A year ago sixteen young comrader were arrested in your country, Includ Ing Peur T/bl and the West Berlin stu dent Sibylle Plogstedt, They have been kept in prison since that time. The official press in your country has aecused them of being members of the "Revoludonary Socialiet Party" and of undermining the collectivist social order by their activity.
An attempt wea made in the Czechosloval press at the time to impule a criminal character to the activity of these comrades, to blame them for aels of sabotage, and create the impression that they were working for "Toreign verviees." Por example, in an article in Rude Provo of January 17, 1970, Ibe attempt was made, among other things, 10 besmirch these com. rades earnest efforts to discuss social probleme and contradictions on the beals of Marxiet and Leainial theory:
We belteve that the deeproing criela in which Crechoslovakla found Isell at the time of these arreets made it urgently necersary to overcome there difficulties by means of a broad mo bituation of the working sanses and not leaat of all the youth, in such a process, errors are inerteble How ever, Bie working case baa the right to learn from we on ereors and thie ls a bavie precondition for its emen Cipation.
By ible we are not appealing foe ism.
We have read the publications of the Revolutionary Socialist party. Accord ing to all we have been able to find out about this group, it is alanderour to accuse these young comrader of counterrevolutionary activity Even though we do not fully agree with their views, we belleve that these views must be open to poblic discussion in a so cialet country. ingr In our opinion these young Creebo slovak comender exprese a correc point of view in two aspect important for all commsusiets:
1. In their progrem they propazen dized for an orgenizadon of the working people and above all the proletari ef at the base, that is, at the polat of Inmediale production. And they were rundy lo strugale to five a contraileed expression to there bodies. In thie they took a position in the beat traditions of the great Celober socielist Coates revolution. Rome:
2. Of no leas Importance for all antiImpertallet forens in our countrion in Erich the anatiating solidarity of these pendo young Crechorlovak comrades with the suttamperinlist moveciests an the third world and the epiatiol cunters. и, к lu the meantime a year has passed winee the firet arreste. Nobody din cussed anything with these comredes mand Rather, they were kept le prison and Luigi are to face trial. Not only this, Them Frask young comrades, some of whom have Berlin: decide whether or not it should stage political triali. Moreover, the already repeatedly announced frial is bein postponed from month 1o month which can also have the elect o breaking down the physical and morsi resistance of the prisoners.
Furthermore, signa indicam that new and still mere absurd secure dons are to be fabricated al the hear to Justify the long pre trial detention of the prisonera Neither progressive publie opinion in Wea Europe nor any bonest com montet or socialist can fall to sueak out on the maller Pe demand that you releuse the im prasoned young comrades immediale ty and let a pobile pollteal decureion be held on their activities and wieure Signed Ernest Bloch, Tubingen Marcherita von Brentann, Berlin, Kes Nottinghant, Lucio Colett Burk Farley, Ferraris bia: Ald Frankfur
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