Lenin Said

"We are living not merely in a State, but in a system of States, and the existence of the Soviet Republic side by side with imperialist States for a long time is unthinkable. One or the other must triumph in the end. And before that end supervenes a series of frightful collisions between the Soviet Republic and the bourgeois States will be inevitable. This means that, if the ruling class, the proletariat, wants to hold sway, it must prove its capacity to do so by its military organisation . . .

One must always remember that the Communist who denies that his actions are governed by this statement of Lenin's may be doing so as part of the declared policy of "subterfuge ... at all costs." Thus we are led inevitably to conclude that any activity initiated or supported by the Soviet is designed to improve its position in foreign relations.

Furthermore, we cannot judge on its intrinsic importance any local or particular manifestation of the activities of international organisations which may be used by the Soviet. We must rather assess it in the light of the large design of which it forms a part, however Innocent or insignificant in itself.

There arc numerous national Peace Committees, the best known Englishspeaking workers being those in Great Britain-John [unclear: Patts] Mills (Rhodes Scholar from Victoria), Professor Bernal. D. N. Pritt, and the Dean of Canterbury. The exact membership is not published.