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THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONALE

The Third Internationale is the child of the Russian Communist Party. It was created here, in the Kremlin on the initiative of the Communist Party of Russia. The Executive Committee of the Third Internationale is in our own hands. (Report of Radek, Secretary of Third Internationale, to Ninth Congress of Russian Communist Party—Pravda, April 3rd, 1920.)

 

At the Second Congress of the Communist Internationale held, at Moscow in August, 1920, the following resolution was passed:

 

The World Congress is the supreme organ of the Communist International.

The World Congress elects an Executive Committee of the Communist International which serves as the leading organ in the intervals between the (annual) World Congresses.

 

In his report to the Congress, President Zinoviev further explained the dictatorial powers possessed by the Moscow Executive:

 

The Congress has also emphasized the need of a united Communist International organization and has worked out its statute, according to which the executive committee of the III International is given very wide powers,

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