Forty-Five Goals of the Communist Party

Did We Really Win the Cold War?

A few weeks ago this was sent to me via e-mail. I cannot vouch for its authenticity, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless.



Source: Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963

Current Communist Goals
EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, January 10, 1963
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Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.

At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:

CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS

1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.

5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.

6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.

7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.

8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.

9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.

10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)

12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.

13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.

14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.

15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.

16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

18. Gain control of all student newspapers.

19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.

20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.

21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.

22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."

29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.

30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."

31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.

32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.

33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.

34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.

36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.

37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.

38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].

39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.

40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.

41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.

42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.

43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.

44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.

45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.


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Documentation

Note: The Congressional Record has only been digitized for years 1983 to Present, which are available on the Internet at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces190.html

Each state university library is a federal repository and an excellent source for the Congressional Record and other government records.

Congressional Representatives can also supply page copies of the Congressional Record to their constituents that ask for specific information.

Microfilm: State University Library Federal Repositories
Congressional Record, Vol. 109
88th Congress, 1st Session
Appendix Pages A1-A2842
Jan. 9-May 7, 1963
Reel 12
State University Libraries will also have the book.

Book title page:
Skousen, W. Cleon. Naked Communist, The
Salt Lake City, Utah: Ensign Publishing Co.
C. 1961, 9th edition July 1961.







This seems pretty creepy to me.
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Interesting.

- GX
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The referred to document is as dead as the Communist Party itself. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party, for all practicalities ceased to exist. It is still around in name only.
It never was a threat to the American people, and certainly is not one now.
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It never was a threat to the American people, and certainly is not one now.


Communism has taken on a new face: New-Age nihilism. It's just no longer supported by the USSR. China, North Korea, and Cuba have taken over the role. At least 90% of their goals have been accomplished already. At this rate of "progress" the USA has about a generation and a half left before it becomes a second world nation, and we'll be the last to go in the West.
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Communism has taken on a new face: New-Age nihilism. It's just no longer supported by the USSR. China, North Korea, and Cuba have taken over the role


This is the same logic used by Barry Goldwater in his 1964 bid for US President. He was wrong then and you are wrong now.
If you look carefully at the goals of communism, they are not all bad and are definitely not a threat to democracy. Enough of that threat comes directly from the present administration.
The enemy is within my dear friend, look no further than the White House.
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If you look carefully at the goals of communism, they are not all bad and are definitely not a threat to democracy. Enough of that threat comes directly from the present administration.


The evil with communism, and its gutter child nihilism, is the idea that their utopia can and must exist. The abolition of private property, forced egalitarianism, the smothering of the individual pursuit in favor of a non-existent concept like "humanity" is counterproductive and destructive. Show me anywhere communism has co-existed with democracy and protected individuals from oppression by their government.

If you think that China, North Korea, and Cuba are not involved in a process to undermine the American foundation, look no further than International ANSWER, NLG, United For Peace and Justice, and NION. Attaching a cutesy or fuzzy-feeling name to an organization does not make it so. The enemy is indeed within, in the fifth column leftist coalitions.
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Reply #2 By: Manopeace - 10/24/2004 12:45:10 PM
The referred to document is as dead as the Communist Party itself. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party, for all practicalities ceased to exist. It is still around in name only


Tell this to the Chinese or the N Koreans or the N Vietnamese or to the Cubans for that matter. But the Chinese are the biggest of the lot.
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party, for all practicalities ceased to exist. It is still around in name only


I was referring to the Communist Party of the U.S.A.
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Show me anywhere communism has co-existed with democracy and protected individuals from oppression by their government.


Communism is history dear friend. It is no longer a threat, in fact, it never was. The anti communist crusades in the United States in the 1950's was the biggest threat to democracy that ever existed in that country. Scores of innocent people lost their jobs, their freedoms just by someone in high office pointing a finger at them, without actual proof of any communist involvement. The McCarthy era was truly one of the darkest periods in American history.
Despite all odds against them, the communists themselves actually strove to make the United States a better place for its citizens. They were involved in the civil rights movements, the peace movements and last but not least the trade union movements. I worked alongside many of them in these struggles and never once felt that democracy was being challenged, in fact, it was being strengthened.
The only evils I ever encountered in these movements was anti communism; it divided the people, took away from their every day struggles, and was based on theories mostly untrue.
The biggest problem that the communist countries faced was that the system was built primarily in countries that never enjoyed the benefits of freedom and democracy. Dictatorships were established to take the place of other ones. This is not communism. Communism without the support of the people cannot and did not survive.
So relax, there is no threat in the United States today, in fact, there never was.
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Communism is history dear friend. It is no longer a threat, in fact, it never was.


Great defeatist attitude there. First step in a hidden enemy's path to victory is to have their opponent acknowledge them as not a threat.

Furthermore, last time I checked there was a Korean War and a Vietnam War in the History books, both wars were fought over the same reason, politics.

Just because the USSR fell does not mean some unscrupulous individuals did not put failsafe plans into play before the fall that would continue even after the fall to undermine the enemy's system and to achieve a mutual downfall of both. i.e. If I am going down, I am taking you with me.

We gave Russia Capitalism; Russia infested the world with a perverted form of socialism that has taken root in many countries.

Let alone what has stopped China's ultimate goal? When I have they given up that goal? Do you remember what that goal was or even is?

- GX
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Furthermore, last time I checked there was a Korean War and a Vietnam War in the History books, both wars were fought over the same reason, politics.


Both wars were actually fought over US Imperialism.
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Reply #10 By: Manopeace - 10/25/2004 1:33:04 AM
Furthermore, last time I checked there was a Korean War and a Vietnam War in the History books, both wars were fought over the same reason, politics.


Both wars were actually fought over US Imperialism.


Please enlighten us oh man of great wisdom. Imperialism? How so? Especially since we were in Korea with the UN. Vietnam is a different story.
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"WE" were in Korea with the UN...true. To stop the spread of communism. While thousands of US citizens went hungry, went uneducated, crime was rampant,"WE" decided to clean up the backyards of others.
Not only were "WE" there to stop the spread of communism, but "OUR" primary concern was to protect our investments there. We actually did not give a damn what the people of Korea wanted.
War is hell! No matter how you look at it.
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"WE" were in Korea with the UN...true. To stop the spread of communism. While thousands of US citizens went hungry, went uneducated, crime was rampant,"WE" decided to clean up the backyards of others.
Not only were "WE" there to stop the spread of communism, but "OUR" primary concern was to protect our investments there. We actually did not give a damn what the people of Korea wanted.
War is hell! No matter how you look at it.


When the population is between 140 million and 200 million and you can only rebut that the number of Americans who went hungry, uneducated, and victimized by crime was in the thousands (as opposed to hundreds of millions under the Red yoke), you prove the worthlessness of the left-wing whackos' cause. Please cite evidence in the future to back up your claims. Maybe they don't teach you that at your Kibbutz.
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Whi is it always that the extremeists on the right always have to resort to name calling to win arguments.
First of all I do not live on a kibbutz. The evidence to back up my claims is simply the pathetic state of affairs the United States is in today. If they genuinely cared about their people back in the 50's instead of being the police force of the world, things would be much different today.
Do not assume that anyone that disagrees with an outragious right wing opinion is a left winger. Some of us just have open minds that function.
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I've read your background, Manopeace. I've read your articles. I've read your posts. You're a left-winger. Deny it all you want, but it's a fair label.

As for the Kibbutz comment, it's called wit. You're Jewish, and you're a Communist. People who live in a Kibbutz are communists...Hebrew style. That's not necessarily an insult. Obviously you perceive it to be so. I don't care if a small group of people decide to live a collectivist lifestyle. That's their choice. Just don't try to extrapolate that to everyone else. It's been tried for most of the 20th Century, and it overtly caused the deaths of 100 million people worldwide. Stop trying to resurrect the corpse. It's a failure. Now stop whining and post something worthwhile, something of substance.
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Wow, Diamondback . . . you don't seem to do much but spout rhetoric and insult your fellow bloggers . . . manopeace is a good guy, and he doesn't need your validation (or lackthereof). Why do you feel the need to pass judgment on the character of others (that you do not even know!)?
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whose the one that is whining and name calling?
Whose the one that looks under his bed every night before going to sleep, assuming that a communist is lurking there.
Who is the one that is so filled with hate that he no longer can see things straight.
Yes, I am Jewish. NO, I am not a communist. Continuing to call me one will not turn me into one.
And no, I see no humour on saying that I live on a Kibbutz. Here too, that is a system that failed, and no, I am not trying to resurect a corpse, I am much oo concerned with the problems of the living.
And, to disagree with what I post is not evidence that it is not worthwhile or of substance.
We have overcome great odds despite people like yourself trying to hold back the hands on the clock. It is ticking, and the people are winning!
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Wow, Diamondback . . . you don't seem to do much but spout rhetoric and insult your fellow bloggers . . . manopeace is a good guy, and he doesn't need your validation (or lackthereof). Why do you feel the need to pass judgment on the character of others (that you do not even know!)?


Spouting rhetoric? Isn't that what a blog is for? If I wanted to keep my opinions to myself, I wouldn't post them. And I never said Manopeace wasn't a good guy. I never said he was a bad guy. I called him a communist because those are the ideals he believes in. That's why he's responding here, and writing his blog. I criticized Manopeace's unwillingness to to bring forth evidence to support his case.

I'm not a blacklisting type. I'm not that concerned with someone's philosphy on a webboard. It doesn't threaten my well-being if someone posts a dissenting opinion. I don't care if people engage in name-calling, provided they actually can back up what they say. However, if a debate degenerates into incoherence and nothing but ad hominem speech, I will take action.

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whose the one that is whining and name calling?


I never said anything about name-calling. And I don't see how asking you to prove that American interest in Korea was mostly protecting investments is whining.

Whose the one that looks under his bed every night before going to sleep, assuming that a communist is lurking there.


There's no need to search anywhere. They're usually out in the open.

Who is the one that is so filled with hate that he no longer can see things straight.


There's no hate involved here. Not everything is about hate.

Yes, I am Jewish. NO, I am not a communist. Continuing to call me one will not turn me into one.


Living in denial doesn't make the duck a swan. If you choose to do so, be my guest. But don't complain when you post on my boards and have me call you on it.

And no, I see no humour on saying that I live on a Kibbutz. Here too, that is a system that failed, and no, I am not trying to resurect a corpse, I am much oo concerned with the problems of the living.


Apparently dry wit isn't you're forte, so any further explanation on my part is just wasting time.

And, to disagree with what I post is not evidence that it is not worthwhile or of substance.


You made the charge. It is your duty to back up your claim.

We have overcome great odds despite people like yourself trying to hold back the hands on the clock. It is ticking, and the people are winning!


Okay...??? Who is this "we" you are referring to?
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But don't complain when you post on my boards and have me call you on it.


OK... I won't post on your board anymore and will therefore stop complaining.
Obviously we are getting nowhere.
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And the greatest thing the devil ever did was convince people that he didnt exist.


OMG Lil Whip.... then who was SPM?????
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In your very first blog. Eastern Diamondback, I note that you say this:
'Most people would label me a staunch conservative. But I respectfully disagree with them.'

However, when Manopeace argues:
'I am not a communist. Continuing to call me one will not turn me into one.'
You respond:
'Living in denial doesn't make the duck a swan.'

Just to stick with the ornithological analogy for a moment, isn't this a case of what's sauce for the goose is (or ought to be) sauce for the gander? Or is it only the right-wing who should be allowed to challenge political name-calling?
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Just to stick with the ornithological analogy for a moment, isn't this a case of what's sauce for the goose is (or ought to be) sauce for the gander? Or is it only the right-wing who should be allowed to challenge political name-calling?


I never said I wasn't a right-winger. I'm just not a conservative. I'm an nationalist American. Conservatives typically only slow the transformation of society from right to left. They are reactionaries to the Left. Conservatives bitch and moan about something the liberals are trying to impose on American culture, and they continue to bitch until the leftists achieve their goal. When that happens, the conservatives forfeit and accept it. That doesn't cut it for me. I don't believe in God. I would like to eliminate the welfare state entirely, and free trade takes a backseat to national sovereignty. Tell me how many conservatives think like that.
Let me put it this way...if Conservatives and a Nationalist like me ever had our own churches, we'd probably excommunicate each other. Then we'd hold prayer vigils about ending the schism and reuniting, on our own terms of course.
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I'm afraid you miss my point. I'm not bothered where you choose to imagine yourself situated on the political landscape. I am simply pointing out that you claim the right to disagree with those who stick you in a particular pigeon hole, but deny that same right to Manopeace.