PRESENTED TO PERUVIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON
A petition in behalf of Hugo Blanco has been signed by a number of figures in the labor movement in Britain, including Sidney Silverman, a member of Parliament; Bob Edwards , also an MP and a veteran of the International Brigade who fought in the Civil War in Spain; Eric Heffer and Andrew Faulds, both members of Parliament; Arthur Deane, a leader of the chemical workers union; Judy Todd, and a number of others.
A delegation of three -- Peter Taafe, editor of the Militant, Arthur Deane, and Colin Penfold presented the petition to the Peruvian embassy November le.
The Young Socialists in Hackney also sent a telegram to President Belaunde Terry of Peru asking that Hugo Blanco be granted an amnesty.
GLASGOW WORKERS AND SOC LT TRATE .AT PERUVIAN CONSULATE
Glasgow
Upon learning of the new threat of death to Hugo Blanco, members of the Revolutionary Socialist League here got up a petition and hurriedly gathered a number of signatures to indicate the feelings of workers in this city. With more time, the number of signatures could have been greatly increased.
The Peruvian consul in Glasgow interviewed five of the demonstrators who went to his office, but after talking with them he refused to send the petition to the embassy in London.
The police tried to intimidate the demonstrators but without success.
Representatives of the demonstrators lodged protests with the Peruvian embassy in London both about the case of Hugo Blanco and their consul in Glasgow.
The text of the petition, together with the names of the signers, is as follows:
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"We, the undersigned, wish to register the strongest protest against the military authorities of Peru at their latest attempt to murder the peasant leader Hugo Blanco. We have learned with dismay that the military have secured a further trial of Blanco after having been thwarted in their original plan to have him condemned to death in September, 1966.