Peace Detente Cooperation, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981

Mankind is living through a crucial period of its history. An arms race without precedent in intensity and duration, which developed in the postwar period, has left on our planet enor­ mous stockpiles of weaponry, which, should they be used in war, could cause irreparable damage to world civilization and even threaten the human race with extinction. Hence the most vital and urgent task in the world today is to end the arms race-as well as the mutual mistrust, tension, and hostility that it gener­ ates in relations between states. The Soviet Union and other countries of the socialist com­ munity have for many years concentrated their foreign policy efforts on clearing the dark and putrid atmosphere of the Cold War which poisoned relations between states with different social systems. Guided by the great Lenin's teachings, we have worked consistently for simple, reasonable, and realistic princi­ ples of peaceful coexistence, mutual respect for sovereign rights, and mutually beneficial cooperation to prevail in these relations. We have sought to counter the policy of alienation and hos­ tility among nations, resulting in the world balancing on the brink of war, by encouraging a transition to normal, courteous relations, to peaceful cooperation based on equality-in short, to what is now termed detente. Such is, in effect, the primary aim of the foreign policy guidelines established by the last two congresses of the Com­ munist Party of the Soviet Union-the 24th and 25th-known as the Soviet Peace Program.

Policy Documents on Peace, Detente, Cooperation.- Report of the CPSU Central Committee to the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Excerpt), March 30, 1971.- Report of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Immediate Tasks of the Party in the Field of Home and Foreign Policy, Delivered at the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Excerpt), February 24, 1976.- For Peace, Security, and Cooperation: Speech at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Held in Helsinki, July 31, 1975.- The Great October Revolution and Mankind’s Progress: Report at a Jubilee Meeting of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (Excerpt), November 2, 1977.- For Implementing the Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; In Defense of Detente; For Curbing the Arms Race.- Speech at the Ceremony of the Signing in the Kremlin of a Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, May 28, 1976.- The CPSU — A Party of Internationalists: Speech at the Conference of the European Communist and Workers’ Parties Held in Berlin (Excerpt), June 29, 1976.- Speech at the Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Excerpt), October 25, 1976.- Speech at the Kremlin Dinner for Participants in the 4th Meeting of the US-USSR Trade and Economic Council (Excerpt), November 30, 1976.- Answers to the Questions of Joseph Kingsbury-Smith of the Hearst Corporation (USA), December 29, 1976.- The Great Exploit of the Defenders of Tula: Speech at a Formal Meeting Devoted to the Presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star Medal to the Hero City of Tula (Excerpt), January 18, 1977.- Speech in the Kremlin at a Dinner in Honor of Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, President of the Finnish Republic (Excerpt), May 17, 1977.- Speech on French Television (Excerpt), May 29, 1977.- Replies to Questions from the French Newspaper Le Monde, June 15, 1977.- Speech in the Kremlin at a Reception for Heads of Diplomatic Missions Accredited in Moscow (Excerpt), July 8, 1977.- Speech in the Kremlin at a Meeting of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet: On the Results of the Visit to the United States by a Delegation from the USSR Supreme Soviet (Excerpt), February 24, 1978.- Speech at the 18th Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (Excerpt), April 25, 1978.- Answers to the Vorwärts Weekly of the Social-Democratic Party of Germany, May 4, 1978.- Speech at a Dinner at Augustburg Castle, FRG, May 4, 1978.- Steady Progress toward New Achievements — A Law of Socialism: Speech at a Formal Meeting in Prague on the Arrival of the Soviet Party and Government Delegation, May 31, 1978.- The Immortal Exploit of Minsk: Speech at a Formal Meeting Devoted to the Presentation of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star Medal to the Hero City of Minsk, June 25, 1978.- Speech in the Kremlin at the Dinner in Connection with the Holding in Moscow of the Sixth Meeting of the American-Soviet Trade and Economic Council (Excerpt), December 6, 1978.- For the Happiness of the Soviet People: Speech before the Electorate (Excerpt), March 2, 1979.- Speech in Vienna at a Dinner at the US Embassy in the Republic of Austria Given by US President Jimmy Carter, June 16, 1979.- Speech in Vienna at a Dinner at the USSR Embassy in the Republic of Austria in Honor of US President Jimmy Carter, June 17, 1979.- Statement in Vienna after Signing Soviet-American Documents, June 18, 1979.- Speech at the Berlin Celebrations of the 30th Anniversary of the GDR (Excerpt), October 6, 1979.- Replies to a Pravda Correspondent, January 13, 1980.- Our Course Is Peaceful Construction: Speech before the Electorate (Excerpt), February 22, 1980.- To the American Scientists, Authors of the Statement “Danger: Nuclear War,” March 21, 1980.- Speech in Warsaw on the Occasion of the Meeting of the Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Treaty Member-States (Excerpt), May 15, 1980.- Speech at the Kremlin Dinner in Honor of Ali Nasser Muhammed, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Yemen (Excerpt), May 27, 1980.- Report at the Plenary Meeting of the CPSU Central Committee (Excerpt), June 23, 1980.- Speech at the Kremlin Dinner in Honor of Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of the FRG, June 30, 1980.- Replies to Pravda, July 30, 1980.- Speech at a Meeting in Alma-Ata on the Occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Kazakh SSR and the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Excerpt), August 29, 1980.