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In 1966, the USSR accused the People's Republic of China of attempting to instigate a war between the USSR and the US due to heightened tensions during the Cold War and China's increasingly radical stance. The Chinese leadership, particularly under Mao Zedong, promoted revolutionary rhetoric and criticized Soviet policies, which they viewed as revisionist. This aggressive posturing, coupled with China's support for revolutionary movements worldwide, raised concerns in Moscow that Beijing might provoke a conflict to assert its leadership in the communist world. The USSR feared that such actions could lead to an escalation that would endanger both nations and the broader geopolitical balance.

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