SENDS APPEAL FOR HUGO BLANCO
Rome . As soon as the news was received about the fresh threat to execute Hugo Blanco, the campaign in defense of Peru's revolutionary leader picked up rapidly.
On November 12 the National Secretariat of the Italian General Confederation of Labor decided to send a telegram to the president of Peru, Belatinde Terry. L'Unitaé, the daily newspaper of the Italian Communist party, reported November 15 that the telegram had been sent. ; -
At the same time, in response to the initiative of several left-wing members in parliament, the new United Socialist party, which resulted from a fusion between the two parties headed by Nenni and Saragat, also sent a telegram to Belatinde Terry signed by two secretaries, De Martino and Tanassi. .
Other actions occurring at various levels were reported from various cities. In Turin a telegram was sent to the Peruvian embassy in Rome by the CIMO [Information Center of the Workers Movement]. Similar telegrams were sent by other circles or groups of militants in certain centers in Tuscany and Sicily.
The editorial board of the magazine Falcemartello (Hammer and Sickle], composed of young militants of the Communist party and the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity, sent a strong protest in a telegram to Belatinde Terry.
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