Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29

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it could make the free world be-
lieve it had really abandoned the
mind-corroding preSSures by which
it led American prisoners of war in
Korea to confess to a nonresident
germ warfare. without actually
sacrificing it. The confession
strategy. however, is inseparable
from communism.
Berio Storted 1t
That is the meaning of the whole
series of developments that began
soon after Stains death. Law
rentia Beria let the cat out of the
bag by admitting that the so-called
plot of Jewish doctors to kill off
leaders of the Red state was a gov
ernment-concocted lie.
The Observation-Disclosures duo is
attempting to take advantage Of
our forgetfulness by giving the i'm
preston that it was the present
rulers of the Kremlin who exposed
the falsity of such confession cases.
Actually, all they did was inherit
the situation after liquidating
Beria.
What the Reds now are trying
to do is to pose as reformerS and
thus divert attention away from
the decisive role that confessions
play in the entire Communist
structure. They are making be-
lieve it is only a matter of a
few already publicly exposed,
quack trials.
Actually. every phase of COM
munism is accompanied by con-
fesSion tactics. The confession
rite appears in every stage in the
process of becoming a Communist
member. AS a man-made. quack
religion. confession is the crux OF
the Red indoctrination and control
system, by which it seduces minds
and puts them into bondage.
Everyone within reach of the
Communist hierarchy has to par
ticipate IN the confession pro-
cedures. Everyone, no matter how
fatiguing his work in Office. factory
or mine, must attend so-called
learning meetings." where the
learning is wholly political and
entirely from the Marxist view
point He has to engage in self
criticism" self denomination"
Thought conclusions and other
grotesque practices, leading to So
called mind reform" All along the
line, confession is obligatory.
Once it becomes evident that
confessions are not to be believed.
the whole Communist structure is
threatened.
System Cont Change
But the Red chiefs cannot change
the system; fake confessions will
have to be resorted to or commu-
nism will not survive The rank
and file Communist must continue
to confess to every sort of ideologi-
cal mlsdeed. as this is the method
by which the people are kept
political line are brought about.
Indeed. while on the one hand,
RED leaders. organizations and pub
locations are denouncing some fake
confessions. they themselves are en-
gaging in the same old fake con-
feSsion technique, competing with
each other to confess every sort of
connivance with the excuses of the
Stalinist regime. The Communist
system requires scapegoats. Scape-
goats must continue to confess,
whether innocent or guilty. SUBJ
mission to communism is the only
standard permitted.
This is, of course. the significance
of what the West calls the down.
grading of Stain. 1t was really in
evitable to transfer to him the frus-
trations and hates dangerously pent
up insiGe the Rcd territories.
The overall strategy by which
indoctrination and control proceeds.
with concession as its crystallizing
factor. has been given the name
bralnWaShing.
Moscow is maneuvering so that
when these tempests. buffeting not
only communism leading person.
alities but also its theological foun-
dation, give way to other interests,
it will be able to proceed essentially
the same as always. Whether they
can will depend on whether the
Reds can persuade the Free World
TO accept their propaganda version
OF these occurrences, and to keep
their subject peoples from hear
ing-and being convinced blythe
facts. They are phrasing their re-
action for us in the bourgeois lam
guage they despise, so as to exploit
what they call our sentimental
ism" and 'romanticism. both
crimes within the Communist state.
New Control Group
Meanwhile. they have set up a
new control body, using double-talk
TO give the West the impression
that it is intended to eliminate fake
confessions. This is the so-called
Division for Inspecting the In
vestigations of State Security
Organs referred to as watch
dog agency While the West is
being told this organization is to
watch against recurrence Of the old
excesses, actually it is to guaran-
tee that the exposure Of the con-
fession technique does not spread.
There is both an increasing hope
and an increasing danger in this
for tree peoples everywhere. When
ever a crisis arises under commu-
nism. "self-examination' is in
dulged in to limit the infection to
as small an area as possible
This is where the Free World
comes in. II it is lured into ac-
cepting the Kremlin explanation,
and fails to keep rubbing the truth
into the minds OF the Red-controlled
nations. it really will be helping
Moscow overcome a grave peril.