Following a strategy conference — held in Moscow in November 1960 — of 81 communist parties around the world, the “Statement of 81 Marxist-Leninist Parties” was published on December 5, 1960. As noted by Edward Hunter’s July 11, 1961 testimony (“The New Drive Against the Anti-Communist Program”) before the U.S. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS), this document recognized the American anti-Communist movement (including The JBS) as a primary threat to world Communism. Accordingly, it set out a plan to neutralize American anti-Communists. As a result of this, The JBS would sustain heavy smears and attacks from the media for over a decade.
