MAITAN SPEAKS IN BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS, Jan. 24 -- Livio Maitan, a member of the United Seore-~ tariat of the Fourth International, spoke here last night on the Sino- Soviet conflict,
He explained the critical support accorded by the Fourth International to the Chinese side in this dispute. He scored a series of rightist positions taken by the Khrushchevist leadership. At the same time, he said, the Fourth International has sharply criticized the Chinese leaders, who likewise represent a workers! state bureau» cracy. He spoke particularly forcefully against the attitude displayed by we Chinese leaders on de-Stalinization and their apologies for _. talin,.
The audience was composed of young militants or sympathizers of organizations of the left, including the pro=Chinese Communist organization headed by Grippa,.
After a discussion period, Georges Vereeken took the floor to. speak in the name of the Belgian section of the Fourth International on current problems faced by the workers of Belgium,,
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