Parties participating in the event

On June 5-17, 1969 an International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties was held in Moscow. The meeting occurred in the aftermath of the Sino-Soviet split and the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia. The preceding international meeting, held in Moscow 1960, had been dominated by disputes between the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on one hand and the Communist Party of China and the Party of Labour of Albania on the other. By this time the split between the two poles had been finalized, and pro-Chinese elements were absent from this event. However the phenomenon of Eurocommunism had begun to emerge, which was notable amongst some of the delegations present. Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ... The Sino-Soviet split was a major diplomatic conflict between the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), beginning in the late 1950s, reaching a peak in 1969 and continuing in various ways until the late 1980s. ... People in a café watch Soviet tanks roll past The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar, Russian: пражская весна) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5, 1968 when Alexander Dubček came to power, and running until August 20 of that year when the... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the Russian... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ... The Albanian Party of Labour (Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh) was the sole legal political party in Albania during communist rule (1946-1991). ... Eurocommunism was an attempt in the 1970s by various Western European communist parties to develop a theory and practice of social transformation that was more relevant in a Western European democracy. ...

Notably the Workers Party of Korea and the Vietnam Workers' Party, both cautious at the time to take a stand in the Sino-Soviet conflict, were absent. The Workers Party of Korea (WPK) is the ruling party of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. ... The Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam) is the currently ruling, as well as the only legal political party in Vietnam. ...

Participants

Delegation leaders in brackets. Names of some underground parties were left out in official conference reports, and are thus not included here.

Socialist Bloc countries

• Bulgaria: Bulgarian Communist Party (Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Czechoslovakia: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Gustáv Husák, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• East Germany: Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Walter Ulbricht, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Hungary: Hungarian Socialist Workers Party (János Kádár, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Mongolia: Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (Yumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Poland: Polish United Workers Party (Władysław Gomułka, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Romania: Romanian Communist Party (Nicolae Ceauşescu, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Soviet Union: Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Central Committee)

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Africa

• Lesotho: Communist Party of Lesotho
• Nigeria: Nigerian Marxist-Leninists (Tunji Otegbeye)^[1]
• Réunion: Reunionese Communist Party (Paul Vergès, General Secretary)
• South Africa: South African Communist Party (J.B. Marks, Chairman)^[2]

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Americas

• Argentina: Communist Party of Argentina (Rodolfo Ghioldi, Executive Committee of the Central Committee member)
• Bolivia: Communist Party of Bolivia (Jorge Colle, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Brazil: Brazilian Communist Party (Luís Carlos Prestes, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Canada: Communist Party of Canada (William Kashtan, General Secretary)
• Chile: Communist Party of Chile (Luis Corvalán, General Secretary)
• Colombia: Colombian Communist Party (Gilberto Vieira, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Costa Rica: Popular Vanguard Party (Manuel Mora, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Dominican Republic: Dominican Communist Party (Manuel Sánchez)
• Ecuador: Communist Party of Ecuador (Enrique Gil Gilberto, Executive Committee and Secretariat of the Central Committee member)
• El Salvador: Communist Party of El Salvador (Salvador Cayetano Carpio, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Guadeloupe: Guadeloupe Communist Party (Ephremon Gene, General Secretary)
• Guatemala: Guatemalan Party of Labour (Bernardo Alvarado Monson)
• Guyana: Progressive People's Party (Cheddi Jagan)^[3]
• Haiti: Unified Party of Haitian Communists (Jacques Dorcilier)
• Honduras: Communist Party of Honduras (Mario Morales, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Martinique: Communist Party of Martinique (Walter Guitteaud, Politburo member)
• Mexico: Mexican Communist Party (Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Nicaragua: Socialist Party of Nicaragua (Roberto Santos)
• Panama: People's Party of Panama
• Paraguay: Paraguayan Communist Party (Massiel Campos, Political Commission and Secretariat of the Central Committee member)
• Peru: Peruvian Communist Party (Jorge del Prado, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican Communist Party (Félix Ojeda, Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Uruguay: Communist Party of Uruguay (Rodney Arismendi, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• USA: Communist Party USA (Gus Hall, General Secretary)
• Venezuela: Communist Party of Venezuela (Jesús Faría, General Secretary)

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Asia

• Ceylon: Communist Party of Ceylon (S.A. Wickremesinghe, Chairman)
• India: Communist Party of India (S.A. Dange, Chairman of the National Council)^[4]
• Pakistan: Communist Party of East Pakistan

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Middle East

• Algeria: Socialist Vanguard Party (Larbi Bouhali)
• Iran: Tudeh Party of Iran (Reza Radmanesh, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Iraq: Iraqi Communist Party (Aziz Muhammad, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Israel: Communist Party of Israel (Meir Vilner, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Jordan: Jordanian Communist Party (Fuad Nassar, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Morocco: Liberation and Socialism Party (Ali Yata, General Secretary)
• Lebanon: Lebanese Communist Party
• Sudan: Sudanese Communist Party (Abdel Khaliq Mahjub, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Syria: Syrian Communist Party (Khalid Bakdash, General Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Tunisia: Tunisian Communist Party (Mohamed Harmel)
• Turkey: Communist Party of Turkey (Yakub Demir, First Secretary of the Central Committee)

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Oceania

• Australia: Communist Party of Australia (Laurie Aarons, National Secretary)

The Communist Party of Australia was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991. ... Laurence (Laurie) Aarons (August 19, 1917 - February 7, 2005), Australian Communist leader, was National Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) from 1965 to 1976. ...

Western Europe

• Austria: Communist Party of Austria (Franz Muhri, Chairman)
• Belgium: Communist Party of Belgium (Marc Drumaux, Chairman)
• Britain: Communist Party of Great Britain (John Gollan, General Secretary)
• Cyprus: Progressive Party of Working People (Ezekias Papaioannou, General Secretary)
• Denmark: Communist Party of Denmark (Knud Jespersen, Chairman)
• Finland: Communist Party of Finland (Arne Saarinen, Chairman)
• France: French Communist Party (Waldeck Rochet, General Secretary)
• Greece: Communist Party of Greece (Konstantinos Koligiannis, First Secretary of the Central Committee)
• Ireland: Irish Workers' Party (Michael O'Riordan, General Secretary of the Executive Committee)
• Italy: Italian Communist Party (Enrico Berlinguer, Deputy General Secretary)
• Luxembourg: Communist Party of Luxembourg (Dominique Urbany, Chairman)
• Northern Ireland: Communist Party of Northern Ireland (Hughes Murphy, Executive Committee member)
• Norway: Communist Party of Norway (Reidar Larsen, Chairman)
• Portugal: Portuguese Communist Party (Álvaro Cunhal, General Secretary)
• San Marino: San Marinese Communist Party (Ermenegildo Gasperoni, General Secretary)
• Spain: Communist Party of Spain (Santiago Carrillo, General Secretary)
• Switzerland: Swiss Party of Labour (Jakob Lechleiter, Secretary of the Central Committee)
• West Berlin: Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin (Gerhard Danelius, Chairman)
• West Germany: Communist Party of Germany (Max Reimann, First Secretary of the Central Committee)

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Observers

• Cuba: Communist Party of Cuba (Carlos Rafael Rodríguez, Central Committee Secretariat member)^[5]
• Sweden: Left Party - Communists (Lars Werner, Deputy Chairman)^[6]

The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is currently the only political party permitted to assemble or engage in any political activity in Cuba. ... The Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ... Lars Werner (July 25, 1935-) is a Swedish politician. ...

Footnotes

Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria was a political party in Nigeria. ... ... The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), is a political party in India. ... Carl-Henrik Hermansson (December 14, 1917-) is a Swedish politician. ...

Source

• Internationale Beratung der kommunistischen under Arbeiterparteien. Moskau 1969. Prague: 1969, Verlag Freiden und Sozialismus.