sreek junta threatens
lamilies of prisoners

was — More than 20 per-
ie led into various police
‘ead Salonika, the capital
a €rn Greece at the end
nbc, have not yet been
a This latest crime of the
ee eenels has been de-
tly In numerous leaflets re-
a Circulated in Salonika by
ance organizations.

F tae
aoa of the detained have
ve ae by police against
ent Y appeal on their be-
te €r in Greece or abroad.
ed relatives
a areas of imprison-
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ait hs et of silence on the
an 4 would also like to
a Ow they are continu-
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tan N€ guise of successive
E feos proclaimed by
acy” thee This “new demo-
un ns was trotted out in
Ft Si Peech by junta apo-
aveit Matopolous to Athens
ci oY Students, who showed
Uutage apeasure, and their
atforn;, Y booing him off the

also

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Bicey ceey measures an-
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ran See condemned
Sin eo »Y political prison-

jail
Rayne and Corty, “"YSallos,

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ovement €rnational solidarity
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ecused + for which they were
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als. This, declare the detainees,
puts pressure on the judges
charged with the reviews.

On the other hand, these
measures are overruled by a
law made public two years ago
which called for a review of all
convictions under the ‘‘celebrat-
ed” fascist law 509 by an appeals
court of five judges.

By instructing a review of
these cases the junta justifies
the prolongation of the special
courts, even in areas where
martial law has been lifted.

The ‘political detainees have
refused to be party to these
manoeuvres of the junta. They
declare that their problem is one
part of the broad fight against
the.dictatorship, and call for a
general amnesty, without excep-
tion, for all political prisoners.

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Several wives and mothers of
political prisoners, among them
Mrs. Kyristi, Efrosyni Farakou
and Kalliopi Tasambi, have sent
a letter to the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights
asking their help in.securing the
release of their husbands and
sons, and a general amnesty for
all political detainees.

fake

Leadership change _
London (GNA) — The 17th
Plenum of the Central Com-
mittee of the Communist
Party of Greece met early ae

December and discussed the

political situation in Greece.
A resolution was adopted

It further considered the
request submitted by Kostas
Koliyannis to be relieved for
health reasons of his duties
as First Secretary of the Cen-
tral Committee and member
of the Political Bureau. The
Plenum acceeded to his re-
quest. :

The Plenum elected Char-
ilaos Florakis (Giotis) as First
Secretary.

All decisions were taken
unanimously.

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ttawa policy on GDR

In a le :
Jan, 29, thc, 2 External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp,
“ oe of the Communist Party of Canada,
n, requested an explanation for the “unseem-
nada’s recognition of the German Democratic

in,

inne report by a Toronto Globe and Mail cor-
tawa, that talks between the two countries
eb. 15, and that the Canadian Ambassador
also serve as Ambassador to the German
due to “limited personnel and finan-

to ame oe Kashtan’s letter continued:
Pening a ; S story states consideration is being given
paaulate in East Berlin to provide visas for
= ling to the German Democratic Republic.
consulate in West Berlin will also require
Frankly the cal resources, unless it is being donated.
ae M Hee is rather disturbing if true. Perhaps
Y item in ¢ ail correspondent got the facts wrong? The
' that press story which seems factually true is
“8nized the eas of Western countries have officially
meee Actually, according to press reports,
ee ready recognized the German Democ-
in ; oe Canada seemingly is still in the pro-
a ieee It would appear that rather
Hae the first, Canada may well be amongst
Ps the last country to face up to the reality

th : joa NATO decided, or the U.S. State De-
respect to ae ou advise us what is Government policy
0 and Cognition of the German Democratic Re-
what is behind this unseemly delay—and

to explain

For the children of Vietnam.

All of Canada is trying

to raise less than the US.
spends to drop a

single load of bombs.

The urgency of a successful
completion to the campaign to
build the Nguyen Van Troi
Children’s Hospital in Vietnam
was bloodily emphasized by the
brutal Christmas B-52 carpet
bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.
At last, after almost three de-
cades of war the stage has been
set for peaceful reconstruction
of that shattered land by the
Jan. 27 signing of the accords.
International revulsion deep-
ened with the discovery that
there is no difference between
the treaty signed in January and
the treaty Nixon and Thieu re-
fused to sign in October. The
only conclusion possible is that
the virtual destruction of Hanoi
and Haiphong was a last minute
attempt to bomb North Vietnam
into submission—into suing for
peace on Washington’s terms.
The international mass
groundswell of condemnation
against the genocide policy
found a.corresponding growth in
response to the Vietnam Chil-
dren’s Hospital Fund appeals. At
the height of the bombing the
committee sent out appeal let-
ters to all the national head-
quarters of trade unions in Can-
ada over the signature of one of
the sponsors, Dennis McDer-
mott, International Vice-Presi-
dent and Director for Canada,
United Auto Workers. All uni-
ons have been asked to seek the
financial and moral support of
their locals.
Sponsors Increase
Letters of appeal also went to
all Canadian university and com-
munity college student councils
asking for support and local ini-
tiatives to raise funds such as
the dance sponsored by Lake-
head University student council

Peace vigil
in Montreal

MONTREAL—Right up. to the
time of the announcement and
initialling of the Vietnam ac-
cords by Le Duc Tho and Henry
Kissinger, people across Canada
demonstrated. to demand that
Nixon sign.

The Communist Party of Que-
bec conducted a vigil in front of
the U.S. Consulate, beginning on
Jan. 13, and continuing until the
night that agreement was reach-
ed.

Children, as well as adults
marched under the Party ban-
ners and the children evoked
much attention as they paraded
with signs reading: “We Chil-
dren Want Peace.”

FOOD FACTORIES

SOFIA—The long-term agree-
ment signed between Bulgaria
and Chile, along with other pro-
jects, provides for the designing
and equipment of three food in-
dustry enterprises. They are a
food-processing factory and a
cannery for the production of
preserves, tomato juice, fruit
pulp squashes and flavored fruit
concentrates.

The third factory is for dried
vegetables. It will be equipped
with automatic lines for the dry-
ing of onions, potatoes, carrots,
beans, peas and peppers. Part of
the equipment of that plant has
already been sent to Chile to be
assembled,

that raised

dividuals, and all Toronto high
school student councils have
been contacted.

In recent months the list of
sponsors has grown to include
Toronto Mayor Crombie, Alder-
men Karl Jaffray and William
Kilbourn, York School Board
Chairman Oscar Kogan and sev-
eral Toronto legal personalities.

There has been excellent res-
ponse to letters. of appeal, leaf-
lets which were distributed by
the thousands and to fund rais-
ing efforts in various centres.

The half way mark has been
reached in Canada’s $20,000
pledged to the $500,000 interna-
tional youth effort.

Some contributing organiza-
tions and individuals deserve
special mention: the National
Youth Council of the AUUC,
$2,558; United Electrical Work-
ers, National Office $100, YCL
of Canada, AUUC (Innisfree, Al-
berta), $100; Local 707 UAW,
$25; Sherman Laws Ltd., $50;
independent Mutual Benefit Fed-
eration, $156; Kossuth Sick Ben-
efit Society, $100; Lithuanian
Literary Society, $25; First Uni-
tarian Congregation of Toronto,
$25; Max Ferguson, Mordechai
Richler, Hans Blumenfeld, An-
drew Brewin, M.P. and Douglas
C. Rowland, M.P.

Toronto Dance

Initiatives still under way in-
clude the collection of Canadian

Tire money, to be exchanged for
a major item such as a camper,
or boat to be raffled across Can-
ada, an auction or raffle of art
works including a painting, by
B.C.-artist, Jack McLean, valued
at $1,250, and a piece of Inuit
sculpture donated from Yellow-
knife, valued at $350. A Toron-
to artist, Jennifer Jelek, has de-
signed a special poster to be
printed on fine paper for sale.
The Toronto Committee has
planned a dance for April 7,
with music by the Ramblers.

The New Brunswick Associa-
tion of Registered Nurses has
agreed to encourage its indivi-
dual members to assist, and the
Alma Mater Society, University
of Victoria has asked their acti-
vities co-ordinator to organize a
benefit dance or concert. These
are but a sample of the massive
efforts being undertaken.

The Vietnam Children’s Hospi-
tal Fund appeals to all who not
yet given or who can afford to
give more — to send contribu-
tions and Canadian Tire money
to the Committee at 128 Dela-
ware Ave., Toronto 173. We also
ask you to canvass friends and
associates. for donations, and
that you organize some indepen-
dent activity to raise funds. We
must show our fullest solidarity
with the heroic people of Viet-
nam and in particular the chil-
dren in the reconstruction of
their devastated land.

VIETNAM CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FUND

| enclose the sum of (or pledge)

NAME

ADDRESS

Canadians in U.S. protest

WASHINGTON — At least
three Canadians participated in
the inaugural day protest, repre-
senting various organizations de-
manding that President Nixon
sign the Vietnam peace agree-
ment.

Lil Greene was sent as’ a
delegate from a mass meeting
called in Toronto by an ad hoc
committee, (addressed by Pierre
Berton and Rev. Dr. Clarke Mac-
Donald, United Church, and
whose chairman was Ontario
Federation of Labor President
David Archer).

Mrs. Greene carried with her
some 150 messages- written to

Mr. Nixon by members of the

audience at the meeting. Fhese
were dispatched to the President
during the Washington march, in
which the Canadian delegate
carried a Canadian flag and was
warmly received by U.S. partici-
pants.

Canadian Peace Congress exe-
cutive member Mrs. Jeannette
Morgan, took part on behalf of
the Congress and worked to-
gether with Mrs. Greene in send-
ing letters to Mr. Nixon and to
Mike Mansfield, majority leader
in the U.S. Congress.

Mrs. Hilda Murray, of the
Congress of Canadian Women,
represented the Women’s Inter-
national Democratic Federation
at the Washington protest.

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