-DATE- 19740205 -YEAR- 1974 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- REPORT -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- LEONID BREZHNEV VISIT -PLACE- CUBA -SOURCE- HAVANA DOMESTIC SVC -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19740206 -TEXT- JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED ON LEONID BREZHNEV VISIT Havana Domestic Service in Spanish 1202 GMT 5 Feb 74 F/C--FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY [Cuban-Soviet joint declaration on CPSU General Secretary Brezhnev's visit to Cuba; portions within slantlines are additions supplied from PRENSA LATINA's version of the declaration] [Text] During his stay in Cuba from 28 January to 3 February of the present month, CPSU General Secretary Leonid Ilich Brezhnev and the first secretary of the peoples Communist Party of Cuba, Commander Fidel Castro, signed a joint declaration. The document notes that the first visit of Brezhnev to the first Latin American country that is building socialism, evoked a vivid manifestation of revolutionary enthusiasm and solidarity from the Cuban workers, simultaneously marking a new phase in the development of Cuban-Soviet friendship. During the visit, the declaration states, the indestructible unity between the peoples of Cuba and the USSR was manifested and new paths were opened to continue deepening fraternal collaboration between the two countries. The document points out that the exchange of experiences on the domestic development of Cuba and the Soviet Union was useful and valuable. The highest leaders of Cuba and the Soviet Union--Fidel Castro and Leonid Brezhnev--declare their full identity of criteria with regard to the present situation in the world and the tasks of socialist states' foreign policy. The document adds that that policy is geared to the defense of the freedom independence and sovereign rights of the states and the peoples--a policy of struggling for the consolidation of international peach and collaboration. The Communist Party of Cuba, the declaration states, highly appreciates the unceasing activity put forth in all fields by the CPSU and all the Soviet people, in fulfillment of the decisions of the 24th CPSU Congress. The culmination of third year of the 5 year plan, which is the decisive year, has raised the Soviet economy--the economy of developed socialism--to new heights. The Soviet Union, the declaration underscores, has exceeded the tasks set for the 1973 plan for industrial production, and the increasing of work productivity--the most important index for the efficacy of industrial production. In the Soviet Union, the document states, great industrial complexes have been built, and the recently discovered deposits of natural resources are being exploited. The measures taken by the CPSU and the Soviet Government in the sphere of agricultural-livestock development, have netted, as a result, a considerable increase of production. The joint Cuban-Soviet declaration, signed during the presence of Leonid Brezhnev our country, states that the most abundant harvest of cereals, cotton and other products in the USSR history had been collected. At the Directorate of National Economy, the CPSU gives priority to matters linked the new rise of the economy by means of introducing the advancements of the scientific-technological revolution. At the same time, the joint declaration recalls, the system of planning and management is being perfected in order to increase the broad program for bettering the people's well-being. And it adds: It has been proven once again that the exertion of socialist [Unreadable text] by all the people is the fair method for mobilizing the popular operative forces, [Unreadable text] order to fulfill the goals set by the party. The fulfillment in advance of the [Unreadable text] of the plan, the additional plans, the energetic struggle and the inexhaustible creativeness of the workers to raise productivity and the quality of production further strengthen the country of the Soviets and help resolve the historic task of building communism. The joint declaration signed by Leonid Brezhnev and Fidel Castro states that the Cuban people warmly hail all the achievements of the Soviet people, which are the base of the USSR's economic and defensive power, and underscores the USSR's beneficent influence in international life. The advances made by the USSR inspire other socialist countries. They infuse new strength into all who defend the cause of freedom, democracy, national independence and social progress; they create an evermore solid material base for the struggle for the peoples' peace and security. The document then states that the CPSU and the Soviet people hail the successes of the Cuban people, rallied around their Communist Party in the fulfillment of the great task of building the socialist society, the great task of building a society that is free from exploitation and directed by the workers themselves for the good of all the people. The far-reaching socio-economic changes and the tremendous progress in furthering education and culture are changing the life of the Cuban people and constitute an inspiring example for many other peoples who are struggling for national liberation and social progress, the joint declaration states. And it adds: Of fundamental significance is the work being made to perfect the organic structure of the PCC and to consolidate the party ranks to prepare for the party's congress, to develop the socialist system, centralized planning, and the education of the vast popular masses in the spirit of the Marxist-Leninist ideas. It notes that the recent celebration, by all the people, of the 20th anniversary of the heroic assault on Moneada Barracks and the 15th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, facilitated a national review of the gains made by Cuba in its social, economic and cultural development. In another passage, the Cuban-Soviet declaration states that the 13th Congress of the Central Organization of Cuban Workers had stimulated the political-labor activity of the working class and all of Cuba's workers. The document recalls that all of the foregoing is eloquent proof that Cuba is undergoing a period of ebullient political-economic life; that the communists hold high the glorious banner of the Cuban people's revolutionary traditions; and, that the Cuban Socialist Revolution has entered into a new phase of its development in which the successes gained are strengthened and deepened. The declaration states that Cuba and the USSR have the conviction that the indestructible friendship and fraternal cooperation between both peoples and both communist parties, respond to the cardinal interests of both countries, of all the socialist community, and the interests of international peace and security. Guiding us along the principles of socialist internationalism, in the spirit of full equality of rights and the mutual respect of sovereignty, Cuban-Soviet friendship continues to be strengthened and developed by all means. The joint declaration states that the foregoing is the invaluable patrimony of the peoples of the USSR and Cuba who are joined together by the enjoyment of a common social regime and embrace common goals in the peaceful building of socialism and communism. It then sets forth that Cuba and the USSR pledge to put forth all the needful efforts for both peoples to know each other better, and for a constant expansion of cooperation through their communist parties, state organizations, labor unions and their youth, women's, and mass organizations. At the same time, Cuba and the USSR pledge to intensify contacts among the representatives of the various sectors of their inhabitants. Cuba and the USSR will develop and perfect constantly their economic, commercial, and scientific-technical collaboration on a planned, long-range basis, implementing the economic agreements signed in 1972. Particular attention will be given to increasing the efficacy of economic cooperation; cooperation will be expanded among the planning organizations, the ministries and their departments and other institutions of both countries. Direct contacts between the production collectives of Cuba and the USSR will also be increased. In accordance with the agreements, the USSR will provide Cuba with assistance in developing its industry, the mechanization of agriculture and the training of qualified personnel for the various fields of the national economy. The declaration adds that Cuba and the USSR will develop, by all means, cooperation between institutions of scientific research, teaching centers and the unions of artists of the two countries. In the Cuban-Soviet declaration, Leonid Brezhnev, on behalf of the CPSU, state and all the Soviet people, confirmed their willingness to keep giving Cuba their fraternal cooperation and support in building the new life. Fidel, in the name of our Communist Party, state and Cuban people, reiterated the most profound gratitude to the Soviet Union for its internationalist solidarity, manifested by the generous aid that has been given Cuba in al fields in the construction of the socialist society. The joint declaration points out that the most solid foundation for the inviolable Cuban-Soviet friendship is the fraternal collaboration existing between the two revolutionary Marxist-Leninist parties, which have devoted all their efforts to the struggle for the happiness of the working people and for the construction of the socialist and communist society. It adds: Both parties consider the development of this collaboration as a task of paramount importance. The Cuban-Soviet declaration emphasizes that the communist parties of both countries will continue to expand and improve uninterruptedly their collaboration at all levels, /systematically exchanging delegations of party officials, strengthening the contacts between part press organs/ and at the same time to broaden the exchange of experiences in the socialist and communist construction. The document points out that under the present conditions--marked by the continued ideological struggle in the world arena, the constant attempts on the part of reactionary propaganda to surround the socialist countries with a smokescreen of slander and falsehood and give the peoples of their countries a distorted view of the truth about socialism so as to distract the attention from the growing internal crisis of the capitalist system--the communist parties of the USSR and Cuba stress the need to tirelessly and effectively expose the slanderers, give strong rebuffs to any form of ideological subversion by the antisocialist forces and to more widely inform world public opinion about life in socialist countries. The PCC and the CPSU consistently come out for the utmost unity of the international communist and labor movement, points out the joint declaration signed by Leonid Brezhnev and Fidel. The document affirms that both parties will also continue to counteract vigorously any attempts to pit the different sections of the world revolutionary vanguard, one against the other and to divide the forces fighting for social progress, the national liberation of the peoples and a stable peace. Both parties are irreconcilable both to the rightwing and leftwing revisionism and hegemonistic and chauvinist tendencies which contradict the internationalist course that was collectively worked out by the communist and workers parties. The strengthening of the unity of the world communist movement on the basis of Marxism-Leninism has been and continues to be a guarantee of the development and depending of the entire revolutionary process. The Cuban-Soviet declaration recalls that half a century has passed since the death of Lenin, the great teacher and leader of the working people of the world, who blazed a path to socialism for all mankind. The course of international events since then to the present day verifies then and now the correctness of the Leninist analysis of the main tendencies of world development. The world is moving forward in the direction precisely predicted by Lenin, underlines the Cuban-Soviet document. It stresses that the might of the world socialist system and its influence on the course of international events continue to grow. It adds: the struggle for national liberation of the peoples has won historic victories. Under its pressure the chains of neocolonialism, with which the imperialists are trying to replace the old colonial regimes, now are also being broken. The Cuban-Soviet declaration indicates that the further aggravation of the general crisis of capitalism is more apparent today than ever before. The capitalist world finds itself shaken by political and economic contradictions unprecedented in scale and acuteness. As a result of the general change in the correlation of forces, the concerted policy of countries of the socialist community and of the efforts of other progressive and peace-loving forces, a turnabout in international relations from the cold war to detente has become possible to the assertion of international relations based on the principles of peaceful coexistence of states with difference social systems. Cuba and the USSR consider it the central task of their foreign policy to contribute to the consolidation of the might and unity of the socialist community and to the developing of collaboration, a determining factor in the growth of its economic and political potential. Cuba and the USSR are convinced that the might of world socialism, as well as the unity and solidarity of the countries of the socialist community, linked by indestructible bonds of brotherhood, mutual assistance and unselfish support, represent in our age the main revolutionary force. The document stresses that that force puts forth a determining influence on the course of the world social development. Cuba and the USSR attach great importance both to improving the existing forms of bilateral and multilateral ties and to the constant search for new ways of cooperation between fraternal countries in the political, economic and other fields. Cuba and the Soviet Union intend to continue to give permanent attention to the problems of socialist economic integration, prepared within the framework of the CEMA. Cuba and the Soviet Union strongly condemn any acts of imperialist aggression that endanger the life and peaceful work of the peoples and solemnly declare their unshakable devotion to the cause of world peace. Peace is essential for solving the cardinal problems of our times and for social progress. The joint declaration adds that peace creates favorable conditions for the socialist countries to build socialism and communism. It gives wide opportunities to the peoples waging national liberation struggles to strengthen political independence, attain economic autonomy and liquidate the colonial and racist regimes. It facilitates the struggle of the workers of capitalist countries against exploitation and for their lawful rights. In the joint document signed by Leonid Brezhnev and our Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, it is determined that peace is indivisible and should affect all countries irrespective of their geographic scale, economic and military might and social system. It is only a stable, democratic and just peace--based on the renunciation of the use of arms as a means of resolving disputes and differences between states--if it presupposes strict respect for the sovereignty of all states and excludes all interference in their internal affairs and creates conditions for fruitful collaboration among all countries on an equal basis. The Communist Party and the Revolutionary Government of Cuba stress the great international significance of the USSR foreign policy and the successful fulfillment of the peace program worked out by the CPSU 24th Congress. The joint declaration adds that the Communist Party and Government of Cuba fully solidarize with the principled, consistent and class foreign policy of the CPSU and the Soviet state. The CPSU and the USSR Government highly appreciate the contribution of the PCC Central Committee and the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba, by means of their active foreign policy, in attaining the common goals that have been set by the countries of the socialist community in the international arena. The international prestige of Socialist Cuba grows uninterruptedly, stresses the document signed by the general secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Leonid Brezhnev, and the first secretary of the PCC Central Committee, Fidel Castro. The Cuban-Soviet declaration states that the victory of the heroic Vietnamese people in the struggle against the imperialist aggression, as well as the signing of the agreement ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam, are an event of historic significance. It is a victory for the Vietnamese people and at the same time a victory for international solidarity, for socialism's forces, for freedom-loving and anti-imperialist forces, for all parties for peach and justice. Cuba and the Soviet Union reaffirm their internationalist solidarity with the people of Vietnam. They will continue to strengthen their fraternal collaboration with the DRV in restoring its national economy and in building socialism. They condemn the sabotage of the Paris Agreement and solidarize with the DRV and the PRGRSV, who demand observance of the said agreement by all signatories. Cuba and the Soviet Union positively assess the agreement on the restoration of peace in Laos and again declare their solidarity with the struggle of the Combodian patriots, states and document signed by Brezhnev and Fidel. It adds that Cuba and the USSR support the proposals of the Government of the DPRK for the peaceful democratic reunification of the country and the demands of the Korean people for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from South Korea. Cuba and the Soviet Union hold identical positions in supporting the national liberation struggle of the Arab peoples against Israeli aggression. The first steps have been made toward eliminating the dangerous source of tension existing in the Middle East. Hostilities have ended and the peace conference has begun in Geneva. So far, these are partial measures which do not cover all the zones of the conflict. The Cuban-Soviet joint declaration stresses that in order to make a reality the radical peaceful settlement of the Middle East conflict, it is essential to insure the security of all states in that zone. This presupposes the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from all Arab territories occupied in 1967 and insuring the legitimate rights of the Arab people of Palestine, otherwise, the situation of tension in the Middle East will not disappear. Cuba and the USSR point out that they are deeply satisfied to note that the concerted actions by the socialist community countries lead to ever more substantial changes toward detente and establishing peaceful collaboration in Europe. This concerns the interests of the peoples of Europe, of other continents and of the world's socialist cause. One important common gain of the socialist states is the final elimination of the blockade of the GDR, organized by the imperialist forces. The international juridical recognition of the GDR is an irreversible fact. The recent agreement between the CSSR and the FRG puts an end to the disgraceful Munich decree. Cuba and the Soviet Union consider it very important for the cause of world peach to consummate the European Conference on Security and Cooperation, which is called upon to lay the strongest foundation for developing relations of peaceful coexistence and cooperation between all European states. That conference should and ought to conclude with the adoption of decisions capable of directing European developments into a safe channel of peach and collaboration. In that sense, a concrete case could be the attainment of definite decisions for reducing armed forces and armaments in Central Europe, regarding which, negotiations are being held in Vienna. The Cuba-Soviet declaration says that to insure a lasting peace between all Asians states would also mark an important advance in consolidating peace in the world. For that purpose, the Cuban Government understands and supports the Soviet Union's concern and efforts in its foreign policy in trying to create a system of collective security in Asia. The positive change in international relations is taking place in a climate of continued confrontation between the two social systems, says the Cuban-Soviet declaration. It adds: The nature of imperialism has not changed. Aggressive and reactionary forces are still active in the world, which oppose international detente and advocate further military preparations, trying to sow distrust and discord among the peoples. Under the influence of those forces, the practical solution of heated problems is delayed and obstacles are artificially created in the European Conference on Security and Cooperation; and, in the Vienna negotiations, conditions are invented that are nothing else but an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of socialist countries In the united States of North America, the adversaries of detented, the advocates of a return to the cold war are becoming more active. /Now these advocates are focusing their efforts on trying to hinder the normalization of Soviet-U.S. relations, which has already started and which is an important link in the general process of lessening the danger of war and developing peaceful and equal cooperation between nations./ Loyal to the Leninist principle of peaceful coexistence, Cuba and the Soviet Union resolutely condemn any attempt of aggressive and reactionary forces to force mankind to live in a climate of intensified international tension and on the brink of war. In the joint declaration signed by Brezhnev and Fidel, Cuba and the USSR support the principles of equality, respect for sovereignty and international integrity, renunciation of the use of force or threat of force in Latin America just as in other regions of the world. Cuba and the Soviet Union strongly condemn the imperialist policy of interference in the internal affairs of Latin American nations. The Soviet Union resolutely demands an end to the economic and political blockade and other hostile actions being taken against Socialist Cuba. The USSR reiterates that it considers legitimate and just and completely supports the demand of the Republic of Cuba for the unconditional withdrawal of the North American Guantanamo naval base, located on Cuban territory. Cuba and the USSR wrathfully condemn the mass terror, persecution and executions of patriots being carried out by the fascist military junta in Chile. At the same time, they declare full solidarity with the Chilean patriots who are fighting against the bloody and reactionary dictatorship. The Cuban and Soviet peoples, united to al; progressive forces in the world, demand freedom for Comrade Luis Corvalan and other victims of the Chilean junta's terror and demand an immediate end to the bloodshed and arbitrary actions. This temporary setback will not weaken the will of the Chilean people in their struggle for genuine independence and democracy. In the joint declaration signed by Brezhnev and Fidel, both countries welcome the development and strengthening of ties between Latin American states and the socialist countries. The document states that the movement of nonalined nations has come to play an important role in international politics in recent years. Cuba and the USSR express their gratitude for the anti-imperialist slant characterizing the policy of nonalined nations and their desire to contribute to the strengthening of world peace. Cuba and the Soviet Union welcome the decisions of the Fourth Nonalined Nations Conference held in Algiers. The Cuban-Soviet declaration expresses solidarity with the peoples of Asia and Africa and points out that the disgraceful system of colonialism in any form or manifestation must be abolished once and for all. It affirms that the peoples of Angola and Mozambique have every right to the solidarity of all freedom-loving forces in their just struggle for freedom and independence. The document adds that it is the duty of all sincere supporters of democracy and progress to give full support to the struggle of the peoples of Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa against the racist regimes. The young Republic of Guinea-Bissau, which continues to fight for the strengthening of its independence, should be given wide international juridical recognition. Immediately after, the declaration states that Cuba and the USSR support the termination of the arms race and support general and complete disarmament, including both nuclear and conventional arms. /The world disarmament talks are being called upon to play an important role with regard to this problem. It is now time to prepare to convoke these talks. Bearing in mind that it has not yet been possible to stop the nuclear arms race, all nations must commit themselves not to use force in international relations and to definitely ban nuclear weapons. The Soviet proposal to this effect has been approved by an overwhelming majority of the nations at the 27th UN General Assembly./ The communist parties of Cuba and the USSR, and both states, with other fraternal countries and parties, will continue to make every effort to attain positive changes in the international situation and to make them irreversible. The interests of both nations demand that detente should be consolidated with concrete measures that will develop peaceful, mutually beneficial cooperation among states. The Cuban-Soviet friendship is strong and inviolable. The communist parties of both countries, which are united by commonly held aims and views and their loyalty to Marxism-Leninism and socialist internationalism, will continue to de everything necessary to deepen cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of Cuba and the USSR, the socialist community and the cause of peace and communism, concludes the declaration signed by Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, and Fidel Castro, first secretary of the PCC Central Committee. -END-