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November 28, 1975

RE:

CONTACTS BEIWEEN NEATERIAN AAD FIE

INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES (IPS)

The following is submitted in response to a request

of Congressman Dellums for infornation in the files of the

FBI which shows contacts botween the IPS and Weatherman, the

information to be inserted at line 25, page 4286, of the

transcript of the hearings concerning

FBI surveillance activities,

November 18, 1975.

Information was furnished to the lew York Office of

the FBI, in May, 1968, showing a contact between Arthur Haskow

Of IPS and Jeft

Jones of the Her York Regional Office of the

Students for a Denocratic Society (SDS) -

Jones was then a leader

of the SDs and is currently a fugitive from justice being sought

by the TBI for Unlawlul Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Aggravated

Battery and Bail Jumping, as a result of his participation in

the "Days of Rage" on the part of the loatherman at Chicago,

Illinois, October, 1969.

Jones is also a leader of the Weather

Underground Organization (HUO) by which name the Weatherman is

now known.

On August 13, 1969, a source who has furnished reliablo

information in the past, advised that on the afternoon of

August 12, 1969, William Charles Ayers, a leader of the Weatherman

operating out of Chicago, Illinois, was in Washington, D. C., foI

the purpose of soliciting money.

the arount of noney being sought

and the reason for such is not known at this time, nor was it

determined at that tine.

Ayers reportedly obtained noney iro

Archur Maskow of the IPS, Washington, D. C.

This same source

advised that after Ayers obtained the money, he left

Washington, D. C., on the same night, destined for Chicago,

Assoc. Dir. —

This sare source also advised that Ayers was scheduled

Dep. AD Adm. - to meet on August 14, 1969, with Bobby Seale of the Black Panther

Dep. AD Inv. -

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Party (BPP) •

The source advised the purpose of the neeting

Admin. -

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November 28, 1975

RE: STATEMENE OF PETER CAMIJO BEFORE

THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE OU

INTELLIGENCE, NOVRMBER 18, 1975

Peter Camojo, as the Presidential candidate of the

Socialist Korkers Party (STIP), testified that his organization

has been victinized by fBI and Central Intelligence Agenoy

(LIA) activities sinde 1945 le bretLy explained the

nature of the SuP and its position on alection campaigns.

advocacy of violence, and foreign influence. Numerous

references vere made by Camojo and others to 30 years of

investigation of the SWIP by the FBI, Since the SHIP vas

founded only 37 years ago in 1938, a desiro to avoid discussion

of the early years of the SHP was apparent and ignored

the fact that 18 nembers of the SWe were convicted 32 years

ago for violations of Federal statutes dealing with conspiracy

to advocate the overthron of the Government of the

United States and to advocate insubordination in its arned

fOICeS..

in Bunne V. Unitod States: 138 1 20 134 (1943),

tha Bighth Circult Court of Appeals considered statement.

the sip on the same topios that were discussed by Canejo.

particular significance to the court vas the Declaration of

Principles and Constitution of the SiP which was adopted at

its founding convention in Chicago fron Decenber 31, 1937, 10

"chicago

The 1938 Declaration of Principles

sets

forth the goals of the sue to ba:

"The main spocific task of the S.W.P. is

the nobilization of the Ancrican manses for

struggle against American capitalism, and

for its overthrou."

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-take control of state power through

the overthrow of the capitalist state and the

transter of sovereignty iron it to their ou

Workers* State . the Dictatorship of the

Prolotariat. "

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Statement oi Peter Canejo Before

the Ilouse Zolact Comitice on

Intelligence, iovenher 18, 1075

3)

political inscrunont maling possible the

tranaition to the class-less, rocialist society."

..oThe nobloot objectiva of the hutan raco--

CO-munIST, the CLaSSleSS SOCIaliSE SOCIOtY

Inaugurating a new cra for all of nankind, will

be realizod."

"..-the revolutionary parcy in this

country does not ain mercly to lead the vorking

class of the United States in revolution, hui to

unite with the workers of all other countrios in the

intornational rovolution and the establishnont

of vorld socialisn."

The current position of the SVP in containod in

are official CiTe documents such as

ovidontiary naterial in FBI files" inhe Decline of Arorican

Inciuded in this naterial

Capitalion; Prospecks for a Socialist Povolution" which was

approved by the 26th National Convention of the SUP and

appeared in a special issue dated ovenber 7, 1075, of the

"International Socialist Rovier," nonthly supplerent of

"The Militant,

"the SiP newspaper.

The 1975 Prospects

for a

Sociolist Rovolution states,

"the Harrist nodel for consaruot

ing a revolutionary progran in the imporialist epoch is the

founding docurent of the Fourth International, the vorld

party of socialist revolution, founded by Icon Trotsky in 1938."

the 1938 Doclaration of Principles also includes this progran.

The following is a comparison of specific portions

of Carojo's testinony with other material concorning the SiP,

nost of which is fron court decisions and official SiP docurents:

AIUS AND PURPOSES

Carejo tastified, "I thin: it is irportant that

I brictly explain cacily wo so are and what ve stand for."

#c describel the 3uP as a

"political party based on the voring

class" or as a "rorkors movement" and anT nonbors as "Karxicts"

ox "'intornationalist."

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Statonont of Peter Canojo Defore

che louse Select Committee on

Intelligence, Fovenber 18, 1975

The explanation of inat they stand tos included, "en the

question of escablishing socialisn, however, ve

arc in a

minority.

our goal is to tin a najority to our point of

view."

Ai no poini in his statement did Canojo achmouledge

the sil? is & revolutionary, Trotsiyist communist organizacion

which has as its purpose, as stated in its Icolaration of

Principles, the overthrow of the U. S. Government, the

institution of a dictatorship of the vorking class, and the

eventual achievemont of a cormunist society.

In Dunne V. U. Sir the court considered the

Declaration of Principles and said,

"The Doclaration sets forth the program

of action to effectuace this overthror of

the existing capitalist society and the

Government which supporto it. The first

step is to build the acrength of the party

so that it can have a najority of the

exploited classes back of its leadorship.

The final stop is to overthrow the cristing

Government by force."

The 1975 Prospects for a Socialist novolution

states, "The world crisis of capitalisn does not favor

arcensive and effective long-tain capitalist Iciom li

the nited Scates but the development of the requisites

for a sevolution."

ELICITO! CARAIGNE

Carejo statos, "re think a political party baned

on the mortina class is needed.

That is why ve are offoring

candidates in the 197G clections.

The 1938 Declaracion of Principles also discussos

eluction canpaigns and says,

"thile rclying prizarily on mass actions,

propaganda and agitation as the meane foi

furthering its revolutionary air, the Party

1211 also participate in election earnaigns

though at all tinas contending against the

fatal illusion that the massos can accomplish

their enancipntion through the ballot bor."

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Stateront of Peter Canojo Defore

the Ilouse soleci Connittee on

Intelligence, Hovenber 18, 1975

FOREICH INFLUSHCE

Camojo denies that the I'TP is run by a forcign pover

of orranisation and stacos that SiP Members are

"internationalists"

who "maintain a relationahip of fraternal

solidarity with the Fourth Intemational."

The 1938 Declaration of Principles states,

"The revolutionary party in the United itates

collaborateo in the fullosi moasure with all

groups, organizations and parties in all other

countries standing on the same fundarental

program as our oi: and cooperates with them

in the elaboration of a complote vorld

progran. the s.l.P., thorofore, is affiliated

with the fureau for the Fourth International

as its section in United States.*

Canejo stated, "And although we strongly disagree

with the

Voorhis let, since it was passed in 1940 ve have not

boen affiliated to the Fourth International."

In Dunne v. U. Sa

the court discusses an attorpt to suspend and withdraw the

Declaration of Principles anú quotes dofendant James P.. Cannon

(founder and leader of the SWP until his doath in 1974) as

10110÷5:

"The principal Icason,

I nay say, was the passage

by Congross of a bill Inown as the Voochis ict, which penalizod

parties belonging to international organizations."

The court

thon concluded,

"ron as to the Voorhis hot, this action was

norcly a subterfuge and sholio scraen." Another quote fron

seens particularly appropriace when considering

tion while also folloving rotsky's toaching that communism

cannot be established with lastino success as an isolated

phenonenon in one country alone.

The court said,

"then they use words which nay or nay

not nean the toroidden thing, thoy intond

just one thing and that is to squiem

through the statute leaving a haze which

ancy hope will raie it impossible or

difficult to lind any fracture by their

раззада."

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Statement of Peter Canejo Refore

the House Select Cormittee on

Intelligence, ovenber 13, 1075

The Fourth International continues to be the

vorldride Irotskyist revolutionary organization and is

presently headquartered in Brussels, Palmiu:

Although

claiming to have withdrawn fron fornal affiliation in 1940,

the ist continues to maintain a close association with

the

FI and participates and votes as a "sympathizing group" in

FI neetings.

The 1975 Prospects for a Socialist Novolution states:

"The Marrist model for construatiny a

rovolutionary program in the irperialist

epoch is the founding document of the

Fourth International, the world party of

socialist revolution, founded by Icon trotsky

in 1938."

"The socialist Workers Party is internationalist

to its core.

Not only are world developnents

shaping the coning struggles at hone, but the

American workers'

enenies are the empioiters

the perspective of the

Cornunist lanifooto-! Workers of the vorla,

unite'-ronains our fundazental roal.

Thile

rcactionary legislation precludes formal

affiliation to the fourch Intcrnational, the

Socialist Workere Party, since its Founding,

has been an integral political component os

the world party of socialist revolution."

ADVOCACY OF VIOLENCE

Carejo stated that the SiP "Joosn't advocate or

engage in violent or illegal notivity.

The IDI has never

produced any evidence to the contrary."

[I. "aClory asked

Camojo if the suit hain't originally advocated the overthrow

of the Governmen't by force of violence.

Canojo ansvered,

"Never in its histony."

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Statonent of Peter Canajo Refore

the House Solect Cormittee on

Intelligence, *overar 16,

1975

The 1930 Doclaration of Principles states,

"The belicf that in such a country as

che united states te lIve in a LIce, denocratic

society in which fundamental econoric change

can be effected by persuasion, hy education,

oy Legal and purely parliarentary rethodo, Is

an illusion."

The court in Dunne V. U.S. considered the above and

other quotes fron the Declaration of trinciples and concluded

that the sip bolieved the 'final step is to overthrow the

existing Government hy force."

The sip does not publicly espouse violence or

terrorian at the present time;

however, material obtained

: the FBI does dispute Caxojo's statemant that, "re believe,

as Marists have alrays believed, that the philosophy and

the mathods of terrorism are damaging to the rockers

movement"; and that "advocacy of corrorion is inco-patible

with membarship in the gre."

within the aWP, the Internationalist Tendency (IT) , supported

the majority position of the Fourch International

expelled from the uP.

foi their support of the FI position which favors the current

use of guerrilla varfare in Latin America and elsevhere it

local conditions indicate that such violence would enhance the

revolution.

Father, they vere expolled for operating in

secrecy in violation of SiP dircctives governing its own

oporations. In fact, the majority of the sup did not reject

violence per se but refused to support the II position bocause

they felt the use of violence vas then premature. Some of the

followers of the Il position have been rcaccopted into the

StI by reneving their unconditional acceptance of the leadership

bodies of the SUIP.

The 1975 Prospects for a focialist Revolution states,

"Thile povorful vorld forces are laying

porder legs under Anerican imperialisn, only

lorces inside the united States can tale pover

aay fron the inerican capitalists and disarm

them."

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stateront of Peter Camejo Reforo

the House soledi Comtice on

Intelligence, "overber 18, 1975

"To protect their scrugtles and rains

against murderous attacis by goons, cops, and

rascist bands, the vockers will have to organize

and train their own

forces

and use then in the

rost effective way.

Starting with defense of

picet linos and the righi to scrio, the pro

teccion of their demonstrationg or those of their

allies, and proceeding to vorters defanse guards,

workers militias, and the requicite arming of

the vorking class, the vorling nassos vill learn

fron their own emperiences what measures to take.

The lessons of history, incorporatod into the

veneral strategy of the vorkers noverent vill

prove invaluable on this life-and-death question."

In addition to his staterent, Camojo apparontly

turned over to the Cormittec a list of

sone 225 incidents

Of alleged IBI harassnont which have taken place sinco April,

1971, when Cointolpro was discontinued.

The SIP and its

youth group, the Joung focialist Alliance, havo Filed a lawsuit

against the Governnent.

3 Large number of Eureau focunents

have been released to the stip through pratrial discovery

proceedings.

Tho bull: of these documents concorned Cointelpio

Jut some

have included the files on individual plaintifts.

In the larsuit, approxinately 150 "investigative incidents"

have boen alleged as eranples of harassment hy the TrI.

have also included such itens as incervious of siP and YSA

members, and their relativos, neighbors, associates and

enployors. these allegations have keen

answered in the discovery

proccodings in the lavsui: and none has been admitted to be,

or should properly he, interpicted as a Coincolpro action.

Since the list of 225 itors has not beon furniched to the FI

and sincc it apparently concerne a mater in litigazion, it

would be inproper to make further corments at this tire.

Courts which have considered the role of the

Governmont vith regard to organizations such as the Sit have

hold that investigation of them is warranted.

In Dennis V.

United Scates, 341 U.S. 194 (1951), the court stated,

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Statenent of Peter Canajo Before

the House select committee on

Intelligence, Novenber 18, 1975

"Doviously, the vords cannot roan that lefore

the Government pay act, it nust vait until the

putsch is about to be executed,

the plans have

have laid and the signal is avaited.

Governiant is avaze that a group aining at it:

overchron is attempting to indoctrinate 1to

membors and to commit them to a course thereby

they will strike when the leaders feol the

circunstances parmit, action by the Governmont

is required.

The argument that there is no noed

for Government to concern itself, for Governnent

is strong, it possesses anple powers to put down a

rebellion, li nay defeat the revolution with ease

needs no ansier.

For that is not the question.

Cortainly an attenpi io overthrow the Government

by force,

even though doored fron she outset

because of inadequate nunters or povers of the

revolutionists, is a sufficient evil for Congress

to prevent.

The damage which such attents create

both physically and politically to a nation makes

it impossible to neasure the validity in terms of

the probability of

succoss, or the irmediacy of a

In the instant case the

trial judge charged the jury that they could not

convict unless they found that potitioners intended

to overthros: the Covernment 'as specdily as circum-

stances would pernit.'

this does not mean, and

couls not proporly nean, that they would not strike

until there was certainty of success.

What was

mant was that the revolutionists would strike when

they thought the time was ripe. He must therefore

reject the contention that success or probability

Of succoss is the criterion."

The Supreme Court additionally noted that, "If the

ingredients of the reaction are present, ve cannot bind the

Governnent to wait until the catalyst is added."

the court

of Appeals thich has considered a portion of the current siP

lavsuit has stated,

"The FaI has a right inded a duty, to

keep liself inforned nith respoct to the possible conmission

of crine: it is not obliged to wear blinders until it may bo

too late for prevontion."

(Socialist Lorkers Party, et. al.

V. Actorney General of the United States of imerica, et. al.:

570 F 20 253 (1974)0)

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November 28, 1975

RE:

TESTINOY OF ROBIRT GEORGE SILVERIAN

BEFORE TIE SELECT COMMITTEE OUT

ITPELLIGENCE, NOVELIBER IB, 1975

lir. Robert George Silverman, President of Peer

Enterprises,

Ita, testified on november 18, 1975, that during

the Fall of 1972, two men who identified themselves as agents

of the federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) contacted him

and his father at the office of Peer Interprises, inquiring

about Bruce Bloy and one other employee.

I1r. Silverman statea

that in response to his question as to the purpose of their

inquiry he vas told that Rrucc Bloy and this other employee

vere members of a political party in which the FBI had an

interest.

He also stated that as an employer, he had no interest

in the political beliefs of his erploynes and he felt the FDI

had no right io

inquire at an individual's place of employnent.

He charactorized the approach of the Agents as presungtive,

mysterious and aggressive.

statenents made before this Cormittee by

MIx. Silvernan, a review was made of tiles of fBi lleadquarters,

Washington, D. C., and the Chicago Office of the fRI, concerning

this natter.

It was deternined that Robert George Silverman

was never contacted or interviewed by any Agent of the FBI

concerning Bruce Eloy.

MI. Silverman vas intervieved on

Apcil 28, 1975, concerning an ongoing crininal investigation.

Records of the Chicago Office also revealed that

Bruce Bloy and another individual, both of whon were nonbers

of the Young Socialist Allianco (YSA) , youth group of the

Socialist Workers Party, vere reported by a source to be employed

by Peer Interprisos, Chicago, Illinois.

Records of the chicago Office of the FBI also contain

Assoc. Dir. —

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a nonoranium dated October 30, 1972, which states that an

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Investigator for a cormictee of the l. 5. Louse or representatives

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reported on that date that he had intervieror J. M. Silverman

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(fathor of Robert George Silvernan), Cuner, Peer Interprises:

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RE:

TESTINONY OF MARCUS G. RASKIN BEFORE

THE SELECT COMLITARE ON INTELLICENCE,

NOVELBER 18, 1975

The FBI's observations concerning allegations

made by fir. lashin in his tostimony are set forch below.

lix. Rasiin alleges the Buxeau rifled the trash

and garbage throm out each day by the Institute of Policy

Studies (IPS) •

On august 23, 1972, a Special Agent of the FBI's

Mashington Field Office rotrieved some of the contents of

12229 a

IPS trash abandoned by a trash truck at a Washington, D. C.

sanitary dump.

this was the only occasion where IPS trash

was retrieved by fBI personnel.

1r. Pastin also alleged IPS Fellors vere targets of

the Boston grand jury investigation of the Pentagon Papers, an

investigation which never resulted in indictrents. By letter

dated August 31, 1971, the then Assistant Attorney General

of the Department of Justice, requested the FBI conduct addi-

tional investigation of IPS pointing out a possible connection

between IPS and the unauthorized disclosure of the "Ichamara

Papors," a possible violation of ritle 18 of the U.s. Code,

Sections 792-98, (Espionage) +

Mix- Faskin stated, it vas clear that IPS Fellows

had their conversations intercepted by many varrantless

circtaps, although it is not yet known on whom the taps were

placed.

Although conversations of individuals previously

identified by the IPS as associated with the Institute have

Dep. AD Adm.been overheard through national security elcctronic surveillances

Dep. AD in. conducted by the FBI dirccted at other persons, a review of FBI

records of the IPS investigation fails to reveal that the IPS

Fin, Co Howaver, received information relating to such individuals as

Ident. a result of cleatronic surveillance conducted by another Federal

Inspection agency, which information did not mention the IPS.

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testimony of Marcus G. Rashin Before the Select

Connittee on Intelligence, Fovember 18, 1975

Raskin also clained "IPS came to the attention of the

D. C. Police and their political intelligence unit. Ina D. C.

Police employed the sane informer used by the FBI against IPS,

and parhaps several others. Several mystorious breal-ins took

Earl Robert territt has publicly admitted that he is

a former informant of the FBI.

Merritt vas, in fact, an

formant of the FBI.

He first

contacted the

Washington Field

Office of the FBI on October 1, 1971, and advised he wished

to furnish information to the FBI concerning crininal rattcas

and what could be termed "New Left" activities.

territt also

advised that he vas a former source of the l'etropolitan Police

Department,

Washington, D. C.

Merritt was discontinued as

an informant of the IBI on June 1, 1972, after it hacanc

apparent that his credibility vas

doubtful. It no time was he

directed to perforn any criminal act by Agents of the BI,

and, in fact, was advised to the contrary.

The FBI noither

conducted nor directed any break-ins against IPS.

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pire mit

November 28, 1975

RE: TESTIMONY OF ANTHUR IURTAGE BEFORE

THE SELECT COSITITLE O INTELLIGENCE,

NOVELIBER 18, 1975

Awong the allegations nade by Hurtagh during the

Hovenber 18, 1975, hearings before the HSC was that at one

time he ras asked to obtain through his informants hand-

writing samples of Andrew Young of Atlanta and other

assistants of DI. Martin Luther King in the Southern Christian

Icadership Conference (SCIC), for what he believed was to be

used for illegal purposes.

In 1973, the time Kurtagh orginally made chio

allegation, a checl of FBI Headguarters files as well as

those of the Atlanta Office of the FBI was made.

munication was directed to FBI Headquarters by the Atlanta

Office on August 13, 1973, which advised that a revier of

files disclosed no information to support lurtagh's allegation

and that personnel, who would be knowledgeable of such a Ic

quest of lurtagh, had no recollection of any such request.

FBI Headquartors files dia

not contain information which

would substantiate lurtagh's allegation.

to compromise tho "novement" and that Itt. Eoover had no

sympathy with any "racial novenent." Presuning that Hurtagh

Is referring to the Civil Rights Moverent, our investigations

were aimed at determining the nature and extent of commist

influenco in the racial movement and not to deter the nove

nent itself.

The FBI promptly and vigorously handled investi

gations relating to Civil Rights violationg and our excellent

Asso. DirIocord in this area speaks for itsolf.

Dep. AD Adm. -

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Mr. Hurtagh alleged that Ilt. Hoover threw a veil of

Admin. -

secrecy over the Burcau's internal operations making it inros-

comp. Syst. Sible for the publia or Congreas to Inow of Burcau opcrationg.

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notes

Tostimony of Arthur jurtagh before the Seloct

Committee on Intolligence, Hovenber 18, 1975

ir. lurtagh is tell

avare that annual appropriations were

based on lir. Hoover's testimony before Congressional Cormittoes

which vere at liberty to examine all areas of the Eureau's

operations in conducting their inquiry for budget justification.

As members of Congress and representatives of the people,

comnittee menhers have always been in a position to lanow of

the Bureau's intornal an vell as external operations and to

malic Congress and the genoral public avare of their observations

within their proscribed mandate and subject to the rules of

confidence.

*ix. lurtagh alleged that the Bureau uses harsh dis-

ciplinary measures.

The standards of conduct of the rBI are

based on and are in accordance with the Nepartment of Justice

Order 350-65 and the Codo of Federal Regulations. Administra-

tive action for failure to moet these known and established

Standards is handled promptly and fairly. No administrative

action is ever talion tithout first obtaining an explanation

from the employec involved.

Disciplinary policies of the mid-

1960s vere no difforent than in previous decades and little

difforont than at present.

"r, "urtagh's allegation that dis-

ciplinary measures had so croded Agents' confidence in Ir. Hoover

by the mid-1960s that the policy "tell the man nothing" reached

the point there burcau suporvisors did not furnish ir. Hoover

with information that had come co their attention for fear of

reprisal, is without factual kasis, is not documented, and

appears to le a matter of Muriagh's personal opinion.

ix. Hurtagh alleged Agents under My. Hoover had no

avenuc through which they could air grievances involving

unothical or illegal practices. This is not true. If askod

or roquirod to take part in something illegal or unothical or

outside the igent's jol description his ovious initial re-

course would be to report same to the next higher supervisory

authority.

Since lurcagh insinuated that internal channels

rould not be

responsive to accepting or forwarding such

griovances, it nust also be pointed out that Agents could

alvays seet: recourse ly triting or going to higher authority,

such as the Attorney General.

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Toscimony of Arthur lurtagh before the Select

Committee on Intelligence, November 18, 1975

Iir. lurtagh alleges that the FBI has carefully

selectod Agent personnel who vere politically disposod to

the right.

The FBI is exceptod from the compatitive Civil Service

in our employment of both Special Agents and clerical personnel.

Our omploycos are selected based on educational qualifications,

personal interviers, appropriate tooting and rigid bachground

investigations.

io instructiong have ever keen issued to deter

mine the political affiliation of applicants for employment

with the FBI.

Political affiliation or persuasion is not now

and has never lucen a prerequisite for employment.

Additionally, ilt. Murtagh alleges that thousands of

Agents have been forced to lcave the Bureau in "utter disgust."

This is not corroborated by the facts.

studies reveal that the turnover rate of Special Agents is con

sistently below that in the Faderal Government and private

industry.

In the first place, large numbers of Agents have not

resigned and no information has come to our attention that vould

in any vay indicate that large numbers of Agents have resigned

in "utter disgust."

He also suggests that either the salary scale for

Special Agents should be reduced or that we should establish

educational requirements to justify our high pay standards.

The starting grade for a Special Agent in the FBI is GS-10.

The U. S. Civil Sorvice Commission has found this position to

be correctly classified in grade GS-10, based on a thorough

study of all pertinent background infornation including the

caucational, physical and other qualification standards for

recruitnent, training courses and facilities, examination of

typical, practical case prosiens and a study of the scope oi

FBI jurisdiction and the numerous duties and responsibilities

of Special lgent personnel:

Classification standards for the

criminal investigating scries GS-1811 vere revised in Fcbruary,

1972, and information therein continues to support GS-10 as the

entrance level for Special Agents.

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Testimony of Arthur

Kurtagh before the Select

Committee on Intelligence, Fovember 18, 1975

Ax. Murtagh recommends that to insure against re

establishment of uncontrollable power within the Bureau that

Agont selection be a legislative process so that future per-

sonnel would represent the full spectrum of American society

instead of only a narrow segment as it now does.

Our current Special Agent complement is made up of a

cross section of Americans representing all valks of life,

races and creeds.

All applications received are thoroughly

reviewed and treated in a like manner without regard to an

individual's station in life.

Equal opportunity is, and has been, an established

policy of the FBI.

The Bureau has applied an unqualified

policy of considering each applicant for employment without

regard to race or any other discriminatory factor. Over the

years ve have emphasized and reemphasized not only the need

but the desire to attract minority applicants to our ranks in

order to be representative of the American people and fulfill

our responsibilities.

In support of his allegation that the FBI practiced

institutional racisn in hiring, Ar. Murtagh also attributed to

Mir. (James B.) Adams of the FBI a statement to the effect that

Hurtagh's hiring of blacks for the Bureau's work force, would

have to be stopped.

Mr. Adams categorically denies having made any such

statement and the IBI's record of affirmative action in re

cruiting black employees belies any such statement.

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November 28, 1975

RE: STATEIDNT OF RATHY SLEDGE-LOVERIN BETORE

TUE HOUSE SELECT COMITTEE ON INTELLICENCE,

NOVEMBER, 18, 1975

On Yay 15, 1974, the FBI received a request for a

National igency Check fron the Civil Sorvice Conmission (CSC)

on kathy camille nahrals, nee sledge, who was employed at

the Veterans Administration Fospital, Scattic, Washington,

on March 31, 1974.

# ravior of rot files disclosed information con-

cerning srs.. Lahraio's activities and membership in the

socialist loriors Party (SMP) and the Young Socialist Allianco

(YSA) fron 1972 to llarch, 1974. FBI files also disclosed

infornation that Babak Bahraie, Hrs.

"ahraie's

husband, was

also a momber of the SiP and ISA.

the SWE vas

at that

time

citoa on the list of organizations designatod by the

Attorney Cencial pursuant to Exccutive Order (80) 10450.

The YSA is the youth arm of the SiP.

IO 10450, in its preamble, states that the interests

of the national socurity require all porsons privileged to be

employed by the Governent shall to roliable, trustworthy, of

good conduct and character, and of complete and unoverving

loyalty to the United States.

Section 2 of DO 104S0 requires the agency head to

maintain an effective program to incure employment or retention

of applicants and employces is clcarly consistent with the

Assoc. Dir. _interests of the national scourity.

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Statement of Kathy Sledge-Lovgren Before the House

Select Committee

On

• Intelligence, Hovember 18, 1975

Section 8 of EO 10450 lists quidelines for

developing information which is of investigative and by

inference, adjudicative interest.

standards & in late yet atic coring the 11c

Zahraie.

Concerning the statement furnished by Rathy

Sledge-Lovgren to the HSC on November 18, 1975, persons

intervieved during the FBI full field investigation furnished

the following information:

She was an active and participating member of

the SUP and YSA from 1972 through the time of the

investigation in 1971.

Her co-employees

and supervisors terc interviewed,

at a time,

and vere questioned concerning her

suitability and loyalty. At no time during or since

the interviews

have any of these persons complained

of having been "upset" at being "brought into the

matter."

No complaint has been received, either Fritten

Lovsten! From a Dr. tremann or from

Kathy Sledge-

s chiet supervisor concerning any

• "disruption,"

nor vere any of her co-employees "ordered" to "come up"

and answer questions.

The FBI has conducted and con-

tinues to conduct numerous investigations of various

mattors coming within its investigative jurisdiction

at the United States Veterans Administration Hospital

in Seattle, Washington, and has received no complaint

concorning

our investigation of Kathy Sledge-Lovgren.

The FBI contacted

a total of 5 tenants in four

units of the 17-unit complex managed by her.

persons contacted vere also questioned concerning

her cuitability and loyalty.

Her "best friend,"

could be identical with an

individual who was interviewed at an TBI office at

her suggestion and by appointment.

Her former boss

in Chicago vas not "called in" for an interview and

was not interviewed in an FBI office. Neither com-

plained of "intrusion" nor exhibited

"anger" and hoth

furnished information concerning her.

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Statement. of Kathy Sledge-Logren Before the House

Select Committee on Intelligence, Novenber 18, 1975

Personn interviered advised that she and her husband,

Babal: Zahraic, mentioned the auvocacy of violent over.-

throw of the Covernment.

Her mother, "irs. James N.

Sledge was not incervieved during the investigation.

either Dr. Sledge nor Irs. Sledge have made any

complaint to the FBI, oral or written, that they vere

caused embarrassment by the FBI.

The FBI is unavare of the family rolationship

of the sledge family.

The FBI has received no complaint, oral or written,

fron Kathy Sledge-Lougren, or from any persons con

tacted äuring the course of the investigation as to

the manner in which the investigation was conducted.

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Hovember 28, 1975

NIE:

TESTIMONY OF LORI PATON BEFORE THE GELECT

COMITTEE ON IITTILIGEICE, NOVELBER 18, 1975

Regarding statements before the United States House

Select Cormittee on Intelligence Nctivities (ISC) made by lori

Paton, the Federal Bureau of Investigntion (FBI) would like

to place the FBI's inquiry on Paton in proper perspective.

It

is inportant to note that the inguiry stemmed from the FBI's

investigation of the Socialist Workers Party (SUP), the largest

Trotskyist-cormunist party in the United states.

Paton states she was subjected to public exposure and

suffered embarrassment and humiliation.

while the Fat did, of

course, conduct an inquiry to determine Paton's identity, the

FBI did not publicize that fact. The FBI prepared no formal

report on Paton and no information on her vas disseminated.

The FBI has maintained throughout the course of the civil action

instituted by is. Paton that it did not cause any of the alleged

notoriety and publicity following the inquiry.

The United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit noted in its recent

opinion, "It would appear that a factfinder could conclude

this record that the investigation first became publicized

through the efforts of Gabrielson."

Mr. Gabrielson was the

chairman of the high school's social studies departnont but was

not the teacher of the class for which Paton wrote her letter

to the SuP.

Paton said she felt she should have been contacted by

the Agent.

This was not possible until she was identified. once

she was identified and the purpose of her contact with the SIP

was known, there no longer existed any Icason to contact her.

The reason for her contact with the SiP became known during the

Assoc. Dir. _ investigation,

Dep. AD Adm. -

It was concluded that she was not involved in

Dep. AD Inv. _

subvorsive activities, and her case was closed.

Asst. Dir.:

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Testinony of Lori Paton bafore the Select

Committee on Intelligence, overber 18, 1975

She states she was concerned about the Government

keeping a record on her as she might sone day sook covernment

criploynent.

She then filed suit to find out why she had been

investigated and to have har file destroyed. The Government

argued that her file vas an accurate record of a lawful inquiry.

and thus the FBI vas prohibited by Federal laws from destroying

her file. This mattor is still in litigation.

2222

Rogarding Paton's attorney's request, on June 13, 1973,

a letter was directed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC),

Hovark Office, FBI, with copies to the Acting Director, FBI and

the Attorncy Gonoral by Frank: Astin, utilizing the letterhead

of Rutgers University, School of Law, Constitutional Litigation

In this letter, Askin stated he was

making inquiry on bohalf of is. Lori Paton and Millian Gabrielcon,

Chairnan of the Social Studies Departrent, "endhan High School.

He said the inquiry vas prompted by a lettor sent by lls. Paton to

the Socialist labor Party in lew York, secling infomation for a

school project.

thai she and hor fonily verc

concerned over the fact that this letter could prompt an FBI

investigation.

He denanded to receive an answer fron the sac,

Rewark, to the following questions within five days, threatening

to take further action if a satisfactory answer was not received

by June 20, 1973.

"1. Now did the FBI learn of 1is. Paton's lotter to

the Socialist Labor Party?

2.

Does the FBI maintain a general policy of survail-

lance of correspondence with the Socialiat Inbor Party and other

minority political groups?

Are all such correspondents investi

gated? If not, why vas llo. Paton selcated for investigation?

3. Under that circunstances vill correspondence with

a political party inspire an FBI investigation? (Ix. Cabriolson

noeds this intomation so he can advise students when such

correspondence night cause then to be investigated.)

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fascinony of Lori Paton bofore the Seloot

Committec on Intolligence, Novenbor 18, 1975

1. What rocords or notations have boon made in the

Durcau's files regarding Mis. Poton, Ir. Gabriclson or any ochor

person connected with Hondhan ligh

School as a rosult of this

inclient and invertigation? That reports vere filed in royard

to this matter and to whom vore copios trananittea?"

on July 16, 1973, Is. Malin Iccaived his rosponce over

Mr. InPrado's signature.

It is noted ar. Labrado 15 not tha

Dircotor of tho FBI, but at that tine was the sAc of the Newawl:

offico of the FBI.

The contonte of that responce arc a part of

curront litigation and furthor cortont is inappropriate at this

timo.

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MOTE: SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE

BEFORE COMPLETING.

10:' "Intelligence Community Staff

ATTN: Central Index

CLASSIFY AS APPROPRIATE

FROM:

FBI

SUBJECT: Abstract of Information Provided to Select Committees

1. HOW PROVIDED (check

for

PRo get to document was made availabla

DOCUMENT

BRIEFING

INTERVIEW

TESTIMONY

OTHER

3. TO WHOM PROVIDED (check appropriate

term;

add specific names if appropriate)

2. DATE PROVIDED

11/28/75

SSC

HSC

4.

IDENTIFICATION (provide

descriptive

interviewee,

testifier and subiect

Memorandum and enclosures

for documents; live name or identification number of briefer,

5. Wise sPoNsorbal sedate and item, metalito, esponse, formal request, other-

of (name), initiative,

N/ A

U

7. keyd underfent fothe phardpriate key words from the list provided separately; if key words not listed are

Surveillance

8. SUMMARY (see reverse side before completing this item)

Corrections and additions regarding testimony of FBI

personnel before HSC on 11/18/75 made regarding FBI

surveillances.

62-116464

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ORIGINAL VIA LIAISON TO CENTRAL COMMUNITY INDEX

IN CONNECTION WITH HOUSTUDY 75.

TOr?

CLASSIFY AS APPROPRIATE

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INSTRUCTIONS

• Type or print clearly in ink.

• Indicate classification of the abstract top and bottom.

• Date the abstract and put on any internal control numbers required.

• "FROM"' entry should clearly identify the organization providing the

information.

• If additions (as when a copy of document sent to SSC is later sent to

HSC) or changes

to a previously submitted form are necessary, submit a

copy of the original abstract, with the change indicated.

SPECIFIC ITEM NO. 8: SUMMARY - enter brief narrative statement describing

substance of information and showing relationship to Intelligence Community

matters if appropriate.

Any feedback or evidence of investigatory interests

should be noted. Commitments made to supply additional information should be

noted. Additionally, certain administrative information may be entered here,

e.g., restrictions on review of a document, if document was paraphrased, whether

interviewee is current or former employee,

etc. If actual document or transcript

is provided, that fact

should be noted and no summary is required. Additional

pages may be attached if necessary.

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"*"

62-116464

Mr. J. B. Adams

Mr.

MX.

I. J. Jenkins

W. V. Cleveland

1 - MI.

R. J. Gallagher

2 - Mr. J. A. Mintz

(1 - MI. J. B. Hotis)

1 - MI.

W. R. Wannall

1 - Mr. W. O. Cregar

1 - MI. J. G. Deegan

November 28, 1975

1 - Mr. R. I. Shackelford

U. S. HOUSE SELECT CORMITTEE ON

1 - Mr. F. J.

INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (ESC)

Cassidy

RE:

COrRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS

TO THE TRANSCRIPY OF THE

NOVEMBER 18, 1975, HEARINGS

OF THE HSC CONCERNING FBI

SURVEILLANCE ACIIVITIES

Attached are the following:

The copy of the transcript of captioned hearings

which vas made available to Assistant Director W. Raymond

Wannall for review and corrections to be made directly on

the transcript.

Plaase note that corrections have been made directly

on the transcript at lines 2 and 13, page 4140-C; line 5, page

1148; lines 23, 24 and 25, page 4152; line 7, page 4163; Line 3,

4165; line 21, page 4167; lines 1 and 14, page 4214; line

13, page 4260; lines 1, 2 and 4, page 4265; lines 12 and 13,

page 4286; and lines 17 and 25, page 4288.

A memorandum captioned "Basis for Investigation of

the socialist Workers Party and the Young Socialist Alliance*

with attachments, for insertion at line 4, page 4247, of the

1 near ngs.

transcript of the November 18, 1975, hearings.

A memorandum captioned "Contacts Botween Weatherman

and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)" for insertion at

line 25, page 4286, of the transcript of the November 18,

Assoc. Dir. -

1975, hearings.

Dep. AD Adm. _

Dep. AD inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Six nemoranda which address the statements sub

Admin. _

nitted to the HSC on November 18, 1975, by Messis. Camejo,

Comp. Syst. _

Ext. Affairs

Silverman, Raskin, and lurtagh; Mrs. Sledge-Lovgren and

Files & Com. _

Miss Paton for insertion at line 14, page 4285, Of the tran

Gen. Inv. -

script of the November

: 18, 1975, hearings.

Ident.

Inspection

Intell.

A memorandum concerning Hardy vill be subnitted by

Laboratory

separate cormunication.

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U. I. House Solect Comitico on

Intelligence Activitles (U5C)

Corsections and idditions to she

Transcript of the November 18, 1975,

learings of the NOC Concorning FBI

Survoillance Motivitios

Ic is requenced that all of the above inforation

po made a part oi the official record of the Novembor 13,

1975, hoarings.

Enolosures - 14

1 - The Attorney General

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rovenber 28, 1075

RE: BASIS FOR INVESTIGATION

OF THE SOCIALIST HORKERS PARTY

AND THE YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIANCE

During the MISC hearings concerning FBI surveillance

activities, November 18, 1975, it was Inquasted that the reI

submit for inclusion in the transcrist of the prococdings at

lino 4, page 4247, documents showing the basis for the investi-

the Socialist Workers Party and the Young Socialist

Alliance.

Attached are documents responsive to that request.

Enclosures (4)

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ep. AD Inv. -

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Admin.

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'pon

SOCIALL

WIN DiSTRICT OF FOR YORE

Is the kett States Sentrat Court

WORKERS PARTY, et al.,?

Plaintiffs,

73 CIV: 3160 (TPG)

AFFIDAVIT

V.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TIE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

"Defendants.

AFFIDAVIT

Hugh ballet, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

1. I am employed as a Special Agent of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Washington, D. C.

I am assigned to a supervisory position with the FBI at .

Headquarters and am familiar with the Socialist Workers

Party (SHP) and Young Socialist Alliance (YSA):'

2. The continuing investigation of the SVP and

of Its youth arn, YSA, is conducted to determine whether

• SVP, YSA and their members are violating any Federal

• statutos, including Title 18, "U. S. Code, 2383 (Pebellion

or Insurrection), 2384 (Seditious Conspiracy), 2385.

Advocating Overthrow of. the Government), 2386 Voorhis.

Sot), or Title 50, U.S. Code, 781-798 (Internal Security

Act of 1950), as well as to obtain security intelligence

Information:

Information concerning the activities of SWP

• and ISA has been received by the FBI from numerous sources,

ara

including informants of the FBI, who have been in attendance

at SYP and YSA meetings, conforences and national conventions

both early in SWP and YSA history and continuing to the

present time.

In summary, this information is: The SWP

and YSA are revolutionary Trotskyist-communist organizations

which have as their purpose the overthrow of the United States

Government, the institution of a dictatorship of the working

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SYP

was

founded in the United States in 1938 as the

Amcrican section of the worldwide Trotskyist-communist

revolutionary organization named the Fourth International

(FI), which is headquartered in Europc. The fI was founded

in 1938 in Europe and embodies the ideology of Leon Trotsky

concerning the application of Marxism and the need

for

continuing revolution in the world to achieve communism.

:: i

In 1940, SVP withdrew its formal affiliation with

the FI to escape application of the Voorhis Act, which

regulates certain types of organizations subject to foreign

controi. Since 1940, however, SiP has conducted a close

association with the FI (a majority of which endorses and

supports the current use of violence) and SiP participates

and votes as i "syapathizing group" in FI meetings. See

SVP Internal Infornation Bulletin, dated Aprii, 1971, and.

International Internal Discussion Bulletin, dated April,

1974, annexed hereto.

While the SWP and YSA are not known by the FBI

to publicly advocate the use of violence at the present

time, these organizations maintain that eventual violent

revolution is incvitable. SHP and ISA seek to precipitate

sevolution when conditions are perceived by them to be ripe,

and

seek to seize control of and direct the revolution when

It occurs. Specifically, SWP and YSA are not known by

the FBI to have rejected the use of violent and illegal

means to achieve their purposes. Rather, information

received by the FBI indicates that SWP and YSA would use

violent and illegal means to achiove their purposes if such

mcans were considered by SYP and YSA as being expedient.

An important minority faction within the SiP intonds to

take all nocossary steps to effectively implement FI

decisions. See SYP Internal Infoiration Bulletin annexed

heroto.

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: \

-is made finge

...

Regarding the Bolshevik party on which SiP is

=.. modeled, it Is noted that lenin described the task of that

= party as: "To place upon the order of the day armed

= insurrection in Petersburg and Moscow, conquest of power,

c=overthrow of the governmeut...." (Quoted from "The Russian

corRevolution," by Leon Trotsky, Doubleday Anchor Books, at

page 266.)

• s

SHP has stated that it is based on the doctrines

of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky. Karl barx wrote in

the

Communist lanifesto thai. "The Conmunists disdain to

conceal their views and aims., They openly declare that

their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow

' Of all existing social conditions."

.-...:. Leon Trotsky, whose doctrines guide the SiP and

YSA, has written concerning means to be used in the

revolution. Trotsky said, "the revolution does require

of the revolutionary class that it should attain its end

by all methods at its disposal - if necessary, by an armed

: rising: if required, by terrorism." (Quoted from

= "Communism:

Basic Writings," edited by. Anne Fremantle,

&' Mentor Book, at page 252.›

More recently, SWP leaders have commented

concerning revolution and the role of their party. The

SWP National Committee in March, 1971, adopted a report

- concerning the building of the Socialist Workers Party which

= stated that "It must be a mass revolutionary socialist

combat party on the leninist model...." (Quoted from "A

= Revolutionary Strategy for the 70s, Documents of the

Socialist Workers Party," Pathfinder Press, 1972, at

• page 92.l George Novak, an SYP thoorctician, stated with

respect to the "coming Amcrican revolution" that "it can

be anticipated that the direct struggle for power between

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the

camps will be exccedingly

oclous, hard-fought

and protracted. It will require extraordinary efforts,

tenacity and discipline to dislodge and dispossess the

monopolist matters of America." (Quoted from "Democracy

and Revolution," by George Novak, Pathfinder Press, 1971;

at page 271.)

The SVP newspaper "The Militant," in its issue

of May 1T, 1974, on page 25, includes an article by an

SWP member which states that "The only model of a

successful strategy for socialist revolution was that

of the Russian Bölsheviks ir 1917."

James P. Cannon, longtime leader of SUP who

was

named as

a plaintiff in this case, has stated that

"It is the opinion of all Marxists that it (social

transformation) vill be accompanied by violence." (Quoted

from "Socialism on Trial," by James P. Cannon, Pathfinder

Press, 5th Edition, 1973, at page 1S5.j With reference iù

this very lawsuit, Cannon subsequently stated 'we

exploit the cracks and crevices in the bourgeois-democratic

system without paying the slightest respect to it."

• Quoted from the SVP newspaper "The Militant," issue

dated January 25, 1974, at page 7.)

It may also be noted on February 20, 1974,

Kevin T. Maroney, Deputy

Assistant Attorney General,

Criminal Division, Department of Justice, appeared before

the Committce on Internal Security, House of Representativos,

and testified concerning the domestic intelligence gathering

function of the FBI. A copy of Mr. Maroney's statement is

attached hereto.

HUGHT IN ELET

Special Agent

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Washington, D. C.

Subscribed and Sworn to before me this

day of

December, 1974.

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Discussion Bulletin

vOlundexI number 5

April 1974

FOURTH WORLD CONGRESS SINCE REUNIFICATION

(Teuth liorld Congress)

February 1974

I. Minules

2. Voting Record

3. Attachmenis to the Minutes

4. Statement of the Majority Tendency at the

Conclusion of the Tenth World Congress of

the Fourth International, submitted March 17,

1974

5. Statement of the Leninist- Trotskyist

Faction, submitted April 3, 1974

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The International Internal Discussion Bulletin is the English-language

edition oi the internal discussion bulletin of the United Secretariat vi

the Fourth International.

Il is published by the Socialist Workers Party as a fraternal courtesy

to the United Secretariat of te Fourth International.

Bulletin Department, 14 Charles Lane, New York, N. Y. 10014

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Fourth World Congress Since

Reunification (Tenth World Congress)

of the Fourih International

February 1974

MINUTES

First Session

Chair. Aubin, Crandall.

Convened: 10:40 a.m.

&. ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGRESS

Congress convened by Walter.

The congress pays tribute to the comrades who have

died since ine lasi worid congress, including: Tomas Cham-

bi, member of ine Central Commince of the Bolivian see-

jun, killed whie saunsg lut did jaz peasant column

that look part in the Auzust 21, 1971, baile against

the Banzer coup; Luis Alamani limachi, murdered by the

Bolivian military diciatorship: Eduardo Merlino, mur-

dered by the Brazilian military dictatorship; Nelson de

Souza Knoll, murdered by ihe Chilean military dictator-

ship; Luis Pujals, Pedro Bonnet, the other Trotskyist lead-

ers of the PRT-Conbatiente ¡Partido Revolucionario de

los Trabajadores - Revolutionary Workers Partyl, and

their comrades, including those in Trelew, murdered by

the Argentine military dilatorship; Peter Graham (Ire-

land), murdered; José Zuniga, peasant leader of the FIR

• [Frente de Izquierda Revoiuciozario- Front of the Rev-

olutionary Left, in Curco. Peri, murdered; Seki (Japar):

Georg Molted (Denmark); Rero Gambino and Livero .

Villone (Italy): Edith

Beauvais and Charles

Marie

(France); Vincent Raymond Dunne and Gonstance Weiss-

man (U.S.); Joe Baxter (Argentina); Lazaris (Grecce);

Maurcen

Keegan (ireland); Keath-Ake Andersson

(Sweden).

Molion by Walter. That an honorary presidium beelected

consisting

of comrades being held in

prison under im-

perinlist or Stalinist repression: in Spain. Chile China.

Bolivia, Greece and Uruguay. Those whose names are

known

Include Cheng Chi-lun, Cheng Chin-ung, Yin

Krun, Lau Sau, Lau Peng-chil, Ice Lok-ming, Sui Yui-

tun, Chau Te:-sun, Lam Chingkai, and H'ang Kwok-

lung. That Luis Vilale now being held by the military

dictatorship in Chile, be named honorary chairman.

Motion carrica.

Motion by Ghulam: To serd solidarity greetings to

Rohanna

Nijeveera and oter imprisoned militanis of

the JVP in Sri Lanka as foilors:

Tac Tenth World Congress salutes Rohanna Wijerecra

and his comrades, who are al the present time incar-

cerated in Sri Lanka's prisons and are being tried for

high treason. He assure them thai we will continue io wag.

a camonign

for their unconditional release througaout

the world.

We assure them that the continuing repres-

sion against inem by the Bandaranaike coalition sov-

ernment shall be brought to the notice of the entire nork-

ers movement. We assure them of our continuing soli-

darily.

Motion carried.

Procedural motions from the outgoing United Score-

taTiat, Hans reporting.

a. To accept the following rules:

1. Time limit for reports, 45 minutes:.

2. Time limit for contributions to discussion, 10 min-

utes.

3. Time limit for summaries, 15 minutes.

4. On disputed procedural points and points of order,

one speaker for and one against 3 minutes each.

5. No second

round

of spcakers until all who wan:

to speak on first round have spoken.

5. Contrivutions to discussion to alternate, beginning

with IEC Majority Tendency, then the IEC Minority Ten-

dency, then the Mechrayonka Tendency, Japanese deic

gation,

and

delegates not associated with either of the

two main lendencies.

7. Limit congress to two daily sessions.

8. That all deiegates present bave one vote on pro-

cedural questions: no vores to be lalien on political reso-

lutions until the final session.

3. Presidium to be composed of the following 12 mom-

bers:

The a members of the Uniled

Scoretariat Parit;

Commission (Hans, Walter, Fourior, Juan), 3 each fron

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the MÉC Majority Tendency

and

the IEC Minority "Ten-

dency (Lars, Moss, Thinvilio 'T. T. Roy, Lorenzo, Dunder),

and ouc cach from the Japanese delegation and the dezhra-

yonka lendency (Sakai and harew).

c. That there be 1 secretaries: Benny, Robs, Dugger, and

d. That a Sccurity Commitice be constituted by the Pre-

e. That a Mandates and Recognition Commission be

with five each from the IEC diajority and

IEC Minority Tendencies, and one each from the viezira-

yonka Tendency and the japanese delegation (Werner,

Marling, Rooth. Petersen, Manuei, Stateman, Dunder, Al-

berto, Cesar, Fireman, Fierb, Sakai).

f. That an auditing commission be constituled consist.

ing of Martine, Darnclic and Jensen for le Najority, and

Aubrey and Thérise for the Minority.

That Aubin and Crandall chair the first session.

à. To approve the foliowing discussion scheduic

1. Three reports, discussion and summaries on World

Political resolution - 10 hours.

2. Two reports discussion and summaries on Bolivia

- 8 hours.

3. Two reports, discussion and summaries on Argen-

tina -8 hours.

4. Threa reporis, discussion and summaries on Armed

Struggle in Latin America Resolution -4 bours.

5. Three reports, discussion and summaries on European

resolutions - 8 hours.

6. Statures, mandares and

recognition of sections, vot-

ing, election of lEC.

Hotions on organization of convention carried.

IL. LEC MAJORITY REPURT ON WURED POLITICAL

SITUATION by l alter.

ILC MINORITY REPORT ON WORLD POLITICAL

SITUATION by Hans.

•Seasion recessed for lunch at 1:20 p.m.

Session reconvened at 3:05 p.m.

Chair reads siclement from Sicedish delegation: The

Swedish delegation prolests against the presence of Com-

rade Anders at this Congress who is not a delegate. The

leadership of the Swedish organization has neither been

Informed nor consulted prior to this accomplished fact.

This sisows that the so-cailed Leninist-Trotskyist Faction

places ils own factional interests and discipline above

the luterests and discipline of the sections of which they

are members.

Motion from lalian delegation by Edgardo: Not lo per-

mit Luigi to report on Iorid

Political

Situation for

Michrayonka Tendency because be is not a delegate.

Declaration of vote of Ilalian delegation:

The Italian delegation protests Comrade Luigi's partici-

pation in the proceedings of the Tenih Congress:

1. Because the delugalion does not feel that a minority

declaretlon is suilicient grounds ior having the rigle 1o

be seated and have voice at the world congress, especinlly

when insuficient votes were.cast lo elect a dcicgare ihis

right is reserved for delegates and members of outgoing

Jeaderships;

2. Because the molon put forth by Comrade I.'s ten-

dency at the congress

oi the Italian section asking ap-

proval to send one member of the lendency to the sorid

congress was rejectid by the vast majority of ine dele

gaies.

The Italian delegation feels that the Compass Tendency's

statement acknowledging ils erroneou's nethod was com-

pleiciy superfluous:

1. Because it involved the revetition of an error-l's

attendance

at the congress of the Walloon seciion having

gone against the advice of the section iscif-while at ibe

same time a nceling of the italian Central Comminse,

of waich L. is a member, was being reid;

2. Because it isn't worth very much lo make a self-

criticism that has no consequences. Givea the situarion.

the consequences should have incided ine rciusal io ad-

mil Comrade L. and the rejecion of a policy of mai-

ing ialt accompli decisions.

• Unanimous decison of the Itallan delegation.

Discussion Against Herb.

Chair read statement from United Sccretarial resom-

mending that Luigi be permited to bc a reporter:

1. Normal procedure requires that al a world congress

the reporters shoulá be either delegaies or members of

the IEC.

2. In case of small but recognized international tendes-

cles that have declared themseives as such on the basis

oi a writen platiorn, and in order lo prust user sexus

to full democratic participation in the discussion: the coa-

gress can make an exception and grant iom the riza:

to designate nondcicgaics as reporters if they think i: is

in the best interests of deionding their political positions

to do so. However, such proposals must be made ihrough

normal organizational channels and the leadership of ie

sections Involved must be consulled prior to submitting

their proposals to the congress.

3. In the case of lhe iniernational Compass Tendcac;

which has just indicaled lis programmatic basis in a

written form (see allachment +1) and which has desig-

nated Comrade Luigi as their reporter for the pollacai

resolution at the world congress, the United Secretariar

regreis that this procedure was not foilowed. The United

Secretariat notes that the international Compass Tendency

has itscif recognized that it made a mistale by no: doing

so. But in order lo underline the widest application of

tendency rights at this congress, the United Secretariat

suggests granting the International Compass Tezaracy

Its request.

Vole on Edgardo motion:

For, 45; against, 108; abstentions, 23.

Motion dejealed.

MEZHIAYONKA TENDENCY REPORT ON WORLD

POLITICAL SITUATION by Luigi.

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Discussion on World Follical Situation: Roman, Calois,

Sakai, Ghulam,

Raúl E., Krasno, Jaber, Aiberto, Chan-

dra, Gabriel, Thérèse, Almouen, Moss, Norma, Mikado,

Scasion adjourned at 7:45 p.m.

Session Icconvened at 9:30 a.m.

Discussion on World Political Situation continued: Dar-

melle, Ahmad, Monies, Duret Juan, Domingo,

T.T. Roy,

Enrique, Jake, Afike, Roberto, Fourier, Josefina, Tom,

jeil, Dumas.

Summary of Mlahrayonka Tendency report on World

Political Situation by Luigi

Summary of IEC Minority report on World Political

Siluation by Hans.

Suminary of IEC Majority report on World Political

situation by tralles.

Session recessed al 1:50 p.m.

Session reconvened at 9:11: p.m.

Recommendation from Presiding Commitee No after-

session lo allon IEC Majorily reporiers time 1o

prepare reports.

Rocommendation adopted.

Chan 19

III. IEC MAJORITY PEPORT ON BOLIVIA by Serraro.

IEC MINORITY REPORT ON BOLIVIA by Lorenzo.

Discussion on Bolivia: Alejandro, Antonio, Heredia,

Sebastian.

Session adjourned at midnight.

Session reconvened at 9:25 a.m.

Discussion on Bolivia continued: César, Chandra, Tous-

saint, Chino, Nagai, Raúl A., Pedro, Krasno, Miguel,

Blanco, Herb, Raul B., Paille, Janes, Charbonneau,

George, Dudi.

Session recessed for lunch at 1:00 p.m.

Session reconvened al 2:40 p.m.

..

Discussion on Bollvia continued: Martine, Lee, Juan Б.,

Scolt, Claudio, Alwood, Manuel, Alberto.

• Summaty of IEC Minority report on Bolivia bj Lorenzo.

Smmary of IEC Majority report on Bolivia by Serrano.

Session recessed et 5:10 p.m. on request of IEC Ma-

Jorily Tendency for caucus mecring.

Session reconvened at 6:25 p.m.

IV. TEC MAJORITY REPORT ON ARGENTINA D S.

•Lopez.

LEC MINORITY REPORT ON ARGENTINA by A5-

turo.

Session adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

Session reconvened at 9:35 a.m.

Discussion on Argentina: Gallego, Hans, Heredia.

Motion by Presidium: To grant Heredia a 10-miaute

extension.

Motion carried.

Discussion

on Argentina continued: Nestor.

Efraim.

Krasno,

Fideli, Paille, Sasai, Carios, Chino, Anna, César.

Peledo, Norma.

Session recessed for lunch as 12:50 p.m.

Sesslon reconvened at 2:40 p.m.

Discussion on Argentina continued: Pamiro, Blanco

Segur, Bundy, Marew. Claudio, jorge

Beto, Aiberio.

René, Mario, Sebastian, itwood, Walter, Ernesio, Fourier.

Pedro.

Summoty of IEC "inority repor! or. Argentina by Ar-

trien.

Summary of IEC Majority report un Argentina bs S.

Lopez.

Session recessed at 6:40 p.m.

Session reconvened at 6:55 p.m.

Chair: Scolt and Sylvia.

V. TEC MAJORITY REPORT ON APMED STRUGGLE

EN LATIN AMERICA by Roman.

Session adjourned at 7:43 p.m.

Session reconvened at 9:15 a.m.

IEC MINORITY REPORT ON ARMED STRÜGGLE

IN LATIN AMERICA by juan.

Atotion by Juan: To extend time for reports, discus-

i slon and summaries on Armed Struggie in Latin America

from i 10 8 hours.

Following Mezurayonka sopor: the

tendencies should caucus to consider inis proposal.

Discussion: Walter.

MEZHRAYONKA TENDENCY REPORT ON ARMED

STRUGGLE IN LATIN AMERICA by Willic.

Session recessed for caucus meclings at 10:47 a.m..

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‹Stasión reconvoned at 12:23 p.ni.

Rotion by Presidium: To extend discussion on Armed

Struggle In

Latin America for rest of the day sith 11

speakers each for the IEC Majority and INC Minority.

and five for Mehrayonka, Japanese dciegation, or other

unaffillated deiegates.

Cine spenker

each from

the IEC

Majority

and ISC Minority tendencies to be allored lo

speak twice.

Session reconvened at 3:00 p.m..

Discussion on European resolution continued: Edgardo:

Adair, Thinville, Willie, Susan, Mintoll, Vagai, Friedrich.

Jensen, Sakal, Dunder, Brewster, Mario, Dumas lei,

Krasno, Williams, Lebrun, Raul E, Rudl, Crandail, En-

rique, Thérèse.

Summary of Mehrayonka rept on European reso-

lution by Herb.

Motion by Presidium:

Summary of TEC Minority report on European reso-

a. To continue with European reports, discussion and

lution by Roberlo.

summaries as scheduled.

b. No interruptions by lendency caucuses during ses-

Summary of IC Majority report оп Eopean те-

Struggle in Latin America and Eurove

lution by Claudio.

c. Ilmit time on reports and discussion for final

sion lo 51/2 hours.

Session adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

d. Schedule ior final session to be as follow's:

1. Statutes.

Session reconvened al 5:50 p.r..

2. Mandates and Recognition Commission Report.

3. Status of groups in Argentina, Spain, Canada. Chair: Claudio and Stateman.

4. Voting on resolutions.

5. Election of lEC.

VII. TEC MAJORITY TENDENCY REPORT ON HEA-

SURES TO HELP MAINTAIN UNITY by Fourier.

• Vole on motions

For, 106j against, 43; absentions, 22.

IEC MINORITY TENDENCY REPORT ON MEA-

SURES TO. HELP MAITALY UNITY by Hans.

Motions carried.

Discussion on Armed Struggle in Latin America: Walter,

Blanco, Thomas, Nestor. Bunds. Anna. Roberto. David.

Nogal, Mamen?

To Pov. Chandra. Dominao, Blanco.

Carlos, Sabawe, Heredia, Claudio, Pedro, Serrano, Jorge,

Enrique, Lorenzo, Claudio, Hans.

Motion from the Presidium: To adopt the folloring

recommendations:

Summary of Machrayorka report on Armed Struggle

in Latin America by Wülie .

Summary of IEC Minority report on Armed Siruggle

in Latin America by Juan.

Summary of IEC Majority report on Armed Struggle

in Lalin America by Roman.

Session adjourred al 8:15 p.m.

Session convened at 9:35 a.m.

Chair: Paille and Brewster.

VI. TEC KINORITY REPORI ON EUROPEAN RESO

LUTION by Claudio.

IEC MINOPITY REPORT ON EUROPEAN RESO-

LUTION by Roberto.

MEZHRALONKA TENDENCY REPORTONEURO.

PEAN RESOLUTION by Herb.

Discussion on European resolution: Jesús, Scoll, Allen,

Walter, Fireman.

Session reccssed for lunch at 1:00 p.m.

¡steement on Alcasures to Help Mainin Unity of he

FOUrli International

:

Unanimously adopied by Presiding Committee-

February 14, 1974

1. No exclusion of any groups or members now balong-

ing to the tendencies or factions in the Fourta

Inter-

natlonal.

2. No

reduction in status of groups currently recog-

nized as sections or sympathizing groups. .

3. Adoption of a general formulá to determine starus

in the following special situation:

In countries where adherents of the Fourth Interaa-

tonal are divided into two or more groups actine pus-

licly apart from each other, no group shall be reco?-

nized

as a section, but all groups shall be recogniza

as sympathizing groups. But il the groups in any of

these countries fuse before the next world congress, ibe

International Exccutive Committee is empowered to recog-

nize the united group as a suctior..

These are exceptional measures not lo be taken as

setting a precedent of any kind. It is not. the purpose of

these measures to encourage splits by giving minor:-

groups the hope that they will receive recognition fron

the international if they leave a section and ser up a

public forination.

4. No recognition of challenges to mandate claims piaced

before the mandate commission by sections, sympalri

ing groups, or groups applying for iccogrition.

5. The voie case on the counterposed polincal rescio.

dons shall be taken as the criterion in determining de

approximale proportional rcpresentation in membersaio

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of the

different teadlencles

actions on the Incoming

Intonational Executive Committee and Control Commis-

sion.

G. Enlargement of the membership of the incoming In-

ternational Executive Committee lo reflect the growth in size

of the fourth International since the last world congress.

7. Adoption of the following two calegories in the mem-

bership of the incoming International Executive Com-

mittee:

#. Full status for members of sections.

b. Consultalive status for members of sympathizing

groups.

Full

members and consultative members shall have

The same rights in everything, except votirg. Fuli mem-

bers shall have decisive votes; consuitative members con-

sullative voles.

For purposes. of replacement

alternate

members shall be lisied according to tendency or fac-

tion and placed in numbered ran'.

8. Reaffumation of the ten-point agreement defining the

preconditions for an authoritative world congress that

(c) the question of

orientation in Bollvia; (d) Europcan

perspectives; (c) statutes of the Fourth Inicrnational.

G. That the international discussion on these points

be closed following the world congress for one year un-

less the IEC decides to reopen the discussion carlier.

7. That the following points be considerer in commis-

sions or pancis at the coming world congress: (a) the "cul-

tural revolution" and China; (b) youth radicalization:

(c) women's liberation; (d) Middle East; (e) Vietnam;

(1) Eastern Europe.

8. That voles on these toples not be taken at the com-

ing world congress.

9.

That the international

discussion

on the questions

lited in point No. T, excluding analysis of conjunctural

eveirts in Vietnam and Easiern Europe de contialed in

literary form

following ike coming

worid congress in

a monthly bulletin not to excced 18 pages.

10. That the Fifth Congress After Reunification (Eleventa

World Congress) be held within twn years foliowing ibe

coming world congress.

was unanimousiy adopied by lhe linited Secretariat Sep-

tember 19, 1973. (See arached.)

- September 19, 1973

9. As part of the implemeniation of this agrecment, each

of the tendencies or lucions shall make siaiements al the •The Preconditions for an Authoritative World Coratess

clase of the congress prochaiming their firm support to

Adopied unanimously by ine United Secretariat

maintaining the unity of the Fourt Iriernational.

April 9, 1973

Attachment

Recommendations to the Delegates

of the Coming World Congress

Adopted unanimonso bu ine i'niteri Secrerariat

September 19, 1973

The fear has boon voiced inat the diferences under dis-

cussion in the Fourth International and the organizations

In sympathy with li could lead lo a split. To counter.

act this danger and to strengthen the unity of our move

ment, the United Secretariat reaffuns its statement "The

Preconditions for an Authoritalive World Congress that

was unanimousiy adapted on April 9, 1973.*

in addition, the United Secretarial unanimously recom-

• mends to the delegates of the Fourth Congress Since Re

unlication (Tenth World Congress) that they adopt the

jolloring proposals:

• 1. That there be no expulsions or suspensions or ap-

plication of disciplinary measures against sections of the

Fourth International or any of is sympathizing gouộs.

2. That all scutions and sympathizing groups be granted

full voting rights at the next world congress in accordance

with the number of their members in good standing, as

epeciled in the states of the Fourth International.

'3. That the present temporary starutas of the Fourth

International be adopied without change.

4. That in those countries where two or more groups.

exist because of splits or other reasons, the uniied moral

authority of the Fourth International be brournt to bear

for the earliest possible fusion of the groups on a prin-

cipled basis.

5. That orly resolutions and counterresolutions on the

following points be placed

on the agenda of the com-

Ing world congress for a vole: (e) the world politica!

situation; (b) the question uf orientation in Argentina;

In vlew of the backlog of translations still to be done

of documents submitied to the preparatory discussion for

the next world congress and

the number of documents

already announced jor presentation in lhe coming vietis.

it appears unlikely that these can be placed in ine rands

of the rank and file before the conterences où the sections

are beld to choose delegates for the nes norld conaress.

To overcome this difficulty and thus help lo assure a

full democratic discussion and election of zorld

con-

gress delegates, the United Secretariat thorafore uaani-

mously recommends so membership of tic I.E.C. posi

ponement of the world congress. In accordance with the

nes date it also recommends that the final date for sus-

mission of material be set approximately three monias in

advance of the world congress. The United Secretariat is

not bound to transiate and publisk material submilled

after that date.

All national pre-world congress conferences should be

rescheduled to be held as close to the world congress as

practical, but not earlier than t weeks before the congress.

Some comrades have expressed fear that the deisy in

transiating documents might be part of a process

would bring into question the authoritativeness of the

next world congress.

Secretariat is of the unanimous opinion

that fulfillment of the following conditions, regardless o

the date of the congress, will assure recugnition of ire

statutory authority of the decisions of the next world

congress by all

sections, sympathizing groups and

i1-

ternational tendencies of the Fourth International.

1. A fully democratic pieparatory world discussion.

circulation at least into English,

French and Spanish of all documents submilled beiore

the fnal dendiine.

3. The democratic election of delegates to the world

4. Democratle conduct of the congress.

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Peru:

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sectlon,. two public factions.

FiR (Comlision Reorganizada)

Mand voc on the motion:

Fot, 189; against, 4; abstentions, 21.

Motion carricd.

VIII: REPORT ON STATUTES.by Duret.

•Biotion from the outgoing tinited Secretariat To sdopt

the current statutes without change.

Plotion carried unanimously.

I VOTING ON RESOLUTIONS

Motion by

Hans. That this congress not vote of lae

International Majority Tendency resolutio

Struggle in Latin America; and that the incoming iE0

be instructed

to organize a discussion in the ranks co

this question

as part of the preparatory discussion for

the next world congress.

Vote on the motion

For, 5G; sgainst, 101; abstentsions, 6.

•Motion defcated.

Motion from the Presidium: That each tendency jave

one minne to specify what it is asking the cregaies to

vote for.

Motion carried.

Walter for the Inlernational Majority Tondency: To role

for the following resolurions and against ail others

3. Tor the International Majority Tendency "Drait Fo-

litical Resolution."

2. For the International Majorily Tendency D:al Peso-

• Jution on Bolivia."

3. For the International Majority Tendency "Drait Reso-

lution on Argentina."

4. For the Internalional Majority Tendency "Draft Reso-

lution on Armed Struggie in Latin America."

6. For the International Majority Tendency "Drair Feso

lution on the Construction of Revolutionary Pardes is

Capitalist Europe."

Hans for the Loninis'-Trotskuist Faction: To voie for

the following resolutions and reporis and

against

al

orhe for the Leninist Frolskyist Faction Draft Pollial

Resolution."

2. For the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction "Section Two o?

'Argentina and Bolivia - The Balance Sheer.'*

8. For the Leninis:-Irolsiyist Faction

"Suction Tase:

of 'Argentina and Bolivia - the Balance Sheet."

6. For the counterreport by the Leninist-Troiskrist Fac-

Hon to the "Draft Resolution on Armed Struggie in Lass

America."

5. For the counterreport by the Leninis! Trols!: ris: Fac-

tion to the "Drait Resolution on the Consirucion ci E.z'o-

lutioo :ty Parties in Capitalist Europe"

Hero for the Mechrayonka Tendency, To rule for ste

following resolutions:

.1. For general line of "Why we reject tie draft political

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Kompass and T.V. F..

•= a For the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction "Section Two of

"Argentina and Bolivia — 'The Balance Shect.'"

3. For the Leninist-Trolskrist

Faction "Section Three

of 'Argentina and Bolivia - the Balance Sheet.'"

4. For gencral line of "On the Orientation of the Fourth

International in Latin America" (IIDB No. 22) by Kom-

pass Tendency (Germany).

E, For rejection of the IMT draft of the European docu-

ment and its concept oi the "new Mass Vagguard," a criti-

which is oudined in the draft for revision of the

EPD by the Kompass Tendency (IIDB Vo. 25) and the

contribution "Jew vanguards or building of the revolu-

tionary party by Nemo, Roc, Bieonore, Lesueur, Varlet

(Vallonia).

• Discussion: Aubin, Herb.

Mandaled voles on Political Resolution:

Isternational Majority Tendency:

For: 142 (sections, 114; sympathizing groups, 28)*

Against: 124 (s, 20; sg, 104)

Abstentions: 4 (s, 3; sg, 1)

Leninist-Trotskyis! Faction:

For: 118 (s, 14; sg, 104)

Against: 147 (s, 119; 5g. 25)

: Abstentions: 4 (s, 3; sg, 1)

Not voting: 1 (s, 1; sg, 0)

Mezbrayonka:

For: 71x. 7: 50.01

Against: 253 (s, 127: sg, 132)

Abstentions: 1 (5, 0; sg, 1)

Not voling: $ (s, 3; sg, 0)

Mandulca voles on Bolivia Resolution:

International Majority Tendency:

•. For: 137 (s, 109; sg,

28)

Against: 125 (s, 20; sg, 105)

Abstentions: 7 (s, 6; 55, 1)

Not voting: 1 (s, 1; 55. 0)

Leninist-T'rotskyist Faciion:

For: 125 (5, 20; 5g, 105)

Against: 141 (s, 113; 58, 28)

Absientions: 1 (s, 0; sg, 1)

Not voling: 3 (s, 3; sg, 0)

Mandoled votes on Argentina Resolution:

• International Majority Tendency:

For: 137 (5, 109; 5g, 29)

Against: 125 (s, 20; sg, 105)

Abstrations: 7(5, 0: 57, 1)

Not voüng. 1 (5, 1; 56, 8)

Leninist-Protskyist Faction:

For: 125 (5, 20; 95, 105)

-

Agalnst: 140 (s, 112, yg, 28)

Abstentions: 1 (3,0; 35, 1)

Not voting: 4 (s, 4; sg, 0)

Mandated voles on Armed Struggle in Latin America:

International Majority Tendency:

For: 142 (s, 114; sg, 25)

Against 125{s, 18; 5g, 107)

Abstentions: 1 (s, 0; sg, 1)

Not voting. 2 (5, 2; 5g, 0)

Leninist-Trotskyist Faction:

For: 118 (s, 13; sg; 105)

Against: 143 (s, 115; sg, 29)

Abstentions: 6 (s, 5; 5g, 1)

Not voting: 3 (s, 3; 3g, 0)

Mezhrayonka:

For: 9 (s, 2; sg, 0)

Agalnst: 259 (s, 126; sg, 133)

Abstentions: 1 (s, 0; sg, 1)

Not voting: 1 (s, 1; sg, 0)

Mandated voles on Europcan Resolation:

Isternational Majority Tendency:

For: 144 (s, 115; sg, 25)

Against: 125 (s, 20; sg. 105)

Abstentions: 1 (s, 0; sg, 1)

Leninis!-Trotskvist Faction

For: 118 (s, 13; sg, 105)

Against: 149 (s. 121; sg, 23)

Abstentions: 2 (s, 1; s5, 1)

Not voting: 1 (s, 1; sg, 0)

For: 5 (s, 5; sg, 0)

- AgRinst 259 (s. 126; sg. 133)

• Abslentions: 3 (s, 2; sg, 1)

Not voting: 3 (5, 3; 5g, 0)

*Sections are those groups recognized as such by the

41h World Congress

Since Reunification (Tenin World.

• Congress). Sympathizing groups include those who owine

do Icactionary legislaiion

in their own countries (such

88 Argentina and the United States) are not able 10 af-

fillate to the F'ourth International and casi consultalive

votes only.

&. ELECTION OF IEC

Motion by Presidium:

That the International Executive Committee be com-

posed of a lotal of 127 members having the same rights

in everything except voting. Full members having a de-

cisive vote, and alternale members having a consuitative

vole are lo be chosen from sections. Replacements of full

members are to be made from the body of alternate mem.-

bers listed according lo tendency or faction and placed

rank. Members of sympathizing groups

clected 1o the IEC have a consultative vote.

The composillon of the 127 members of the International

Executive C'ommitice sha!l be as jollors:

Full members, 51. 0f linese, 27 10 be chosen by the In-

ternational Majority Tendency: 20 by the Leninist-Trolsis-

ist Faellon; plus Herb chosen by the Mehrayonia Ten-

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allative

dency; Bala of the Sri Lanka section, and 2 chosen by

the Inpanese section.

Alternate members, 24. Of these, 12 to be chosen by

the International Majority Tendency; 10 by the Leninist

Trotskylst Faction; 1 by the japanese section, plus Chan-

•dra chosen by the Mezhrayonka Tendency.

Consultative members, 52. Of these

31 to be chosen

by the International Majority, 21 by the Leninist-Trolsisy-

That the Cor'rol Commission be composed of 6 mem-

bers. Of these, 4 to be chosen by the international Ma-

jority Tendency; 2 by the Leninisi-Trotskyist Faction.

Motion carried.

International Majority Slalc presented by Duret

To nominate as full members: Walter, Rudi, Jones, Peter-

sen, Gulain, Ned, Thinville Fourier, Georges, Roman,

Aubin, Segur, Dures Karl, Jens

Frey, Claudio, Fideli

Barmann, Serrano, Felpe Minior, Kurt Vaidez, Mikado,

laber, a comrade from ine intilies lo be chosen by dae

section.

To nominate as

alternate members: Brewster, Werner,

Donilago, dioss, a comrade iron the intiles to be crosen

by the section,

Fred,

nicte,

blogens,

Carios, O'itary,

Herman, Syivia (ranking to be submited).

To rominate as consultative members: [list to be sub-

milled.

Es namlente sa Contral Commission members Tan-

talus. Hollmas, Lars. Eduard.

Ironinist-Troiskyist State presented by Hans:

To nominate as full members: Marcel, Adair, Scott, Abel,

Crandall, Peng Shu-lse, Friedrich, Mohan Gan, T.T. Roy,

Key, Blanco, Tuco, Invood, Celso, Galois, Johnson, repe,

Stateman, Thérèse, Antonio.

To nominate as alternate members: 1. David, 2. Fire-

man, 3. Pedro, 4. Ronald,

5. Anders, 6. Williams, 7. Mit-

chell, 8. Lee Sei, 9. Asgar, 10. Susa.

To nominate as consultalive members: Alfredo. Eduardo.

Guillermo, Hector, Jorge, Luis Ricardo, Dunder, Ker.

Martin,

Fernando,

Orto, Ahmad, Cgrus, Josephina, Ro-

berto, Carmen, Raoul, Roberto, Trude, Juan.

To nominate as Control Commission members: Bundy.

Gormley.

Japanese delegation slate presented by Sakai:

To nominate as full members: Sakal, Kihaza.

To nominate as aliernate member. a cominde lo be

chosen by the section.

Nominations approved unanimously.

Slatement by she Mechrayonko International Tendency

read by Herb:

The comrades and tendencies who have formed be

deshrayonka Tendency announce the dissoluiion ni his

third incemational tendency at the ena of ine I-ach tors

Coogress. They reatirm their commos agitemeni aun

the principles oulined in ine Franktart Commaigue oi

November 17-18, 1973. They iniend lo continue duria=

coilaboration and communication in urder to ciary ara

bomogenize their common political basis.

The dissolution of the Mechrayorka Invernational Tea-

dency in no way concerns lie iou: national tendencies

Kompass-GIMI (German section), Kompass-RSF (Danisa

section),

Revolutionary Marxist Tendency-GCR (ial:an

section), "Against the Strcam."

Kompass-GINS

Kompass-RSF

IMR-GCR

Krasno, member of te

steering committee

of

CI,C tendency

Kallas Chandra

Concluding remarks by Juan.

Concluding remarks by Walter.

Congress adjourned at S:30 p.12.

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ATIACHMENTS

Attachment 1: Declaration of the International Mezhrayonka Tendency

With this declaration the undersigned tendencies and com-

1. For general line of "Why we rejeci the drait political

• rades of diferent sections of the 4th International announce

resoiution— a question oi motiod and contenis" by CLC,

the official formation oi an international tendency sor the

10th World Congress (4th since Reunitication) of the 4th

International.

This third international lendency is the outcome of the

political strungle of these tendencies and comrades in their

rections during lne Pie-il'orld-Congress discussion period

againsi the political and meinodorogical errors and in-

sufficiencies which, as we see it, are invoived with icy

important draft resoiutions of the lorid Congress. This

• common political siruggie laid grounds for intensive com-

2. For general line of "On the. Orientation of ine in

International in Latin America" (IIDB do. 22) dy Kom-

pass-Tendency (Germans).

3. For rejection of the IMT-draft of the European docu-

ment and its concept of the "new Mass Vanguard." a crit-

in the drait for revision or ire

EPD by the Kompass-Tendency (I!DB 25) and the con-

tribution "jew varguards or building of the revoiation-

ary party by lemo, Roc, Eleonore, Lesueur, Varles dial-

munication and cooperaiion beireen inese dencencies lo

elaborale their position on the issues under discussion.

This common agreement was expressed in the Communi-

que of Frankfort from Nov. 18, 1973 (1IDB 24). In

this silvation, the formal deciaration oi a third inierna-

tonal tendency for the 10th World Congress based on po-

litical agreement in key important questions, is a neces-

sary step,

~to assure equal rights at this Congress in compari-

son with the already existing international lendency and

4. The Communique of Frankfort lor the deler. e of

democralic centraiism and the uniry oi ine tin inierna-

tional against in. danger cí a split.

The voling formuia of ine international tendency in-

cludes also to give critical support lo the baiance sheer

of the LTF on our experience with the gih ioria Con-

gress line in Argentina and bolivia, eg. lo vole for ihe

general line of part 2 and 3 of "Argentina and Boiivia -

The Balance Shect."

to defend the unity of our movement against the dan-

ger of a split in an organized way.

This international lendency is based on the following

posilions:

Kompass-Tendenz/GIM (Germany); Kempass-Tendency/

RSF (Denmark); T.ÀI.R./GCR (Raly); Arasio (member

of the steering commitice of Contre le Courant-iendency/

Wallonia).

Attachment 2: Why l Did Not Join the Third International Tendency

1. The creation of 4 national tendencies (Kompass-.

an orientation for the militants of the Fourth International

GIM1, TMIR- GCE, CLC - wallonia, Mompass - RSF) and

• the perspective of creating a thid international (endency

d) the incapacity of the LTE to counterpose to the fail-

were basca, In the second half of 1973, on the following' ures of the INT an orientation and perspectives oifering

our movemeni the possibility to face up 10 its tasks and to

a) the analysis made by the 4 tendencies of the blind

alley into which the LTE and the INT had led the IVth

International - notably on the level of the funciioning of

Its leadership.

b) an extremely critical appreciation of the analyses of-

fered by the IMT on Eurnpe and even more on a world

scale we have alondy emphasized the cronevus method

of these analyses -objectivist and carastrophis.

c) the incapacity ot lie IMT lo offer a serious political

and organizotional balance 3heet of the orientation adopted

by the 9ih World Congress on Latin America; the succes-

sion of thirce or four documenis on Argentina and Eolivia:

the linal submission for vole at the Tenth World Congress

of a text entirled "Balance Sheet of the Arned Struggle in

Latin America which is. not a balance sheet and even less

overcome its current internal crisis.

The lateness and the content oi the LTF worid counter-

resolution; the partial character of its positions on Europe

and on the perspectives of revolutionary Marxists on his

continent; its circumspection -which tends io

make one

suspicious -concerning the dubious politics of the PRTÜ

and the PST-despile the correctness of many criticisms

it makes of the IMIT's Latin American postions: lis er-

roneous conception of political debate in a Leninist or-

ganization which applies demöcratic centralism (forming

a faction) all this has convinced us of the objective need

to break the IMIT/LTF 'duo' and lo begin lo present lo

the militants of the fl a proolematic and perspectives

which have been brought to the fore by the 3rd inier-

national lendency.

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of the 3rd International len-

dency has "in'ls lurn seen the classic diaicelic objective

necessity/ subjective capacity come into play.

a) Two of the four tendencies within it (Kompass/ GIM

and TMR/GCR, were formed in the context of a racional

debale prior to the preparation of the 10th World Con-

gress. This partly explains the lateness of the two others

(CLC and Kompass' Denmark) with respect to the work-

•ing oul of a program.

b) Although a nationai tendency may legitimately be

formed around a single issue, for an international

dency it is obligatory to define itself not merely criticaliy

but also positively in relation lo the two currents which

at present monopolice debale within the Fourth Inter-

national;

obligalory, in other words, for it to he capable

of beginning the process of defining its orn perspectives

and ils own line. Without this, ultimarely, it would limit

¿self lo a parasitic attitude lo the leadership-an attitude

which is incompatibic with the traditions and norms of

Bolshevism.

c) It is now clear that although the Frankfort Communi-

que of November 17 and 18 was a lirst step in the se

groupment of comrades who could not and wouid nol

Identify with the rio internatoral

tencencies, the com-

rades who signed inis "communique" neither had she time

nor the capacity lo queiamely go acond lie threshola

of an initial criticism-liseii mos: weicome and positive-

of the lalT. Neiher the sriven contriburion (lihy de're

Voting Against the World Poltical Resoiution' nor the

adoption of a large's negarive "coting formula." common

to the four tendencies (and

on which these stul remai

dillerences: "critical" support of poinis 2 and 3 of ihe Ar-

gentina Britaia balance shone no the lEt canstitute a

sullicient base ior the responsible formation of the third

international tendency.

III. This impossibility of creating at the 10th World

Congress, a third

Internatioral tendency that Is anything

but a passing circumstance, is confirmed by a certain

number of "lactal adjusments" which end up modilying

he initial basis on which this thirr internanonal indenty

was jounciod.

à) For a cortain number of comrades in the four coun-

tries, the dynamic of the tendency struagle has given their

"demoratic" ballles (?) against the IMIT/leadershio a very

excessive, politically erroneous (and nor very proitable)

priority.

b) Because of this (?) the political diffcrentiation vich

the LTF diminisies lo the point of practically discopear-

ing in the oral repores and in the vriven conibusions.

This results in totaliy and untaterally falsiying the reces-

sary debate and the specific luncrion oi the third tendency.

CONCLUSiON. The third tendency was not meani io

be neutral, "centrist"-i.e, at equal distance beneen ine

positions of the IMIT and those of the LTF. But the dis-

appearance of any consisient crucism of the positicas

cí one o! these two tendencies miakes the comiaces tro

signed the piaiom cppcer in jact es e suberdeney of

she LTF. Since there are sacries involved in the inter-

national debate it would be much more healiny s they

cleariy rook this postion. l is a postion mih chich ser

tain comrades of ihe "igainst the siream (Halicon

sec-

sion) will continue lo disagree unill ihe iniernal debsie

within the H'aiioon secion reneus the terms of the dis-

cussion with, probably, a cleavage in the iendencies. per-

mitting them lo coniribure more clearly ine common iasks

oi the consiruction oi our organization.

7 February

¿can-Francois Dumas

• (seerciariat of tre i gainsi sha

Stream of Mallonia)

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Dear Comrades,

The Bolchevik-Leninist Group of Vielnam (BLV), sends

you ils fraternal greetings and wishes the Congress great

success in keping with our great hopes.

We know tha, serious subjects are presently being dis-

cussed in the International, especially the Vietnamese prob-

lem. We deeply regret that for materiai reasons (date of

the Congress became known too laie, passporis, visas ...)

the BLV Is absent irom your debates. lie regret it all the

more because our group does not have the same position

as the International nor the comrades of lhe caposition.

We could contribule original ideas is Vietnamese Troisisy-

•Ists, having been able to read many Vietnamese documents

hardly known outside of the country.

Our BiV group was corstitured as a section of the inter-

national In 1947, by joining the International. It has a

long history behind it. Is was our group shat had suc

cessiully led, during the 194G-1953 period, the movement

of 20,000 emigrant workers in France. During this period,

it was able lo train nos cadres 1500 cadress who for ine

most part were sent to lurth Vietnam. Our group ras

able lo resist the must brutal repression of french im-

perialism during the first war in Vietnam.

Since the departure to Vietnam of most of our comrades

a small group remains in France and carries on in spite

of e thousand difficulties. It is the present defender of lei-

namese Trotsiyisi traditions and icieas.

Although for tactical reasons we don't officially identit;

-ourselves in ous press as Trolskvisis, all the Vietnamese

political circies in France know oi our exisierce, especial:

the Nort. Viemamese ruling circles. We are seeking io

constantly intervene in ine struggle against American it-

perialism through all sorts of actions taking many allieren:

In the very special historical conditiors in Fierraro.

the enormous weight of the VCP crushes ai le

organisations so ils leit maintaining a Troiskyisi groug.

even a propagarda group, is an exiremely duticul: :as..

We have been able to do this during these last years si

no help whatever from the Interrational or from ¿e

Ligue Communiste.

In the political Jebate now unfolding in the International.

we note two coposile errors. The first consisis of pretzirs

up the VCP to the point of labeling it a Revolurioaa5;

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"Party; thus forget

the entire past historical derclop-

ment of this parry, and not taking into ascount its present

ogportunistle and

serious seibacks for the Vietnamese kevolution. The second

•error ls wanting, al all cusis lo stick lo the old schemas

and refusing to see the evolution of this party in the new

condilions and the fact that it has successfully led the

Datlonal liberation struggie.

The BLV group

is constantly careful to not fall into

elther of the two errors. Il constantly allempis to keep in

touch with reality, lu undersiand it and lo dram the les-

sons from it for action, never losing sight of the funda-

mental principles of Trotskyism and Leninism.

Comrades

We request that you make our existence knos? ig .

sections and that you debate out the following gestor:

1) Should the International concern itseil ain aie.

namese Trolskyist group which has remained inga!

the International and which has carried on agaiisi gres:

obstacles, in the most difficult of conditions?

2) Should we work towards the creation of a stica ci

the Fourth International in Vietnam?

An answer to these to questions would alreadt ceso'-s

hall she debate under way on the Vietnamese prosiem.

Our very fraierna! gentinga

-the BLVG

February 5, 1974

Attachment 4: Letter to the World Congress from Peng Shu-ise

Dear Comrades,

•1 regrel very much not being able so attend the congress.

I would like io make thice points:

1. I proles: the fact that the icchnical prepurations for

the congress mere made te exclusive responsibility of only

one side in le debale, As cou kaos, the couriri where.

the congress was held has racist resirictions making entry

especlally dillicult for some nationalites. A certain amount

di time Is required ta ge: the necessary visas. Because ine

-committee in

charge

of (echnical

preparations did not

provide us with sullicient natice it was impossible lo get

the visas. Thus we were unable to atend the congress.

2. The resolution on balin America passed at the last

world congress,

which

included an orientation loward

guerrilia war, has been proved by mients lo haue hpon

completeiy wrong in the lo countries where it was tested

out— Argentina and Bolivia.

Recent developrients in Bolivia further underscore this:

the new rise of a peasant movement and the strike actions

of the miners and other sections of the workers.

The question is posed: Are the Bolivian Trotskyists to

continue with the line of guerrilla war, or are they to

participate in this new mass movement in acco-dare=ia.

the Transilional Program and the meihods il outzes ier

bulding a mass revolutionary paity?

3. The resolution on the Chinese Guestion ado=-cd =.

¡he lasi congress has also been proved banarug: dy trezer.

According io that resolution the Chinese Communic: Pa==

was objectively playing a revolutionary raie ara vou:

nos capitulaie to imperialisi pressuze al tha expenso ot ii=

colonial revolution. Bu: the CCP did exacuy thar.

According io the latest document presented by de: lEC

Majority Tendency, te CCP showed inati mas no: Exiu-

ist in character because it transiormed property sciascas

in China.

Il this criterion were to be laken seriously, then Sialia

himadi nas uui Stainist Inasmuch as he transiermed

property relations in Zasiera Europe foilowing lorio

I call on the congress as a whole to oppose this aara-

ing new revisionism.

February

6, 1974

Peng Sbo-ise

Attachment 5: Letter to the World Congress from Luis

Corrade Delegates to the Tenth World Congress

Comrade Hansen

has involved me personally in the

pre-Worid Congress debate, and the 1961-62 Peruvian

situation has been used as a polemical argument.

For this reason I feel obliged lo respond. I have not

done

8o befora because Hansen's document only reached

me recently and il has been difficult ior mu to gather the

min mum dncuments I nueded to write these pages. I would

have preferred lo perticipare in person, bul for various

reasons that is impossible. The presence of a comrade

from the organization

will make the understanding of

my position casier. 'There are two points to which I will

refer: one is the Peruvian experience itself; the other is the

context in which the present discussion has unfolded, since

according lo liansen, my intariention and influence gocs

las beyond the cronis in Peru.

• I. The Peruvian Experience

Since 1960, all the revolutionary organizallons in Latin

America have been influenced bu the victorious Ciri=

Revolution. T'his influence was two-fold and contradicia

there was the positive side of resurrecting the role of aram

struggle and rejecting the Stalinist thenries of coexisier

and there was the negative side,

wherein she meines o!

quertilla variare, and more concretely she. foco. Izs

clevated so the category of a panacea. Our Argenza

organization could not remain free of this influence is

1961, the military apparalus was creared, led by memores

of the Polilical Bureau, who had no experience. The P=-=

vian comrades sho, laced with the growing peasar: me=-:

zation, went lo Buenos dires sceking aid. hud no greter

experience. al the beginning of 1961 a task was undri-

taken which some of us coirades have continued up io

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ned up to

•today, will various ups

downs, but whose central

objèctive I believe lo be cor

rict the applicacion of armed

• struggle as a fundamentai meinod of action, un indis-

pensable tool for building the revolutionary party in Larin

America, in order to join with the masses in their struggies

and advance toward the taking of power.

Armed struggle must be added lo

all the mcans used

by revolutionaries. It does not negate or repiace all those

that have been used up to now. On the contrary, armed

struggle strengthens and insures them. It must not sub-

stitute for the masses, but rather it must bu an in-

dispensable instrument of their struggles.

The organiza-

tion must see to its implemenration, in this way taking

on a vanguard role.

In order for the proietarial lo be able to arm itsell and

struggle for power, we revolutionaries musi prepare our-

seives beforchard, so that we are not surprised.by events.

This proparation is political and

military. To leave tire

military preparation io the moment when the masses are

ready to fight with arms in hand is criminal acgligence.

It is to forget the lessons of liare on the insurrection.

Today in Lain America, in order for an cuinchiic revo-

lusionary organicion lo insure lis permanent aristence,

to elude the repression, io be able lo take its propaganda

and agiation l0 ine prolcarat einout ups aná doons,

and to aid lie masses in sheir strungles around iner de-

mands, which are so ojion arouned in diood, une organia-

tion must accessary inue recourse lo the use of armed

struggle along with all the other means we rcuolutionaries

Beginning from this point of departure, to the extent

that the class struggle sharens and the consciousness

of the masses gions, the parry will be strenginened and

the armed

struggle will be the indispensable instrumeni

for the taking of power by the proletariat.

In 1961

we were just beginning to understand these

probiems; the experiences were very costly but they could

and should have been used to advance to a deeper under-

standing of the question. Unfortunately conservative lead-

ers used the errors, which s'ere many, to absolve them-

ecives from responsibilities and not lo aid in overcoming

the errors critically. Thus we see leaders like Moreno who,

aller pushing military preparation, after approving ex-

propriations, and alter sending comrades to get military

training in Cuba, laced with those who have fallen and

the defeats, don't know how to do anything but beat a

retreat and avoid their responsibility; a leader who never

intended to personally take on the undoubtedly difficult

task of correculy applying armed struggle. How düferent

from the example of Irolsky who, at 40 years of age.

thres bunseif into organizing an army and placed him-

self at its head.

my or paced tim

The truth is that in 1961 we didn't know anything about

military problems; when we look at Peru, we had nothing

-rescmbling a line, only the conviction that we had to

organize the military lask, because the mass movement

had made it indispensable: but in Argentina, where rather

than a rise in activity among the masses instead there had

been an cob since 1959, we also believed in the need 1o

organize the military lask, and in the possioility of guer-

rilla struggles. Thus the work in the North, in 'Fucuman,

was begun, with the sending of comrades there an ex.

propriation was carrica out. P. was in Peru and at the

beginning of 1962 the party was de facio milltarized, with

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some comrade

no sent to Cuba for training.

This entire

was carried out. of course with the

general agreement of Moreno. Moreno's work. The Lei?

American Revolution, which is characterized my is ciear

praise of guerrilla warlare, dates irom this period.

Onc of the party leaders of that period. l'alencia, mao

now shares the poiitical position of the PST, said in thi

regard: "The boldest promoler of the framwork of arz.ea

struggle is the Icadership itseif (Moreno). By formula:z

theoretical and political premises that involved great co.z-

cessions to Guevarism, they sowed confusion ard ünce--

tainty among the caáres, and did

nothing but stimuiate

the dynamic that in the long run made them lose de

majority in the Central Commitlee, strengshening the iea-

dency of the new leaders."

That is, the devianons inas deuclopca in Purs hare shar

origins in Argentina ard in Moreno's guicarce.

I believe that there were militarist deviations in Arz2y-

tina, that, they

should have been overcome patierig

through poiticai struggle and experience overcomine de

errors our without abandoning the apprenticesnio and i=e

use of a mechod that is incispensadio forrevolutionares.

Nothing like this look place in Argentina, ard when

Bangochea's group returned irom Cuba, Moreno 0pc=a°s

behind the back of the organizaiion uaid Bangocata

dropped out of the party, wi:nout any serous discussios.

There is noi a sinzie document from ine perica maids

records any such discussion and collecure d'ascrüce..

al a time when one of the major leaders and a group of

comrades left she organization.

The

same altitude was taken with respect to Peru.

Moreno gives verbai encouragement promises did of ai

kinds, and then launches a var against ii cirado i sa

had to apply the resolutions.

P. mas accused of being a putschisa as were ail she

Cuzco people. Moreno rejused to oid meetings in Curco.

despite the fact that the main leaders were unacie :o

travel because they were totaily or partially undergicard.

To the repeated requests shat he romain in Peru, loreno

answerca that he had to go to argentina lo resoive Arco-

cial problems and aid Peru, aid which never arrived.

Were errors and deviations commirted in Peru? Yes.

We overestimated our own forces, and hoping lo: 100

much from a young and weak party, military lashs were

undertaken which the comrades were not sullicierty pis

These deviations did not at any time signify the desira

lo substitute guerrilla wariare for the parn, as Hassen

says; all the activily was carried out from the FIR.

It isn't true that the Tupac Amaru group as creaid.

What was involved was just a diversionary marasia.

In the face of the icentification of various members ci

the FIR who were pari of the mililary team. The Tueac

Amaru group never existed. Di course no ore souga:

to substrule for the masses cither. It vias precise: ine

peasant masses of Cuzco viho pressed us.

members for help: and also, our conviction, baird 0s

the experience of, the struggles in Peru, that a siood;

showdown, a harsh repression was approaching.

We commilled many

errors, jes. But before maxina

hasty comparisons and deductions, it mouid be preferasie

lo try do expiain how one should have procedes.

the situation and forces in Peru in 1951-62. Unturunaes.

rather than drawing from the experiences and going ior-

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ward,, our Argentine party,

•Hanken, dedicated itself

lo cinsuring the "crazy nuventurists" in ahom it had a

short" time

boore rcaffirmed iis confidence by voting it

huge lasis to carry out.

In Lima, al the SLATO (Lalin Amcrican Scercierlat

of Orlhodox Trotsisvismi conference in February 1962,

gigantic politico-military

were unanimously ap-

proved. Moreno

participalcd and approved. The tesks

bogan lo be carricd our. :Then the collapse came, all lhe

blame was placed on those of us who were on the front

Iinc. There was no serious explanation nor a word of

self-criticism from Moreno.

.. Hansen takes Moreno's version, and

motivated by a

lactional spirit paints him as the standard-bearer of 100

percent correct positions against the "militarisis."

But the scality is something different. We were members

of a parti. We fought pollicaily. Hugo Bianco, whose

position in the international dispute I do not share, as-

serled in his boor. Land or Deaih: "The arrival of Pereyra

and other müitanis of lhe Peruvian POR in Cuzuo lin

December 1951! sirengthened our work enormousty.

"The FIR began 1o groi in Cusco. Il had aiready been

constituled on a national scale. lass peasant sore d'as

intensified significantle, as much on a provincial scale

(La Convención and Lares) as on a departmentai scale

(Cuzco). The FIll apparatus in le city. led by Percyza

and Antorio Aragon, energetically helped the peasant

movement recruiting siudenis nno wen! lo the country-

side lo organize, printing lealleis ard newsletters needed

"In addition, it gave serious imperus to the preparation

•for armed struggic. Although preparation had begun

carlier, it was clearly becoming urgent lo step it up in

countryside." (pp. 38-391.

Bvery Peruvian militarit knows these things. So why

caricature reality? Is it because the arguments are not

sufficiently sound?

2. The Present Francwork of the Polemic

•Today the role of armed struggle, among many other

things, is being debated in the International. I place myself

within the majority current but l believe it has short-

comings and errors that have facilitated the minority's

arguments. Alter the IX World Congress resolution on

Jertin America, the United Secretariat did not push ahead

in the exploration and study of the forms in winich to

apply a line that was torally new, around which there

had been lew experiences. Il was a line formulated in

did not examine the possibilities

In cocl: country in depth, which led lo errors of analysis

regarding the Latin American polidical situation.

It was a resolution that had the great merit of raising

the question of armed struggle which constituted. a great

step forward, but one that stayed within general fermula-

In the concrete case of Argentina, this led the United

Secretarial into an impressionism regarding the PRT (C)

whercin the United Steretariat only saw successes, ignoring

the problems that arose in the party around the applica-

ton of the armed strupule probiems that lid lo the solit

of the PRT. The withorawal of the sestion from the ranks

•of the Fl compelled Ihe United Sacretariat lo go into the

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question more decply, sceking the cause of the errors that

were committed, which will have to be done with a deco

spirit of self-criticism. From this, virious lessons wi!

emerge regarding the best way lo usi armed strugete

without faliing into militarist deviations. Bur this solf-

criticism cannot be made from ihe relormist point of vie

of rejection of the use of a fundamental means oi action

for revolutionaries. Those who, while supporting the use

of armed struggle in words, are opposed to ils use in all

the countries in which they carry out their activity, and in

all the countrics that are being discussed, can scarcely helo

lo correct our errors.

This is the basis of the present

debate. Supporters and opponcats oi armed struggle are

facing each other. In the debare the mingaity lises the

errors and deviations that we must overcome.

We mustn't fall into a trap. I'c won't deiend any errors

or deviations, and we will continue secking the correct

application of a basic tool for revolutionary siruggle. Lei's

be ciear. The dificrence with the minoriy is jundameria!.

li has lo do with the essence of revoiutionary wori is

In Argentina, alter the Peruvian experience this polemic

was again raised in 1966 siler the Ongania coup. li

wasn'i P. who raised the question because he sas ia

jail, but rather a growing number oi miliaris. Morezo

tried lo maneuver among them. À murari toim

Tas

appoialed (ves, in 1967) with represchiatives in esca

ceil but, as always, without eccompanying this organiza-

lional resolution with a serious and acap-going locus

regarding the objectives and forns of carrying this deli-

cate lask out to the end.

When the polemic unolded in 1967, Moreno trico some

lancy footrork; he placed hinisti in te uliraici, caliid

ivi varino Ini piaceü nilect under sho viscidiine vi

OLAS lofight... in Bolivia.

This was scen by the majority as a manenver and

therclore rejected: the majority was in favor di armed

is no mystery as Hansen hints. Moreno broke with the

party and the discussion remained inconclusive. The parr

• resumed ils course with litue clarity. This was the source

of the later crisis and split. Within dre PP.T those who

were partisans of 'armed siruggle and those who veren't

coexisted: all rejocied the meinodology of Moreno. And

among the parlisans of the armed struggie thare was

confusion, many undoveloped shadings under the surlace.

Only practice would refine them, until it led finally 1o

the split in 1970 where the Sanlucho faction, ..iin a ma-

jority, imposed its thesis on iniliating revolutionaty var-

iare

it was an undeniabie miiitarist deviation, which we

had participated in in its beginnings, and fron which a

segment of the organization had lo divorce ssell.

One of the United Secretariat's biggest errors is nor to

have given importance to the discussion which deveioped

at this time in Argentina among the three tendencies that

were established. So, can one deduce irom Santucho's

militarist deviation, which the United Secrearial supporied

lor some years, thas the use of armied struggle is not

valid? Absolutely not

One can and must deduce that it is necessary to eliminale

the deviations, that one mus: be very careiul, that the use

of armed strungle must answer the needs of the ciass

struggic and the negds of party building. The minorit's

response ignores the problem. It says what one must not

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da. "It ollers the acuvily ol

he PST as a tesponse that

• 1e, the dull utilization of legality, headquariers, union ac-

tilty, dlaloguc with goveramental autorities.

The I'ST's activity is nor a revolutionary response lo

the problems of the argentine working class. It is reform-

Ist activity, based on the propaganda di the general idcas

of Trotskyism. "There's been experience with this in the

bistors of our movement.

To be revolutionary in érgina involves the obliga-

tion so build a comba: orvarasion capabie uf, as Lcrin

said, struggling ayois the poinoci pulce and. demight

aid againse lic percurpression ta: is aircady occ taig

lo be again uneasica bu die ojiai repressice vocics

and the para-olilical and burcaucratis commandos. ind

It also means being proparei to join miin and lead the

masses in the use of violence, which is Inevitabie in the

stage that is opening up.

Comrades, siben Hansel declared me guilty of being a

partisan of armed stungie bo was right I am guiiry.

I haye complied plesiy di errors and i vil try nol lo

fall into them

agaln. When Hansen accuses mie of se

Jecting part buiiding, of beini a partisan of the loco.

of shurluts, he is wrong. I am innocent. In order 1o

build the paries that we need in Latin America, Handl

necessarily have lo deterinine the correer way to emoloy

arco struggle if we don't want to iollow the prolcara:

in its defeats and massacres with

our posihurious

analyses. This is not the only problem but it is one of

ine fundamental ones, and it se cerain thai neiter torero

nor Hansen

is going lo

help us overcome inco. The

Fl must give fundamental imporiance to inis pres.om

and deal

with il sith the maximum seriousness. sus?

ine experiences. and move forraid. The dulears and dav:2-

lions nus! not hold us back, but rather must spur us 02

lo overcome lacm.

Fraternally,

Luls

•January 31, 1974

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Attachment 6. Slütement by Claudio

I vole in lavor of the resolution on armed struggle in

in Comrade Roman's report

Latin America, However, i don't zace with certain as-

pecks of this resolution aud certain sialemenis comisined

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Attachman: 7: Stalement by Heredia

Concerning ihe Unity Agreement

Since there was no discussion at the Congress on a series.

of theoretical, programmatic, and polical questions that

are of gical concern 10 1ae pruietarian vanguard and de.

cisive for the futuse of the torid communist movement,

any split based on administrative or organizauonal ques-

dons moald be injurious to the laternational and an ob-

stacle to the process uf its overcoming the crisis in which

It finds itself. Such a split would be an unprincipled onc.

For this reason, while inderstanding that this agteement

maintains a federal mode of functioning contrary lo the

program and principles of a democratically centralized

world party, I am votiag for it so as lo prevent a split.

european Rcsolution:

General agreement, with the criticisms contained in ice

document

submitted by my faction to the iricrnal dis-

cussion.

Bolivia:

General agreement, in addition to the reservations I er.

pressed in my remarks to this Congress.

Argentina: •

General agreement, with the additions and criticisms con-

tained in my report to the Congress.

Political Resolution

General agreement, along with the criticisms contained

in the document submitted by my faction to the pre-Coa-

discussion, as sull as rescrvaliens on "The New

Yalia," "On the Clunero druras Arranana and on tae

ereication divorkers sues ang Cuba m pardosiar.

Arned Struggle:

Gencral agreement, with the criticisms made in say it

marks to this Congress.

Heredia, Fracción Bolchovique

Allachmer; 8: Siatement by PST Dclegation

* he Presidian Corminds pi the Caracess:

renacion in the Fourth International and is certaini!

ibe deiegates di to tarado goeriod de ius Tralia-

non 1o which our part bus ones cran

been subyceled

a wol belog ircurnird es an duicid reces.

This cluerlon for riacurior as a synicularing organiza-

don ishal may be me corges prinacor Troisigise or

Moon ten ratti, is the cuiminaron of a cried tiritis

crale manniers carrico our by lie so-cal? ?irc:: c!

she international designed lo scrure 183 contro. 0f 0163.

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here with ige one adopted at the Ninth Congress for rec-

ognizing sections. At that time, when the siruation of the

PHT (Combalichte) and our orgnnization were being de

baled, Comrade Livio Maitan based the position for rec-

ognizing the PRT (C) exclusively

on the number of mili-

without considering. the political positions of each

of the organizations.

This criterion furthermore reflects putting factional in-

terests ahcad of those of the World Party and provides

a basis for judging the factionalist attitude that has given

this Congiess its undemocratic character.

We expressly request that ail the duegations be Informed

of this proicst, as the leadorship of the Fourth Internation-

al must stop commiting errors of this kind, where it has

gone to the length of openly discriminating against

organization that in ils

political development mediod

and practice stands on lie ground of orthodox Trolsitism.

We• have been subjected so ihis discrimination precisely

because our entire course shows that we will cortinue nur

fight to build the World farly oi te Socialist Revolution

and that in this fight we will oppose any mancuvers bi a

Icadership thrown up by an accidental majority that jeo-

pardize the future of world Trotskyism.

Fraternally,

Mario, Chino, Arturo, Alberto,

Fierro

For the PST delegates to the

Tenth World Congress

Attachment 9: Protest Against Recognition of Ponto de Partico (Brazil)

Ne protest the recognition of the Brazilian group Pon- the PSR. Chilean section of the Fours iniernational. ab=r

1o de Partida as a sympatimg organizaton of he Fourth doring all diero lo buid an organacion in Preiil. The

International

represortng did LiF. in this desses! we

engro Grantian let is amare el tais teet

Foold like iu made wn for biline comments:

1) The Ponto de Patien prun was formed in ex'a

Ir:

Pete da and could crite me too buse titti

..."""."

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• The split occurred on le basis of the decision of PP-1

to build an organization in Brazii, whereas PP-2, linked

o the J,TY, decided to carry on factional activity within

Canads and

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campairary ciciniano d. ud sourin interracondi

Uclegations of POC-Combate (Brazil): PSR (Chile): Frac-

ción Roja-IRT/ERP: POl-Combate (Boüvia); FIR-Com-

bate (l'eru); GCI (Alexico); Rossi. Toussaint (Rouge;:

Liga Comunista (Chile)

Attachment 10: Proposal Submilted by the Liga Socialista Chilena

The Tenth World Congress of the Fourth International

has received

of the comrades must be received positively and fraiernally

a formal petition from the Chiican Con-

recummonds io the PSR comrades to lake ine means is

munist League (Liga Communisia) asking to be resog-

order to adopt a position in relation io the L. C.'s petition.

nized as a sympathizing organisation.

in a favourable sense.

Even williout an exhaustive sturiy of the Chilean situa-

The imporiance of the political developments in Chile

tion and detailed knowledge of the political and organisa-

during these last & years, the lessons that musi be drani

tional reality

of the Liga Communista,

the antecedents

by the revolutionary Marxisis, not chiy in Chile but oo

in possession of the International's leadership, recommend

a world scale imply a profound discussion in the Inier-

so the Congress taking a favorable attitude lowards the

national, especiaily about the activily of the Gailean Trot-

formal petition formulated by this organisation.

skyists during this period.

Neverthcless, the comrades of the Kevoiutionary Socialist

The Congress mandales the new leadership in order 1o

•Party (Partido Socialista Revolutionario), Chilcan section

open the most rapidly possible a discussion with the Chü-

of the j'ourth International, have not ended their discus-

can 'comrades of the official section and the Lira Com.

slon in this maller among themscives and have not heid

munisia, discussion which should leãd so the uniacados

the Indispensable discussions with tie Liga Communisia

of the tvo.

Chilena in order to take a definite position.

The Congress considers that, despite this, the petition Proposal submitled by the Liga Socialista Chilena

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chment 11: Protest Concerning State

We regret the non-recognition (for the sake of a com-

promise) of the Revolutionary Communist League (Iraq)

as section of the Fourth International, when this group

has to wage its struggic in one of the most repressive

states in the world.

RCL (Iraq)

Vergent (IEC)

Jaber (Lebanon) .

Mikado (Israci)

Krasny (Arab Commission of the Walloon Section)

Laborde (Arab Commission of the W'alloon Sectior)

Altachment 12: Statement by Miladio and Jaber

• He have asked the Tenth World Congress to recognize• we are asking to be identlied only as sympathizing groups

our groups as sections. He based

our request on

in the organs of sections and groups in the icternationai.

the present

statuias.

But for the next Coagress we will

Icquest that the statules be revised so as lo allow for the

formation of an Arab section of the Fourth International.

Mikado, for diatzpen-Marxist (Isract)

Jaber, for Revolutionary Communist Group (Lebanon)

in addition, for political as sell as security problems,

зал-

The

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is in

tine,

EC-

ent

Rien

Frac-

com-

AHuchment 13: Statement by the Japanese Delegation

We protest against recognition o! the larina group as

be members of the section of grous in the counirs, ac-

a sympallaine

groug of tre Inernations!.

The Question

cording io the nierratone! staries

of iranian group of ine iniernational snot.d be discussed

asian comrades of the liT support our prolust.

among all the iranian comrades di the Iniecaational adore

he decision. He think ine iranian comrades in exte should

Japanese deegation

cally

an in

tion,

Chile

ERHA

at on

inter-

Trot-

fer to

Chil-

Com-

ration

_Arachment 14: Statement by Alejandro

On the Lily Agreement Absention

inéi ls interandonai conces, the CCi dacided to apply

is recogaiton as a action ot too Four lateraationai

on ercentstols grounds

the unlty agrecment has invandared ine cecisions oî our

3. Taus absiention registers our disagreement ate te

franied

the micart,

especialig

the cases of Spain, Jiexico, Urugusy, and Brazi.

congress.

2. Our abstention also signifies a vote for recognizing

the need lo wage a political struggle within the Inter

national to transiorm it into a parts to firint for world

Alejandro, GCI (Mexico)

abstain on the proposal of the majority and of the

cesiding Committee lo implicity refuse to recognize in

Grupo Comurista internacionalisia GClj as a section and

• Altachinent 15: Statement by Manuel

1o maintain its current status as a sympathizing group.

Manuch, Grupo Comunis:a

Internaconalisia,

Mexico

• -Attachment 16: Statement by Ramiro

generalls to do with the political and organizational ques.

don In Mexico; that is, wefuel it is incorrec: lo give equal

standing to the GCl and the LS, a numerically smaller

roup of splillers, which morcover has clarly refused to

respect and pur into practice the resoiutions of the Ninth

World Congress

of thie fourth International. Likewise

ment. which are alien to the Leninist and Troisgist true:

tion of the Fourth International and to our tradiion i

the GCI.

Ramiro, GCI (Miscico)

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Attachment 17: Statement by Sebastien

I abstain in the vole on recognizing sections and sym-

pathizing organizations, because the method employed in

the discussion did not offer general political criteria or an

the number of members it claims without considering how

rooied it Is in the masses or the kind of political struggle

it is carrying on.

informative viar of the sections concerned. I on opposed

to the concept of recognizing a section

on the basis of

Sebastian, FIR-Combate (Peru)

Attachment 18: Statement by LCR-ETA (VI) Delegation

The undersigned comrades oppose the non-recognition a split.

of the Spanish LCH-ETA (VI) and the Mexican GCI as

official sections of the Fourth International however ne

abstained in the voting so as lo prevent any danger of

Enrique, Santiago,

ETA (VI) .

Roberto, Mikel (Spain) ICR.

Attachment 19: Stalement by Hollman, Ana, Jesus

Our vote against the proposal reached by the presiding

agnue to 108 dó Epam and ta GCi of lexico as sea-

zions. a move that encourages spilis.

Hotiman, Asa, Jesuy

To tise Pres ling Commince of tic Congress:

As a ¿cisgato di me Parido Revolucionario de los

Trabajadores cel Uruzua? iPRT-Ul, 1 ernest the 112-

Justinà microton di ths Conesete hot to recgenice us

clucionanal lor live ysars; te had a pholic headquaricas

1571 uait the dune 27.

and we have participated in most oi the struggles of lihe

mass movement in our country since May 1968. when we

emerged as a party, consistently defending the positions

of orthodox Trotskyism.

Given the fact that groups having neither an organ nor

regular activity have been recognized as oilicial sections -

organizations which, moreover, have had nothing lo do

with the class struggle in their respcetive countries-this

discrimination against the Uruguayan Trotskyists can be

explained in

no other way but as a jactional mancuver

by the International majority to leep out vi the Fourth

International a section whose majority has adhered lo the

Icninist-Trotskyist minority tendency (and

later the fac-

lion) since its inceptier.

The argument has been passed around against us that

we.haven't kept in reguiar contact with the International.

This Ignores the very self-criticism made by the out going

leadership of the International rezarding its inability 1o

maintain regular relations with secions and sympathing

Attachment 20: Slaiement by Juan

argument also overlooks lue fact that where it

would have been most antural to maintain a reintionshis,

Dicial Argentine section cé the Frarth

internatondini

constancy armed marinaras no acid to bute . a3t.

mal the monotes trouid enter this gereniorion. tris

eiiminated our most accossible means for esiastishing a

rciationship with the Fourth International.

Furthermore, laling to recognize our party as an of.

ficial section means rejecting a Troiskyist organization

that proved its firmness by maintaining its activity and

regularly publishing the only underground let pager in

Uruguay that has appeared since the coup d'etal despite

the jating and imprisonment of its members.

We have written this note for publication in the Inter-

national Bulietin so that every

militan: of the Fourth

Iniernational will know that despite the discriminalory

positions of the current leadership of the Fourth, againsi

which we will continue tirclessly to struggle. we will go on

detending Troiskjism in Uruguay and fighting to buil

he World Part of the Socialist Revolution, that is, jol

a bigger und stronger fourth International.

Fraternally,

Juan, delegate to the Tenth

World Congress

For the PRT (U), sympathizing

seclion of the Fourth International

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HOW

egle

STATEMENT OF THE MAJORITY TENDENCY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TENTH

WORLD CONGRESS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL

LOR-:

Jesus::

erc:"

1stip,..

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an' ois

sation.:

rand:

oer in ::

despite: -

Inter-

Fourth

ARtOrY"

gainst:

60.0n

build

is,-for

The majority lendency accepted numerous organizational

compromises in the preparation for, and te course of the

World Congress:

• Excessive number of internai discussion bulletins;

- Counting the vores of sympathizing groups as well

az those of seclions (which tended to erase an important

disinction inscrited in our statutes, and which partially

faisifies the real relationship oi forces bereen tendencies);

= Registeriny the total number of mandates claimed by

sach group,

when some of lnem seemed (and still secm)

do us lo be greal! exaggeraled (the cicarest case being

that of lie Argentiae PST Whose 12 mandates we cale

gorically

chatonge).

Tais in turn falsified da tendency

relatorshias, excepi in tie composidon o! he ¡BC.

~ Takirg no acuon agains me nonpagment of proper

dues on the part sí some formauons (te PST's dues, in

• partoular,

are ridicuious in reision to the number of

members it ciaims);

- Recogrizing

as sympatizing groups formations

shose policel weight and representauveness are highly

dubious (ine Brazilian Ponio de Partida and the Iranian

group);

- REcognizing

as a sympathizing

group a formation

not only oi doubús! membersnip, bur whose pricniaion

has also veen a punnine disgrace to dun Felineh Inior.

national (in Uruguay, the case of the PRT-U which can

not fail to pose serous prostems in our relations wit

tbe Laun-American vanguard);

-hot recogniting as sections formations which by their

down In procedural or narrowly "organizational ques-

tions la foretaste of this danger was provided

by the

SWVP Ieadership artificiay creating a sensation over tre

Barzman letter "affair"). In this way, we could establish

a majority on a clearly political basis.

- To eliminate any excuse lo challenge the decisiors

of the World Congress by demensicaling

that, even in te

most lavorabie conditions lor the minority, au unchai-

lengeable majority had emerged.

Trie strengih

of this

majority is substantially rejleered by the composizion i;

the IEC (with a majority oí 60 percent, and a minority

of 40 percent), while still-lai us emphasize once agair. -

providing

for

represeniation of sympathizing

tons, particulariy the argeaire i57.

-To create a pointica: dameners conducire in 52 5a

plication by the chure laternaional of tre majority ller.

one at would facilitate recoanison of me autoric oi

Le World Congress, lis poinal docisiens, and celader-

ships ciccied tiere, and avoid opening a picteduraibate

or an unlimici, poiticai deggie sai louiá cadarger ou:

-To maintain a tramework in this way thal zoulê

preserve lie unity of our movement a unity maticad

have been grasey archened i acre sere no éucio:.a.

tive World Congress and

il our movencil's word tire

paralyzed by the continuinà internai diac...

Thatbeing said, the organizationalcompromises adopti

at this World Congress shouid

in no was bu taken as

precedents for the future funcioning of our moreezi

The carsiormation ol these excepsonal muasures iris

such recognition mana tiese grougs die in couriries mat

operatio

ruies would undanzer centa.: percipies dar3

are very imporiant ior the fulure of our movement (iÇR-

Guarance and coment the unity of to doure internadett

ETA (VI) in Spain and GCI in Mexico . . .);

The excoptional caracter of these mcasures is

ceraon-

- Recognizing the Mechrayonka de facto as

strated, moreover, by the unanimous

adoption

0: 0u?

national tendency, when the siatemenis published during

new statutes.

the congress (declaration of tendency, and the "semi-disso-

We regret that, despite the agreement adopted in cos.-

lation" stalement) demonstras its lack of a cicar basis.

mon by the l'enth K'orld Congress, the minority jacica

The Mechrayonka was set up and maintained for one

has reiused-up to now-to accept joint responsible

seck in order lo "obtain a guarantee of equal rights"

for the day-to-day leadership of the International. je pro

with the supporters of the majority and minurity and lo

posed a United Secratariat capable of ucting (10:5.

2

defend the unity of our movement (how?). It'got 2.5' or 21 members) in which the majority wouid have ¿5

percent of the mandates. This sort of thing rends to de

percent of the positions (a minimum percentage i: i! is

prive the vory concept of iniernational tendencies of its

to be allowed to lead), the minority would haverad

meaning (since tie concept uf forming international ten-

five or six positions, and fieso would be elecied for ie

dencies

German Compass (und not in the dissolved and incon-

questions in dispule that constitule an

sistent alezhrajonka), Tie minority dien refisco io rer'a-

tallon

1o that of the ocher tendencies and an allernative

nate as its representatives in lne United Secretariai cum-

for our morement as a whole).

rades whose authority and position would mase it sca

In sum, these organizational compromises are consider-

sible to involve the must imporiant minorit seccos :.

able. They

can make the derrlopment of our movement

the day-lo-day leadership of Lie Inturnational.

This tikes

more difficult in certain cases.

They pul some of our

us lo a very dangerous sitanon where terepresenati

oiganizational principles partially in abeyance. We ac-

of the minority are nol even in a position lo :0: ca

copted em for the fulluwing four reasors:

proposals for action without first consulting dis te

= To focus the international dubale on the politicul dil-

tendency leadership. This lends to transform ine sitea!

ferences and keep lt from gelling diverted and bogged

leading orgaps of the International inio consulaüie c=-

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Bans

or "sounding boards." Behind this lles a federalist

alternath of the Tenth World Congress, the continuation"

conception of the International

which contradicts the

of the debate on several limiled subjects (Victnam, China.

statules and the line adopted by the World Congress. What-

the mass movenents...) and

the continuing activit

ever the circumstances, we will act in accordance with the

of the minority faction,

the majority tendency has decided

statutes and

the decisions of the congress which give the

not to dissolve and lo continue lo function as a centralized

leadership of the International full authority lo apply the

international tendency.

decisions of the World Congress and to take all the neces-

saTy day-lo-day decisions.

Submitted March 17, 1974

in vicw of this exceptional situation that arose in the

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• COPY

On December 15, 1953, the President of the United States

Issued the following

statement

"On September 6, 1939, January 8, 1943, and July 24,

1950, Presidential Directives were issued requesting

all enforcement officers, both Federal and State, to

repoit promptly ail informetion relating to espionage,

sabotage, subversive activities and Iciated matiers

to the nearest field representative of the federal

Bureau of

Investigation.

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation is charged with

Investigating all violations of the Atonic

Enersy

Act, including the illegal export of import of

fissionable naterial, the illegal possession or

transportation of fissionable material and

the illegal

production, transfer, or possession, of

any equipment

or device utilizing Iissionable material or atomic

energy as a military weapon.

'Fissionable material'

means plutonium, uranium-2 or other material which

the Atomic Energy Commission has determined to be

capable of releasing substantial quantities of energy

through nuclear chain reaction.

I am requesting

that all enforcement officers, both Federal and State,

report all information relating to violations of the

Atomic Energy Act to the nearest field representative

or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

"I suggest that

all patriotic organizations and indi-

viduals likewise

report all such information to the

Federal Bureau of Investigation in the same manner."

See Public Papers of the Presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower

(1953 Vol., item 2037]

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On July 24. 1950. the President of the United States

again issued a Directive wich is quoted as follows. reiterating

his previous Directives of September 6, 1939, and January &,

1943:

"On September 6, 1939, and January 8, 1943, a Presi-

dential Directive was issued providing that the Federal

•. Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice

should take charge of investigative work in matteis

relating to espionage, sabotage, subversiva activities

and related matters.

It was pointed out that the

Investigations must be conducied in a comprehensive

manner on a national basis and all information cave-

fully sisted cus and correlated in order to avoid

confusion. I should line to again call the attention

i mid Enforcement Officers, both Federal and State,

to the recuase that they

report all information in

the above enumerared fields promptly to the nescest

field representative of the Federal Bureau of Investi

gation, which is charged with the responsibility of

correlating this material and referring matters which

are under the jurisdiction of any other Federal Agency

..with responsibilities in this field to the appropriate

agency.

"I suggest that all patriotic organizations and indivi-

duals likerise report all such information relating to

espionage, sabotage, and subversive activities. to the

Federal Bureau of Investigation in this same mannei."

[See Public Pagers of the Presidents, Hazry S. Izuman (1950

Vol., item 199)]

COPY

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:::

On January 8, 1943, the President of the United States

issued a directive, which is quoted as follows, reiterating his

previous directive of September 1939:

"On September 6, 1939, Iissued a directive providing

that the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of

Justice should take charge of investigative work in matters

relating to espionage, sabotage and violations of the neutrality

regulations, pointing ous that the investigations must be con-

ducted in a comprehensive mannar, on a national basis and ali

Information carefully siftca out and correlated in order to

avoid confusion and

irresponsibility. I then requested ai

police officers, sherifis, and other law enforcement dificers

in the United States, promptly to turn over to the nearest

reprcsonasire of the Federal Bureau of Investigation any such

infornacion.

"I am again calling the attention of all enforcement

officers to the roguest that they zaport ail such informatica

promptly to the nearest field representative of che Federal

Bureau of Investigation, which is charged with the responsibility

of correlating this material and referzing matters which are under

the jurisdiction of any other Federal Agency with responsibilities

in this field to the appropriate agency.

"I suggest that all patriotic organizations and

individuals likewise report all such information relating to

espionage and related matters

to the Federal Bureau of Investi-

gation in the same manner.

"I am confident that all law enforcement officers,

who are now rendering such invaluable assistance toward the

success of the internal safety of our

country will cooperate

In this matter."

COPY

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On September 6, 1939, the President of the United States

issued a directive as follows:

"The Attorney General has been recuested by me to

Instruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Deparamere

oi Justice to take chaige of investigative vork in matters

relating to espionage, sabotage, and violations of the neutrality

rogulations.

"This task must be conducted in a comprehensive and

effectiva manner on

a national basis, and ala injurmation mus=

be careful: sifted out and correlated in ordar to avoid con-

fusion and ixrasponsibility.

¡To this end I request all police officers, sheriffs,

and all other law enforcement officers in the United States

promptly to turn over to the nearest representative of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation any information obtained by

them relating to esponsage, counterespionage, sabotage, subver-

sive activities and violations of the neutrality laws."

(See The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt,

Roseman (1939 Vol. p. 478))

COPY

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• APPENDIX

FBI JURISDICTION AND AUTIORITY FOR

NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS

The following are citations of Federal Statutes uDon

which domestic intelligence-type national security investigations

axe based:

Iatle 18 USC 112, 970, 1116 - 1117, 1201 fact IC=

the Protection of Foreign Officials and Official

Guests of the United States)

Title 18 So 231 - 233 (Civil Disordezs)

Iitle 18 USC 245 (Deprivation of Civil Rights)

Titie 18 ISO 844 - 845 (Explosives and Incendiary

Devices)

Title 18 USC 953 (Frivate Correspondence with the

Enemy • Logan Act)

Title 18 USC 954 - 967 (Foreign Relations -

Neutrality Matters)

Title 18 USC 2101 - 2102 (Riots)

Title 18 USC 2151 (Sabotage)

Title 18 USC 2381 - 2382 (Ircason and Misprison of Treaso-

Title 18 USC 2383 - 2385 (Overthrow or Destruction of

• Government)

IItle 18 USC 2386 (Registration of Subversive Organizatio:

Title 1S USC 2357 - 2333 (Activity Affecting Armed

Forces • Sedition)

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Title 18 USC 2389 - 2390 (Recruiting

or Enlisting to

Service Against U.S.)

Title 22 USC 401 and 1934 (Neutrality Matters -

Including Illegal Exportation of War Materials)

Title 28 USC 533 (Authority of Attorney General to

Order Investigation by the FBI)

Title 42 USC 2011 - 2181 (Atomic Emergy Act)

Title 50 USC 781 - 798 (Title 1, Irternal Security

Act of 1950 - as Amended)

The following are citations of Federal statutes upon

which foreign intelligence-type national security investigations

are based:

Title 18 USC 192 - 193 (Espionage)

Title 42 USC 2274 - 2278 (Atomic Energy Act)

Title 18 USC 951 - 953 (Agents of Foreign Governments

and Related Sections)

Title 22 USC 611 - 621 (Foreign Agents - Propaganda)

Title 50 USC 851 - 856 (Persons Trained in Foreign

Espionage)

Title 8 USC 1481 - 1486, (Loss of Nationality)

In addition to the Statutes cited above, the FBI has

investigative responsibilities relating to the national security

growing out of Executive. Order 10450.

Executive Order 10450 was issued April 27, 1953. It

revoked and replaced Executive Order 9535, issued March 21, 1947,

which was based on the Hatch Act of August

2, 1939, and Title S

USC 301 (Authority to Prescribe Regulations).

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Executive Order 10450 was based on provisions of Title

1, Internal Security Act of 1950.

Executive Order 10450 was amended by Executive Order

11605 issued July 2, 1971.

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Bryartment off fustice

STATEMENT

OF

KEVIN T. MARONEY

DEPUTY ASSISTAIT ASTORIEY GENERAL

CRIMINAL DIVISION

ON

THE ESOBRAT BURRAO OF IWEST-CATION

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING FUNCTION

BEFORE

COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL SECURITY

HOUSE OF REFRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 20, 1974

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Mx. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

I am happy to appear before you today on behalf of the

Department of Justice in response to your request for our views

on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's domestic intelligence-

gathering function and in particular the Bureau's authority and

responsibility to conduct such investigations.

Chairman Ichord is correct in noting that in recent times

and in fact over the last few

years serious questions have been

Iaised concerning the FBI's authority to investigate subversive

activitios including the gathering of intelligence

information

concerning certain organizations and individuals. Members of

•..:

Gongress, logal scholars and journalists have addressed themselves

to this prosiem. The Department of Justice and in particular the

Federal Bureau of Investigation fully recognizes that its domestic

Intelligence-gathering functions must necessarily have a sound legal

basis and more significantly these functions must be carried out

in accordance with the great protections accorded all Americans

by the Bill of Rights. .

At the outset I would like to acknowledge a debt of

gratitude to your distinguished legislative counsel, Mr. Alfred M.

Nittle, for preparing his analysis of the statutory authority for

the Bureau's domestic intelligence activities. Mr. Nittle's

memorandum provides a good stazting point for members of your

Committce and others seeking to understand the difficult and

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complex legal problems and considerations involved in under-

standing the FBI's domestic intelligence activities.

In response to your Committee's inquiry I shall

atteapt to set forth the basis for the FBI's authority and

responsibility to carry out its domestic intelligence activities,

while recognizing that additional constitutional, statutory and

Frenidential authority can and maybe also cited to sanction the

Broai range of FBI activities in the field of domestic intelligence,

particuiarly in instances of spocific investigations cartied out

pursuant to the request of the President or the Attorney General.

Broadly considared, the primary basis for the FBI's domestic

Intelligence activities is grounded in the constitutional powers

and responsibilities vested in the President under Article II of

che Constitution. The Supreme Court in United States v. United

States District Coust, 407 U.S. 297 (1972), in considering the

problem of varrantless electzonic surveillance in domestic

national sacurity cases observed:

"We begin the inquiry by noting that the

President of the United States has the fundamental

duty, under Axticle II, §1 of the Constitution 'to

preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of

the United States.' Implicit in that duty is the

power to protect our Government against those who

would subvert or overthrow it by unlawful means."

407 U.S. at 310..

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Justice Powell, speaking for a unanimous Court, sub-

sequently added:.

"And unless Government safeguards its own capacity

to function and to preserve the security of its

people, society itself could become so disordered

that all rights and liberties would be endangered."

407 U.S. at 312.

Assistant Attorney General William H. Rehnquist, now

Justice Rehnquist, in testifying on the constitutional and

statutory sources of investigative authority in the Executive

Branch before the Subcormittee on Constitutional Rights of the

Senate Judiciary Committee on March 9, 1971, stated:

"The primary source of fedoral law enforcament

power emanates from Article II, section 3, of

the Constitution which assigns

to the President

the duty to '

... take Care that the Laws be

faithfully executed.

'The word [flaws has

been interpreted broadly by the Supreme Court as

encompassing not only statutes enacted by Congress

but

... the rights, duties and obligations

growing out of the Constitution itself, our

international relations and all the protection

implied by the nature of Government under the

Constitution.

In Re. Nagle, 135 U.S. 1, 64

(1890) ''

Furthermore,

we should also take cognizance of the

President's powers and responsibilities as Chief Executive,

Commander-in-Chief and his power to conduct our foreign relations.

This latter power, of course, relates more particularly to the

' Executive's power to conduct foreign intelligence activities here

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and"äbroad. In addition, Article IV, '84, of the Constitution

provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State

of this Union a republican form of government and shall protect

them from invasion and on application of the legislature or of

the executive against domestic violence. In connection with

the foregoing I would call your attention to the fact that on

April 1, 1969, the President designated the Attorney General as

chief civilian officer to coordinate the Government's resporse to

civil disturbances. Às you may be aware, a great deal of comestio

intelligonce has pertained so this problem, particulariy in the

recent past.

: Without a broad range of intelligence information, the

President and the appropriate departments and agencies of the

• Executive Branch could not properly and adequately protect our

nation's security and enforce the numerous statutes pertaining

thereto. Perhaps the thought I have in mind has been best

,expressed in short form by the Supreme Court in the case of

Dennis v. United States: 341 V.S. 494 (1951), which upheld the

constitutional validity of the Smith Act. Title 18 U.S.C., Section

2385. In discussing the "clear and present danger" test the Court

warned:

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"Obviously, the words cannot mean that before

the Government may act, it must wait until the

puisch is about to be executed, the plans have

ven La1d, and the signal is awaited."

341 U.S..-

at 509.

• Next we come to the statutory basis for the Federal

• Bureau of Investigation's assignment and activities in gathering

domestic intolligence information. Many of the statutes which

serve as the basis for the FBI's authority and responsibilities

In this sensitive area have been set forth by Mr. "ittle, so

•I shall try to provide only a briel outline of the relevant

statutes. Before proceeding to set forth the broad policy

statutes underlying the Bureau's authority, I would like to call

your attention to the fact that the Bureau's primary investigative

jurisdiction to conduct domestic intelligence-type investigations

'Is grounded in the numerous Federal criminal statutes found

throughout the United States Code which prohibit the type of

activity under investigation. Statutes dealing with treason,

espionage, sabotage, advocacy of violent overthrow of the Govern-

ment, bombing, aircraft piracy, assaults on foreign officials

and numerous ther statutes dealing with all manner of subversive

activities afford the legal basis for practically all domestic

intelligence-type investigations. I will subnit as an appendis

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to my statement a list uf significant statutes which serve as

a basis for the FBI's jurisdiction and authority for natioral

security investigations.

Pursuant to Title 3, Ü.S.fo, Section 301, the-President

is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department

or agency in the Executive Branch cr any öfficial thereof who

Is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent

of the senate to perform without approval, racificacion or othe=

action by the Presidont, (1) any Function which is vested in

the President by lan or (2) any function which any officer is

requirad of authorized by law to perform only with or subject

to the approval, ratification or other action of the President.

Title 28 11.S.C., Section 509, provides that all functions

of other officers of the Depariment of Justice and all functions

of agencies and employees of the Department of Justice ace

vested in the Attorney Gencral, with certain limited exceptions.

Pursuant to Section 510 of Title 2a U.S.C. the Attorney General

may Exon time to time make such provisions as he considers

aspropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer,

employee or agency of the Department of Justice of any function

of the Attorney General.

:

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Chapter 33 of Title 28, U.S.C., Sections 531-537,

deals with the Federal Bureau

: of Investigation, its director,

Its investigative and other officials; the acquisition, preserva-

tion and exchange of identification recoids and the

investigation

of crimes involving Government officers and employees. Section

533 provides:

"The Attorney General may appoint officials

(1) to detect and prosecute arimes against the

United States;

(2) to assist. in the protection of the Presicant and

(3)

to conduct such other investigations regarding

official matters under the control of the

Department of Justice and the Department

State as may be directed by the Attorney

General."

In addition, the functions of the FBI are more specifically

detailed in the Departmental regulations found in 28 C.F.R.,

Section 0.85-0.89.

In the words of former Director, John Edgar Hoover,

In appearing before the House Subcommittee on Appropriations on

March 2, 1972:

"The fundamental authority for the activities fo=

the Federal Bureau of Investigation is contained

in Chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code."

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Finally, Section 3052 of Title 18 U.S. Ci soccifically

empowers the Director, the officials and agents of the FBI En

carry firearms:

serve warrants and subpoenas and make arrests

without warrant for any offense against the United States

committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under

the lass of the United Siates if they have reasonabie ginunds

to believe that the person to be arrestod has comitted or is

committing such felony. I would agree with ta. little that shis

Section is primarily an enforcement statute designed to give the

EBI the same pereis

cf arrest as

those possessed by the United

States Marshals and their deputies.

In addition to the constitutional and statutory basis

for the FBI's authority to conduct domestic intelligence-type

• Investigations are the Presidential directives issued by

Presidents Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower, as well as Executive

Order 9835 issued by President Iruman on Maron 21, 1947, and its

successor, Esecutive Order 10450 issued on April 27, 1953, by Presi-

dent Eisenhower. In addition, Executive Order 10450 was amended

by Executive Order 11605 issued on July 2, 1971, by President

Nixon. The first three of the Presidential directives are arniy

discussed by Mir. Nittle in his memorandum, and your Committee is

quite familiar with the history and purpose

of the aforementiorrd

Executive Orders. Section 0.85(d) of the Departmental reguiatior:

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Found in 28 C.F.R. and pertaining to the Federal Burcau of

Investigation specifies that subject to the general supervision

and direction of the Attorney General, the Director of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation shall: •

(a) Carry out the Presidential directive of

December 6, 1939, as reaffirmed by Presidential

directives

0i Jaruazy'8, 1943, July 24, 1950

and Decembez 15, 1953, designating the

Federat

Bureau of Investigation to take charac: 0s

investigative work in matters relating to

espionage, sabotage, subversive activities and

related maticis.

•Copies of these Presidential Directives have also been made

part of the Appendix to my statement.

We recognize the complexity and difficulty of adequately

spelling out the FBI's authority and responsibility to conduct

domestic intelligence-type investigations. The concept of

national security is admittedly a broad one, while the term

subversive activities is even more difficult to define. However,

as the Supreme Court has recognized in numerous opinions, the

Government has a right, in fact a duty, to protect itself

from destruction and to safeguard its institutions from violenca

and forcible overthrow. The problems inherent in this comple::

field are touched upon by the Supreme Couff in United States v.

United States District Court, at page 322:

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"We recognize that domestic security surveillance

may involve different policy and practical

considerations from the surveillance of 'ordinary

crime'

The gathering of security intelligence

Is often long-range and involves the interrelation

of various sources and types of information.

The exact targets of such surveillance

may be more difficult to identify than in

surveillance operations against many types of crine

specifica in Title III. Often, too, the emphasis

of domestic inteiligence gathering is on the

prevention o5 amianial activity or the enhancement

of the Government's preparacress

=o= some possivia

future crises or emergency.

Thus; the focus of

domestic surrei

¿unea may be less precise than

that directed against more conventional types of

' crime." (Emphasis added)

I will be happy to entertain any questions which you

have at this time.

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Report on the Tenth World Congress

By Bill Massey und John Barman

(Internationalist Tendency)

The Tenth World Congress, which was held in Sweden

complete immersion in the anti-war movement at the time

at the end of February, rellected the eupening political

of the Moratorium, and the eiimination of the res

division. of the Interrational. The character of the Con-

and LIgue-style hammer and sickles from the Y'SA's propa-

gress was predominardly that of recording the present

ganda arsenal.

stage of the debate. The discussion in the plenary ses-

This first volley was later followed by the heginning o

sions was frozen on a limited number o: iopics; ine ar-

a systematic criticism

of the Ligue's oppostion ic tre

guments were repetitious.

However, the Congress look

documen! "The W'orldvide Radicalization

0i You and

decisive strides forward on a number of fronts. The reso-

the Tasks of the Fourth International." The essence of vasi

lutions of the majority on the World Situation. Europe

the SiP leadership sais in this documeni was summarized

Argentina, Boäria and Armou Sirugste in Lat America

Dy Comrade Barnes at the 197i SiP conventor i= =

mere adopied rite audite cor majority.

paraphrase o! Comrade Hanson's "Assessmen: elt:: Jral:

The discussion. the proceesires. and

therefore the au-

Resolution on datin America":

"Cue maraca's desirer:

thority of tre Congress lise: couid not be chailenged by

coniers on ihe contrai need to crient the scrió marenes:

lie minorini facion.

This veers the

nay for a viable

cowards the racieathing youth, armandy the student gotta

cuingns orientacon do tre inimacoral cuter che 12a2-

was made towars coreoging ine iMT to=

ind stunne whici the maintenance of the minorino lac-

Con uncores. in tas Contre

.. 0.0.01.7911 37700-

moni was cirred an. Deario some orgariaroral con-

ceanora to de dTE. l sectorial the uniti of one inter-

dor lunchen progress on the exiernal and internal fronts.

1. Origins of the debate

Althougà the desi ciferences do emerge cleariy between

the to sides revolved around the guéscion of armed saug.

gie in Latin America--at she time of the Ninth World

Congress-it was clear that they were mercig the reflec-

tion of much deeper didercaces. In fact in ali the ques-

tions under dispute two diferent conceptions of the Transi-

tional Program and of the role of the revolutionary van-

guard organization appeared as the basis oi the division.

Il was the adoption of the resolution on the "Building

of Revolutionary Parties ir Capitalist Europú by the

International Executive Committee Plenum of December

1972 which led in ine ollicial announcement of the Mi-

notily Tendency. It was the Minority's vote against this

resolution which led to the formation of the International

Majority tendercy.

In fact, the leadership of the future Minority Terdency

had long before been making criticisms of the activity

of the European sections. This -tended lo focus in par-

ticular around a vicious campaign against the yourg

British section, the INiti. But as early as June 1952, Con-

rade Tom Kerry, representing ine Political Commince

of the Socialist Horners Party at a YS1 National Com-

mittee Plenum, had used his alecinas io make a direct

allack

on the posly formed linue Comiunistes presi-

deritial election campaign. lie aracied in particuiar the

sornior ligues decion pronararie as utraleit.

This

allack corresponded, with the dad und Site's turn toward

incroaciaz the cadras dithe wrote Trotgagist Mierinal:

1S:P DS. Vol 25. No 191 The Communis: lease tame

in be kanin among the SiP and ISa caris as tira.

leil and verketsto tnie too wears siaes 1983. 1115

pors on ino aration in France oy she sü? iciceria.=

the stuceat and nia snoc, marterim merim90s: died : 12:8

ino the Cios usa di these coporiunites-uite nasi

under sinner the tremanderre stiana famarri

implanting the Ligue aniong a laver of advances moza-

ers. For eramp.e

the SWP press ancient Bald Ga-ya2

interes: in

die workers comierence

Ried Circies

in May 1973 in Rouen, and arenced by 950 worker:

working with the Livue.

Aithough the SWP leadership's lack of inierest in :=

progress of our European co-thinkers' effores ai impiar.

tation reflected the exciusive work of the SiP in the pun

bourgeois milieu, the difierences could not be reducci :a

a dilference over work in he working class. In fae: the

European sections' estimaie of the possibilit of ga:as

among advanced workers, through a certain ripe ci as-

livity was only one particula: irsiance of their e=ie.:2.

sion lo what was beginning in be codileá as to tea

mass vanguard. On the other hand, ine Sif leadership's

worldwide youth radicalization perspectiva, was oni? ===

instance of its daveloping theorization of minimalia: a=-

proach lo the iransitional program. This minimalisi a=-

proach was evidenced in the airlies and proposa: ci

lie eleinents under the induence of the SiP la.c'a:::e

It was reflected in the lack of an anti-imperialis: toes:

within the breader anti-war movement ire campai-a:

for the legalication of abortion.

and the exaita:on

strictly nationalist demands, as in lts supinri io= is ..u

ran of a "Dunocratic Secular Palesune." le led i0 ian ta=-

lation of those sections who carrieri oui such an otte=-

iation from the advanced layers emerging our of the tira?

ales ol the period.

F'or a whila she diferences over Latin America seas:

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lo be diminishing as Cole. Joe Hansen wrose In 1970: to the new vanruard emerging in the present sidiaton

"Dur Bolidlan comrade:

de a corruct turn in resum-

of crisis of

i capitalism and the crisis of te radi-

Any activilles in accorda

with the method indicared in

tionalleadersi

'of the working class.

* lue 1508 Transitionil Program.

Trniskyisis throushout

The growt of the International was illustruted by te

'the "worid will feel gratified that the Bolivian section was

presence of 26 delegates from te Walloon sector. ===

able lo make this ruadjusunent."

Hast world congress to reflest this massive develcomes:

What appears lu have rexindled the factional heat is

In addition, new sections in inany European couse o.

the SIP and 'IsA's public disavowal oó the action of

In the Antilles, and the Middle East brought home z

the PRT, at that time the Argentinian section. In addi-

opportunities of the Trotskyist movement Contary 1o

tion, il secms that a possible bloc with the tail-endist econ-

rumors of ils disappecrance, the Bolivian, secco:, ze

omist La Verdad group was beginning is appear. And

POR, was represented by six dclugares who relscieo is

so Comrade Linda Jenness tonk a tip in Argentina to

proietarian composition and its deep tinditional :oos

leach the furure IST about feminism, defensive formu-

in the Bolivian class struggle. Even the grons of

lations and elcctioneering. Despite the very difierent meth-

PST was an expression of the renewed interest in Treuky

odological tradition of the Moreno croup--and its prac-

ism. The most important loss was thai of the majory

tice in a totally different milieu than the SWP, the wor

of the PRT, a result of the International's failure :0 :=

ing class, a political bloe seemed in hare bera established

legrase this militant leil-moving formalion dí consider-

on the basis of abstract orthodory, und a tail-endist and

able influence in the Latin Americar vanguard.

minimalist approach lo mass work.

The growth of the UST and the increasing dificulties

The Congress was preparad by the most thorouga dis

of the PRT sconied lo make possible a roversal of the

cussion ever conducied in te worid Troitivist movemeet

numerical rela:or shin of forces in the International and

1' included ine publication in Cratan, Frenca, and Spaces

probably induced ine sir? leadership lo oring dui iis

o all die docuriers suarined. Farderedly networt

was tie achievement di the Walloon secaoa, main tas

Sul dil'erences, and

announce reitreal agrement with an

international tencency. Thus, ine vote a: the isC plenum,

entrasted with she publication of te Frenca dossiness

and te minina. plaine co the tinctir cadency de-

es a. ime rhea the French cocoon nas banned ans :a.

sires to aron rebreadis: possible comb mason offorces.

crooning in a siradon se inionso ciass sirade do a5-

The same minimal platotai was mainiatud to the basis

dion, te moe: impotiant documcais

Inant Criers

ol the Leninist Trotaris Prehorwhich Goeris cancia med

were printed in coher landeages,

dis goal di dierimmind me cocrestio ci tie internatorel

cú cases, ine dismision mas cruciucca by a specia. e=--

venjoo ol the soccees, and derrida di Gergared id tae

tive. There siams 10

have boon a miscaleu.aton in this

pao. The too des thal to in aby SandGeani sup-

port in Paroça and Asia.

it caned frest.

sagest la dun amarea. For a time d sieneed as 16 ina

L'll Houd Don srom thi

microtonal. This tas par-

acularly pinusile at the duous: 1973 convention of tis

SVP, alhough Comrada Barnas banamnnanio couid also

Dave been inerpicind

as cinchman to ine ranks oi the

International. it was aise ino ciear messare emanating

from the PST, already the perpetrator of several splits

and corfident in its linear growth througout Latin Ameri-

ca. The possibiliiy of such a course by the LTE remains.

However, it seems that the leadership and the ranks of

the LTF who were less willing to dismiss the majority

of the International as lost to Trotskyism prior lo a more

Jongly discussion temporarily had the upper hand.

Horid

congress

on

the basis of tendone; positors. 7==

number of vose d! each succon mandalong was deiti-

mined by the manoer oi dues paying members in =a:

secion.

herallo of tanderco renopio agon in india ma

daies? was determined by the loial number of voies chat

by full members in to basic uniss of die secdons. Taus.

candidare members sho are required by the startas ci

ine inimational lo ioton a candidacy program cou.d

oniy casi constlicare votes.

The discussion in the l'alloon sacao: for example sas

conducled in the following way. The cocumenis were ci-

culated lo all members. The majority of the Cenira! Com-

mittee announced the formation oi a tendency in suspo?:

of the IMT; other CC members formed a indency drine:

the Sucam (ATS); a few rank and flors deciarse iot

the LTH. Travel costs of all tendencies vere paid ti

the section as a whols according to a budget and scraduie

Il. Preparation of the congrass

The Congress was attended by over twin hundred'prople

Including a small rechnicai staff. Fifty-two organizations

• from forty different countries were reuresented. This rep-

resented a qualitative numcrical growth of the Interna-

tional since the last world congress, ani the progress

which has already been made loward regrouping

van-

guard

clements around the worid under the banner of

Trotskylsm. The problems of the Iniernational which were

addent in the existence of lendencies

and a faction are

the problems which tie Iniernationai "vill continue to face

in lls cifores to transform isell from a propagandistie

formaton inio a word party leading ine revolutionary

activity of ine proletariar; the problems of Enning ilscit

approved by a parity commission. Discussions were esc

at the cell, section, regional, and national levels. A cir

of tweive international representatives of a LIF was

given a tour of the regional conferences, and cual tre

was given to

all tendencies at the national converses.

The Halloon section was thus allocater fitti-to mas-

dares, reflecuing a dues paying menbersnip of over 2.500.

Two mandates were given to cach delegate. The LTE

¿cosived only six voles throughnu: the suciion and itus

could not receive a mandale-30 votes were necessa...

The

other mandales were divided proportionaliy sia

4810 the lilt, and t to the iT'S.

The major irregulariues in he preparation of the world

congress 100% place in the ITE producis of spliis in :.

gentina, Spain, and ilarico. Neither the Liga Scaiai:ia

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vention: sor me world congress. My for the I'ST' of Ar-

gentine, ll claimed an alleyed membership estated al

3.500. 1hils membership, contrary do the atarures of tie

FI, was not cuucaled

through a candidacy program.

• It tas recrulled on the basis of igreement with the piat-

form of tio election campairs in the spice of a year.

The nalional convention, which. by all accounis icems lo

have bech more like a rally, voted unanimously, all 3,500

members for te LTF, with not a single vote for tc IMT

reporied, not a single Kompass, not a singla abstention.

strong indications that the acual membership was closer

to 2,100. Using this methodology the W'alloon Secton

congress feil into two cale

as the

Belgian) or fralernel observers from organizations which

used to de clicial sectone, bur could noi maintain dat

sarus bochuse di reacho:ary ignisiason (suca es ire so?)i

and duegaies trom spagulaina groups gertonna los

dul siars as secions (such as be Columbian Gruppo

Esperiato) or spliniors preriously kranted simpatizing

The statis diot for votes

¡li. Composition of Tie Tendencies

Some of lie cutiending resuits có the membershlo roung

cas be summarized mere.

in cord Amensa. a30ut 169

incided doou: 30 com be Donson finues tinich

Was not represoned in bie laà delegauon, and approxi

mately suu memoers in ine Usa inconisd incis iciernal

ar wanen: mih the political placorm of de lift. In Laun

America, all the LiT support came irom organisations

which exist in a siation i salt in the trotskyis: move

ment: Mexicar LS, Urugujan PRI(U), Tenezuelan PST,

Peruvian FIR-Blanco, In Europe, the LTF receised the

weil known 35 votes of the Williams group in the IMG:

an alleged 200 in the Spanish LC which did noi hold

& convention; 28 in German; -the German ITF das

allowed 1 delegate even though it did not hare the 30

roles, an exemple of bending over backward

for minority represchiation which deserves to be emulated;

and under a dozen in Sweden, Belgium and France. This

despire the presence oi a permanen! LTF representative

In Europe for a prolonged perica. •In Asia, the LTE

support on an unclear basis from the majority

of the Indian section; only one vore in Japan; the majority

of the small official Chinese section: and te votes of the

StI, and SAL in Australia and on Zealand.

• In most cases, the votes for the IM'T were based on

tendency declararions in each country which whiie erdors-

hig the general line of its pladorm, included some cribeisms

and elaborations.

The most significant of these sas the

deciaraion of the majority of the liailoon Central Com-

milice lis amendmens inciuced nuances lo me charai

scrizadon of the world siruation by indication, secondary

• counter-londencies, ciarifiration of the concopt of the new

mass vanguard in lure. dy diganguishina i from ela

ments nic only an episode break from scformism, and

a specilication of the dillerent slages of

armed

struggle

and the means of linking the recaiu

donary nucleus

io the armed struggle of the masses

througir transional initiatives. The japanese delerais

gave support do the IMT on, ine basis of critical evaca-

cons of its documents. In Latin America, te IMI receired

the support of the Bolivian POR delegaies, Me Chiear

PS& end CL.

the Antilles GRS, the Mexican OCi. i:

Columbiar GE, the Peruvian FIR-Combate, the B=ast.

lan POC, the Argentinian Fraccion Roja, Fraccior Boi-

chevique, and Grupo Obrero Scrolucionario (GO?i.

A third international lendency, "Meshraionia,

formed at the openiny of the congress and dissoires ai

its close. It arose out of a coalion of naional tendences.

It was based on three separuie kind of rapeals. The dis:

was represchied by the German and Dunisa konsess

tendencies, and the Malian TMa, il is mualy specs=s

10 the secioralism of the LTE and he new mass va=-

guard appruach of the IMT, a point which was no: aspa--

eni during Comrade llcro's intervenion ai die Si:? co=.

veacon ai a tme thon he was secking

LiF io ician the icacersho of ine Girman setian Cas

of she disinguishing leatres of the German Mom=ais

in is charccurizaros of the Sociai-Democrate Fara 2:

•a bourgeois part, moving in sie Gateãon ei sa a-=5-

Ian, Democrate dart. a Craraderala1d emila 1'5

The Kompass used tremiate ana wetheristiertir.ar=*=

and denied any commo: lestates gerrcen deraciazierrea

of even à section of me advanced worners, and sia: c:

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ÑEs ta: Cominas ilois

uses guoinone from draner

ing forgoren ly he SiP tenderints.

A second trend in tiebrainake was the sina-the sai

Save-Unit" appeal, which atempled in prerent turies

divisions by taking a middle oi de road positer. Feis

secmed lo be the basis tar Commade Malas tra-ama

ol India, sho had come as a supporier of te it?

nough not a member

oi the facion), passed ore: is

Mechraionka. He sialed he had not read all me docu-

ments.

Finally, In France, the 80 vores or so of the daaica:

the Stream tendency (ATS) were meinly determinia

discontent with the lateness oi the discussion -ja.ca ass.

caused a number of absentions, and by a desire io isa-

ter a critical vote in relation lo specifically Frenca gie-

tions, which sere to come up at the French corra====.

Some of these criticisms were no incompaible ria ==

general line of the INI'I. Comrade Dumas' repor: :o =-e

national

convention for exampie, deals wich a histor

of the Fl's relation lo centrist currenis. Hitrout focus:==

on the achiel questions in dispute. Ai the soria corarses.

Cde Dumas, one o! the TO AT'S delegatos, disassociates

himself from Mezhraionka, stating that their laszca: sis

with

the LTF was pushing tem more and more cra=s

LTF positions. He gave parial suppor 10 tie lot. ve

can expect a similar process lo occur withia che dis

sendency as a whole.

IV. The intervention of the LTF

Comrade Barnes reported, as an observer, on te acia-

cal line of the LTF Political Resolution. ll was the tora

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siluation,

report that he

had

already given in Chicago

•in Deceaber. He cialned that the Ninth World Congress

could be reduced lo a turn toward minority cuntrontation

with the bourgcoisie and ils state. Such direct inierventions

Into the struggle between classes sliouid only be conducied

by our organizators when they have obtained a majorin

within the porking class -more modesily referred to as the

"masses," in the case of the U'S: -"Organizadons." Until

then, the fasks should be limited lo "propaganda, agita-

lon, and organization," as they always have since 1938,

and even before. Every problem is answered always and

everywhere with a call to accumulate cadre around the

transitional program. There can be no revolusionary situa-

tions without a revointionary party, he said - raising ques-

tions about ishal his interpretation of lie Cuban and Chi-

nese events might ue. Thereiore, the revolutiorary organi-

zation should sück to propaganda. This abstaci, circular,

and sectarian rictoric was the dominant teme of the LTF

throughourt: Contress.

The purpose di dis deamase verbiage is roofold. On

the one hand, i: coresents a resi tetector di tre saciarian.

absientorist termini de did on dreamer. an si'uai.0n.

On the other, i: provides fornuiacons so general and so

vague dial mey cruis serve se anumcicia doe a poducal

ulee mia die ann torictoradoctoradn" riori ass, and

the dynamically opportunis: ?ST.

The 1117 poinica out

that in fact in prac ce. me alF did de: Use Coe Trans!-

Lunal Progiam. eu: core a mmai erstram; and dia!

che propanando:: negrosch sina crip tead to abandon-

lug the possibilious of sirentmen.no merera anorary por

tential of me worsire sizes, "hion is cocistoci, alecies buy

the experience of is rentuare.

The UST observoro Calverd Me DEF's preseniations on

Bettle and fugurüno. Si Golsid, iey appeared as an

extremely sociarian group, grinding an old factional axe

against the leader o! tie souvian secuon, apparendy con-

sidered

as a rival. Comrade M'oscoso. The fundamental

political differences did noi conie out clearly amidst a

deluge of accusations of buiraying the 1952 and 1971

revolutions, and of ine successive mistaken analyses of the

Political Commend, Popular Assembly,

One of the PST speakers who had accused the Internation-

al of betraying the 1971 revolution was apparently forced

by his faction to retract his statement, which he tried to ex-

plain as a misundersianding. in fact, conversations wiin

Comrade Norma of the PSI confirmed tha! the PST analy-

• zes the Fourth international, and in particular its leader-

ship and lis french section, as petty-bourgeois and un-

reformable, and considers

the tradition

of ilorenoist

Trolskyism to be the most "non-sectarian" and consistent

trend of Trotskyisin.

On Argenina, the opportunis! character of the PST was

more clearly visiale. The PST dudged the main question of

analyzing the nature of the period, of the Peron ragine,

dismissed the poisibilities of a coup or a repressive turn

of the regime. They stressed the numerical gains. the possi-

bilities of legal wore, und the damage done by tre armed

sirubble. Commús forma even analyzed le elecuons as

a mussive defeat that bie working dlass indicted on te

ultra-loft at die poils. The level of debare of he PST some.

tines sund lo a rica nuns los level, as tinea one of

their speakers summarned the positions of the INT

ag

"Nada, Nada, Nada' (Noting) and those of die LTE

as "Partido, l'ai

ído, Partido (The Party). Comrade Paila's

intervention uns someshat more honest He describes bis

experience with the Coiduba workers, and in so coiss

vividly showed how die problem oi self-defense had pris-a

itself. Hoever, he failed to provide a sistemale line to

solve this problem, which is not surprising since ne ?5T

denounces the Fraccion Roja cliorts to deal with die pros-

lems of sell deiense as a new "siralogy of self-defense ==

placing the old strategy of armed struggic," which te

placed the "strategy of the urban guerrilla," whick

placed the "siralegy of rural guerrilla," and ofiers noting

in its place except peaceful mobilizations to demand demo-

cratic rights.

The LTF view, expressed in Comrade Joe Hansen's

observations, proiesied the decision io present die armed

suggle in Lasa America statemen: Of tie iMT in a rote.

They even slaged a walk-out lu gain a jour hour exten-

sion of the diccussion on lis point In tie process. des

made tie congress lose live bours, dispiating a carater

attude tomato the dennesentaures of de rung rice later.

caronal,

and

Stcripine

now spli: üittina:.

hirsell rascordly for the bcacil of the ram arcen pout"

no! stepped in de readino di Trothy end arian dan c'=

any nó the did secretaries of Trostgagoria ci abese

piesence a: die world conatess Lied may no: bata no-es

Contress, and ine incorization oi minority violenes. te

characerized this as a fundamental reviater si tamist.

ine most imporiani issue lacing the fouri interraco-ai.

Comrade Cesar oi the l'ST siated liai armed struggle

cuuia ur de posed lor citer me masses or the vanquara

belore the part had been batt

Comrade Roman answercd this mith a comparison ie-

tween ine insiant defeat of the working class at the hares

oi a military coup in Chile in 1973, and the resistance to

the fascist coup in Spain in 1936, an obriousiy more

desirable course, altough snil not sulfcient fo. victory.

In neither case was a revolutionary part present. licü-

ever, the education and practice of the Spanish workers

vanguard in seli defense provided for ine possibility ci

reaching a higher level of the class siruggle.

Comrade Roberto of Spain

spoke for the LTF, usiag

he Spanisi expcrience as the test of the tho lines

Burope. The dio main thenies were 1) atiacis on concilia-

tion to lerrorism, as allercaly took place in relation so dee

execution of Carrero Blarco, and 2j the need for a sta:a

85 of the workers unied front mobilizina the masses io=

their inmediare concerns. Comrade Scoit of the Susan 13-

liams sendence of the 1MG urougn Jack memories of 112:

1970. Fie posad the Red University stralegy is the contai

focus of the 131G in ine peneral strike situauon oi Britai.

al tie time of lae Congress.

On We whore, the Rap venueen the Lll and the rest o

he International was widened. Many comrades oi in 1'-

were seeing te L'TE Ieadershig in a poliucal debate ic:

he first time und many were shocked by the cosiras:

between the image of Cannonite Prockyiin and ma:s

icader: ta: ibsy had scen projicied, and teactual cia.

The CRS of che Antilles, wno had come uncommites.

came over to the IMT. The LTE stralcey appeared

lie

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a base in Europe through a

• Bioc „witz' Kompass. This required the ability lo continue

to operan within the International, In contrast le PST

wus clearly on an immediale split course, charucterüing

the inteinational as unreformnolo, und seaming ahead

full blast in the esiablishment of new split and ists

throughout LataAmcrica. Even ihe Pritish LTF tendency

has moved to establish a "Friends of Intercontinental Press"

There are clear dilferences betwech the SWP and the PST

on the applicability of women's liberation work in Latin

Anerica (reflecied in the contradiciory influences on the

Mexlean LSs; the analysis of the Chinese workers state

which the PST dates 10 1919 and a break of Mao from

Stalin; and the class nature of the LF which the PST

considers as a proletarien iorce. There are siso differences

on the analysis of the Laria american bourgeoisie,

nature of the Unidad Popular, and te Uruguayan Frent

Amplio. The Spanish IC had deñnise Lasterás: colora-

deas, It is nO sorel Me: de Lambeross apaidudes

il's zipuision di a targasi amoro lances to te

Col spintor d me Maaaarida Margar Herever, te

16 scams 10 de rapidi; are manna die Sale docus on

dimosiano comanás, and bacoon, siance in reiation

19 actorala, somean trich goes against die grais

cite auto-centre democre's.

V. The intervention of the lAT

The factiona: conditions under thich the cuagress was

which pere scenests to be discussed: Women's

riberatos, ine inionai Guestion, de 13ut radical=a-

dun, Cina, and unue. Titoo jiscuosicas mere in iu.

the postconatess perioa, to se tares un cihar within

rey inade lie incinauonal as a raois or within ise

'endencies, or bot. The inT renort on the world situa-

von was given by comrade lialter. He answered the

accusations of catascophism and of an objectivist me-

chanical determinist vier of ine reistion Derveen the eco-

tisinte crisis, and a rise of sorld revolution. Waite: poinied

out thut the explosive characer of lac peried was not

delermined by such a one lo one relation between the

dcierioration of living standares and workers' millancy,

but rather by the combination of three faciors: the gencral

crisis of socirl relations (velues aná political rule of lne

bourgeoisio); a broad cycle of coromic downturn; and

à cycle of mutually reinforcing successíui workers struggles

ane rising combativity.

ceniered in •Europe.

Alberio of the I'ST answered that the Iriernational did

not nced economic geniuses - he later added under the

Argentinian poiat that is did not need military gcaiuses

Comrade H'alter pointed out how the LTE's vision of

on the one hand, and the Revolutionary l'arty

failed io take into account the impnriant

different levels of mediaiine laciors between the objective

inclors and ine subjecire iuctor: ihe sirengun of the mass

movement, the derree of developinent o! the workers van-

mard, the travention of the reuclutorar: nucleus. In

comparing burope and amerier,

ful restelance of the European working class to the bosses'

offensive, tha

the reintive cohesion of & broad var.

guard which

ras

able lo outlanis the burenucracios is

major struggies (like the Fial actions May 69, she Sricit

strikes). 'T'his resistance has aircady had a serious in-

pact on the health of European capialism. In Amarica

the nomization of such eicments mede it possials to=

the bosses with the help of the bureaucracies to impose ise

wage controi coniracts with iow stuggles, thereby aboring

capitalism to vecther the first storm.

In the discussion, Comrade Roman demonsiraied sui

the Indochinese revolutionary forces had acrually siren-=-

ened their military and political positions mithin ine irama

work of the Accords of Faris. Comrade Mini of the fus

bec GMR showci how the pracuice of tho I.50 rectores

the ultunate logic of the LTE's posiron. lie pois:

that although the LSO was constanüy shifting lis sea-

sion, which made any ancho, a! a ral:onal desale co=-

parable lo uitempting lo nail a boil oi jelio on the na:

it was possible lo give ino concrete examples at sei-

ral-endism. Ou one insiance the LSO, cruciting the Para

independen: said re. ari tat

for the indispcasabie tori ef such an incarcaten: sia:=

that li was meone to sa. los an army dé basaceana diass

on natord.st cenarra

as sole parters too proie fascisi grouos: the bacuates

had denounced ingisa Canado, Ü.S. impcriaim. a==

ita: the 10? bad ever supporied "consisions rationis=.

Comrae classey mas able io toluca this anames corate

up miù a quoie irom Comrade Bores ie7i Fines:

report indicatig that unresirained love for immintom a==

nationaisa were distincive ¿catures pi the revolrosari.

He inca invited Comrade Hororite lo jorm a renta=a

so get repudialion of thai position, sayine dha: de cora

use ail his infuence to proisc Horowitz's deniocratezira:s.

Tae circussion on Europe was in large par: crer v=

by ansiraring tie accusations of the LTF. Comrade Ga=:.:

answeric ihe slarders ci dioreno againsi the former can

munist seague. He pointed lo the Ligue's confis en: =o==

in defensa of ihose struggling against trench coisaia=.

a campeign which was directy responsibie for the decis

GRS joing the FI. He described in detail the eacarats

of work toward Black Africa. Throughout the ciicass.o=

LTF deiegates, apparenily suffering a mosaid

cosess.oz.

not unlic: that oi frightenca pacifisis, repearcci, brosza:

up tnc.question of the exccution of Carrero Mianco. Co--

rade Maiian, whue critcainz the loal supporcrateros

used by some oí the Fl's press, and poininz, cur :=a: ::

rei substitute ior a reinlutionary siraiti, reas

armed Lae baciionai Marxist position tal suca =s:a:s

must bu juaged by their concreie eluct on ine deras=-

ment vi cho ciass sirubeie al a giver juncture.

The sied do pationly ansiver te misunderstandias

distortires, and incantation di dogmare truins emana:-=

real probior faced by our European coniraces.

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some question's could b

ten up, and will probably

resppear and be sellled at national conventions

recions. in france the problems include the need 1o

balance central initiatives and the patent work of im-

plantation; the exhausive activily of expansion and the

necd for Marxist edication. The tremendously diversified

work of Rouge-in the CGT, in the CrIT. in the teachers

unlor, through factory red mole work, the Chile com-

milices, the E'SI, the anti-abortion law MLÀC, the wom-

cn's liberation movement, immigrant work, high schooi

Red circies, und student work-calis for politicaily cen-

tralizing themes, anci the concretication eter overall ac-

lion program and of the call for unis; of the class. There

is also a general discussion on governmental slogans,

the sole of Sociai Damocracy, and the evolution of ine

CP's links with luscow.

The position of ihe DilT on Latin America represanted

an evolution in the ligri of the experieace since the last

world congress. Significant contribulions were made by

the comraces trom bolivia, and those trom Arcentina,

who had croired in a surcle against the lecidatorist

faction of Sanischo, in reneral, ina rescionga cite diata

Worid Congress mas seen as a positive suemo: to come 1o

grips with a probiam rose fud Camensions bad not been

vanguard tao reen ine CA's rica di 3 Festelal road

la socialisia, and is aware thai the saccion ol armes

stugate will be posud in any reroicianary suategy. Win.

in this tamaroth, mio anorer cangbeen crea as 10 Fos;

she revolutionary vantuard didera rene: is instances oá

insurrectiens - parta: surreatond, dandia: anacks, poilee

repression.

lard

staures, die. The trend tricared to as

spontancis in surrentinalist brigeng that to arcelarinat

vanzuard should star oii of and noireiamen any armed

rumiss prior to ine mares as a sadie being comronies

with a fae oist car.

ie koninist mind beteres that

the revoladonary conduard men bird answers to the

armed aspecis di the ass druggia under maerever joria

they appear.

The PRT represented a militarist deviation. It telescoped

different kinds of armed

struggle corresponding io

ferent siages of the class struggle, and li siaried from the

false premise that Argentina was alreadi in a stale of

civil war which mouid of course reguire the buliding of a

revolutionary peopie's army. The iniernationai leadership

suas unable to back up the Trotsigist wing of the PRT-

which had sufiored severe blows from repression- in part

because of the weakness of the international center, at a

time when the PRT leadership might stil have responded

to a discussion.

• Comrade Serrano of the POR delended the POR's past

record, and rcaffirmed its commitinent to leading inemasses

as it had repcatediy done over a period di thirty years.

He mocked those

who keat eshorting the POR to link

Iself to the wurking class. saying taa! the POP was OF

the working class,

and had ben for many years. He

analyzed the crele oi Bolivian ciass sunggles: niass up.

surge, formation oi workers and peasant millias, aud

deleat al the hand of the superior army. tie said the

Transitional Progiam Had in rica: par: been sropied

• by the liolivian unions ivra do nich ibe Theses of Pula-

_cayo, and that this was not une panacea. lie poiried 10

the peasant

ba

des in Cochabamba al lhe time

of the Congress inself as furiher evidence of the role of

rural guerrilla in the Bolivian revolution.

The cucle

could be broken by a vanguard conscious of the problams

of armed struggle. He concluded with a call for relaunch.

ing the struggle of the POR so win the masses to lis pro-

gram and its actions.

of the Fraccion Roja made a precise

analysis of the Argentine situation, poinied to the limitis

of the Peronist regime's democratic overtures, ine economic

situation, and the multiple forms under which armed sirag-

already appearing in the conficis betweeh the

masses and the police, union bureaucracy, the army, or ire

fascisis. Coinruda Rossi of France demonsiraled how the

?ST's analysis of the Lain American class stragle ras

based on a triangular conflict benreen the masses. imperia!-

ism, and the national bourgcoisie. This explaince ineir

positions on the Frente Amplio in Uruguay, and their

formulations in relation to she Peronist icgime arc che

Justicialst siate. Comrade Pierre Frand described inasrees

denis io the posion di ine 252, and castacierred i5.3

party as a cominai fornaton. The status of tre carili

in relaion to the frenie Amplo is somerialances 10%.

crea, pears after the Sit's auntie careem etore

artis

2a0096.30

in tons posted trend 89 Blond di 101r19i

êy me PiTil) disassocatn=

Fe: been issued. in luch the PiTity beared ina: is ne

extent that the Front sill exisica, i was sial partega: an

in i. This Diatant dei of classaraberanon ear a=.

coscrioed as à scancal lo the interrationai. Persiare in

erict

raises serious questions as io the enorpaniciaris

c: ¡his formation's exisience in ihe Intersaciona.. ung the

desire on the part of the A19 lo maie ciery concession

staved off the raising of this panicuiar questios. However,

every desire has its limits of padenca.

Comrade fuman rebored ca te 1ta aessiedor or

Mined Smarie in Lein Amenda, Me BiTe Sent

wnich led the Kompass indence to cail for ine formation

of armed wings of sections of ihe Fourth International.

The cuntradiction of the Kompass is thai it is unabie to

say what these arned wings should be used for. This

would require a concrete analysis of lhe probiems praid

by the Latin American class struggle. This basine purpose

of the Ninth Worid Congress resoiation. The mistakes

follored from a failure to realize the consequeaces of the

right turn of Cuban diplomacy, and unclarity as t0 ine

distinct forms of armed struggle required by the distinct

stages of the class stuggie. Roman reaffirmed thecentralit;

of the Marxist conception of the revolutionary crisis. Armed

struggle is not a sualegy, but one oi the stratesical axes

around which our Latin American sections must be bui:-

that is to say that it is present at every singe of their son.

struction, as it is present

at every stage of the ciass

siruagle in general. Revolutionary parties are nor bys:

in a vacuuin.

On a more general level, the reporier look un the ques-

tion of the relationship beneon the masses' acuits io vic-

toricusly conduct siruggles, and the derce of avarences

both political and practical that the broad varrari cas

acquired on the question of armied strugzie. Ure soss:

of this problem is the ability of the masses to successfuits

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and the degree to which this

* depends on the experience of its natural organizers and

"leaders - the broad varguard -with violent actions. This

problen was referred to as the question oi the dialectic

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VI. The organizational settlement

The stratogy of the IMT to the world congress had been

to make a certain number of organizational concessions

(postponement of the world congress, limitation of the

issues to be settled, proportional representation of LT'F

groups outside the Fourth International) in order to insure

a charlication of the key political dutcrences. THE IIT

THUS WON A CLEAR POLITICAL MAJORITY IN THE

DERATE. The World Congress had lo scule two organiza-

tional questiors: the credentiais of voting mandates claimed

by several groups. and the post-conaress caras of a ricole

number of groues aspiring to becoine sochors. Ore of the

main considerations in this mailer was lo establish the

authority of la. Word Congress.

readiam the principles

o! democrato comrarom, and stronanon 1h0 miernetonal

center sullicient; lo give elecure leadersaro io the inies-

national.

Although there were numerous grounds on zaich the

credentials commince couid have challenged the figures

of the PST and others, it was agreed inat in order co

avoid a giant organizational hassle, no credentials what-

soever would be challenged. it is very difliculi lo gauge

exactly the amount of puiting which went into the PST

Egara W: baio clady dieused the conditions of tha

discussion in ine PSI. it may oc uselui to add that at the

time tarce IMT representatives iravcial lo argentina, they

only

reported io epproximaiely ino thousaná peopie

present at various mostinas. Furthermora tre character

of the audience tich cried the Frenci: Comrade an agent

of French imperialism.

and shouied him down for tenty

minutes with chants of "Si O No" (Yes or No) calls into

question the seriousness of this organization's interest in

T'rotskyism. The question of the lack of a candidacy pro-

gram is not irrelevant either. Althougn the development

of the YSA modifics the judgment, ine SWP is obviously

aifecled by the absence of such a requirement di political

education and commitment. What can be said then about

formations like the P§l' who recruit directly to temselves,

or like the Mexican LS which claimed to have grown

threefold in the two months before ihe deadline for the

for the world congress? Unfortunately, the congress was

not able do fully clarify such questions, but it reiusea to

establish a precedent for further such breaches.

The final voling results are not available to us at this

time. The voling took place by placing check marks on

questionnaires. Horever the provisional figures on voting

results fell inlo three categories: the vore of sections: the

unchallenged roles of all present; and the ununimousiy

agreed to estimate of proportional representation for the

IEC. The first caregory, which is ine voting procedure

outlined by the slalutes of the Fl, and which is based on

only the voles of recornind sections of the f'l (this does

not include former secions like tre SiP of other organi-

zations like

ST, at present prevented from affiliation

by reactionary legislation) gilded approximaicle the ioi-

lowing rosulls: 114 for the IN'T, It for the LTr. 3567

to Mezhraionkn. The socond calegory of voting procedures

which lumped togethér every group that stater a cia:m.

at the outset, and with no possible challenge vicides a3-

proximately the following results: 142 for the 117. :15

for the LTF, and 7 for Mehraionka. Given these ligures

the LTF and IMT accepted that the proportional regre

sentatlon of the tendencies of the IMIT would be bassi on

a ratio of 60 to 40 in favor of the IMIT.

As far as the organizational staius of groups nas cos-

cerned, & resolution was passed

with the suppor? e! ie

Mit and Lif. about third absiensions and a in 1o

votes were recorded; they came mainly !rom

America, Spain, and a fow French delegaies, and refecirc

the comrades' awareness of the problems posed by an "=-

disciplined minority posing as representaives of the in.

ternational in their countries. The obsoners of the i?

cast a fraternal vote ior the agreemen! a hoven te lei

that it let many probiens tha: wost arise ta tre sa-

mediate future unresplied.

Tre agreemen: contarate tarta

basic principles and a number di comminenis artise a:

through meeings of a paria commission. Tra man act:

by reiner side Would be recaraisee es seroni

countries where a division exisied no secten wouis ie

recognized until a merger was achieved. The arteme=:

inciucied pledges lo abide by democratic centralia. :o

stop all public attacks, and to strengthen the denier. Some

oi the ouistanding results are ine recogriion of ta G113

and RAIG as a sympanizing ssction of tre Pi in the par.

Canadipo state. The lost whirh had appoiled come, are

reused to recruit the others camained me official suctan.

but in a considerably weakened siate. Or the diser zure.

in riexico and Spain, ine (iCl and lcd, anch a:: :*2a-

tioned for years as the oniy urganization linked is to 7?.

and which had clearly been reins o is

=.:3. Cere

not recognized as official seczions, but onij

pathizing groups like their spin offs.

The Congress then moved on to the election of the leaé-

ership of the International. The IEC was expanda: :s

54 full members and 21 alternates. The IMT arceived

60 percent representation, the LTE 40 percent.

are the

A corsullative IEC Sau Tes

established for representatives of sympainizine gresos.

Then came the election of the United Sec-c:a=a:.

The LTF was offered 7 sets out oi 21, on

dition that it actually disparch iop cadre as a guarance

of serious intentions to participaie in the work ci buddina

the center. The LTF prolested this sighty lower -a=:=

sentation or the United Secretariat (33 percent irseas 5:

40 percent) even though the USFl is execute dad as:

deliberative. It also put up candidates that lie

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sidered to be mere note-takers and phone-callers ano

would paralyze the work of the center. às a rass.: ca

3 of the L'lt's candidales mere elected, and to sio:s are

left open for LTFers, and ino more incase vi a permari=:

move by top cadre to Europe.

The question of finances of the International was rati.

The norm is for sections lo contribute one aredi.: i

or 6 percent)

of their income to the international caste?.

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taisdimeté tün sétiiintnati aucidar

Sirice niost seclions have a system of single progressive

taxallon, the calculations are raihe: simple. Other sections,

howerer, have a financial syste:n based on nominal dues,

large sustainers, and special fundo of nil types. Some of

them have icen known lo use this neminal dues system

to only contribule scall sums to the international and they

were warned that this practice woula have to cease. Soine

Trolskyist parties, like the SWP. who are prevented by

reactlonary legislation from affiliating to the Fourth Inter-

natlonal, can maxe no financial contribution.

VII. Prospodts and Responsibilitios

It should be clear from this report that we believe that

ibe International semains tnreaiened by a seclarian op-

portunial mend. Whlle this trund cnbodled in the LTFis

by no means the oniy probion of ine taiurmational, il

leads t0 act as ine iost impociant internal biock io its

develorinen: lirauun is sutotrica Dteiness-ac-usuat, snd

tallending approaca. This siuanor calis ior a siruce.e

on mo tirwn an ourrbtd crrpeien to funher exnand

eelccdr Gra .drdeeud Medentirin S10E?

iccerral Ceoi tont tocard? W0tc6 911: 116. 102

lote t and Fendead"..

!. .hehrerharonel Mefet 5;

is bing mi mianio dee dn purtile dó cicccida this *er

foid strugrie, dé enianeis ; auia argecis in iciailor 10 ina

conjunctura! needs of the ciass siruggle.

In summary, although ihe Congreys only deall with a

limailed number of issucs, it represenced a significant step

forward. A line was set, ine principle of democratic cen-

tralism was roathirmed. il number of international cam-

palgas tare declded, Mii now ll a responcibilily of ever;

en! osory mierses oi the fnternational to sec

ioléde au teot ccared inicttcrkee dii iaal .e

posineciwe tercdord td toot

Duriv wetendea. Fe

ol to lor in ua Crird Sidiós, did'ouga no: menbers

of the Fourú: Intornatoral, intozo io lake ail the neces-

sary steps 10 see mar tns taies pluce. This should in no

way be constiued as a provecation ngainst the minority

faction, which retrins the right lo hold its idcas, and

whom we hoge to win over to our siew's in the greatest

possible numbers. It is rot our putting forvard of the

Iine of the T'enth World Congress that would be 'undis-

ciplincd" or "disloyal," but our refusal lo put it forwará.

• Llkcrise, anyone who would scek to siop comrades from

pulling forward this line would be guilly of distojalty

or indiscipline. Concreiciy, any rciusal on the pait of

a national or local body io duiend the line of te H'orld

Congress inuist be called lo noder and arcughi lo a halt

This is pari of the duly of all loyel supportors of ue

Fourta Inlernational.

The turn taken by the Ninth World Corgress was reaf-

firmed, clasified, and strengthoned at the l0t Woald Con-

Eress. The Fourth Internationai joes itsell not simply as

a propnganda seci carrying oul morul dulive lor ail times

in all pluces, but rather as lie iorid l'arly ol the so

cialist Revolulion in lhe cra of the Now Rise of the World

Revolution. The. Minurity lacton has had five years

1o get ils line our 10 the iorld diovament-she cadre oi

that World Hovement Have lisinned, nave dcbaled, and

have voted in deir nujurny do ssjuct the line of Ine Lenin-

1of T'rulslylst jaction. While lhe manbers of the f'áclion

have the rigie lo maintain deir lacuon, incyralso have

April 15, 1374

20

the higher duty, with the close of the discussion and te

yote, lo carry our the line. The cadre of the World "ove

ment will now turn dicir

eyes to see how the Facioa

acts in carrying out the line of the dlajority. All te fu-

ture declarations of the Faction will be neighed on ize

scale of how loyally they have sought lo carry out lüe

line of the T'enth World Congress.

The line of the international is quite clear, it cais ío?

an active incervention with

the polltical line of te Fi

into the emerging vanguard of te class strugple. It caïs

lor solidarity campaiges with the struggles zomg on ia

the various paris of te torlá, In parcouiar e stai-

gles in le advancod capitaist countiss oi ¿xt0sa a=3

Japan, in Lata ámerica and goeciloaly in Caio, a=a

in Soulhcast Asia, where ire heruie suruggie cí tre isão

Chinese peoples goes or. This calis lor miliian: cam.

paigas df solidaziy with tne ñgniers of tno Frenca =.a

faciory, te örusnodners, die dif sé ühnn a"i

Nadonal Liberason Front of Ftcitar.

Tieiütrasia.

ai lüres ca te respoas.: md üc! oa l0 e te mraai

suppogiors of dese sirugries, dur aso to gira aIcicis

epatnairo 10 iom and mora Man tai 10 Datteaate

In Cior md me tieh, leborenie. Teri

. *:

oi

mo dasions o de üerrrgs w'as t9 1m11d 129 -19

201 001 90 .00 601 Pe0 c0odéedere Gr01.16. d.1

rauer tre dranis to chuaae to Tre dourod tnoo1n32012.

today will either push itseii iermard in te emérgiog raci

calization of the working closs on a glubal

scala, or i:

will lail and become just one more, noi so vory trierai

ing propaganda seet The decisioas of ino Tensa 1o=:3

Congross mandaio that we more formard. It is ar ¿is

rnto that thr arifnatinh do she trilorr atißnel annoo

the coursa cof te unfolding ciajs stuggie de varicus

componert oi tie LTS cannot change ineir oudook a=s

practice, it inteasiñes the chance that they sil did =o

other course than to split ofl from the revolutionar: di-

namic of the Internalional. Their iondercy has been in &i

direction since te Ninth World Coagress. The lines jü:

forward by ouservers like Comrades Barnes, Mazier

and Moreno ut the Tentn World Congress does noi ieac

itself lo our being able lo see a change in nis enuria :

events. The LTE, whose political suppariers inciue de

pelly bourgeois sür, and te vorkors:, P57, de son

proletarian based North Amcrican paris and e Arzer-

tinian economists, in addilion 1o the Lambcrust-lie Sgaa-

ish group, and the PRT-U uf Uruguay, to acd a pazü-

lar

froni dimension, faces the choice of either siopgiat

its course at five minules tefore te dccisive hcar c= ==o-

credinr on iis downward plarge, át this poirt iie discase

is nos yet gangrene, but ti is certainiy more, considerasir

more, than a scratch.

In conclusion, the IMT views the outcome of the W'orid

Cungress as haviny accomplished the main lasi sei iar

it. The World movement and iis cadres wentliru a moi:

exiensive discussion. Every orranizationa! concessico .s.

essary to keep the International uried sas mado aeii

at the same time concrding nothing so principte ic ==

political serse. The International has now decided l's lias.

¡iere is a liajonti, and ture is a larderinip. :1a:-

1o lhe Building of the Suctions of the Fourt Internazorai-

Forward 1o ine Viclory of the iforld Revolution.

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Adopted by Fourth World Congress Sunce Reunification

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1. No exclusion of any groups or niembers now be

longing to the tendencies or factions in the Fourtb inter-

national.

2. No reduction in status of groups currenly recognized

as sections or synpainting secions.

3. Adoption of a general formula lo determine status

In the following special situation:

In countries

shere scherents of the Fourth Intarra-

donal are divided inio to of more ri0:25 acurg Füs-

tions shall be taken as the criterion in determining de

approximate proportionai representation in memberstis c!

the different tendencies or factions on the incomina ia:ar

national Exccutive Commitice and Control Com-iss:0.

6. Enlargement of the membership of the incomirz is-

ternational Exccutive Committee lo relect the front is

size of the Fourch International since the last moria coa-

gress.

7. Adoption of the following iwo categories in the men-

bership of the incoming inicinational Exscutive Comminaz

aj Euistatos ior members of sciners.

o Consulaure sigrus lor members of sprigatess

pathizing secions. Eu: i the aroups in say of inese coun-

Fuil members and consultative members shail here ite

tries fuse before the next word congress, lee international

same rights in everyhing except voing. Full menbers

Excilive Commi ce is empovered so recogaze lae unised

sbali have decisive vores; consultatvememocrsconsu.resre

group as e secilon.

voies. For purposes of replacemeni, aiternate memears

These are exceptional measures not lo be taken as set-

shall be listed accordirg to tepúency or jacion and giaces

ting a precedeat of say kiná lt is not the purpose of inese

in numbered rark.

meacures to encourage souls by giving minority grosss

8. Realismation of the ten-puint agrecment definiaz de

the bops that they will receive recogalion from the Inter-

precorditions for an authoriative dorid congress ta: mas

nalional ll they leave a section and set up a public for-

unanimously adopied by toe United Secretariai Sepiember

mation.

19, 1973.

4. No recopnition ní challenges to mandale claime placed

9. As mart of the impiementetion of hig agrasmans orma

before the mandate commission by sections, sympathwing

of the tendencies or factions shail make staiemonis at se

sections, or groups appiving for recogaition.

close of the congress proclaiming their firm support to

5. The voie cast on the counterposed political resoiu maintaining the unity of the Fourt internationai.

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.: Recommendations to the Delegates of the Coming World Congress

Adopted unanimously by the United Secretarial, Septem-

ber 19, 1973

The fear has been voiced that the differences under dis-

cussion in the Fourth International and the organizations

in sympathy with it could load to a spiit. To counteract

this dunger and lo strengthen the unity oi our movemen:.

the United Secretarint reaffirins its siatement "The Precondi-

dons for an Authoritative World Congress tha! was unan-

imously adopted on April 9, 1973.

In addition, the United Secretariat unanimously recom-

mends to the dele vales of the Fourth Congress Since Reuni-

fication (Tenth World Congress) that they acopi the foi-

lowing proposals:

1. That there be no expulsions or suspensions or ap-

plication o! disciplinary measures against sectons of the

Fourth International or any of lis sympathiaing groues.

2. That all sectons and sympa hising groups se granied

full roing righis

at the worid

congiess in accordance

Filth the number of chair members in sund sianding, as

specifica in the siamies of te Fourth Interradoral.

3. That die presen: tingorary Stainies Cl the Fourch

In'ematona, De accer: cic.oui cianas.

4. That in lose countles maere iNo Or MiCre giOUSS

exist because ol soilis an other reasons, do unid moral

autiority oi the Fourt triernational de brorant to bear

following points be placed on the agenda of toe comirz

world congress for a vote: (a) the world political simason:

(b) the question of orientation in Argentina; (c) the ques-

tion of orientation in Bolivia; (d) European persuecares:

(e) statutes of the Fourth International.

6. That the international discussion on these poin:s be

closed following the world congress for one year unless

the IEC decides to reopen the discussion earlier.

7. That the following points beconsidered in commissions

or panels at the coming world congress: (a) the "cuirural

revolution*

and China; (b) youth radicalizauo.: ic)

comon's liberation; (d) Sliddie East; (e) Vietam; (f) Easi-

era Europe.

3. Tha! Voles on these topics not be laken ei the comi-s

morid congress.

9. Thal the iriernational discussion on lie quescors

listed in point o. i, exciuding analysis of casanoirai

evenis in Viesian and Fastera

interary torm toucking me coming dord congress is a

money bucca no: to exceed 45 pañes.

10. Trei the Filth Congress Mier Reuniäcatch rEeverh

¡orió Congress) be held pithin rio years fciords tre

coming woris congress.

for the cariudi possibie jusion of the groups or. a pria-

cipic Lasis.

Seplember 19, 1973

5. That only resoludous and counterresolutions on te

The Preconditions for un Authoritative World Congress

Adopted

uranimously by the Uniled 'Secretarial,

April 9, 1973

In view

of the backlog of translations still to be done as praciical, but not earlier than 6-weeks before the cor-

of documents submitted

to the preparaiory discussion

gress.

for the saxt world congress and the number oi documents

Some comrades have expressed fear that the dela: in

already announced for presentation in the coming weeks,

transiating documents

might be pal! of a procees ira:

it appears unlikely that these can be placed in the hands

would bring into question the authoritativeness of ine

of the rani and lile beiore the conferences oi the sections

next world congress.

are held lo choose delegates for the next world congiess.

The United

Secretariat is of the unanimous opinich

To overcome this difficulty and thus help to assure a

that fulfliment of the jollowing conditions, regardiess o:

fully democratic discussion and election of worlá congress

the dale of the congress, will assure recognition of te

delogales, tne United Secretarial therefore unanimously

authority of the decisions of the neri wors

recommends in membershin of the l. E.C. postponemeni

congress by all sections, sympathizing groups ana inter-

of the world congress. In accordance with the ned dale

national tendencies of the Fourth Internaiional.

it also recommends ihal ihe linal daio for submission oi

democratic preparaior; worid

material be ser approximately incee montas in advance

circuiation at least inio Engisr.

of the world congress. The United Sucreiaria: is not bourd

French and Scanish of all documents submined beior.

so translate and

publish material submitted after that

the final deadline.

dalc.

3) The democraric election of delegates so the world

All national pre-world contress conferences should be

rescheduled lo be held as close lo the world congress

4) Democialle conduct of the congress.

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INFORMATION BULLETIN

April 1974

CONTENTS

PRELIMINARY REPORT TO XEN YORK CHUCUS OF

THE LEMMIST-TROTSKYIST FACTION ON FOURTH

NOILD CONGRESS SINCE LELMIFICATION (TENTH

WOLD CONGRESS, by joseph Hansen

APPENDIX: Agreement on cleasures lo

Help Maintein C'nity oi the Fourth inter-

national

REPORT ON THE TENTE WORLD CONGRESS. bY Bill

Massey and John Barzman (Internationalisi Tendency)

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introductory hote

On March 24 te SiP Madoral Office invired the Lenin-

1st Troiskyis: Facion and de internacoralist Tendency

do submit trition evaluations of ma world carrress, based

on the reports being given to their respecove caucuses,

to be publisico ior te trinmation of le party in

¿ special interna: iriorasacadriden.

The Leninist Tronnyist Faction submilled te report

given by Comrade joe Enasch to a mecing oi the New

• Yors supporters oi de LiE on Marce 12. 1574.

"The internationalist Pendency submitted a report by

Comrades Bill Massey and John Baraman on April 16,

197%

The Socialist Workers Party proclaims its fraiernal soli-

darity with the Fourt International but is prevented by

• reactonary legislation from

alfiliating to it. All poliu-

cai activities of members of the SliP are decided upon by

the democratically eitcted national leadership bodies of

the SIP and by the local and beanch units of the party.

Unconditional acceptance of the authority of these SWP

bodies is a prerequisite oi nembership. There are no

other. bodies whose decisions are binding on the SWP

or its members.

April 17, 1974

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Preliminary Repori to New York Caucus

of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction on Fourth World

Congress Since Reunification (Tenth World Congress)

By Joseph Hanson

I have been asked

to present a balance sheet of the

Fourth World Congress of the Fourin International Since

Reunification (Tenth World Congress) from the viewpoint

of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction.

Some of the conclu-

aions I will offer are subject to modification alier sie have

had

an opportunity to siudy the linai versions of the

documents presented at the congress by the iriernational

Executive Commince Majority

Tendersy.

These were

adopted by a majority of delegates bur mere subject lo

amendment and lo eding, and

are no: yet availabie.

On arrangements at the contress there das a consider.

able impro:ement over the congress heid in 1969. The

facilities were bener in cererai. For the frsi lime the prob-

Jem of translations was met in

an

accorale way. With

the up-to-date equipment that was used, it was possible

to have simultantous transiations in three languages —

Spanish, French, and Engiish. The time for discussion

was thus utilized much more efficiently than at any pre

Flous congress.

The congress was the largest yet held by the Fourth

International. Delegates and observers were present from

all continents end all the major countries except the Soviet

bioc.

Isi, addition lo delegates elected by official sections of

the Fourth International, the congress was oden to ob-

servers from sympathizing organizations-like the So-

clalist Workers Pariy-which are prevented by reaction-

ary legislation in their own countries from affiliat-

ing to the International. Such observers were invited

to express their ricis on ali dispuled political quesiions.

The discussion, which was quite intensive, centured on

fssues of the grearest importance.to the future of the world

Trotskyist movement. Some oi the differences were sharp

• and deep-going.

To understand the congress, its limitations, and its out-

corne, it is necessary to bear in mind the contert in which

It was held. The context was a crisis in the orientation and

leadership of the Fourth International.

The general outline of the development of this crisis

can be indicated by noting the key, points in the deepen-

Ing Internal differentiation.

The dillerences can be pegged roughly as having origi.

nated in the «dontion by the Ninth Worid Congress oi

a "turn" that included an orientation toward "rural ruer-

silla warlare." A minority at that congress voiced sirong

opposition to the new öriencation, predicting that the "turn"

could do serious damage to the Fourth

International.

and that if it were persisted in it would spread beyond

Jatin America and begin to impinge on the basic princi-

ples of our morement.

The debare on thia question d'as resumed about a year

after the Ninth World Congress. Already it was possible

to dran

certain

conclusions from the test of evenis. and

these were made more emphatic by further devc'opper's

including the desertion of the PRT (Combaterie). is

official Argentine section of the Fourth international.

The crisis in orientation and icadersao dé the Four

Iniernational was preciprated by the fature of inose ra

sponsible for the adoption of the orientatior toward cural

guerrilla waríare, and laier urban queralia mariare to

recognize the lessons of the evenis in

genuna. This was shown by the documenis they crote

going to great lengias in the cort to just their coursa

and by te criension of their erraneous ine in a reii-

fied form io other areas. ("The Bulding of Perciatio-ari

Parties in Capitalist Europe.") Their insisience on cei

misiaken course was formalized in the posiniors te; 5a-

heid al the pienum of the International Executive Co-

mittee in December 1972.

The IEC plenum was followed by a sharpening class

over nor to resoive the crisis.

Ine minority sought.lo reverse the guerrilla war ories-

¡ation. It sought io gain adcquate time lor the sands ea

the international to discuss the issues. Time was recuissi

for

the

presentation of documenis,

i eir

iansatios

and distribution, and clarification of the ditcrences throug

debate. T'o this end the minority urged posiporerent

of the congress. And at the lEC plenum it called for o=-

ganization of a, tendency lo advance this poiri of ries.

The majority sought an cariy congress. It talked abos:

imposing stronger centralism in the international a posi-

tion that aroused fears that if it gained

a majorin a

would attempt to resolve the differerces inrougi orzas:-

zational means. It was reluciant about abreeing to p5s:-

pone the congress, considering this to be an organiza:on-

al concession

to the minority instead oi a genuine rese

of the world Trotskyist movement as a whole l ciarat-

cation were to be reached among the ranice on the ai!-

ferences. At the IEC plenum itself, the majorin annource

the formation of a tendency to driend lis positors ram-

ing it the International Executive Commince Majorin

Tendency.

At a conference held in Santiago, Chile farch 5-3.

1973, somo of the leading comrades in the soria Trotri.

ist movement who agreed with the minorini

cost::0n

furmed the "Leninist-Trotskyist landency" on a princi-

pled platform staring the basis of membership.

Later it was discovered that the inicraational Execu

tive Commiilce Majority Tendency was in actuaiin ts-c-

tioning as a sectet faction; that is on an undeclare

basis.

It was discovered, in addition, that some si j:s

leaders lavored working loward a split in lue Four

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International.

litical situation,

orientation in Bolivia, (3) Orienta-

lace of this evidenec

Leninist-Totskyist Ten-

tion in Argentina,

(4) armed struggle in Latin America.

denty modiled its piatform somewhat, adding a call for

(5) Furopean perspectives, (f) statutes.

& change in the leadership

of the Fuurth Internaional

Since the resolutions themselves and the repors on item

and

announcing that it was corvertiny to an interna-

should soon be avallable for everyone in the Trossivis:

tonal faction and assuming the rights of such a forma-

movement to read and siudy, I wil nor attemos to so

tion, with the consequent change in functioning that this

into them in detail or even to outline shem. For purposes

involved.

of a tentative balance sheet, I will try lo give the gisi

As the internal struggle continued to sharpeil and to of the positions. To do this as clearly as possible l til

broaden in its ramifications, leaders of both sides recog

put them in

a certain logical order-which is. not ise

nized the danger of a split that would be politically un-

same as the actual order.

Justified.

First, the positions of the International Executive Cor.-

The Leninist-Troiskyist Faction was particularly con-

mittce Majority Tendency:

cerned over the delays in transiating documents into lan-

On the world political situation, they held that ihere

guages other than English, the delay in providing French

has been a revolutionary upsurge since 1953. The out-

translations being

particularly bad. This signed that

standing maniestation of lis has been the rise of a "-ea

the congress wouid not be well-enough prepared 1o setle

mass ranguard." They cited Europe as the prime exam-

the key

issues in accordance with

Trotsisyist norms.

ple oi these developments, but mainiained tha: simia-

In addition, the axisicace of a wing in the Inierrational

phenomena are observable asewhere in the worle.

Exccutive Commince Majority Tendency Ivoriag

splii-

ung ine movemeni was ominous. It remained io be seen

whether shose in the undeciared faction opposed to a

spli! could keep them under coniroi.

Yet the International Ereculve Committee Majority Ten-

dency insisted on holding ine congress whout further

posiponcients. They cited the statutes requiring a con-

gress al least every three years: and on inis they of course

had a point.

The outcome of this situation was the unanimously

agrred upon ten-point agrcenchi of Sepiember 19, 1973.

This limited the agenda to five points: il) the world po-

litical situation, (2) the question ei orieniation in de-

gentira, (3) the question of orientation in Bolivia, (4) Eu-

From this they drew the conclusion shal the maio, ask

facing the Fourth

international is to irtuence and

sie

this new mass varguard; and thai the mos: eliccure say

of achieving this is through a policy of initutives is

action.

Comrade Ernest Germain, the reporter for the interra-

tional

Executive Commince Majority Tendeser,

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marized it as lodows:

"The probiem of intuatives in actor

is at the center of ine debale in the iniernational.

On "Armed Struggle in Lain America," le reporte.

for the Iniernational Executive Commited Majority Tea.

dency, Comrade Roman, made some sweeping generaliza-

tions which I will return to later. The resolation falls in

ropean perspectives. (a) statutes of the fourth Interna:

tional. Other points of the agrecent included refraining

from expulsions or suspensions or application of disci-

plinary measures agains: sections or sympathizing groups,

assurances on voting rights, and adoption of the tem-

pOrAry

statutes without chante. It reaffirmed the com-

milment to translate and • circuiate ail contributions to

the international internal discussion builetin in at least

•French, Spanish and English.

Another important item was to hold over for further

discussion the following questions: (1) the "cultural rev-

olution" and China, (2) the radicalization of the youth.

(3) women's liberation, (1) the Middle East (5) Viet-

nam. It tas agreed to publish a monthly internal bul-

letin of up lo forty-cight pages for articles on these sub-

jeets.

It was also agreed that the next congress would be'held

within two years.

In face of the deepening and widening differences in the

movement as a whole, the ten-point agrcement outlined a

possible inodus vivendi until the next congress. However,

it remained to be sech what would háppen at the congress

• Itself.

A Now Poini Added lo Agenda

The actual agenda turned out to be somewhat different

from what had been

agreed on in

September.

In par-

ticular, a point called "Armed Siruggle in Latin America"

was Included -1 will come ivier to the reason for ihis-

so that the actual order was as folloirs: (1) world po-

probiem of initiatives in action, of "minority violence"

and of "injecting vioience into the class struggic."

It inciudes criticisms of particuiar iormulations mada

at the Minth Word Congress

in relation to the "iurn"

adopted then, but these are secondary.

The reporter theorized on the question of "armed strug.

gie" viewing the question from the angle ni "initiatives

that might be taken by smail groups, whalever the ever-

tual link might be beiween such actions and inose of e

masses in motion in prerevolutionary of revolutionary

situations.

On the question of perspectives in Europe, the reporie:

on this point Comrade Livio Mailan, handled it as

particular application uf the position saken by ine má-

jority on the political situation in the world as a inoia

Similarly on the question of the evenis in Bolivia. tre

reporter, Comrade Serrano, viewed this as a parlicuiar

application of armed struggle," maintaining tra: the ores-

talion adopted at the Ninth World Conziess das co..

pletely correct as a whole. Whalever criricists could be

lodged fell within the iramework oi application ol e

line. In this respect there had been some wrong estimaies

of the relatlonship

of forces and some racticai errors

had been committed.

Argentina was dealt with in the same way. Comrade

Saoul ruporied that what had occurred in Argentina 235

an application of the "armed struggle oriertation. Tre

line still remained valid despile the experience win ==

PRI' (Combationie). The muin error in Argentina did

been a "militarist deviation." The speakers defending ise

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so long in taking up the deviations of the PRI: but said

nothing about having presented

the YRT (Combatiente)

as a model section, particularly in the ray it had carried

out the proguerrilla iine of the linth World Congress.

. As lor the Leninist-Trotskyist facion, i's main post-

tions on these questions should be presented in a quite

different order inasmuch as its objective was lo put up

the strongest possible case for reversing a wrong orien-

• tation.

On both Bollera and Argentina,

the reporters for the

Leninist-Trotskyist Faction, Comrades Lorenzo and AI-

turo respectively, siarted from the concrete siluations in

those countries

and

che aciual experience

of our com-

rades

there. This included a résumé of the contrastirg

resulls of the application of two different lines in Argen-

Une; that is, the disaster sulered by the Fourth

Trier-

national in the case of the PAT (Conbauenios and the

successes gained for the Fourth interraiional by the PST.

Likewise

on ine question ol perspecties in Europe

Comrade Poberto, who was the reporter for the jeninist.

Trotskyist Faction un thai suaico besides outering a inco-

retical analysis, emphasized the concrete experience of

the past for gears, espocialiy in Spaia unese sie Trotsisy-

ist movement has made big sirides.

On "Armed

Siruggie in

Lain America." as the com-

rade explaining the vics of the Leninis:-Troiskyist Fac-

tion, I poinied out how the gucralla orientation had row

been generalized in such a way as lo decome a line for

all continen's,

as had been prediced by the minority

at the Ninth

World Congress. I shored how the resolu

lion contradicted the positions heid or tre Troisiyist move

ment since is foundation. and warned of the disasiers

that could be expected from revising the program of Trol-

i Bkyism on this. question.

Finally, on the morid political situation, Comrade Jack

Barnes, explaining the vies of the Leninist-Troiskyist

Faction offered a broad analysis oi the objective reality

'for the past few decades. The purpose of this was to call

special altention to the changing paitern of the worid

revolution, which was now bringing to the fore the lead-

ing role of the rorking class, inciuding in the imperialist

centers, and opening up immense new opportanities for

the world Trotskyist movement. in takinz up the tasks

facing the Fourth International, he cailed for a realistic

assessment of the stage of devclopment of the Fourth in-

ternational and particuiarly of the resources at its dis-

posid. It this were done then the morid Trols"yist move

ment had every reason to count on highly encouraging

advances in the coming period.

In general, what the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction sought

to do at the congress was the lollowing.

1. Clarily the issues,

pariicularly the meaning of the

resolution

on "armed

siruggie" placed on the azenda by

the Internatioral Executive Commisce Mi-jority T'endency.

2. Block the could-ve spliters, inose sno sere count-

Ing on the congress ending in a blow up.

3. Maintain the unity of the Fourth international despite

the development of some vriy deen dillerences.

4. Prepare the best possible conditions fur the next stage.

in which

our morement can expect big openiors in the

class struggle in various arcas.

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A third tendency participated actively in the debate thar

took place at the world congress. It was announced at ite

beginning of the sessions. It calied lisell the diezhrayonsa

Tendency.

In its announcement, it said that It was formed to gais

equal rights in the discussion and lo light againsi er!

splil. Its platform consisted of documents advanced lor

the most part by the Kompass Tendency and a lengi!

critique of the lEC Majority Tendency's political resolution.

which was distributed in French at the world congress

ftself.

T'he components of the Mehrayonka Tendency consisted

of the Kompass Tendency in the German stion; ine dom-

pass Tendency in the Danish section: the Revolutioran

Marxist Tendency in the Italian section; Comrade Kras=o.

a member of the steering committee of the

Conce le

Courant Tendency in France: and Comrade Kalas Can-

dra, a leading member oi the india,, section.

The Mechrayonia Tendency played a progressiva i

brief, role at ihe congress, dissoiving iseif aier ise voie

was taken.

• On the morid political situation. Comrade Luigi of the

Mcchrayonika Tendency save a counierredori Dasta ou

leir document. l was bignig critical of the posicas oi

the international Executive Commice Majorin Terdero:.

On "Armed Struagle in Lain America" the coper! 5÷

Comrade Willi was licwise highiy critical, coming ciose

to the position oi the Leninist-Troisiyis: Faction excap:

on ibe question oi forming an "armed sing di ire part-

This faw made the position of the Man=ayonka Iendere;

unaccentable to the Leninist-Trotsivist Faction.

On European perspectives, the reporter lor me dehra-

yorka 'l'endency was comrade Hero, those position as

likewise critical oi the resolution uf the interbanunds undu-

tive Committee Majority Tendency, partcuiariy lis curespi

of a new mass vanguard, snich he leid to be amorpious

and open to all kinds of interpretations.

On Bolivia and Argentina, the lechrayonia Tendeno:

agreed with the general line of the balance sheer submin

by the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction aud did not asá io:

separate reporiers on those to points.

In announcing that il was dissoiving, the dehrayonia

Tendency said that this did not elisct its comporants.

Thest would be maintained on a national basis and zose

correspond and collaborate with each other in the comiss

period.

Significance of the Quicome

The International Executive Committce Majority Tes-

the vole on its resolutions.

narrower margin than at the Ninth World Congress. For

example, on Bolivia and Argentra 51 percent vi i=

delegates voted for the IFC Majority Tendercy's :c50:a-

tions, 46 percent for ine balance sheet di ibe Leciris

Trotsky'ist faction, ard 3 percent abstained.

What is the signiticance for the Fourth iniernatiore! c.

this outcome?

It means, in brief, that in face of vigorous and increzi

ing opposition, the ultralell course on which ibe irier-

national was placed

at the Ninth World Congeess in

be continued unlit al least the next congress.

Flest of all, the vole meant reaifirmation of the "'urs"

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of the Ninth World Cong

along with rectification of

what have, oren caller "unfo:unale" or "alipileai" formu-

lallons, plus some criticisins of what have bue! put down

as "tactical mistakes" and "wrong estunation of ine rela-

lonship of forces," and some self-reproof for naving fuiled

In lime to criticize tha tactical errors and political devia-

tions of the now admittedly "non-Trotskyist former of-

ficial section of Argentina.

Secondly, the vole meant generalization of the "lurn"

taken at the Ninth World Congress. The zencralization

has been codified in the resolution on ¿armed struggle

in Latin Anerica" and the accompanying report. It could

be said that the "lurn" has now been virtually completed.

It goes far boond Latin America.

It includes adoption

of a policy favoriny " minority violence."

The adoption of this line means that a new stage in

the history of the Fourth iniernational has oeen opened.

A key point of program-the posision of the Fourth In-

ternational opposing

"minorim violence" in both theory

and practice-has ocen serised.

• In cordormir with this change the axis of work bas

been officially shited sonard a supposed "new mass van-

guard." Thal means-above

eil in

Europe-away from

the masses

who are croanized in the Communisi and

Social Democratic ; artes and in the trace unions.

public positions

nd without delay.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the mousi

Ing unrest obscrable throughout the world today has ten

the recrudescence of primitive and outmoded forms o!

struggle such as individual terrorism.

This is hick's

symptomatic, signaling the approach of more elective

forms of struggle. In anticipation of the

arcar mass

actions lo come, it is absolurely essential for our mora

ment to take clear public positions on evenis o1 this kiss

that gain wide notoriety. The issue cannot becraded. To

attempt to evade taking a correct public stand would meas

political death for our movement.

Thus a heavy responsibility rests on the internationai

Executive Commitice Majority Tendency. I ther resolre

the contradicion bur cen incir atily adopied

"armed siruggle" and the classic liarxist position by cem-

pletely junking the old Trotskyism. this could place i.a

uniry of the Fourth Internationil in jeopardy.

The issue, of course is no: confined io an abstraci love:

It will take very concrete looms. The cueston deserás

on hos each individual case is handled. Consiguez::

it would be a mistake in alempt lo forecast what ita

variations might be.

A Transitional Situation

Or first concern

ПОМ"

are the inieresis of ine "new mass

vanguard," or more correcily shal the "ner mass van-

The outcome of the congress: that is the vore and the ac-

guard is incerested in. The

orientation is loward small

companying organizational arrement on measures to tes

demonstraiions of a "specracular"

nature-"initiatives in

niaintain the unis; of the Fourth International ias ==-

action" and "exemplary" deeds.

satisfactory to boin sides. But it reñccied a canstional

In this orieriation, the one saving poir!-l it can be

situation in the world Proskyist movement that stul ca

called that- is inat it includes work among the radicalizing

mains to be resoived. Most importanuy, a spiit was pre

youth, especially in the higa

schools and universities.

vented.

But the basis of the approach is a disorienting one thât

The centrifugal forepa nbcorvable al the roman: = doc=.

sinode 1a the code i in inj iasa facing our movement

as jar as 1968 when the Argentine seclion solit wide caes

of becoming integrated and tooted in the working ciass.

in a struggle invoiring adaptation to the sirales ai ra=al

Lest anyone dras hasty and unwarranied conclusions,

gucrrilla wariare. Since that time spiits have occurred is

the adoption of the new line on "armed struggic" shouid

other sections or groups.

not be laken as signifying that the Fourin International

•The primary cause of the divisions was the infurase

is beyond reform.

It is a situation conducive to sharp

of Castroism, Ho Chi Minnism, and ultimaiely Maoisn

Internal differentiation and siruggle; but so long as demo-

on our movement, the intermediate link being ine ukralei

cratic centralism is observed and no ban is placed on

currenis that apocared as part of the process oi the raci

the organization

of iendencies or factions, the Fourth

calization of the youth. This pressure, however, coula sa

International can be brought back to ine correct course

come a major problem for cur movement oniy because a

on this issue.

was coupled with the failure of the leaders of the major

In fact, the maintenance of unity at the congress and

to oppose it effectively - in fact by their bending to ir.

the organizational conditions that were agreed to at the

Another important element in the ouicome at the congress

end of the sessions make it possible to rest the line further,

was the lack of understanding among the ranks of ire

to review its results during the preparations for the next

issues at stake. This was one of the consequences of ire

congress, and in all likelihood to reverse il at that time.

It

uneven development of the groups and soctions of tra

should be said, horever, that strong centrifugal

Fourth International. Some of them are very new and

• forces were observabie at the congress. It must be said,

very inexperierced. In addition, the discussion prior so

los, that while the immediare danger of a split was averted

the congress was quite uneven. In some areas the die-

and an agrecment was reached on measures to help main-

cussion had bardly got under way because ofthe difficuides

tain unily following the congress, unity remnins precarious.

of translating and disiributing cucuinenis.

Recognition of inis rcality facilitares the struggie against

An additional complication sas she pace of recruitmen:.

a splil that would be quite unjustied politically.

The world Trotskyise movement as a whole dos made

The unity of the Fourth Internatonal remains precarious

considerable gains in this respect in the pas: for pears.

because of the nature of ine recolution on "armed struggle."

In the fecling of satisfaction over the number recruited.

Il involves the public siand to be taken on current events

- it is easy to overlouk the relative possibilities - what could

of an ncule political nalure.

have been gained -and to miss the meanine o! the er?-

Unlike broad theordical questions that can be discussed

siderable recruiting mal has buen scureù by compe:.::e

"In a leisureiy way within the morement, creats involving

the use of violence in the class siruggle require taking

¿roupings during this same period. It is also easy 1o

miss the significance of a high cale of turnover in menuer-

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shlp. Consequenlly,

one of

harsh rests of the validity

'of'a line its capacily to win members of the working-

class vanguard and hold them - has not come prominently

1o the fore in this period.

The new recruits, of course, in the first stage of their

the movement come heavily under the influence

of the cadres who first brought them the message of revo-

lutionary Marxism and who are not always. above also

indoctrinating them along factional lincs.

In this transitional situation, the congress could not

resolve the issues in a definitive wny. A considerable part

of the world Trotshvist movement stil "faces the lask of

catching up with a discussion that in some areas reached

the point of te.nr orary exhaustion.

This uneven situation was rejected in the voting paltern

In a number of Europcan sections on the eve of the morid

congress. High rares of absiantion indicated a justified

refusal by many comrades to vote on questions they felt

bad not been adequately clarited.

The reports presented

10 te mandales commission at

the congress contrmed the lact tiat reher the lEC Ma-

Jority Tendency nor the Leninisi-frotsigisi Faction have

yet won a majority of the raris of the iniernational. While

a jew more comrades acady voted for le positions of

the Leninist-Trotskyis: Faction 15,563 as againsi 5.277

sor he 1EC Majority 'Tendenci) ine important facs is

that neither tendency has ye: corvinced

a majority of

the members of tie Fourth internanora!.

Under these circumsiances, to domand that the deiegates

at the congress maiie a cecision on a far-caching reu

line on "armed

strungie"

represcared, in my opinion, a

grave default in responsibie iesdership.

Single irusi impuriarsi Devälopment

The adoption of the resolution "Armed Struggle in Latin

America," which was submitled by the Internationai Execu-

tive Commitice Majority Tendency, was the single most

important development a: the orid congress.

First as to the circumsiances of its inclusion on the

It was originally submitted to the discussion as a state

ment of position, being published in the English edition

of the International Internal Discussion Bulletin in Ociober

1973; that is, a month after the Sepiember agreument on

the agenda of the congress.

of the congress, the International

Exccutive Mejority Tendency made a unilateral decision

to Include it on the agenda in the form of a resolution.

This unilateral decision was, of course, in violation of the

ten-point agrecment defining the preconditions for an

authoritative world congress.

Thus many sections and sympathizing groups were un-

aware that the starement was proposed for adoption as

a resolution by the congress even if they had received

It, transinted il, and made it avaliabie for corsideration

by the membership in advance of the congress. The result

was that it was dubaied in only a icw countries. And it

was not voled on in most countries as a basis jor selce-

tion of delegates.

No final version sas offered for discussion at the con-

gress. Many extensive anendments vere alterud riter the

rougress opened and some of these were presented in an

Incomplete form.

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Thls undemc

ic procedure met with strong protes:s

particularly on the part of the Leninist- Trotskyist Facios.

The procedure was clear evidence oi the lack of aduquare

preparation for the congress. In view of the circumpartes

It was highli in order for the International Exceutra

Committce

Majority Tendency to request posiponerear

of the congress so as to provide timefor discussion oi laa:-

resoiution on

"armed siruggle" and the selection oi dea

gates on the basis of thai resolution.

The leaders of the International Exccutive Commina

Majority Tendency had no adequate reasons 10 offar for

not requesting posiponement of the congress in vier a

their decision lo piace this question on ine agenda. Tara

maintained (1) that they

had

a "right

as a majo.ia.

1o do this, and (2) that, after ali, the question of ortoria-

tion on "armed siruggie had been one di ihe cenirai is

sues in the internal discussion since i 969.

The Leninist-Trotskyist Faction decided in caucus to

agree under

proiest lo discuss the question of carasa

struzzle as a separale poirs and to do the simosi is de

limned time araliabie lo ciarly the ajestion, againsi its.

objections of prominent members of the internationai

Executive Majority Tendency, the Laninist trotsovis: Far-

succeeded in doubiing the time for disrussion di sis

point from four hours to eight.

The "Problemalique" of "Armed Struggle"

The discussion on the resolution was quite rencains

The reporter for ine International Executive Commine

Miajority Tendency, Comsade Poman, said that the cues-

sion arose for ine Fourih internationai in the conan

of the economic, social and political concinions in

Lau=

• America but that the "problemalique" of "armed siruzze

is not conlined to Latin America, (ihe transiators are =

undecided

on how lo pu: the term "arobiimarique i=:0

good English. It appears to mean ise rechnique of post==

problems or the set of problems you succeed in getire

into a single bag.) In the opinion of the reporier. *e

Trotskyist movement had not answered ine.questionsgoa*

by the "problematique" oi "armed struggle and it as

high time that this was done.

To prove how far ibe subject extended beyond Laris

America, the reporter placed meal stress

on the pattere

ol resisiance in Spain to Franco's bid for power in 152e.

sought to construct an analogy that coule se

applied in considering the events in Chile when ire ni.

tary seized power there last fall.

In addition to tha:, the reporter sought to establish sore

general ruies that the sorid Trotskyist movement crac

apply in situations involving urban uprisings on as o!

the continents. These rules included the following:

1. Advancing propaganda in lavor of arming the no:i-

ing class. This, he maintained, was one of ine teres

of the Transilional Program, why shouldn't it be advasced

like any of the other inemes?

2. Carrying on work in the army. This meant nor as:

secking in democratize lie army, or l0 defund ine cem=-

cralic righis of members of the armed forces, bur 1o s5-:

oll segments al the appropriare lime and piace in ca=.

junction with "armed struggic conducied by smail crates

3. Intervention by the party through "armed struzzis"

under ils own guidance both before and aiter a rige..:

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ont

coup such as the one seen

He.

*We must

any cursory characterization, min

ad. Preparing viell in adi

e fot ail technical and mili.

under the disg

use lauise?] of remaining isitatull io se

jary contingencies. This did not mean opposition to mass

anil-terrorist conceps of revolutionary inarism, acad

áction but ll did mean opposition l0 any "pseudo massist

condemn forms of struggle which have been wide?sie

concepts such as those supposedly displayed by the PS'T

mented in the past few years (expropriations, didnnogies

In Argentina.

of exploiters, executions of those responsible for massa-

In addition to the nbove, the reporter stressed an alleged

cres and torture, etc.

dialectical relationship between "minority violence"

...°

and

The evidence could hardly be clearer of the influcace of

'"majority violence."

allen class pressures. Comrade Maian proposes reecuat

Perhaps the most significant item was the statement by

a characterization that remains faithful to the antiterrora:

tbe reporter that he was formulating only thefirst approach

concepts of Icvolutionary Marxism. And

why'

Because

and that a lot still remains to be done in working out

of the number of violations of those concepis in lie pas:

the "problématique" of "armed struggie."

fer years!

He said he was all ior the Transitional Program but

In defending the orientation toward rural guerrüla mar-

the specic forms it outines does not provide the answers

fare adopted at the Ninth World Contrers. ihe resorter

for now situations.

for the international Execulive Commiee Ma'oris T=s-

He ended by promising to follow up this encouraging

dency said: "So we losi a section in A-gerina. Bul icea

beginning with theoretical and practical work.

we won ore in Spain and another in the Anilies."

Frequent references io the

assassination of Franco's

Comrade Germain added the follozing commear te

prime minister Carrero Blarco by tha Basque national-•

did not lose one in Bolivia: and rais sicks like a lisa-

ists in December were made during the discussion.

bose in the ros: of jaci Barnes."

A Spanish Icarier di le Internaionai Executive Com-

More signiticant was Comrace Germaia's stence o7 de

mittee Misjority Tendency, for insiance, realfirmed the po-

assassination of Carrero Blanco. Despite repeated enai-

sition that the assassina:on gave an "impulsé" to the

¡enges to staie his position he roused io do so, icipiaz

class siruggle in Spain and caused a crisis in ruling cir-

hus lios burioned on thai quesiion.

cles. His coiense of ree assassination joltoied the classical

Comrade ilanan filed

a starement for iralusion i se

lines of the terrorist posimon long aço anaivard and op-

minules siaing mar rhüe he had vored for me recoi-

posed by ine revolu ionary larzisi movement.

son he disagreed ivil some aspecis of it; bur he insee

in sbozing hor the inierrational Executive Committee

no specilications.

Majority Tendency had bent 10 the pressure, ine Lenin-

Ist-Trolskyist Faction pointed to a scandaious headline in

the january 11, igTá, issue of Ped Feelio, lne paper o!

the International Marxist Group: "Spanish T'rotskyists give

total support to Carrero Blanco assassination."

Corarade Into lindan moo perisago lue most consistent

in advancing the new line. He argued that the headline

of the Red Weckly wag in caro;.

The British comtades

should not have said "lotal support; they should have

said "critical support to Carrero Blanco assassination."

Comrade Maitan olfered his own version of the res-

olution on "armed struggle in Latin America," or some very

• extensive amendmenis -I am not sure which,

nor am

: I sure of their full content inasmuch as page 2 of his four-

and-a-half page drall resolution was missing in the copy

I recioved and a correcied copy was not readiiy avail-

able. Here are two reveciing sentences from the pages

of the copy i received. In explaining what the resolution

on armed struggle passed by the Minih World Congress

was about, Comrade liailan included the iollowing:

"That it was imperious for sections of the Fourth 'Inter-

national particularly in certain countries (Bolivia, Ar-

gentina) - where the threshold of a minimum accumula-

tion of cadres had alrezay been rcached. nei oniy to elab-

orate an orientation for armed struggia bur also to en-

gage in the concreic iraplementation of such an orien-

lation. Guerilla warfare was considered the predominant

form of armed struggle as this particular stage."

What Is new in this is the sintement that in

Bolivia and

Argentina a minimum accumuntion of cadres had al-

really been tercied.

tiitherso the minimum accumulation"

has remained algebraic. Now the arithmetic has been sup-

plied. The nurber is astonishligly low.

Here is another proposal offered by Conrade Maltar:

A noteworths reaction was that of Comrade Kalas.

Chandra of India, Tie said that he had come 10 the sou-

gress, with an "cosolutely open mind," bui ever hearina

we spetines un Latin america made by the internatiose:

Executive Committee Majority Terrency he had "ful.cuta

sad," and had become convinced by iha discussion ina?

they were wrorg.

The reporter for the majority on "armed strugale" toá

used a language ""?: was "allen and stange in compa=-

ison with the lane: ,se used heretofore in congresses of tse

routh Internation, This was a significant judgmeni since

Comrade Chandi: .:as been a member' of the Fourts in-

ternational since i2i9 and belongs so ine older genera-

tion of leaders.

He sald that with respect lo Comrade Germain he had

admired him and expected a great deal of him. lis "es:-

chological block against split was an nomirable trice.

Comrade Chandra said that he had nut joined eite=

of the two main tendencies out of fear of a split and la:

feeling that he could countur a split better is he remained

outside of the imo main tendencies.

He found Comrade Germain's arguments on Chile "as

sonishing"; particulariy the view that one of two incusard

armed guards could have saved Allende. Not even ten

thousand armed guards could have saved Allende in lace

of the political training that had been given to deperc

on the army.

The strategy followed in Bolivia had proved to bez

disaster, in the opinion

of Comrade Chandra.

is to be realized on a global scale" he said. "Il Is a bad

approach, a dangerous appronch."

He ended by calling for reversal of the line of the Ninta

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ation. After what he had seen at the congress, he was.

convinced that the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction had saved

the congress from a split.

In conclusion on this point, let me reiterate that pas-

sage of the resolution on 'armed struggle" was the gravest

development at the world congress. It affecis orientation on

tasks in an unhealthy way and constitutes a political time

bomb.

to which it is re

ding.

• We have reinined up is now from taking up this aues-

lion inusmuch as il could appear lo some comraces :

be & mere exercise in epithet mongoring and a diversio

from an objective discussion of the political issues :a

dispute. Up lo this point we have deliberately souga:

lo confine our polemics mainly do the political diderences.

This required carclul examination oi the concrete expe.-

¡ences of our movement; the facis had to be estabiisses

as accurately as possible. We sought to examine ine coz-

section of all'this to the general positions held by the T=ci-

skyist movement since its foundation.

Agreenent to Help Maintain Unity

But certain questions remain to be answered; and 50==

of the comrades, especially the Argentinians, have prested

I have referred several times to an organizational agree

for answers. For example:

ment that was reached at the erd of the congress to help

1. How are we lo explain the atraction of the sirates

maintain the unity of the Fourth International. This con-

of armed

struggle to the leaders di the internarozai

sisted of reaffirming the agreements previously reached

Executive Cormiltee Majority Tendency?

i: April and Sepiemuer 1973. The new agreement inciudca

2. How are de lo explain the blindness of these leaders

general formulas to be folioned in determinine the siarus

lo the lessons of events showing the bankrupicy of cat

of sections and sympathizing groups in various social

conditions.

(Sec

Noacho:x:

"Astesmeni on Measures io

Help Maintain T'rity of the Fourth International"

The application of these seneral formulas aroused pro-

lests among members of boin sizes. among oiser things

3. How are we l0 expiain their persistence in contiauing

11 with whatever partial seif cricisms?

4: Fiow are we lo explain incir

growina tendency :o

ger cralize this line ard to convert it inio somethina si

i was clear that ine distinction berween sections and sym-

pathizing groups was breaking down, and it couid create

a very bad precedent.

5. How are we to explain their tendency to ciasorate a

on it the ray their reporter did as lie acris

There were other reasons for dissatisiaction. A sector

of the International Executive Commitee Miajority Ten-

dency was particularly unhappy, I tink inal this sas be

cause some of these comrades had been counting on a

split and had based their calculations ior the future on

that persocctive.

caucusing by the majority tendency over the hinepoint

agreement before it was acespied.

6. How are we to explain their striking drit ana: ires.

the positions long ago reached or this question by ie

revolutionary Marxist movemeni?

7. How are we to explain their brazen, or in some'is.

stances shamefaced, support oi suci a perrorist acao- as

Ine assassinauon or L'arrero Blanco!

8, How de we explain their mounting rictermination 1o

put this line more anci more into practice?

Nature of the lEC irajority Tendency

Where are the answers to such questions io be found?

I think that the key lies in their lack of roots in see

I have spoken about the political conclusions lo be working class and the iabor movement. They lack sa

drawn concerning the ouicome of the congress-that is,

sieadying infuence of immersion in ine proletariat.

that the main line of the Fourth Inernational will con-

Consider how revealing is their constant preoccupation

tinue to be ultralcitist for the next two years.

with the problem of "linking up with the workers. Ires

There are some other aspeers that warrant consideration.

are rooted in the working class ihis probiem does =ai

The International Executive Committee Majority Ten-

dency can be viced as a bloc consisting of two tenden-

cies- one that favored a split at the congress. This wing

gave every indication oi being disappointed at'the out-

come. The other wing was opposed to a split and sought

to circurevent it, seeing that suci an outcone would be

a big setback for the world Trotskyist movement.

As between these two wines, the Leninist-Trotskyist Fac-

tion did what il could to help the wing favoring unity,

although il must be added witiour much

e::couragement

from that wing.

o wine yet, forest tee mor

cisive in the long run.

enlightening, that is, gaugine his sociogical pressures

Consider again their insistence on small group actions.

This is not characteristic of the working ciass, unin pia

sers to use the most poweriul weapon at lis disposai-ise

mobilization of its vast numbers in a cohesive day as

seen in strikes.

The rural guerrilla warfare, with which these leaders

were enamored in 1969 and for a time alter that. is caz=-

acteristic of the peasaniry. The appearance of guctridas

is a sign of a rising peasant movement.

Similarly urban

guerrilla wariare, wnich the lease=s

of the International Exccuuve Committee Majorit

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dency look up next, is characteristic of the lower tartas

of the polly bourgenisie of the cities. It is an anticipa::=:

sign of a gencral proierarian upsurge or an accompa=-

mint of il.

Or take the theory of the wonders to be worled i: i?

"exemplury actions" or individuals or small groups. ii is

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weld that such actions set examples for the masses lo which

they can be expected to respond.

But this is quite falsc.

Indivlduals may respond but not masses.

What the theory of "exemplary actions" on a small scale

expresses is the hope of radicalized polty-bourgeols ele

ments impatient abour moving ahead. The same holds

for the theory of an allezed dialectic between "minority

violence" and "majority violence."

From this angle, what does the theory of the "new mass

vanguard" amount lo?

It consists by and large of a search for says and means

• to utilize the radicalized poity hourgenisia to link up" with

the working class and impel irinio motionfrom the outside.

This is a most telling indication of the isolation of see-

lors of our movement from the working class and from the

labor movement.

Thus we can say that the class nature of the majority

line 1s coming lo the fore. Enough evidence is accumulat-

Ing to make il posshie al some noini lairiy soon lu ofier

¿ convinciag anaiysis so that the term "feity bourgeois"

will appear as a correci label and not as an invidious

epithel applied io persons..

The distinction beir cen line and persons is very impor-

lant. The line ci the irternational Exesutive Commitice

Majority Tondency represents a bending io the radicalized

petty-bourgeois milies from which many young cadres o!

the Fourth International have emerged and in which tey

are still working.

Role of the Leninist-Troiskyist Faction

In conclusion, a lew words on how the Leninist-Irot-

skyist Faction functioned.

It held saveral montings in sarand: il lù congress

do gel scquainted, lo hear ibe latest reports, io exchange

impressions,

and to discuss preparations. The discussions

were exceptionally free and comradely. Sucin differences ag

appeared

concerned irctical quastions. A sieering com-

mitter was elected lo coordinate actions during the con-

During the sessions, the steering committec was on con-

slant call, while ine caucus as a whole met almost every

day. There were continual reporis. Discussions sometines

lasted until early morning.

The faction displayed increasing cílectiveness in ils or-

It acted in a disciplined and

contation ay. inners a cores disciplined and

more than a couple of speeches that could be said to have

been counterproductive.

The Bolshevik way in which the faction funcliored was

ghown by the impact of its

arguments and the dilficul

ties faced by the International Executive Committee Ma-

• Jority Tendency in trying to answer thens.

for some comrades this was the first time they had

traveled outside their country. For many it was the first

congress they had allended. And for most of thorn

It was lie first time they had participated in a faction strug-

It was a tremendous educational experience for them.

And it was remarkable lo

see the comrades develop in

such & short time. Of course, it was on intense exuerience.

Moreover, they had the good fortune to be participaling

In a faction that was a good one that gave a moce

demonstration of iis principled nature and of iis capacia

to play a positive sole in the lic of the world Troishvis

The Leninisi-Trotskyist Faction sought only limited o3-

jectives at the congress. All of these were achieved.

in the discussion, the members of the faction

extraordinarly good joo in clarifying the issues ard arstu-

ing for a reversal of line in light of the experience of the

international since 1969.

They succeeded in blocking any exclusionary mores.

For example, a move was on foot to excude the Chinese

section, but this died without ever coming oriore the daie

gates.

The campaign that had been waged against the PST

and the PRT (Uruguay) was set back considerably. I: *il

be iccailed that the PRT (Combatienie) had urged the

expuision

of the PST. Instead, ail the mandates c! the

PST mere recognized. Representatives of the PST sere

Inciuded as pari of the incoming Inierrational Executive

Committee. Perhaps mosi imporian: of ai, cough irs:-

hand encounter the delegaies of the taternational Erect.

live 'Commitice ilajority more able lo see for themeares

thar the propaganda

used against the UST had "o s

discouried, and it had 10 be admited thai the FST is

a Troissyari organization, an integral pari of the Foursa

international.

Another objective of the Leninist-Troiskvist Faction Fas

to do lis utmost lo block any soliting moves. i:s cou:se

was decisive, in my opinion, in enabling the congress

to chalk up a success in this respec.

Finally, the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction sought to es-

tablish the besi possible conditions for the mainterarca

vi unily sonowing ine congress. While it rcmairs in 0e

seen how well this works our, the caucus assured the dole-

gaies that it would ac! as a resporsible minority in cou-

tinuing this policy in the coming period.

Following the congress. the Leninist-Trotskyist Faciion

held a two-day confcrence in shich there was a frse and

very educational discussion assessing the outcome and

what course to follow in the coming period. Ail of the

points I have louched on were raken up there.

Four decisions were made:

1. To try in the coming period to relax the factional

tensions that built up before the congress. Both sides

as a whole will welcome this, I think.

2. To give she majority an opportunity to make a far-

ther sest of its line. One can hope that this wüll not pro-

vide further ammunition for the minoriry when the dis-

cussion resumes, but a realistic assessment of ina: line in-

dicates that the minority will probably face an embarrass-

ment of riches.

3: In vlew of the nalure of the resolution on "armed

struggle" that was adopted, the ierinist-Trotskyist Fac-

tion will not dissolve but will continue lo function in a

disciplined, coordinated way.

4. The Leninist-Trotskyist Faction recognizes that the

unity of the fourth iniernational remains precarious de

cause of the possible consequences of the majority line

or: "armed siruggle."

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STATEMENT OF THE LENINIST-TROTSKYIST FACTION

At a mecting held February 22, that is. a week after the

world congress, representatives of the "Majority Tendency"

representatives of the Leninist-Trotshyist Faction

wouid agrce to the MT attaching a statement lo

the minutes of the world congress explaining why they

had voled for the "Agrooment on Measures to Help Main-

lain the Unity of the Foursh Internationai," the nine points

that were adopled at the congress.

The LTF representatives were somehat surprised

the request. They could see no real need for such a state-

ment, since the nine points had been jointly seilled on by

representatives of the rio sides at a series of mectings

al the congress. They held inas the agreement spoke for

Ilsell and shat the main thing now was lo pur it into prac.

lice, a course that would mane it possibie to relax tensions

and facilitate carrying out the daily work of the inter-

Nonever,

In vice of the reques: of the 1iT, ie ETE

representatives slaid that they wedis

not object to a

stalemen: being atached lo the minutes providco tai

one by the LTP could aiso be alineaud in the eveni indi

the MIT stalement proved in de oi lundentious nature.

The MT did not have their proposcá staiement ready

since it was still under consideration. It took anotier

thrce weeks to prepare it, a copy nol being given to the

I,T'F until March 17.

Thego farls are immortant inasmuch

_ as the ill. stale

ment consisis of two parts: (1) their reasons for voting

.jor the "Agreement on Measures lo Helo Maintain the

Unity of the Fourth International," and (2) their

vie

of the course followed by the LTF in the four-week period

since the world congress, including the three weeks from

the time the subject of a possible statement was brought

'• up until a draft was made available.

1.

The rclationship of forces In the Fourth International

following the discussion preparatory lo the world congress

was not as pictured in the SIT statement. According to

the information presented lo the Mandaies Commission,

a folal ol 5,277 comrades voted for the positions, of the

International

Executive Committee Majority Tendency,

while a total of 5,663 voied for the positions of the Lonin-

Ist-Trotskyist Faction, and 245 voled for the positions of

the Kompass Tenacio) or of positions slose to them.

The rest of the menbers, which as a considerable num-

ber; either failed to vole or abstained because they were

not jet sure about the differences, or, in some sections

where supercentralist statutes are in force were denied the

right to vole because oi their status as "candidales" (their

membership being used nonchcless as part of the basis

for mandeles ai the congress).

It should be noted, too, that ine voles of youth groups

were not included in these laures. or even

the scord, althnugh some of them participated

in the discussion. In general the jouth groups thas ex-

an opimon favored the positions of the Leninist-

As for the mandated votes at the congress, which pere

weighted in favor of the ISCMT because of the absien-

tions or restrictions, the vote was still only 137 to 125

with 7 abstentions and 1 nor voting on the IECHT reso-

lution on Argentina. In other words, the -IFCHT reso-

lution on Argentina received 50.5 percent of the voles.

On the counterposed morld political resolutions, mrica

the two sides had mulually agreed should consiture ine

decisive resolution lo duermine wno held the cia;or:

on the incoming international Precutive Commince and

by what proportion, the vole was 142 for the ¡ECHE

resolution,

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against and & absientions, giving the

IECHT 52.6 perceni of the votes.

This curcome refecred a discussion that was lar tom

complied. Besides ihe inorainaie procrastination in trans-

lating even the key documenis into languagus ciner tran

English, the distribution oi documenis did

no: come up

to. the

norms of lie Troisilist movemen:

nordid tre

organizarion oi the discussion in sume socions, Curia:"

sections and groups had hard begun the drais an en

ine eve oi the congress. A resclution with such tartarras

impiication. as "On the Quesiion of Armed

Struard"

Latin America," submiied uniiaterally at the ins: minuie

by the lECHT as a new point or the agenda of lao socia

congress, was neither discussed nor utilized as a basis

for election of delegates in important sections and groups.

To this shouid be added the disiurbing fact thai a sub.

stanuas wilg us needliT, as credied by Cisinda 3-=a

man and as corroboraled by other evidence, nad a spit

In view of this situation, the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction

felt that the interests of the Fourth international as a huie

called for exceptional organizational measures io courier-

act the centrifugal tendencies and to strenginen the possi-

bility of maintaining the unity di the movement foliosins

the congress. Taking the initiative, representatives ci ite

ITF approacher! some oi the leading comrades oi the

IECHIT On this. Their response was positive.

dicated that they had a similar inicrest in avoidine a

split. This led to the joint meetings that worned out tre

"Ayrcement on Mcasures to Help Maintain the Unis oi

the Fourth International."

In our opinion, the adoption of this agrement by a

very large majority, inciuding all but a small ring a:

the ISCMT, augured well for reducing tensions in tre

international following the congress dospite the continus:

existence of deepgoing diferences on various imporian:

political and theoretical questions.

The staiemen: which the Majority Tendency suomisd

March 17 for ailachment lo the minuies of the congress

runs counier to this persocctive, in our opinion.

The staiement presents the "dareenent on dieasures :a

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a series of organizational concessions granted

IFCHT t0 counter suppused threats de the lTe to diveri

the discussion and lo denionstrale inar "even in tou rio

favorable condftions for the minority" il couid nor t.=

on the basis of its political positioas.

The statener: is

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"of our orranizational principles parnally

in abeyance."

one of the consequences being that the concessions "can

make the development of our movement more dillicult

in certain cases."

This contrasts with the position of the LTF, which we

thought was shared by the dil, that the nine points would

help maintain the unity of the Fourth International.

Nol once does the statument indicate that the organiza-

tional compromises were jointly reached in the interests

of the movement as a whole. it makes no mention what-

of the considcrabie organizational concussions

yielded. by the leninist-Troiskyist l'action for the sale of

avoiding a split and strengthening the unity of the move

It, passes by in silence, for example, the concession

made by the leadership of the Canadian section giving

the status of "sympathizing group" to an opposing forma-

lion that had jus: fostered a solit in the section. That

concession was accorded only after the mosi carcial con-

sideration. Of all the bion's coal! at the congress to the

Fourth International's concrpi oí the integrit di sections,

this was the gravest one. The Canadian comrades agreed

so make the concession only because the IFC:T had

given every intimation tha: the decision miani meii de:er-

mine sibcihor a selit occurred al tre wore conzress.

The MiT statemeni sais nothing at an about ide rater

notable fact tha: ine Leninisi-Tressrisi Factor acquiesced

in granting only the status oi "sympathizing group to tae

largest party in to fourth: leiernatonal, the tST ci Ar-

gentina, which had uphcio de erozram of troisivisi

during do gots won we cand seton tas precarlig

10 desurt. In tri instanca, doo, luo IBCAlE piaced inordi-

nare importanco on me organiniones consessius, which

was war i was consend 10.

In lis listing oi organizational complaints and griev-

ances,

the M'T statement singles out the fact tha: in

accordance with the formulas foilowed in the nine-point

agreeinent, the I.CR-FTA (VI) in Spain and CClin Mexico

were noi ricoonized as sections. But it was the loaders of

the IECHIT wio insisied on the formula applied in these

cases. The ITE representatives argued for a more ob-.

• Jective formula. That is, in countries where splits had oc-

curred, they proposed recognizing the largest group as

"the section. This wouid hare meant recognition as sections.

for the LCH-ETA(VI) and the GCl among others. The

IECMT leaders rejecied this formula for reasons they did

not explain to us but which we assume they made cicar

to their caucus. Presumauly their recommendations were

approved by the membership of the caucus.

The MIl stalement names to sympathizing groups, "the

Brazillan lonio de Partida and the Iranian group," whose

"political scight and representativeness arehighly dubious."

These to groups appear io have been singled out for this

qualiication on grounds of their agreement with thie politi-

cal positions of the Leninsi-Troiskyist Faciion. It is lo

be noled that groups that supported the lECHIT are not

singled out and characterized in this may alouch such a

procedure would

certainly be cailed for if one were to

apply the same criteria lo boin sides. I appears lo us that

it is not in the best interests di de Troisgar movement

as a whole to subjece arrups ui sincere and devoted cadres

facing totalitarian conditions like ihose in Brazil and Iran

80 such invidious trealment.

The same goes for thi

abject of payment of dues. A

number of sections and sympathizing groups are badly in

This is a serioug question and arrants

scrious handling. To single out the PST in this respect

while saying nothing about the others reveals an ailitude

that is not even-handed, lo say the least.

Perhaps the worst insiance of this factional approach is

the decision to pillory the PRT of U'ruguay as "a pariicu-

lar disgrace to the Fourth International." This is an echo

of vile insinuations that were vigorously answered on the

floor of the congress. To resume jactional mudsiinging

immediately foilowing the congress can only arouse the

gravest doubis as to lbe notives oi inose engaging in it.

The gratuilous remarks concernirg

the Makrigonka

Tendency fall into the same panson. In reality the partci-

pation of the represeatatives of the Mezhrayonka Tendency

In the discussion ar the worid congress furthered the ciari-

The MIT, however, seems lo froin on

the formation o! "small" tendencies that try to lake ar in-

dependent siand and lo thins for themseires. This reticis

a superceniralisi concopi of ine iniernational inar tards 10

carry over from lbe organizational level io the sphere né

The heavy stress in the statement on the uncallenes

able majorist heid by the lIT deserves arentor. Fars:

of all, the Leninisi-Trotsiyist Pacion did no: coataze

the ouicome of the voie. As we staied at various times

in advance of ine congress, we expected that under ine

circuisiances the IECHll' wouid emerge win a maioria.

All we can add is tha! wo more asionishea at the siimness

of that majorin, apparendy ine durroross di tade rage

is aor a source oi some more to the dia. whier desis

excitin both mair sensitivit on this Gueston and deir

curren: course di anion. inciuding the nature of tai stair

meni tney deciaca lo append lo the minutes.

They now "categorically chailenge" the 72 mandalas

of the YST' recognized by the Mandaies Commission at

the congress. They regisicred no such protest in the días-

That was because boin sides

had agreed in advance not lo challenge mandates. Tre

agrement lo refrain from challenges was rcached wils

the objective of belping to center the discussion on the

political issues in dispute and to provert the discussion

from bogging down on procedural or narrow organiza-

tional questions. This decision - reached in common-ras

correct in our opinion. In the absence of such an arca

ment, it is certain that the surprising number oi marcaies

claimed by some of the groups supporting the lEC:IT

would have been chailenged by the Leninist-Trolskyist

On line basis of their carrow ratio of 53 to 46 in man-

dated votes, which, as the figures presented to the Man-

dates Commission show, did not rchect the majoriy vota

cast by the cadres of the Fourth International for ine

positions of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction. the !IT lead-

ers decided to set a ratio oi 60 for their side and 10 jor

the other side on their slate for the incoming international

Exccutive Commitice. This ratio was piched unia erally

in their caucus.

On the basis of that unlateral caucus decision, they

decider lo set a still more dispruportionate ratio oi 56

10 less than 33 for the Uniled Secretarial (11 seals for

the IMT, "five or six" forthe LTt, plus one for the Kom-

pass Tendency). On top of this, they vioiated Bolshevik

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Trotskyist Faction must include among its representatives.

The members of the International Executive Committee

adhering to the Leninist-Tro:siyist Faction objceted to

this undemocratic proscoure and votcu against il. Never

theless, in the interest of doing ererything possible lo main-

tain

the unity of the movement the L'ili made some

nominations.

These were rejected by the MIT as unac-

ceptable. The LTF then asked for time to allempt to work

out the necessary arrangements for possible additional

nominations. This was granted by the representatives of

the M'f, although with eviden: reluctance.

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At the March 16 mecting of the United

Secretariat the

representatives of the Leninist-Trotskyis! Faction reported

that they were working on the probiom of acaiional nomi-

nations lo meer the calculi concrions inid coan by ine

Majority T'endency as la ine compostion of their repre-

sentation on the Unior Sieretariai.

They were then condonica mus a row bicblem. The !! T

ropresentatives

had decided on ire iotovna composion for ine bureau.

which handies the day-lo-day for: di:einiernatonal ou

teen sessions of the liaited Sercionar For le MT,

10 members; for the iTE 3 momoers.

But the LTr was

not l0 ironly sire: three comrades

amona thol representatres into tad been eired to the

United Secretarial. di lonet une hac to meet specifica-

tois luid conn by the a1l as to pelucal lever ará

= lie climatura are not met, teno

anne ri he tire conid serve on to Curead. The::.

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The representatives of the LTF voled against this anti-

Leninist procedure. As a consequence the three members

of the United Socretariut sclocted by the UTF to partici-

pale in the work of the Bureau, Hugo Bianco, Marcel,

and Johnson, were rejecied as not mecting MT' saccifica-

tions, and the MiT set up a Bureau consisting solely of

their own members.

Relerences to this turn of events are included in the finz

to paragrephs of the MT statement which was hands

1o the LTF the jolowing day. Summing up the ious wes

period following the world congress, the MT leaders ave

shat "the minority faction has refused-up to now -10

accept joint responsibility for the day-lo-day leadersbig

of the International."

They characterize this alleged refusal as reflecting *=

federalist concept of the International which conradies

the statutes and the line adopted by ine il'orld Conutess.

The MT -within four weeks! — is already suggestrg La!

the LTF is guilty of violating the stalutes and the line si

the world congress. What does this sir ajou: idea

• The only possible interpretation of such astonishing as

sertions is that the leaders oi the Mit have decided to ty

to provoke a heightening of tensions within the like-

national.

They do not assume resporsiblity for this course 1.2á-

ing i: ou! to be a ¡eritimale reacion do "inis ducer: 3=3.

situation inat arose in the alesmain of the Teria 70==

Congress." The "exceptionai posicongress suator res

ing on meis orn dancirora is corneá to duriner desouse

l is aired as pari of iher justmeaner for a rain ta '==:

lo dissure and io continue lo

internaioral leaconcy.

Wha: they mean by funerioning as a contraitics ta-

national tendency is shown in practee by at ¿re:o~=

actions in the alermath of the concross, intiatina irar

majorin in the lendina bodies di the internatooni io ias

puint of saung up a 'homotereous Curead ano dacuu.nz

àe LIt from punicipatna in me dayto day Hackaad

oí the intorannonni unless an anti-lorist contara t ana

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at reducing tensions so as to facilitate purung the aera

ment into practice.

The MT appears to have decided on a different cours

as their statement itself shows.- Thar does not bose se

for working relations in the coming peried. He regr

that the MIT decided to make such provocative moves.

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