Speech At A Reception Given By The Presidium Of The C.C. C.P.S.U. And The U.S.S.R. Council Of Ministers For Graduates Of Soviet Military Academies
September 3, 1959
Dear Comrades,
In recent years our meetings in the Kremlin with gradua tes of military Academies have become traditional. It gives me great pleasure today, on behalf of the Central Committee of our Party and the Soviet Government, to extend hearty greetings to a new detachment of officers graduated from the Academies and assigned to posts of service in the army. (Applause.)
I also very sincerely welcome the officers of the Peop le’s Democracies graduated from military Academies, who are present here, and wish them great success in strengthening the fraternal armies which together with the Armed Forces of the U.S.S.R. constitute the powerful bulw ark of the whole socialist camp. (Applause.)
On this auspicious occasion I congratulate the instruct ors, professors and the entire permanent staff of the Academies on turning out a new Contingent of highly- trained officers for our glorious Armed Forces. (Applause.)
Comrades, graduation from a higher educational establ ishment is a great event in your lives. To use the milit ary idiom, it may be said that this is a sort of initial posit ion from which, having gained knowledge and strength, aman embarks upon the principal, most mature stage of his life.
In the Academies you were given a good theoretical groundwork. Extensive opportunities are now presenting themselves to you for applying your knowledge and abilit y in so complex and honourable a pursuit as service in the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union.
You are going into practical work at the wonderful time when our entire people, having rallied all their gigant ic powers, are solving with enormous enthusiasm the hist orical problems set by the 21st Congress of the Party.
The enthusiastic and selfless labour of the working class, the collective farmers and the Soviet intelligentsia is a guarantee that the grand tasks of the Seven-Year Plan will not only be fulfilled, but also overfulfilled.
The Decisions of the June Plenary Session of the Cent ral Committee of the Party are also of great importance in carrying out the tremendous programme charted by the 21st Party Congress. Further acceleration of technical progress is the main factor in building up the material and technical basis of communism. That is the horse we are counting on in our economic competition with the United States. And there is no doubt whatsoever that by cont inuously improving our technical resources, by comprehens ive mechanization and automation in all branches of production, we shall win this competition in the specified time or even sooner.
Our Party and its Central Committee are promoting further progress in industry and agriculture in order to improve the life of the Soviet people and further to cons olidate the might of our socialist Homeland.
The Soviet Union has now gathered such speed in its economic advance and the development of science and cult ure, and has attained such splendid results, that people in the capitalist world are amazed and especially those who have had a chance to see our Soviet reality with their Own eyes.
As for us, Soviet people, we are satisfied that, while the successes of communist construction in the Soviet
Union cause our friends legitimate pride, even the frenzied militarists in the West are compelled to act more soberly.
While guiding the efforts of the Soviet people towards solving the historical problems of communist construction, our Party and its Central Committee display constant conc ern about strengthening peace and the security of our country.
We firmly believe that peaceful coexistence of states with different social systems is practicable, and, for our part, are doing all in our power to develop international co-operation and deliver humanity from the threat of a new world war.
The efforts exerted in this direction by the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries with the support of the peace-loving forces in all countries, are producing benef icial results. International relations show signs of improvem ent. The ice of “cold war” is beginning to thaw. Great possibilities for a further easing of world tension and for improving Soviet-American relations are offered by the forthcoming exchange of visits by the heads of governm ent of the Soviet Union and the United States. We shall do our best for these visits to be as beneficial as possible to the peoples of our countries and to the strengthening of peace and international co-operation.
It should be borne in mind, however, that even the most active peaceful foreign policy is not enough in itself to ensure our country’s security. For this purpose we must also strengthen the defence capacity of our country in every possible way, until an international disarmament agreement is reached.
We all see that the international standing of the Soviet Union is improving continuously. Thanks to the emerg ence and consolidation of the world socialist system, our country is no longer encircled by capitalist states. The forces of peace and democracy are growing and becoming increasingly active each day. We have every reason to state that as the Soviet Union advances towards communism, and the entire socialist camp gains added• strength, real Possibilities will arise for excluding war as a method of settling international issues.
But none of this must dull our attention to questions of strengthening the security of our country and enhanci ng the might of our Armed Forces. We must not ignore the fact that aggressive forces still exist and operate in the world, because there exists the medium that nurtures them imperialism. Nor should we overlook such unpleasa nt facts as the continuing arms race, the many military bases around the Soviet Union, and that the West-German revanchists are being given atomic weapons.
Under these conditions we are obliged to strengthen our Armed Forces in every way, and to keep them in a state of top preparedness. The Communist Party and the Soviet Government are showing constant concern about strengthening our country’s defence capacity and are doi ng everything necessary to maintain the Armed Forces at the peak of modern requirements.
We are not strengthening our Army and Navy and supp lying them with the latest equipment for the purpose of attacking other countries, or to impose our way of life on other peoples. Our country’s Armed Forces are called upon to protect the peaceful constructive labour of the Soviet people, who are building communism. This is their historical mission. To be worthy of this lofty mission is a great honour for every Soviet soldier.
We are building communism in the concert of socialist states. All the countries of the socialist camp are marchi ng with us in close and unbreakable formation. The sociali st countries have established very close co-operation in solving the problems of economic and cultural construct ion.
We are also united in the matter of strengthening the defences of our countries against attack by imperialist agg ressors. This unity is also symbolized by tonight’s gathe ring, which is attended by graduates from our Academies officers of the Soviet Army and officers of the armies of the People’s Democracies.
To strengthen co-operation with the armies of the frat ernal countries, to be true to our international duty is a sacred obligation for every member of our Armed Forces.
Our army is strong because it is a genuinely people’s army, because it personifies the unity of Soviet society and the friendship of the peoples of our country. These are its greatest advantages, which the armies of capitalist countries do not, and cannot, have. It is the honourable duty of Soviet soldiers untiringly to strengthen their ties with the people, always to maintain the high prestige of our army among the working people, and to justify with honour their high trust through selfless service to our country.
Our Armed Forces are accomplishing their mission succ essfully, because the Communist Party is the organizer and inspirer of their victories.
The Decisions of the October Plenary Session of the C.C. C.P.S.U. (1957) and the subsequent joint harmonious work of the officers and political workers in carrying these Decisions into practice, have had a favourable effect on the battle preparedness of our Armed Forces.
We must persist in our work of strengthening Party inf luence upon all aspects of Army and Navy life and imp rove in every way the functioning of our Party organizat ions.
The principal part in solving the great and honourable problems facing the Soviet Army and Navy, is played by our officers. The Communist Party and Soviet Governm ent have placed on them the full burden of responsibility for training and educating the effectives. It is only natural that commanders and senior officers will be able to cope with this responsibility only by skilful collaboration with the Party organizations and close contact with the mass of Communists and all the effectives.
The high ideological awareness of the Soviet soldiers and their conviction in the rightness and triumph of our cause are a mighty weapon which imparts great and inv incible power to our army. Well-organized ideological and educational work with the effectives is a decisive fact or in further enhancing the power of our Armed Forces.
We are living at a time of stupendous technical progr ess, and this also applies to the means of warfare. In these circumstances, an officer is required, as never before, cont inuously to improve his knowledge. Otherwise even an honours diploma will not save him from failure. An off icer must have a good knowledge of the rapidly-developi ng techniques. Moreover, he must not be a specialist in just one particular branch of the service, but also possess an extensive range of knowledge. It is very important that you creatively apply the knowledge you have acquired in the Academies. Officers are therefore required to be alw ays active and to constantly display initiative.
I should also like to advise you, now that you have become officers, to try and win prestige among your subo rdinates. The faith of the men in their commander is a great force. When a soldier respects his officer he will carry out his orders better and more diligently.
Bear in mind that prestige is won primarily by the officer himself. It is attained by a profound knowledge of his duties, faultless behaviour, concern for his subordinates and permanent, intimate connections with the masses of soldiers.
Allow me, in conclusion, once more to congratulate you sincerely on your graduation from the Academies and to wish you the best of health and success in your military service.
Long live our glorious Armed Forces and their officers! (Stormy applause.) Long live the Soviet people, who are confidently adv ancing along the path to communism! (Stormy applause.) Long live the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the organizer and inspirer of all our victories! (Stormy, prol onged applause. All rise.)
In recent years our meetings in the Kremlin with gradua tes of military Academies have become traditional. It gives me great pleasure today, on behalf of the Central Committee of our Party and the Soviet Government, to extend hearty greetings to a new detachment of officers graduated from the Academies and assigned to posts of service in the army. (Applause.)
I also very sincerely welcome the officers of the Peop le’s Democracies graduated from military Academies, who are present here, and wish them great success in strengthening the fraternal armies which together with the Armed Forces of the U.S.S.R. constitute the powerful bulw ark of the whole socialist camp. (Applause.)
On this auspicious occasion I congratulate the instruct ors, professors and the entire permanent staff of the Academies on turning out a new Contingent of highly- trained officers for our glorious Armed Forces. (Applause.)
Comrades, graduation from a higher educational establ ishment is a great event in your lives. To use the milit ary idiom, it may be said that this is a sort of initial posit ion from which, having gained knowledge and strength, aman embarks upon the principal, most mature stage of his life.
In the Academies you were given a good theoretical groundwork. Extensive opportunities are now presenting themselves to you for applying your knowledge and abilit y in so complex and honourable a pursuit as service in the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union.
You are going into practical work at the wonderful time when our entire people, having rallied all their gigant ic powers, are solving with enormous enthusiasm the hist orical problems set by the 21st Congress of the Party.
The enthusiastic and selfless labour of the working class, the collective farmers and the Soviet intelligentsia is a guarantee that the grand tasks of the Seven-Year Plan will not only be fulfilled, but also overfulfilled.
The Decisions of the June Plenary Session of the Cent ral Committee of the Party are also of great importance in carrying out the tremendous programme charted by the 21st Party Congress. Further acceleration of technical progress is the main factor in building up the material and technical basis of communism. That is the horse we are counting on in our economic competition with the United States. And there is no doubt whatsoever that by cont inuously improving our technical resources, by comprehens ive mechanization and automation in all branches of production, we shall win this competition in the specified time or even sooner.
Our Party and its Central Committee are promoting further progress in industry and agriculture in order to improve the life of the Soviet people and further to cons olidate the might of our socialist Homeland.
The Soviet Union has now gathered such speed in its economic advance and the development of science and cult ure, and has attained such splendid results, that people in the capitalist world are amazed and especially those who have had a chance to see our Soviet reality with their Own eyes.
As for us, Soviet people, we are satisfied that, while the successes of communist construction in the Soviet
Union cause our friends legitimate pride, even the frenzied militarists in the West are compelled to act more soberly.
While guiding the efforts of the Soviet people towards solving the historical problems of communist construction, our Party and its Central Committee display constant conc ern about strengthening peace and the security of our country.
We firmly believe that peaceful coexistence of states with different social systems is practicable, and, for our part, are doing all in our power to develop international co-operation and deliver humanity from the threat of a new world war.
The efforts exerted in this direction by the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries with the support of the peace-loving forces in all countries, are producing benef icial results. International relations show signs of improvem ent. The ice of “cold war” is beginning to thaw. Great possibilities for a further easing of world tension and for improving Soviet-American relations are offered by the forthcoming exchange of visits by the heads of governm ent of the Soviet Union and the United States. We shall do our best for these visits to be as beneficial as possible to the peoples of our countries and to the strengthening of peace and international co-operation.
It should be borne in mind, however, that even the most active peaceful foreign policy is not enough in itself to ensure our country’s security. For this purpose we must also strengthen the defence capacity of our country in every possible way, until an international disarmament agreement is reached.
We all see that the international standing of the Soviet Union is improving continuously. Thanks to the emerg ence and consolidation of the world socialist system, our country is no longer encircled by capitalist states. The forces of peace and democracy are growing and becoming increasingly active each day. We have every reason to state that as the Soviet Union advances towards communism, and the entire socialist camp gains added• strength, real Possibilities will arise for excluding war as a method of settling international issues.
But none of this must dull our attention to questions of strengthening the security of our country and enhanci ng the might of our Armed Forces. We must not ignore the fact that aggressive forces still exist and operate in the world, because there exists the medium that nurtures them imperialism. Nor should we overlook such unpleasa nt facts as the continuing arms race, the many military bases around the Soviet Union, and that the West-German revanchists are being given atomic weapons.
Under these conditions we are obliged to strengthen our Armed Forces in every way, and to keep them in a state of top preparedness. The Communist Party and the Soviet Government are showing constant concern about strengthening our country’s defence capacity and are doi ng everything necessary to maintain the Armed Forces at the peak of modern requirements.
We are not strengthening our Army and Navy and supp lying them with the latest equipment for the purpose of attacking other countries, or to impose our way of life on other peoples. Our country’s Armed Forces are called upon to protect the peaceful constructive labour of the Soviet people, who are building communism. This is their historical mission. To be worthy of this lofty mission is a great honour for every Soviet soldier.
We are building communism in the concert of socialist states. All the countries of the socialist camp are marchi ng with us in close and unbreakable formation. The sociali st countries have established very close co-operation in solving the problems of economic and cultural construct ion.
We are also united in the matter of strengthening the defences of our countries against attack by imperialist agg ressors. This unity is also symbolized by tonight’s gathe ring, which is attended by graduates from our Academies officers of the Soviet Army and officers of the armies of the People’s Democracies.
To strengthen co-operation with the armies of the frat ernal countries, to be true to our international duty is a sacred obligation for every member of our Armed Forces.
Our army is strong because it is a genuinely people’s army, because it personifies the unity of Soviet society and the friendship of the peoples of our country. These are its greatest advantages, which the armies of capitalist countries do not, and cannot, have. It is the honourable duty of Soviet soldiers untiringly to strengthen their ties with the people, always to maintain the high prestige of our army among the working people, and to justify with honour their high trust through selfless service to our country.
Our Armed Forces are accomplishing their mission succ essfully, because the Communist Party is the organizer and inspirer of their victories.
The Decisions of the October Plenary Session of the C.C. C.P.S.U. (1957) and the subsequent joint harmonious work of the officers and political workers in carrying these Decisions into practice, have had a favourable effect on the battle preparedness of our Armed Forces.
We must persist in our work of strengthening Party inf luence upon all aspects of Army and Navy life and imp rove in every way the functioning of our Party organizat ions.
The principal part in solving the great and honourable problems facing the Soviet Army and Navy, is played by our officers. The Communist Party and Soviet Governm ent have placed on them the full burden of responsibility for training and educating the effectives. It is only natural that commanders and senior officers will be able to cope with this responsibility only by skilful collaboration with the Party organizations and close contact with the mass of Communists and all the effectives.
The high ideological awareness of the Soviet soldiers and their conviction in the rightness and triumph of our cause are a mighty weapon which imparts great and inv incible power to our army. Well-organized ideological and educational work with the effectives is a decisive fact or in further enhancing the power of our Armed Forces.
We are living at a time of stupendous technical progr ess, and this also applies to the means of warfare. In these circumstances, an officer is required, as never before, cont inuously to improve his knowledge. Otherwise even an honours diploma will not save him from failure. An off icer must have a good knowledge of the rapidly-developi ng techniques. Moreover, he must not be a specialist in just one particular branch of the service, but also possess an extensive range of knowledge. It is very important that you creatively apply the knowledge you have acquired in the Academies. Officers are therefore required to be alw ays active and to constantly display initiative.
I should also like to advise you, now that you have become officers, to try and win prestige among your subo rdinates. The faith of the men in their commander is a great force. When a soldier respects his officer he will carry out his orders better and more diligently.
Bear in mind that prestige is won primarily by the officer himself. It is attained by a profound knowledge of his duties, faultless behaviour, concern for his subordinates and permanent, intimate connections with the masses of soldiers.
Allow me, in conclusion, once more to congratulate you sincerely on your graduation from the Academies and to wish you the best of health and success in your military service.
Long live our glorious Armed Forces and their officers! (Stormy applause.) Long live the Soviet people, who are confidently adv ancing along the path to communism! (Stormy applause.) Long live the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the organizer and inspirer of all our victories! (Stormy, prol onged applause. All rise.)
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