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157 as she grew in power Soviet Russia might develop a new type of imperialism; but he thought there was little chance of this for a long time to come, and for the moment, for reasons of self-interest, Russia was befriending all oppressed nationalities۔It seemed logical; therefore, that he should visit the Soviet Union before returning to India; and the opportunity came, after Motilal's arrival in Europe in the autumn, when father and son were invited to the decennial celebrations of the 1917 revolution۔When they were at Berlin, the Soviet ambassador conveyed the invitation to them, and though this was short notice they decided 'after some hesitation' to accept it۔The invitation came in the last phase of the Soviet policy of support for national liberation movements in Asia, regardless of their ideology۔This was a heritage from Lenin, who had believed that colonial countries like India should have their bourgeois 'democratic revolution before they could think of proletarian rule' and that therefore it was the duty of Communists to work at this stage in cooperation with the leadership of the bourgeoisie۔So to Lenin, Gandhi was a 'revolutionary' and he rejected the argument of M۔N۔Roy that the Indian bourgeoisie was no different from the traditional feudal classes۔The thesis of Lenin became the official policy of the Soviet Union and the Comintern, and although by the end of 1922 there were the beginnings of Communist party organization in India, the general plan was for the Communists to infiltrate the Congress rather than