ON THE COMINFORM

8 The Cominform in the struggle against Titoism What is Titoism?

In general, Titoism is the most advanced post of the anti-communist bulwark of world imperialism, a variant of the ideology of modern revisionism against Stalinism for the purpose of isolating and weakening Lenin's and Stalin's Soviet Union, breaking individual links out of the world socialist camp with the aim of its complete destruction; and in particular, Titoism is the revisionist ideology of the nationalist bourgeoisification of people's democracy, its adaptation to capitalism for the purpose of assimilation by the world imperialist camp. Titoism denies the international significance of the October Revolution and rejects the universal lessons of the October Revolution (not only for Yugoslavia) in order to drag the world communist movement instead on a path of Yugoslav "revolution" different from the October Revolution. Titoism poses as a "creative further development" of Marxism-Leninism, but is in fact an ideology of betrayal of Marxism-Leninism (definition of the Comintern [SH])

Stalin wrote in his letter of 27 MARCH 1948:

"Furthermore, it must be said that the Yugoslav state police are also monitoring the CPSU representative to the Cominform, Comrade Yudin.

As you know, anti-Soviet rumours are doing the rounds among the Yugoslav leaders: the CPSU is degenerating, great power chauvinism reigns in the USSR, the USSR wants to subjugate the new Yugoslavia economically, the Cominform is a means for the CPSU to bring the other parties under its rule, etc. ... These anti-Soviet statements are usually hidden under Leftist phrases such as, "Socialism has ceased to be revolutionary in the USSR," or "Only Yugoslavia is the true bearer of revolutionary socialism."

Stalin wrote in his letter of 4 May 1948:

"As it seems, the Yugoslav leaders intend to insist in the future on their anti-Soviet attitude; but the Yugoslav comrades should know even now that this is treading a path leading to the renunciation of friendly relations with the Soviet Union, a path of betrayal of friendship with the Soviet Union, of betrayal of the Socialist United Front, of the USSR and the People's Democracies.

It must be emphasised that the Yugoslav comrades who come to Moscow or otherwise to our country can freely visit the cities of the USSR and meet with our citizens. On the occasion of his last trip to the Soviet Union, comrade Djilas went to Leningrad for a few days after a stay in Moscow to talk with Soviet comrades there. We did not ask Djilas to give us an account of his meetings with the Leningrad organisations. We assume that he did not gather information there for the Anglo-American or French intelligence services, but for the leading organs of Yugoslavia.

Shdanov died on 31 August 1948, i.e. shortly after the 2nd Kominform Conference in Romania in June 1948.

Shdanov is no longer present at the 3rd Kominform Conference.

Stalin wrote in his letter of 22 May 1948:

"Comrades Tito and Kardelj have often made promises to the CC of the CPSU without keeping them. Comrades Tito and Kardelj declare that the CC of the CPY refrains from appearing at the meeting of the Information Bureau and refuses to present the question of the situation within the CPY before this Bureau. If this is their final decision, it means that they have nothing to testify before the Information Bureau, that they realise their guilt and are afraid to appear before the brother parties. What is more, the refusal to appear before the Information Bureau means that the CC of the CPY is treading a path leading to disengagement from the united international front of the people's democracies and the USSR, and that it is now preparing its party and the Yugoslav people for betrayal of this united front. Since the Information Bureau is the basis of the united international front, this policy leads to the betrayal of the international solidarity work of the working class and forms the transition to an attitude of nationalism. It is a hostile act towards the working class.