OUR
STRUGGLE
By Generalissimo
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
President of the Republic of China
AGAINST COMMUNISM
On the occasion of his 75th birthday this week, the leader
of free China writes this special message to the American people
The gravest threat to world peace
and stability posed by internation
al Communism today comes from the
Communists of Asia. The Communists
on the Chinese mainland constitute the
heart of the problem.
Since they seized the Chinese mainland 13
years ago, the Communists have committed ag
gression in Korea and Indo-China, brutally en
slaved the Tibetan people, instigated border
clashes with India, perpetrated a civil war in
Laos, unleashed a campaign of terrorism in Viet
nam, and conducted political subversion in all the
non-Communist countries of Asia.
From their base of operations on the Chinese
mainland, they have extended the scope of their
activities to threaten democratic governments
in Africa and Latin America.
Obsessed with power and their doctrine of a
world revolution, the Chinese Communists have
committed themselves to a desperate and relent
less policy of conquest. They have been respon
sible for the aggressive wars of Asia and for
numerous incidents which created conditions
for conflict.
On the Chinese mainland, the Communists
have ruthlessly enslaved and exploited 600 mil
lion people as tools of their policy of aggression,
'n trying to hasten industrialization for war, the
Communists have inflicted untold suffering upon
the people. Natural disasters and calamities
have been Beriously aggravated by the blunders
and fallacies of the Communist system.
Because of their policies of aggression abroad
and suppression at home, the Communists are
constantly faced with difficulties, and their
regime has never been stabilized. Revolts first
broke out in such outlying areas as Sinkiang,
Tibet, Manchuria, and Inner Mongolia. They
have expanded to other provinces and into
cities, growing in intensity and number. The
Communists have had to institute more rigid
controls upon both civilians and troops.
OF late, resentment against the Communist
rulers has spread from farmers and work
ers to militiamen, soldiers, and party cadres.
It has even affected the unusually pampered
Communist air force. Several Red fliers have de
fected to Taiwan in recent months. The mass
exodus of refugees to Hong Kong and Macao
last April and May was another powerful evi
dence of discontent with the Communist rule.
Here in Taiwan, people in all walks of life
have been -working hard for the last 13 years.
With the perseverance and solidarity of our
armed forces and civilian population, we have
made noteworthy progress in economic, educa
tional, and social development. Especially as a
result of our policy for the equitable distribu
tion of land, farmers have become owners of
the land they till.
We are free in Taiwan today. But there can
be no peace, security, and real freedom for us
while the Communists persist in their aggres
sions against Quemoy and Matsu and, most im
portantly, while the hundreds of millions of our
compatriots are suffering on the mainland, look
ing to us as their only hope of deliverance.
We cannot and shall not stand by and watch
our own people fight against their Communist
tyrants unaided and alone. There must not be
another anti-Communist mass revolt doomed to
the failure of the Hungarian freedom fighters in
1956. The moment will come when we shall join
forces with our own freedom fighters on the
mainland. We are confident that the inhuman
and evil regime of Peiping will be destroyed.
The defeat of the Chinese Communist regime
is a prerequisite to peace and democracy in Asia
and the stability of the Pacific area. In the long
run, the fate of human civilization itself will de
pend on whether China with its huge popula
tion, resources, and potential remains in the
grip of international Communism or is restored
to the democratic camp.
The collapse of the Communist regime in Pei
ping cannot and will not precipitate a world
conflict. Once the Chinese people rise up against
their Communist oppressors, their collapse will
be rapid and complete. No alien force will be
able to maintain the Chinese Communists in
power. Nor should any outside force interfere in
our domestic affairs.
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