Soviet Policy Is A Feint To The East And Attack In The West

Date: 1972-07-10
Source: en:FLP-Diplomacy
SOVIET POLICY IS A FEINT TO THE EAST
AND ATTACK IN THE WEST*
{July 10, 1972)
Is it rather chaotic now in Europe? When I say chaotic, what I mean is
there are 60 billion U.S. dollars running rampant in Europe, and, moreover,
the U.S. doesn't honor its commitments. My word! It is really a difficult
problem. The U.S. is a big despot, separated from Europe only by the Atlantic
Ocean. The few big powers are always in discord. We don't wish to see Europe
in such chaos. You must watch out for the Soviet Union, whose policy is just
a feint to the east and attack in the west. It talks about attacking China, while
actually it intends to gobble up Europe. That's dangerous!
(From the verbatim record)
* These are excerpts from Mao Zedong's talk with French Foreign Minister Maurice
Schumann.