plenum | since the Reunification Congress of 1965,
The plenum decided to convoke a World Congress of the Fourth International during 1965. It opened the discussion period in pre~« paration for the congress, The discussion will take place on the following Subjects:
(1) The crisis of the Soviet bureaucracy and the international Communist movement , inoluding the Sino-Soviet conflict.
(2) “The situation in Western Europe and the tasks of revolutionary Marxists,
(3) ‘The African revolution and the class nature of certain African states,
(4) The situation in Latin America,
In addition to these questions, the discussion will include the main subjects dealt with at the two plenums of the International Executive Committee following the Reunification Congress; namely, the balance sheet of the reunification of the world Trotskyist movement and the crisis in the Ceylonese section,
The plenum approved the measures taken by the United Secre~} tariat following a vote at the June 6, 1964, conference of the LSSP [Lanka Sama Samaja Party] concerning participating in a bourgeois coalition government in Ceylon.
In accordance with these measures, the LSSP (Revolutionary Section) now constitutes the Coylonese | seotion of the Fourth Inter- ~ netional, ano TAPED?
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_ A motion from the LSSP (Revolutionary Section) expelling Colvin R. de Silva.and.Leslie Gunawardena on charges of following the betrayers in Ceylon was placed before the International Execu- . tive Committee for consideration and the body dedlared that in view of the action of the LSSP (Revolutionary Section), which was uncontested by either Colvin R. de Silva or Leslie Gunawardena, the two are no longer: within the ranks of the Fourth International and are consequently no longer members of the International Executive Committee. a
The slenu heard a report by Livio Maitan on a trip which he
made through Latin America and approved a series of measures taken there to carry out decisions of the Reunification Congress,
The plenum decided to appeal to the entire International and sympathizing circles for financial aid for the Bolivian Trotskyists who were in the vanguard of the struggles that brought about the downfall of the Paz Estenssoro regime,
The plenum discussed new developments in recent months among the freedom fighters in the Angolan Revolution and charged the United Secretariat to follow the situation closely and to adjust the posi-~ tion of the Trotskyist movement in accordance with new developments if necessary.
The report of the United Secretariat on its activities in
many fields since the preceding plenum was approved,
The plenum paid homage to the memory of Jules Hénin who died in June 1964, Born in 1882, he joined the Belgian Workers party while very young. In 1919, as a miner, he became one of the founders of the Belgian Communist party. In 1927 he became a founder of the Belgian Trotskyist movement. He was a member of the Control Commission of the Fourth International for fifteen years.
Directeur-Gérant: Pierre FRANK. 2" beur),