NORWEGIAN STUDENTS REGRET SOVIET COLLABORATION WITH WASHINGTON
[The following message, issued by the SUF (Sosialistisk Ungdomsforbund -- Young Socialist League -- a youth group of the left-socialist Norwegian People's Socialist party), was published in the November 11 issue of the Oslo weekly, Orientering.
[It was signed by the national leaders of the SUF, the national leaders of the Sosialistisk Studentforbund (Socialist Student League) and the following individuals: Hartvig Saetra, Asbjgrn Smevik, Bjgrn Furre, Odd Dalen, Kjell Bygstad, Svein Johansen, Magne Skrindo, Oddvar Groder, Arne Byhre, Bjgrn Flakken, Leif Nilsen, Ragnhild Smevik, Rune Skarstein, Einar Jetne, Bernt M. Fgrre and Ole Kapreitan.
[The translation is by World Outlook. ]
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Fifty years ago, the October revolution was a source of great inspiration to revolutionists in all countries. At a time marked by imperialist war and the darkest reaction, the founding of the Soviet Union gave new hope to the oppressed throughout the entire world -hope for a world delivered from oppressors.
The Soviet Union's subsequent industrial development and rapid economic growth made it clear that poverty and economic underdevelopment can be eliminated when the people take their fate in their own hands and go to work.
Freedom-loving people in all countries gratefully remember the resolute struggle of the Soviet people against fascism. And this is true especially for the people of Norway, who will always owe a debt of gratitude to the Soviet Union for the liberation of Finnmark [the northernmost province of Norway, which was liberated by Soviet troops from the Nazi occupation forces at the end of World War II]. The Soviet Union's respect for Norway's territorial integrity can stand as an example of the very best sort of relationship between a great power and a small country.
It is therefore with the greatest regret that we at present witness a policy of collaboration between the Soviet Union and the USA. This collaboration is an insult to the revolutionary movements which are engaged in a life and death struggle against American imperialisn.
As true friends of the Soviet Union and its fifty-year-old revolution, we express our hope that the Soviet Union will again find its place on the side of the revolutionary movements. Such would be in keeping with the spirit of its revolution.