AS Margaret Thatcher went off to see her co-thinker in British government gave its clearest indica tion yet of its support for the US line on El Salvador.
The Foreign Office stated that the 'evidence' provided by the United States alleged Cuban, Russian, and Vietnamese arms supplies the rebel force points to activities which can DU table interference the internal affairs of As the US steps up its international campaign to Carillo (left), the CP leader, called for loyalty to King Juan evening a stark fact reIn the period immediately following the coup, the trades unions and workers' parties were largely passive. Only in the Basque country and Catalonia were any moves laken to moolise working class resistance. Washington last week, the for its intervention to support nilitar minsus sign that Bri fice statement preparing give all-out support t the Salvador issue.
preparing a naval armada oi over 40 warships in the Caribbean, and carrying out exercises, including landings at the US base at Guantamano in Cuba. These operations are The best response came in the Basque counHere militants from the Trotskyist LKI were aDIC LU Cal blies in the major plants' night shifts and organise an immediate'strike. The far left parties together win ine communist r al ty called for a general being conducted in co. operatior the Chilean navy.
The attitude of the British government to El Salvador is in marked contrast to that of ine orner vyest pean countries, in par ticular West Germany.
Reports stated that the first of talks between Thatcher and Reagan were dominated by the El Salvador question.
. The US ad ministration is deadly serious in its intention of inflicting defeat on the popular forces in El Salvador. Accorstrike. which was called The Communist ParCatalonia, which ly In recently Eurocommunist leaderLavoul 'Leninist' grouping, also called for strike action In Madrid, the Trotskvists called a demon stration of several thousand people in of the building within hours of the at tempted coup which coastalu went unreported by the British press.
But elsewhere the trade and the Communist and Socialist Parties remained passive, calling 'calm' and 'loyalty to the king' This response gives a crucial SINSIONE reasons for the failure of The Spanish COUN rulers no longer need fascism, SO as the demands of the can be kept within the confines of the loyalty to the constitution supboth Communist leader Carrillo and Socialist leader Gonzales. ding to the FDR (Revolutionary Demo. Cocoa mace are now as many US military advisers in El Salvador as there were Vietnam before the US troops went in.
The ideologica smokescreen behinc which the American operation is being carried out is Tene tion that the Duarte IS a SHONESS alternative to both the extremes of right and left 'terrorists'.
It is this fraud which the Foreign Office is sup. porting.
The being asked by all Spanish people is whether the coup was a rehearsal for a further, determined attempt. No one can say for sure: bul so long a the army and the Civil Guard is not purged fascist officers the danger remains One thing we can bi sure of. The Spanish working Cass the criminal reformist policies of its leaders, has come a long way since the dark days of the rranco arctatorsup Unless there are new and defeats flicted the Spanish workers inconceivable that a new military coup successful or not, could be stabilised without provoking a civil war.
The millions who marched Friday chanted, 'If this is not the people tell what it is'. After last week's events the Spanish workers will give tnel own answer to any fascist plots the king Communist Party and the Socialist Party say.
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