Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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President Sékou Touré of West Africa's overheated little coastal country of Guinea declared last week that "Marxist-Leninists with Machiavellian plans" had tried to overthrow his government and set off a "Marxist revolution in Africa...
Coming from anyone else, this would hardly be clashed as surprising news. Coming from Sékou Touré, it was startling indeed, for Guinea's boss is the deep-dyed Marxist who gave the Communists their first foothold on the Dark Continent. He brought in the Poles to organize his public-works program, let the Czechs manage Conakry's harbor and advise the army, invited dozens of Red Chinese technicians to help with the rice crop. Most important, he welcomed more than 500 Russians who brought with them promises of credits of more than $56 million...
...orders must not be obeyed unthinkingly: "I can be mistaken." But there were signs that the anti-Stalinist drive was having dangerous side effects. Central Committee Secretary Leonid Ilyichev took pains to warn a convention of 2,700 party propagandists that anti-Stalinism must not lead to questioning the Marxist-Leninist system itself or to opposing the right kind of leadership...
...from Russian parents for permission to name newborn offspring (Fidel). In Havana, Castro led into the anniversary with another of those speeches bragging about how cleverly he had concealed his Communism in the early days. "If, while we were in the Sierra Maestra, we had said, 'We are Marxist-Leninists,' it is possible that we would never have been able to descend to the lowlands." But among the other nations of the hemisphere, Castro's third anniversary was a reminder of a decision to be made at the Jan. 22 meeting at Punta del Este, Uruguay...
...minimize criticism, Arévalo protests, "I am a Christian and an idealistic anti-Marxist." He insists that "I am not anti-American. I oppose the American Government when it turns into a protector of American corporations." He still fumes that the United Fruit Co. runs Guatemala, but promises that "we plan to maintain free enterprise in agriculture, industry, culture and commerce...