U.S. IMPERIALISM IS THE MOST FEROCIOUS
ENEMY OF TIE WORLD'S PEOPLE
January 12,1964
-Full Text of Chairman Mao's statement of l2January 1964 tn support of the Panamanian people, Hung-Ch'i No. 2-3 1964, pp. 2-3, Peking Review, no 2, 164-
The heroic struggle now being waged by the people of Panama against
U.S. aggression and in defense of their national sovereignty is a great
patriotic struggle. The Chinese people stand firmly on the side of the
Panamanian people and fully support their just action ln opposing the
U.S. aggressors and seeking to regain sovereignty over the Panama Canal
Zone.
U.S. imperialism is the most ferocious enemy of the people of the entire
world.
It has not only committed the grave crime of aggression against the
Panamanian people, and painstakingly and stubbornly plotted against
socialist Cuba, but has continuously been plundering and oppressing the
people of the Latin American countries and suppressing the national-
democratic revolutionary struggles there.
In Asia U.S. imperialism has forcibly occupied China's Taiwan, turned
the southern part of Korea and the southern part of Vietnam into its
colonies, kept Japan under its control and semi-military
occupation,sabotaged the peace, neutrality and independence of Laos,
plotted to subvert the Royal Government of Cambodia, and committed
intervention and aggression against other Asian countries. More recently,
it has decided to send a U.S. fleet to the Indian Ocean, menacing the
security of all the countries of south-east Asia.
In Africa, U.S. imperialism is feverishly pursuing its neocolonialist
policies, seeking vigorously to take the place of the old colonialists, to
plunder and enslave the peoples of Africa, and to undermine and stamp
out the national liberation movements.
The policies of aggression and war of U.S. imperialism also seriously
threaten the Soviet Union, China, and the other socialist countries.
Moreover, it is vigorously seeking to push its policy of peaceful evolution'
in the socialist countries, in order to bring about the restoration of
capitalism there and disintegrate the socialist camp.
Even toward its allies in Western Europe, North America and Oceania
U.S. imperialism is pursuing a policy of the 'law of the jungle' trying hard
to trample them underfoot.
The aggressive plans of U.S. imperialism to dominate the whole world
run in a continuous line from Tnuman through Eisenhower and Kennedy
to Johnson.
The people of the countries in the socialist camp should unite, the
people of all the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America should
unite, the people of all the continents of the world should unite, all
peace-loving countries and all countries that are subject to U.S.
aggression, control, interference and bullying should unite, and so form
the broadest united front to oppose the U.S. imperialist policies of
aggression and war and to safeguard world peace.
Riding roughshod everywhere, U.S. imperialism has placed itself in the
position of the enemy of the people the world over, and has increasingly
isolated itself The atom bombs and hydrogen bombs in the hands of the
U.S. imperialists can never cow people not willing to be enslaved. The
raging tide of the people of the world in opposition to the U.S. aggressors
is irresistible. The struggle of the people the world over against U.S.
imperialism and its running dogs will assuredly win still greater victories.