UNIFICATION OF GUERRILLA FORCES IN COLOMBIA
Representatives of the Colombian guerrilla movement, en route through Paris, told Agence France Presse Lreported in the September 24 Le Monde] that the fighting forces in the provinces of Tolima and Huila have been reorganized, uniting in a new movement called the FARC (Forces Armées Revolutionnaires Colombiennes , according to Le Monde , translating it’ into French].
'For the time being, the FARC is maintaining ties with the. pro-Moscow Communist party. Differences with the party may exist, however; since, according to the report, "the CP seems at. times to: doubt if armed struggle is opportune when the new government appears to favor trading with- the’ countries of Eastern Europe." —
The pro~Peking Marxist-Leninist Communist party, accuses. the pro-Moscow organization of "revisionism" and of "complicity with — the enemy." The pro-Peking formation is’ ‘attempting to-achieve closer coordination aniong several groups that up to now have favored Peking's side in the Sino-Soviet dispute. These include the ELN [Ejército de Liberacién Nacional] and the MOEC [Movimiento de los Obreros, Estudiantes y Campesinos].
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