Wednesday, December 29, 2010

MAO AND GOMUŁKA - A LITTLE STORY

Last night I went to a concert of Chopin's piano music given by a brilliant young pianist from Syria.

The musicologist who introduced each piece told a story about a meeting over thirty years ago between Chairman Mao and Gomułka.

Mao asked the Polish leader what he should do to make communism more popular in China, as so many pople didn't like Marxism.

"How many dissidents do you have?" asked Gomułka.

"About 36,000,000."

Don't worry," chortled the Pole, "We have the same number in Poland. No problem!"

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