Well the united states government at least thought so. Since a lot of (western) maoist could use “soviet imperialism” or “the soviet union has abandoned socialism” (which isnt that untrue, of how Khrushchev acted tbh) to basically disarm soviet support inside the west from the left. Ironic how now the very same people sometimes, do the same to the PRC? Although I am not nearly educated enough to tackle the sino-soviet split or give an adequate informative and productive analysis of that issue.
Maoist United Soviets of America vs Stalinist Mexico-Brazil-Chile Pact(M-L) 
Well the united states government at least thought so. Since a lot of (western) maoist could use “soviet imperialism” or “the soviet union has abandoned socialism” (which isnt that untrue, of how Khrushchev acted tbh) to basically disarm soviet support inside the west from the left. Ironic how now the very same people sometimes, do the same to the PRC? Although I am not nearly educated enough to tackle the sino-soviet split or give an adequate informative and productive analysis of that issue.