Statement by the Communist Parties of Mexico, Canada and the USA :

Representatives of the three parties, disturbed over U.S.
president Reagan’s proposal for a North American Ac-
cord, and its threat of swallowing up Mexican and Cana-
dian resources, met and agreed upon this joint statement.
Similar meetings of the three are planned for the future.

Unity can stay hand of U.S. imperialism |

U.S. imperialism is stepping up its offensive against
the peoples of Central and Latin America and against the
people of North America in its efforts at achieving world
domination. What it is out for is complete control of the
natural resources and energy of North America, in the
first place, of Mexico and Canada.

This is the meaning of President Reagan’s call for a
North American Accord.

U.S. imperialism sees Canada and Mexico as secure
sources of supply for its insatiable war machine. It there-
fore opposes any and all measures taken by the Portillo
government of Mexico and the Trudeau government of
Canada which strengthen the sovereignty and indepen-
dence of these countries. .

It is no secret that the Reagan Administration, at the
behest of the U.S. multi-national oil corporations, is
pressing the Canadian Government to mové away from
its policy of Canadianization of energy resources. The
Reagan Administration is likewise interfering in the in-
ternal affairs of Mexico and is demanding that it increase

the sale of petroleum to the USA irrespective of the vital
interests of Mexico and its trading relationship with
other countries. It is striving to prevent or hinder the
development of technology in Mexico.

Despite the pressures of U.S. imperialism, the
governments of Mexico and Canada, backed by the
majority of their peoples, are pursuing a course which
‘leads to strengthening the independence and sovereignty
of these countries.

It can be expected however that the Reagan
Administration, reflecting the interests of U.S. imperial-

_ism-and the U.S. multi-nationals, will step up its pres-

sures on Mexico and Canada with the aim of imposing
neocolonialist ties on these countries, thereby hindering
their development as fully independent, industrially de-
veloped countries with full control over their resources.
_The working people of the USA have a great respon-
sibility here, to ally themselves with the working people
of Canada and Mexico as well as with the truly national
and anti-imperialist forces of these countries and stay the
hand of the Reagan Administration. As against a North
American ‘Accord, whose aim is to strengthen U.S. im-
perialism at the expense of other countries and people,
policies are called for which advance the cause of peace,
independence and social progress. A North American
Accord does not only go contrary to the best interests of

the people of Mexico and Canada, it goes contrary to the
best interests of the people of the USA as well.

The Communist Parties of the USA, Mexico and &
Canada call upon the peoples of their countries to op-f
pose the North American Accord. : i

They demand that U.S. imperialism, and the Reagan
Administration representing it, not interfere in the in- i
alienable right of countries to develop their own re-
sources as they see fit, including their nationalization. 9

They demand that the Reagan Administration stop §
interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, be it
in the Caribbean, Central America or elsewhere includ-
ing- El Salvador. The peoples must have the right to #
determine their own destiny free of outside imperialist |
interference. '

The Communist Parties of the USA, Mexico and
Canada call upon the working class and democratic
forces, including the truly national and anti-imperialist #
forces of their countries to unite their efforts against
economic, political and military intervention by the |
Reagan Administration .against other countries and :
people, and for peace, independence, sovereignty and §
social progress. : I

Such unity can stay the hand of U.S. imperialism and )
lead to new advances for the cause of peace and social |
progress.

Britain responsible
for deaths — CP

TORON TO — “‘ The deaths of
four men on hunger strikes in the

Maze Prison in Northern Ireland -

is the direct responsibility of the
British Government,”’ charges the
Communist Party of Canada.

‘**These deaths stand as a clear
and dramatic indictment of Bri-
tain’s policy on Ireland. These
men were the victims of the
repressive policy of British im-
perialism..”’

In a resolution adopted at its
recent Central Committee meet-
ing, the Communist Party goes on
to state: .

““The demand for political
status by the prisoners, members
of the Provisional Republican
_ Movement, is just.

‘“This demand, the various
forms of protest including fasts to
death, arose because of a political

Words omitted
in statement

In the excerpts from the Com-
munist Party Central Committee
report by William Kashtan given
inapre-meetingissue, some words
were omitted which confused the
meaning. Here is the complete
paragraph as it should have read:

Our party gives critical support
to measures of Canadianization
insofar as they limit or end U.S.
control over key sectors of the
economy, seeing in this a form of
struggle against U.S. imperialism
and the transnationals. For our
party, the working class and
democratic movement, the truly
national and patriotic forces in
Canada, Canadianization has a
different content than that which
the government and monopoly
want to give it, that of nationali-
zation under democratic control.

decision by the British Govern-
ment to pursue its campaign
against the Provisional Repub-
lican Movement by classifying
them as ‘common criminals’.
This was accompanied by a spe-
cial system of arrest, an interroga-
tion method which included tor-
ture, a non-jury Court which con-
victs, in 80% of the cases tried, on

the basis of confessions secured -

through ‘special’ interrogation
procedure. The: British Govern-
ment’s justification for this bar-
baric procedure is that they are
fighting ‘terrorism’ which is de-
fined in their Acts as ‘the use of
violence for political ends’.
‘**While condemning the acts of
terrorism, the Communist Party
of Canada joins with all those who
condemn the real terrorism per-
petrated by British imperialism
and the Thatcher government
against the Irish people. We urge
that the national rights of the Irish
people be respected and a peace-

’ ful solution found to the tragic

problems of Northern Ireland.”

The Communist Party resolu-
tion closes with condemnation of
“the gross violation of human
rights on the part of the British
Government and supports fully
the five demands of the prisoners:

** The right not to wear a prison
uniform; the right not to do prison
work; the right to free associa-
tion; the right to full remission of
sentence; the right to weekly vis-
its, letters and parcels.”’

Arms to Cyprus

NICOSIA — In what appeared
as attempted intimidation of the
newly-elected parliament of Cyp-
rus, Turkey has brought in new
U.S.-supplied weapons, for use in
continuing its illegal partition of
the island.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JUNE 26, 1981—Page 8

Israeli cp condemns attack ©

Meir Vilner, general secretary of the Communist
Party of Israel, issued a strong condemnation June
8 of the Israeli Government’s attack on Iraq’s nu-
clear reactor, calling it an ‘‘adventurous act,”’
which threatens to ‘‘ignite a major war conflagra-
tion.” :

Vilner also added that “‘it is regrettable that the
Israeli Labor Party leadership, with Shimon Peres
at the head, found it necessary to express full sup-
port for Begin’s aggressive air raid.”’

Following is Vilner’s statement made to the
press immediately following the public announce-
ment of the bombing:

‘‘The Israeli Communists are for the Middle
East to become a zone free of nuclear arms. This is
a realistically possible feature if Israel would join
the International Conventions on Prohibition of
Proliferation, Production and Use of Nuclear
Arms, and would together with the Arab states
agree to have international control over their im-
plementation.

‘In no case whatsoever is it permissible that

Israel is claiming a-sole monopoly over the posses- .

sion of nuclear arms in this region and uses military
aggressive acts in order to maintain it. Such milit-

-ary acts are easily liable to ignite a major war

conflagration, the end of which is unforseeable and
may also imperil Israel herself to the utmost.

‘Tt may be assumed that the planned air raid on
the atom reactor in Iraq was considered at the
Begin-Sadat talks last week in Sharm-el-Sheikh.
Possibily it is also the true reason for the delay of
Reagan’s special envoy Philip Habib’s arrival in
the region. He may have known of it beforehand

and wanted not to be present in the area at the time
of the raid. Anyway, the protests heard from Sadat”
and Washington are therefore most hypocritical. ”

‘‘The raid on the reactor in Iraq was; in out
opinion, a most adventurous act and should be
condemned sharply. We shall have yet the possibil- ;
ity to raise our protest officially and to mobilize”
more forces of common sense and peace to join thé
struggle against the aggressive nuclear aims of thé”
Begin rulers.”

Appeal to Communist and Workers’ Parties

At its June 5-7 meeting, the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of Canada unanimously en-

_dorsed an appeal to Communist and Workers’ par-

ties. In response to requests, we present the full
text. :
Dear comrades,

The deteriorating international situation, a result
of the policies of confrontation and threats of mili-
tary intervention by the Reagan Administration; the
NATO decision to place U.S. first strike nuclear
missiles in Western Europe and make the people of
Europe hostages to its ‘‘li
strategy, places the world face to face with the threat
of nuclear catastrophe.

Concerned with this dangerous turn of events the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of
Canada calls upon Communist and Workers’ Par-

ted’? nuclear war .

ties to coordinate their efforts in the struggle
prevent nuclear war and win a just and lasting
peace. | :
- We believe that no differences on this or that
question should stand in the way of such coordin# °
tion of effort at this time when the very survival of
civilization and preservation of life on our planet is at |
stake. |

We believe coordination of effort could centt
around the demands: save peace, save détente, pr&_—
vent a nuclear catastrophe!

With the above in mind we call upon Communist
and Workers’ Parties to support the convening of #
international conference at the earliest possible dat®
We believe the mechanism for convening such Co®
ferences exists and could be applied here.

‘We hope this appeal meets with your approval and

support.