, the United Nations, the Organization of
American States and all other organs are nothing but tools in its hands. It will
use them as long as they serve its purpose, and spurn them when they do not.
After being discarded, a tool can be picked up again. Whether it is used or
discarded, all depends on whether a tool serves its aggressive purpose or not.
The U.S. aggression against the Dominican Republic has enabled the
Dominican people and the people of the other Latin American countries to
further realize that they must fight tit-for-tat against the inveterately aggressive
U.S. imperialism in order to safeguard their national independence and state
sovereignty.
The U.S. armed intervention in Dominica has aroused a new anti-U.S.
wave among the people in the Latin American countries and the rest of the
world. Heroic Dominican people, your struggle is by no means an isolated one.
The people of the Latin American countries are supporting you; the people of
the Asian countries are supporting you; the people of the African countries
are supporting you; the people of the countries of the socialist camp are
supporting you, and people all over the world are supporting you.
Let the people of the countries of the socialist camp unite. Let the people
of the Asian, African and Latin American countries unite. Let the people of
all continents of the world unite. Let all peace-loving countries unite. Let all
countries which are subjected to U.S. aggression, control, intervention and
bullying unite. Form a most extensive united front to oppose U.S. imperialism's policy of aggression and war, and to defend world peace.
The struggle of the people of the world against U.S. imperialism is sure
to be victorious!
U.S. imperialism, the common enemy of the people of the world, is sure
to be defeated!
(From People's Daily, May 12, 1965)