Communist Party Memberships and Positions


Communist Party Membership and Positions in the Communist World

Country or Area

Communist Party Membership

Sino-Soviet Dispute

Albania

53,000

Pro-Chinese

Bulgaria

528,674

Pro-Soviet

China (Communist)

18,000,000

Czechoslovakia

1,676,509

Pro-Soviet

Germany, East

1,610,679

Pro-Soviet

Hungary

520,000

Pro-Soviet

Korea (North)

1,300,000

Pro-Chinese

Mongolia, Outer

46,000

Pro-Soviet

Poland

1,614,237

Pro-Soviet

Romania

1,240,000

Neutral

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

12,000,000

Vietnam, North

570,000

Pro-Chinese

Yugoslavia

1,030,041

Pro-Soviet

Source: House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sub-Committee on the Far East and the Pacific, Sino-Soviet Conflict, Report on Sino-Soviet Conflict and Its Implications (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965), pp. 17R–19R.

Communist Party Membership and Positions in Selected Countries of the Noncommunist World

Country or Area

Communist Party Membership

Sino-Soviet Dispute

Algeria

5,500

Pro-Soviet

Argentina

65,000

Pro-Soviet

Australia

5,000

Open split

Austria

35,000

Internal faction

Belgium

11,000

Open split

Bolivia

4,500

Pro-Soviet

Brazil

31,000

Open split

Burma

5,000

Open split

Canada

3,500

Pro-Soviet

Ceylon

1,900

Open split

Chile

27,500

Pro-Soviet

Colombia

13,000

Open split

Cuba

35,000

Neutral

Cyprus

10,000

Pro-Soviet

Finland

40,000

Pro-Soviet

France

260,000

Pro-Soviet

Greece

20,000

Pro-Soviet

Guatemala

1,300

Pro-Soviet

India

135,000

Open split

Indonesia

2,000,000

Pro-Chinese

Israel

2,000

Pro-Soviet

Italy

1,350,000

Pro-Soviet

Japan

120,000

Internal factions

Jordan

500

Pro-Soviet

Malaysia

2,000

Pro-Chinese

Mexico

50,000

Open split

Netherlands

12,000

Pro-Soviet

Pakistan

3,000

no stand taken

Paraguay

5,000

Open split

Pilippines

1,2000

No stand taken

South Vietnam

Estimate 31,000 hard core

Pro-Chinese

Sweden

20,000

Pro-Soviet

Spain

5,000

Internal factions

Switzerland

less than 6,000

Open split

Syria

4,000

Pro-Soviet

Uruguay

10,000

Pro-Soviet

United Arab Republic

1,000

No stand taken

United Kingdom

34,372

Pro-Soviet

Venezuela

30,000

No stand taken

Source: House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sub-Committee on the Far East and the Pacific, Sino-Soviet Conflict, Report on Sino-Soviet Conflict and Its Implications (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965), pp. 17R–19R.

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