ABSTRACT
The squeezing out of the capitalist elements of the countryside is an inevitable result and a component part of the policy of restricting the capitalist elements, the policy of restricting the exploiting tendencies of the kulaks. To squeeze out the capitalist elements of the countryside means squeezing out and overcoming sections of the kulaks that are unable to withstand the pressure of taxation, to withstand the system of restrictive measures of the Soviet Government. The policy of liquidating the kulaks as a class entirely follows from the policy of squeezing out the capitalist elements and is a continuation of that policy at a new stage. The present policy of our Party in the village is not a continuation of the old policy, but a change from the old policy of restricting (and squeezing out) the capitalist elements of the countryside to the new policy of liquidating the kulaks as a class.
