IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Stalin to Truman: 'Make good use of the bomb'!

· Socialist Challenge No. 169, 23 October 1980 · p. 12 of the scan · 388 words

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page 12 of the scan

WHEN US president Harry spread The Russian leaders were slow to get the message. that when he told Stalin that the US was to drop bomb on the Japanese, the Soviet cane choi esser mis aengnt and nove L020 the Americans would 'make good use of it...' Identified Even late the was saying: 'All intelligent peopl that the helped to shorten bomt thus saved millions of lives.' the wal and reason Communist parties did not oppose the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was because they wanted to carry alliance between soviet Russla ana tne capitalisi West into the post-war world So attached were they to the Socialist Challenge 23 October 1980 Truman ordered the communism. The Cold started with the hottest blast in military history.

idea of such an alliance that they openly and enthusiastically identified themselves terests of their own ruling class riance leading members servea in De Gaulle's Se, was one of the hire French vice-presidents who countersign ca ine government order to start bombing Haiphong in The French CP L 'Humanité w ote plaintively on 26 July 1946 Are ing Syria and the Lebanon yesteruay, to lusc m100-cta and North Africa the day capitalists generous minded.

LICi had served their purpose revolution in those trev were kicked War had governments.

Despite the advice of stalin, the peoples of China decided to make revolution • exploiters.

the masses took up arms to win their I cool In Korea the people the North waged war to the regime in the South. he Frenc Stalin's dream alliance with Western capitalisn was destroyed, revolution on the one side and the i Vietnam imperialism to retain and Expand its economic and politic: nfluence on the othe TOMOr.

the most Tories like Aussia were • occaust rortunately 'or Me and returned a Labour nauous to an alllance capitalist nations the finished Gollan, Pollitt's successor the rights of the national secretary, exploit their were not so Annistere at top level...

Ranks out CP short of allies wight, autor or in Vietnam the boasted:

of revolutionary the policy as adopted by the last or a ner colonial Gaitskell and had deserted his on the left to help the right wing

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atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, he gave notice that America was not going to allow

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