[The following press release was issued by the United Secretariat of the Fourth International.]
A plenum of the International Executive Committee of the Fourth International, held at the beginning of December, was attended by about forty members, alternates, representatives of the leaderships of sections, and observers.
Comrade Gerard Vergeat reported on the status and perspectives of the Arab revolution. Comrade Livio Maitan reported on the current stage of the Latin-American revolution. Various comrades gave reports on the situations in Ceylon, India, Pakistan, and Japan.
Comrade Martine Knoeller reported on the Brussels conference for a Red 22
Europe. Comrade Pierre Frank re ported on the preparations for the Tenth World Congress (the Fourth World Congress since Reunification).
The International Executive Committee called on the workers and students of Europe to express their solidarity with the Spanish masses in their current struggle against the Franco dictatorship, and to organize massive actions in solidarity with the Vietnamese revolution and the antiwar movement in the United States next April 24, the day selected by the American movement for marches on Washington and San Francisco in their struggle for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the American troops from Vietnam.
The International Executive Committee formally opened the preparatory internal discussion for the Tenth World Congress of the Fourth International, listing the following topics:
• The situation in Latin America and our tasks.
• Balance sheet and perspectives of the Arab revolution.
• The rise of working-class struggles in Europe and our tasks.
• The struggle for women's liberation.
• The worldwide radicalization of the youth.
• The balance sheet of the Chinese cultural revolution.
• The statutes of the Fourth International.
A future plenum of the International Executive Committee will decide on the final agenda for the world congress, taking into account the status of the internal discussion and new developments in the world revolutionary movement.