Editing Sino-Soviet split (section)

=== Formal and informal statements ===
{{History of the Soviet Union}}
In the 1960s, the Sino-Soviet split allowed only written communications between the PRC and the USSR, in which each country supported their geopolitical actions with formal statements of Marxist–Leninist ideology as the true road to [[world communism]], which is the [[general line of the party]]. In June 1963, the PRC published ''The Chinese Communist Party's Proposal Concerning the General Line of the International Communist Movement'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/sino-soviet-split/cpc/proposal.htm|title=A Proposal Concerning the General Line of the International Communist Movement|website=marxists.org|access-date=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131074829/https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/sino-soviet-split/cpc/proposal.htm|archive-date=31 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> to which the USSR replied with the ''Open Letter of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union''; each ideological stance perpetuated the Sino-Soviet split.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/classics/mao/polemics/sevenlet.html |title=Seven Letters Exchanged Between the Central Committees of the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |access-date=21 October 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225024740/http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/classics/mao/polemics/sevenlet.html |archive-date=25 December 2007 |website=Etext Archives }}</ref> In 1964, Mao said that, in light of the Chinese and Soviet differences about the interpretation and practical application of Orthodox Marxism, a counter-revolution had occurred and re-established capitalism in the USSR; consequently, following Soviet suit, the [[Warsaw Pact]] countries broke relations with the PRC.

In late 1964, after Nikita Khrushchev had been deposed, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai met with the new Soviet leaders, First Secretary [[Leonid Brezhnev]] and Premier [[Alexei Kosygin]], but their ideological differences proved a diplomatic impasse to renewed economic relations. The Soviet defense minister's statement damaged the prospects of improved Sino-Soviet relations. Historian Daniel Leese noted that improvement of the relations "that had seemed possible after Khrushchev's fall evaporated after the Soviet minister of defense, [[Rodion Malinovsky]]... approached Chinese Marshal [[He Long]], member of the Chinese delegation to Moscow, and asked when China would finally get rid of Mao like the [[CPSU]] had disposed of Khrushchev."<ref>Daniel Leese, ''Mao Cult: Rhetoric and Ritual in China's Cultural Revolution'' (Cambridge University Press, 2011) p84</ref> Back in China, Zhou reported to Mao that Brezhnev's Soviet government retained the policy of peaceful coexistence which Mao had denounced as "[[Khrushchevism]] without Khrushchev"; despite the change of leadership, the Sino-Soviet split remained open. At the [[Glassboro Summit Conference]], between Kosygin and US President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], the PRC accused the USSR of betraying the peoples of the Eastern bloc countries. The official interpretation, by [[Radio Peking]], reported that US and Soviet politicians discussed "a great conspiracy, on a worldwide basis ... criminally selling the rights of the revolution of [the] Vietnam people, [of the] Arabs, as well as [those of] Asian, African, and Latin-American peoples, to US imperialists".<ref name="ap19670624">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WAFOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6332%2C5746364 |title=At the Summit: Cautious Optimism |work=The Free Lance-Star |date=24 June 1967 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=17 July 2013 |location=Fredericksburg, Virginia |pages=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427111356/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WAFOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6332,5746364 |archive-date=27 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>