What Does Glasnost and Perestroika Promise

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What Does Glasnost and Perestroika Promise for Russia, theSoviet-Occupied States and the Free World?

by Father Paul Leonard Kramer, B.Ph., S.T.B., M. Div.

Since Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union four years ago, theWest has not ceased to be fascinated by his policies of economic and politicalreform. We have been repeatedly told by the Soviet press and by the Westernpress that the policy of perestroika is principally ordered to the purpose ofrestructuring the Soviet economy in such a manner as to decentralize

production in a state where industrial and agricultural production has beenheavily centralized since Stalin instituted the first five year plan in !"#.$specially in the West it is said by those who should know betterthat perestroika is the initial move in a trend that will eventually lead tosomething like a free market.

Glasnost Does Not Mean Openness But Means Publicity

%ikewise Mr. Gorbachev&s policy of lasnost is being hailed as a move away fromthe political totalitarianism of the Soviet slave state toward a more democratictype of rule which will eventually guarantee respect for human rights. 'he

Western media seems to have been thoroughly mesmerized and mystified bythe reform movement which is represented by that single abstract noun,(lasnost (. 'he press is constantly bombarding us with propagandaabout lasnost which allegedly designates (openness( and (frankness(, but atbottom is nothing but the same old sterile bolshevist propaganda repackaged inMadison )venue style.

'he word (lasnost ( does not mean (openness( or (frankness(. *n the +ussianlanguage the word for (openness( is otkrovenost . (!lasnost ( merelymeans publi"ity , and is derived from the verb lasit , (to declare(. ow what is

declared and publicized is not necessarily true, but can -ust as easily be abrazen lie or empty propaganda. Only last July 25th, Andrei Sakharo!arned the "estern nations a#ainst bein# oerly enthusiastic about thechan#es takin# place in the Soiet $nion%

*t is an entirely valid uestion to speculate why the present Soviet regime isundertaking this policy of reform in marked contrast to the previous regimes,but it would be a great mistake to think that there is any radical ideologicalreform underlying the present economic and political reforms which are nowtaking place.

/irst of all, the reforms that are taking place in the Soviet Union, are not in theleast intended to be moved away from a Mar0ist form of government. 'hedecentralization of Soviet agriculture and the other economic reforms now

taking place throughout +ussia are practical measures which have beeninstituted in order to avert the unrest and chaos that would ensue as a result of

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a total economic collapse. Gorbachev is aiming for a more efficient economy,and this can only be achieved by a profitable economy that does not rewardwaste and inefficiency with government subsidies.

&he Soiet $nion is an

'cono(ic Basket )ase'he ratio of G1 to national debt in the Soviet Union is much worse than that of the United States and most 'hird World countries. With all the natural resourcesat its disposal, the Soviet Union would certainly be the wealthiest nation onearth if it were governed according to the principles of atural %aw, with privateproperty and free enterprise. *t is the 2apitalist economies of the West, andprincipally that of the United States which prop up the terminally ill Soviet

economy, but in spite of the massive infusions of Western capital the SovietUnion shows no sign that it will ever be able to recover from its economicallymoribund condition.

'he great Soviet Union, unable to produce the goods to supply the basic needsof its own citizens, is compelled to spend its precious hard currency on suchthings as 3anish hams and Swedish consumer goods. 'he socialist economy ofthat immense nation has demonstrated itself to be totally incapable ofalleviating the profoundly impoverished and backward conditions that havebeset the Soviet Union since its foundation. &hree out o* *our potatoes neer

(ake it to the (arket, !hile (any o* those that do, arrie in a se(i+rotten condition, and are (et by lon# ueues o* lon#+su**erin# Soietshoppers%

'he recent coal4miners& strike which crippled the Soviet economy in 5uly well

illustrates the moribund state of the Soviet economy. 'he mere fact thatagreements have been reached and promises have been made does not by anymeans indicate that the underlying economic problems have been or can besolved. 6ne of the key demands of the striking miners was that the system bereformed in such a manner so that Moscow will not continue to drain the

resources from the mining regions while not bringing back enough money tosatisfy local needs. 'he essence of socialism is that its purpose is not that ofdirecting production for the sake of the common good, but rather that allproduction be totally controlled by the government. 'he 2ommunists e0ploit theworkers and rape the nation in order to bring about the realization of worldwide2ommunist hegemony. 'he rights of the workers do not count for anything

according to Mar0ist teaching.

%ast 5uly "7th Mr. Gorbachev said that the coal strikes have been (the mostdifficult test( of his four4year rule. 'he Soviet Union is the world&s largest coalproducer, and one4fourth of its coal is produced in the mines of the 3onbass

region of the Ukraine. 6ther industries are directly dependent on coal, such asthe steel and chemical industries. -abor unrest is also bre!in# in the(etallur#ical industry !here !orkers labor under s!eatshop

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conditions% -ast July, Supre(e Soiet representatie .% Mediko said,/&he situation in the (etallur#ical industry is tense and it is on theer#e o* an e0plosion%/ 'he deficiencies of the socialist economy havebrought the Soviet workers to the brink of revolt. 'he Soviet economy is clearlymoribund.

'he reforms have not been designed as a means of initiating a move away fromthe tyranny of Mar0ist rule toward democracy and free enterprise. 'hey areneither a voluntary transition in that direction, nor are they meant to be an

open4minded e0perimental compromise with the West.

Gorbache1s Perestroika is -ike

-enin1s Policy

Gorbachev follows the teachings of %enin, who wrote, ('he lie is sacred, anddeception will be our principal weapon.(

Gorbachev&s perestroika is not without precedent, but was paralleled in the!"8&s by %enin&s #e$ %"onomi" Poli"y . 'hat policy was instituted in order topreserve the 2ommunist system, not to reform it. 'he $1 only lasted a fewyears, and was then abolished by Stalin who dictatorially instituted the

centralized five year plans. -ike -enin1s N'P, Gorbache1s policy does notai( to re*or( the )o((unist syste( accordin# to non+Mar0ist

principles, but it is desi#ned to stren#then the )o((unist syste( byadaptin# it to the political and econo(ic e0i#encies o* the presentsituation%

Gorbachev has managed to get the 1arty to rela0 the reins of centralizedmonolithic control. $ven an (orthodo0( socialist hardliner like 9egor %igachev

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has pledged his support for the agricultural reform that will bring about thedecentralization of agricultural production and will permit the long4term leasingof state lands to private farmers. 'his reform is not a move toward a moreliberal society, but like %enin&s policy, it is a practical measure whose purpose isto preserve the socialist system.

'he reforms that are being allowed in the east4$uropean states are to a certaine0tent parallel to the reforms taking place in the Soviet Union. 'he new policiesof the east4bloc governments seem to be rooted in a new Soviet foreign policy

based on the lasnost of the Gorbachev regime in the USS+. Moscow in factseemed to grow impatient with the 1rague regime for its failure to institutereforms in 2zechoslovakia. 'he lasnost policy of Mr. Gorbachev has not onlybeen the catalyst for political reforms in the Soviet system, and the economicrestructuring in the Soviet Union, but Moscow seems to be encouraging thesame in its occupied satellites as well.

Unrest is growing in the :altic states, and through 1oland, 2zechoslovakia, and;ungary. +adical reforms are being proposed, discussed and promised by theMar0ist regimes which, in the face of a looming economic collapse may lead to a

situation of total political breakdown and anarchy if a workable compromise andreform policy is not effectively put into place in each respective country.

Growing sentiments of nationalism in the face of nearly fifty years of ruthlessSoviet tyranny and repression have brought the peoples of the :altic states to

the brink of revolt. While %atvia and %ithuania have declared their autonomyfrom Moscow, $stonia has gone even further and has declared itself to be asovereign state last ovember


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Poles No! ace &otal 'cono(ic )ollapse $nder )o((unists

Generally throughout 1oland, the mood of the people is not very enthusiastic.'he 1oles, who have been betrayed by the ruling 2ommunists too many times inthe past, are faced with the prospect of a total economic collapse in a country

where the Soviet brand of socialism has already reduced the nation to a

desperate condition of grinding poverty and severe food shortages. 'hegovernment of 1oland has lifted the price control for food. )ccording to %echWalesa, the program, which is ostensibly a move toward creating a marketeconomy for food, may not be a true reform, but -ust a new round of pricehikes.

With the e0ception of sausage, meat is practically unobtainable, even with aration card. &he $P3 reported on Au#ust 4st that the Poles !ho lined upin the "arsa! (arkets *ound yo#urt and cotta#e cheese prices up 56

percent, but butter, (ilk, hard cheese and salt !ere not to be *ound%&he (eat shops !ere closed% &he prices *or so(e *oods hae #one up

by 4,666 percent% )ccording to the same report a Warsaw store manager saidthat he has (no flour, no sugar, no butter, not much bread, no cheese > and *don&t e0pect it in the near future > no salt and no pasta.( 'he desperate foodsituation has unleashed strike calls for higher wages.

*n ;ungary, a similar situation developed which led to a movement to reformthe government, and to institute a new constitution along the lines of the US2onstitution. 'he new constitution would replace the former constitution whichwas modeled according to the old Stalinist 2onstitution of the USS+.

'he government called for a multi4party system of democratic rule, and a

neutral government that would not be subservient to Moscow. *n the electionsheld last 5uly opposition candidates out4polled the 2ommunists. 'he low voter

turnout seemed to indicate that the ;ungarian people do not believe that theycan e0ercise any real political power at the polls, or that they can therebyalleviate the difficult economic conditions that the government imposedausterity measures have brought about.

Under the previous regimes of Stalin through :rezhnev, movements towardreform in the occupied states invariably led to armed suppression by militaryintervention, such as the invasion of ;ungary in !?


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Zazwanyctja 1988 — Bishop Pawlo Wasylyk distributes Holy Counion to the !aith!ul whoattend "ass in the !orest# $he Catholic churches in the %o&iet occupied 'kraine ha&e beentaken away !ro the 'krainian people# $he churches ha&e either been closed or handed

o&er to the (ussian )rthodo* cler+y o! the "oscow Patriarchate# $he )rthodo* Church isan or+an o! the ,-B .secret police/# 0ll priests and bishops o! the "oscow Patriarchate inthe '%%( are a+ents and eployees o! the ,-B#

Soiet 7e#i(e '0ter(inated Millions o* $krainian )iilians

'he West must not be lulled by the present prospect of the democratization ofthe Warsaw 1act states of $astern $urope. $arlier in this century the Ukrainewas allowed to flourish for a number of years before Stalin ordered the

suppression of the Ukrainian nation. 'his brutal suppression was carried out bythe systematic and genocidal policy of the man4made famine murderouslyimposed upon the Ukrainian people in the @8&s. 'he Soviet regime e0terminatedmillions of innocent Ukrainian civilians in this deliberately perpetrated holocaust.

-ast July 25, Andrei Sakharo !arned that the Soiet $nion could stillunder#o the sort o* bloody repression that has recently taken place in)hina% 5ust last )pril, Soviet troops put down the peaceful demonstrations inGeorgia by slaughtering innocent civilians using poison gas, clubs andsharpened shovels. 'he demonstrations erupted again late last 5uly when atleast "8,888 Georgians marched through the capital city of 'bilisi chantingA

(%ong live free Georgia, down with the +ussian $mpireB(

&he policy o* so*tenin# and then ti#htenin# the reins (ore oppressielythan be*ore is part o* the strate#y *or !orld conuest% *ts foreign policy

parallel is the periods of military conuest and aggression followed by retreatand peace overtures. %enin referred to this tactic as (one step forward, twosteps back(. 'he 2ommunists& advance toward world conuest is not anuninterrupted, direct advance, but a steady zig4zag advance interspersed bystrategic retreats.

Lenin outlined his blueprint for world revolution when he wrote: "Firstwe will take Eastern Europe, then the masses of Asia, then we will

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encircle the United States, which will be the last bastion ofCapitalism " !his is onl one of man well#known $uotations of Leninwhich set forth his plan for the encirclement of %orth America

Mikhail Gorbachev is entirely committed to %enin&s goal of conuering the entire

world and sub-ecting it to 2ommunist rule. *n 6ctober !#=, Gorbachevdeclared in a speechA

"&e are movin' toward a new world, the world of Communism&e shall never turn off that road"

*t will be national suicide for us if 1resident :ush were to think as his

predecessor Mr. +eagan, who said that (Gorbachev is a different kind of2ommunist, a man we can trust ...(, and (the Soviets have abandoned theirdesigns for world conuest ...( 'he policy of (detente( and (peacefulcoe0istence( which the Soviets have been promoting since the time ofCrushchev is a deceptive ploy called for in the 2ommunists& overall strategy forworld conuest.

(ack in the )*+-s, .imitri /anuilski of the Lenin School for 0olitical&arfare wrote: "&ar to the hilt between Communism and Capitalism isinevitable !oda we are too weak to strike 1ur da will come in + to

2 ears (ut first we must lull the capitalist nations to sleep with the 'reatest overtures of peace and disarmament known throu'houthistor, and then when their 'uard is dropped, we shall smash themwith our clenched fist"

'he beginning of those peace overtures was Stalin&s abolishing of the

2omintern, followed by Crushchev&s policy of (peaceful coe0istence(, and that inturn was followed by :rezhnev&s policy of (detente(.

%eonid :rezhnev however, speaking confidentially to a group of influential2ommunist 1arty leaders was recorded in !=", sayingA ('rust us comrades, forby !#?, as a conseuence of what we are now achieving with detente, we willhave achieved most of our ob-ectives in western $urope. We will haveconsolidated our position ... )nd a decisive shift in the correlation of forces willbe such that come !#?, we will be able to e0ert our will wherever we need

to ...(

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Zazwanyctja 1988 — ocked out o! their churches2 'krainian Catholic !aith!ul attend "assin the !orest#

Bre8hne1s !ords (ade it abundantly clear that the apparently peace*uland see(in#ly *riendly oertures (ask sinister (ilitary ob9ecties thatare entirely hostile to the *ree nations o* the !orld% )o((unis( is an

ideolo#y o* brutal !orld conuest, and !hoeer pro*esses to be a)o((unist pro*esses this ideolo#y o* !orld conuest%

%enin wrote that ('he revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is power won

and maintained by the violence of the proletariat ... po$er that is unrestri"tedby any la$s.( 'he 2ommunist&s concept of peace is not that of St. )ugustine,who defined peace as (the tranuility of order(. /or the 2ommunist, peace isdefined as the cessation of war that will take place after the worldwide

2ommunist revolution will have established the worldwide 2ommuniststate. &here*ore, !hen the )o((unist says that he is pro(otin# peace,

!hat he (eans is that he is pro(otin# the reolution that establishesthe !orld+)o((unist order% 'his global revolution is to be waged by nakedviolence and brute force that is unrestricted by any law.

Mass murder, terror and genocide are all considered to be legitimate means of

promoting (peace(. 'his may appear to be a grossly deceptive manner ofspeaking, but one must never forget that the 2ommunist is a professed liar whofollows the teaching of %enin, who wroteA &1&he lie is sacred, and deceptionwill be our principal weapon.(

'rue to the teaching of %enin, lasnost and perestroika are being employed bythe Soviet regime as weapons of conuest in their deceptive war of propaganda.Mr. Gorbachev&s perestroika is generally interpreted as an economic reforminstituted primarily to improve the economic conditions of Sovietcitizens. "hat perestroika has really acco(plished is the trans*er o* the

Soiet $nion *ro( a peaceti(e econo(y to a !ar econo(y%&he 'lasnost that Mr% Gorbache besto!s upon the "est (asks the

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)o((unists1 i(perialistic and cri(inal intention to conuer the !hole!orld and sub9ect it to the cruel yoke o* Mar0ist tyranny% &he Soiet$nion1s cri(inal intentions are un(istakably (ani*ested in the policy o* (assie (ilitary buildup !hich the Soiets relentlessly pursue in)entral A(erica, and in their pro(otin# o* terror, subersion and

reolution throu#hout the !orld%

'he Soviet Union declared war on the nations of the free world already in thetime of %enin. Since that war is not always a military war, it is not always so

visible. evertheless, the 2ommunists in +ussia and elsewhere have relentlesslywaged a total war against non42ommunist nations > political war, propagandawar, drug war, terrorist war and spiritual war. (War to the hilt(, as Manuilskiysaid some fifty years ago.

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2ommunism is irreconcilably opposed to the principles of civilized governmentAgovernment according to reason, -ustice and right, natural morality and the ruleof law. 'he truth of this statement is clearly manifested in the above4uotedwords of %enin, who said that 2ommunist rule is )po$er that is unrestri"ted byany la$s) . 2ommunism, therefore, is the rule of brute force, of naked violence.

*t follows necessarily from this premise that 2ommunist rule is itself the verynegation of true law and government, and therefore it is morally wrong torecognize a 2ommunist regime as a legitimate government, or to collaboratewith a 2ommunist government in any undertaking.

*n the West, our legal traditions have been based on the principle thatrecognized the individual human person as the sub-ect of inalienable, God4givenrights. either the fiat of the government nor the vote of the ma-ority is thesource of human rights, but God ;imselfA God created the human person with anature and dignity that constitute the basis of human rights.

Mar0ism denies the e0istence of God, and denies that the individual humanperson is constituted of the essential humanity which, according to 2hristian3octrine and 1hilosophy, is the basis of the individual&s claim on his rights. 'his

is the reason why democratic reforms and the permitting of a limited form ofindividual economic enterprise are strictly a temporary measure of politicalpragmatism subordinated to an overall geo4political plan which calls for theestablishment of a worldwide socialist super state.

!lasnost and perestroika are nothing but the application of %enin&s perverseprincipleA ('he lie is sacred ...( > 'he lasnost which shapes the Soviet Union&spresent foreign policy is designed to lull the West to sleep with empty overturesof peace, and then when our guard is down they will smash us with theirclenched fist. 'his is clearly their intention. 'hey have announced it long inadvance.

When Marshal )khromeyev, Mikhail Gorbachev&s chief military adviser, says that(force should be e0cluded from mutual relations that one might have withindependent countries ...(, it is a 2ommunist who speaksA a 2ommunist who

believes that ('he lie is sacred ...( When )khromeyev says that the (people ofeach country have the right to remain under a particular political system thatthey are living under or change it if they wish(, again speaks the 2ommunist forwhom (deception will be our principal weapon(.

)o((unists &alk Peace "hile Preparin#or "ar

/or more than fifty years the 2ommunists of +ussia have said that they will talkpeace while preparing for war. Chrushchev promoted peaceful coe0istence whilesaying at the same timeA )*e $ill bury you+) :y means of perestroika theSoviet economy has been geared up to supply the Soviet war machine with all itneeds to e0ecute the (6garkov 1lan(. *t is the plan of Marshal ikolai 6garkov,

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the supreme commander of the Soviet armed forces, to unleash a massivesurprise attack against the United States and Western $urope. !lasnost isnothing but the veil designed to camouflage the Soviet 2ommunists& perverseand criminal designs to conuer the entire world by force of arms.

%et no one be lulled to sleep by Soviet talk of peace, arms reductionand lasnost . or(er o**icers o* the Soiet Spetsna3 hae reealed thathi#hly+trained pro*essional terrorists are bein# sent into the countrieso* the *ree !orld in order to prepare *or their operations o* destruction,

terror and (ass e0ter(ination% *n spite of the fact that such alarminginformation has been published in mass circulation -ournals like the 'eadersDiest , our leaders seem to have chosen to ignore the ominous facts andcontinue to swallow lasnost hook, line and sinker.

/or those who blindly persist in believing that the 2ommunists of +ussia can betrusted to become our friends and collaborators, * leave them with this final

item to ponderA

6nly a few weeks ago in :elgium it was reported that a crewof Spetsna- operatives were arrested while masuerading as soccer fans. 'hepoliceman who stopped them was clever enough to know that they could not begoing to a soccer match that day because there were none scheduled for thatday. 'here was, however, a )'6 installation nearby. Under interrogation theSoviet terrorists admitted that they were gathering military intelligence while

waiting for Day .

6n Day there will be no more lasnost , but only the swift and brutal e0ecutionof the /arkov Plan. 6nce the missiles begin to fly and the bombs start to fall it

will be too late to prevent the nuclear holocaust and the annihilation of nationsfrom taking place. 6ur %ady of /atima warned us that the only thing that canprevent the horrors of the /arkov Plan and Day will be the 2onsecration of+ussia to the *mmaculate ;eart of Mary performed by the 1ope together with allthe bishops of the world. So many of the leaders of the nations and 1astors ofthe 2hurch have preferred to trust in the 2ommunist mendacity

of lasnost rather than in the promise of the Mother of God. 'hat is why Shepronounced at %a Salette the dreadful words of apocalyptic doomA )*oe to theinhabitants of the %arth+) )poc. #A@H

We must pray and make sacrifices for the conversion of sinners, because the

evils which threaten our lives and our souls are a punishment for the sins of ourwicked and perverse generation. We must all reform our own lives so that wedon&t perish in the day of wrath > 6ur %ady will protect all ;er dear ones. Wemust all appeal to the 1ope and to all the 1astors of the 2hurch to do what 6ur%ady of /atima demands of themA that they consecrate +ussia to the

*mmaculate ;eart of Mary. God sent ;is Mother to /atima to warn us that (6nlyShe can help you.( What She reuests of the 1ope and the bishops is in factcommanded by the %ord ;imselfA

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Words of 5esus 2hrist to Sister %uciaA /ake it known to / ministers that ithas been 'iven to them that the follow the e4ample of the 5in' ofFrance in delain' the e4ecution of / command and that the willfollow him into misfortune

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