WORLD SCENE

USSR CALLS FOR NUCLEAR PARLEY

MOSCOW — The Soviet government said it proposed to call a
Five-Power nuclear disaymament conference “in the near future”
and had started diplomatic talks with the four other nuclear powers
{the U.S., China, Britain and France) on preparing to hold such a
meeting. The USSR said its ambassadors to the other four nuclear
powers “a few days ago” transmitted to them a Soviet diplomatic
note giving the USSR’s views. The note said:

“The Soviet government proposes to call in the near future a
conference of the five powers possessing nuclear weapons. Such a
conference ought to discuss the problems of nuclear disarmament
as a whole. As for an agreement which would result from the nego-
tiations, it may cover both the whole range of nuclear disarmament.
measures and individual measures gradually leading to this goal.
The government of the USSR proposes an exchange of opinions be
started through diplomatic channels on questions connected with
the time of calling the conference, its site, agenda and order of
proceedings.”

The USSR stated in its note to the U.S., China, Britain and
France that “as for the Soviet government, it believes that the
sooner a conference of the five nuclear powers is convened, the
better. With regard to the site of the conference, its position re-
mains open. Any place convenient for all the participants is accept-
able to the USSR.” Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Com-
munist Party of the USSR, called for such a conference in his
March 30 report to the 24th CPSU Congress. Since then, France
has publicly declared it favors the idea, but the attitudes of the
other powers are not yet known.

SOVIET ECONOMY BOOMS IN 1971

MOSCOW—lIn the first five months of 1971, Soviet industrial
growth has been 8.7 percent higher than in the same period last
year, the USSR Central Statistical Board reported last week. La-
bor productivity showed an increase of seven percent. The report
said that production growth was especially strong in the electric
power, chemical, petrochemical and natural gas industries, in
machine-tool and metal-working plants, and in the dairy and meat-
packing industries. Production of goods over and above plan tar-
gets amounted to $4.5 billion in value in the January-May period.

SCOTTISH SHIPYARD WORKERS FIGHT BACK

LONDON—Carrying banners reading, “No return to the hungry
30’s,” and “Heath out!’’, 500 angry Scottish shipyard workers trav-
eled by train from Glasgow to London to demand that Prime Min-
ister Edward Heath reverse his decision not to grant a $12 million

_subsidy to Upper Clyde Shipbuilders. Failure of UCS could affect

the jobs of 30,000 workers directly and indirectly.

Groups of workers from Rolls-Royce and two other firms in fin-
ancial difficulties joined in the shipyard workers’ protest. So did
eight women cleaners and clerical workers. Labor unrest is growing
in Britain.

LEFT WINS IN ICELAND ELECTION

REYKJAVIK—Iceland’s premier Johann Hafstein said on Mon-
day that he would resign following the losses his Socialist-Conser-
vative coalition government suffered in Sunday’s elections. It is
expected that the new government which will replace Hafstein’s
will be a left coalition made up of the Social-Democrats, Progres-
sive Party, People’s Alliance and Liberal Left parties.

Hafstein’s Conservative Party lost its 12-year hold on Iceland’s
Althing, the world’s oldest parliament, in Sunday’s elections. The
Conservatives lost one of their 23 seats, while Social-Democratic
coalition partner lost three of its nine seats. The People’s Alliance
held on to its 10 seats. The newly-formed liberal Left Party was
the real winner, gaining five new seats. The new government to
be formed may take a dim view of Iceland’s membership in NATO,
according to some .sources.

WORLD COURT CONDEMNS SOUTH AFRICA

THE HAGUE — The International Court of Justice voted that
“the continued presence of South Africa in South West Africa
(Namibia) being illegal, South Africa is under the obligation to
withdraw its administration from Namibia immediately and thus
put an end to its occupation of the territory.”

The decision was taken in reply to a request from the United
Nations for a statement by the World Court on Namibia’s status
under international law.

The World Court is generally recognized as the highest author-
ity on such matters and its decision will have far-reaching effects.

South Africa Premier Balthazar J. Vorster immediately sched-
uled a nation-wide radio-TV address to attack-the decision.

Namibia, former German colony of South West Africa, at the
end of World War I was given over to South African administra-
tion by the League of Nations. South Africa later illegally annexed
it. The area is rich in diamonds, gold, iron ore, and is believed to
contain large reserves of uranium and petroleum.

The UN has charged that the 650,000 Black inhabitants of Nam-
ibia have been reduced to slavery, herded into concentration camps
and treated like animals under South African rule.

IRISH PRINT NEW COMMUNIST JOURNAL

DUBLIN — The first issue of Irish Socialist Review, a theoretical
journal of the. Communist Party of Ireland, is now in print.

The journal points out that Ireland is living through an acute
political and economic crisis which is characterized by strong
inflation, and also by mounting resistance of the working masses
at large to British colonial rule in the North, and to foreign capi-
tal’s dominance throughout the country.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1971—PAGE 10_

Messages greeting its 50th Anniver-
sary are being constantly received by
the Communist Party of Canada
from Communist and Workers parties
throughout the world. Here, in addi-—

Communist Party
of United States

Dear Comrades:

The 50th Anniversary of the
founding of the Communist Par-
ty of Canada is indeed an im-
portant event for celebration not
only by the working class and
people of Canada and the mem-
bers of your Party but also by
our Party and the working class
and people of the United States,
We are together in so many
areas of struggle that the fra-
ternal bonds of solidarity be-
tween us take on a special sig-
nificance and_interrelationship.
The mutual relationship between
our two Parties has continued
from the founding days as ex-
pressed in our comradeship with
Tim Buck, whose leadership has
meant much to all of us.

We are proud of the quality of
the fraternal relations between
our two Parties which is based on
the principles of Marxism-Lenin-
ism and proletarian internation-
alism. Those bonds of solidarity
between our Parties are strength-
ened by the fraternal relations
with the Communist movement
throughout the world and soli-
darity with the victorious working
class of the Soviet Union and
other socialist countries.

We deeply appreciate your
role in the vanguard of efforts
to achieve the unity of the world
Communist movement, and with-
in it the building and welding of
the unity of all anti-imperialist
forces. TAis was demonstrated in
the World Conference of Com-
munist and Workers Parties in
Moscow in 1969 and on many
other occasions. It is demonstrat-
ed in your struggle against the
forces of imperialism within your
own country, as well as against
imperialism in general and
against the criminal, genocidal
aggression of United States im-
perialism in Southeast Asia, and
in all parts of the world. It is
demonstrated in our common
struggle against racism and re-
pression.

In many struggles of your
working class and our working
class for increased wages, im-
proved working conditions, secur-
ity and union organization we
have a common enemy with
headquarters on Wall Street as
well as in other citadels of capi-
talism. Your Party has been out-
standing in consistently fighting
for the highest principles of the
working class of Canada and
Quebec.

Yes, on the occasion of your
50th Anniversary, we could well
recall many mutual relationships
and bonds of solidarity and ex-
press many, many congratula-
tions for your achievements and
for the Marxist-Leninist quality as
well as the quantity of your con-
tributions to the struggle for
democracy and freedom, secur-
ity and peace, for socialism and
the advancement of all humanity.

We wish to extend a firm
handshake to you in the struggle
to defeat and discard inte the
ashcan of history the two props

class:

of U.S. imperialism: Racism and
anti-Communism.

The National Committee of the
Communist Party, U.S.A. greets
the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Canada and
your General Secretary, Comrade
William Kashtan. We hail the
courageous fighting character of
your Party. We greet the entire
membership and all who share
in the 50 years of heroic strug-
gles of the Communist Party of
Canada.

Warmest congratulations and
best wishes.

Comradely yours,

Henry Winston

National Chairman

Gus Hall

General Secretary

Polish United
Workers. Party

Dear Comrades:

On the occasion of the 50th
Anniversary of the foundation of
the Communist Party of Canada
the Central Committee of the
Polish United Workers Party con-
veys to you, to all members and
sympathizers of your Party, cor-
dial and brotherly greetings from
the Polish Communists and work-
ing masses of socialist Poland.

Half a century of existence of
the Communist Party of Canada
marks a period of intensive work
and struggle, conducted in dif-
ficult conditions, in defense of
the vital interests of the Cana-
dian working class and against
economic and political subjuga-
tion of your country by United
States imperialism.

The history of your party con-
tains glorious chapters of strug-
gle for peace and against im-
perialism and fascism.

On this your jubilee we wish
you, dear Comrades, further
achievements in your work and
fight, and we express our belief
that our brotherly co-operation
will be developed further in the
interests of unity and consolida-
tion of the international Com-
munist and Workers movement
and all anti-imperialist forces in
the struggle for peace and so-
cialism.

Central Committee,
Polish United Workers Party.

Hungarian Socialist
~ Workers Party

Dear Comrades:

The Central Committee of the
Hungarian Socialist Workers Par-
ty sends you hearty fraternal
greetings and best wishes on be-
half of every Hungarian Com-
munist on the 50th Anniversary
of your Party’s foundation.

Born in struggles for a better
life, your Party led and organized
Canadian workers, farmers and
working people — often amidst
the hardships of illegality —
against their own and American
imperialists, for the genuine poli-
tical and economic indepen-
dence of Canada.

We highly appreciate your ac-

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