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‘Manifesto of the fa oma of t Communist Party, U. Ss. 4, 7 tetas 8 American Peoplet T= people of oar Sg “ae tag v ae world situation. per E : we Hitler fesclam has brazenly ‘attacked the So. . viet Unfon, in flagrant violation of a treaty of non-aggression and despite the peace and neu- trality policy of the USSR: This has immeasur- ably increased the menace of Hitler and fascism ~ _ te the matfonal existence of all peoples, te- the social and natfonal security of t the people of the United States, i. f°, The thvolvement of the Soviet Unton in the | war has changed the character of the war, The glorious and mighty defense by the Red Army and the united peoples of the Soviet Union, their valiant struggle to drive out and crush the ag- gressor, creates the opportunity for the people of the United States and for all peoples to unite and assure the complete and final annihilation of Hitler and Hitlerism,” { The American pebple hate and ‘abhor fas- cism. They have seen ‘for themselves that fas- cism means unrestrained oppression of the masses at home and aggressive war for conquest abrowd. Prior te the outbreak of the war considerable; sumbers of the Amerfean people sot i to stop tha fascist. aggresgora hase ea fo a fhe DO nr: of collective security —the policy ‘adv: Soviet Union. But the statesmen of the capital: countries threatened by fascist ” ‘aggression - fused to accept this policy. ‘This they did becausé they feared that resiatance to ‘aggression woulg _ strengthen the democratic forces of their own peoples and the position of the Soviet ‘Union: In’ stead, they adopted the shameful Munich policy of appeasement, betrayal and surrender. * They hoped In this. way to divert the attack. of the fascist aggressors from themselves to the’ Soviet Onion—the land of Socialism, the truest — champion of peace and equality among natfona, | Instead of peade the capitalist statesmen brought on’war among the inpperialist powers themselves for the redivisioi of the world, The people of the United States rightly had no cénfidence af trust in this jind of a war. They remained over. whelmingly M favor of keeping out of it, ie Soviet Union tried in vain to prevent thig/second imperialist war. Rebuffed in this at- pt by the conspiracy of the Chamberlains to fivert fascist aggression towards the land ‘of Socialism, the Soviet Union accepted the proposal