Moscow conference hails pact with W. Germany

LEADERS of the seven Warsaw Pact countries yesterday wound up their briet 'summit meeting in Moscow with a statement hailing the recent Moscow-Bonn treaty as 'a major step towards WEATHER London area, SE and central southern England, E and W Midlands: Rather cloudy, a few bright intervals after clearance of early fog patches. Occasional outbreaks of rain, thundery at times. Wind variable, light. Rather cool. Max. 18C (64P).

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While no details were released about the subjects discussed, these certainly included Kremlin preparations for the proposed all-European security conference —already agreed to by We An article in Thursday' 'Pravda' on the Bonn Moscow pact has led gov ernment officials in Wes Germany to believe tha East German leader Walte Ulbricht was 'put firml in his place' at the Moscov conference.

The 'Pravda' article wen further than ever before i approving Bonn policy whe it said Brandt was entitled t follow a line 'based • on th realities and possibilities tha exist'.

One of these 'realities', th West German Social-Demc cratic Chancellor insists, i that he cannot extend dipic matic recognition to th Ulbricht regime in East Ger many• Abandoned At the beginning of the talks, which led two weeks to the signing of the Bonn-Moscow 'non-aggression pact, Ulbricht tried to commit the Soviet leaders to an unconditional stand on Bonn recognition of East Germany.

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doned this position, much to the delight of the Brandt Cabinet.

So the Moscow conference abrichts ce taboratien suring Ulbricht's collaboration in future dealings with West Germany the entire NATO bloc.

Two years ago, over half a million Warsaw Pact troops were sent into Czechoslovakia on the pretext that the country was in danger of being incorporated into the imperialist world by West Germany.

In reality-and as the Moscow conference once again proves - the target of the Kremlin was not a Bonn invasion of Czechoslovakia, but the politically-roused Czech working class. at. elois, I.:ncs.

Jurtir Damn sis keep four: om being reinstated, some sacked Pilkington • by circumstances to seek re-employment have — glass, as have Silcock and and Glassworkers' Union. factory. of 'confusion' give a lead. men's just fight.

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for glass SUPPORT CONTINUES to sacked glass workers despite Workers at the Christian Shans building site at Runcorn and at the Crossfield, Warrington, site of Matthew Hall have pledged their support in blacking Pilkington Collins transport workers operating at Ford's Halewood plant.

However, the position remains unchanged on the docks at Liverpool and Birkenhead — where a decision was taken on Wednesday to end blacking, following a false rumour that the Pilkington management would re-employ all those sacked with a view to reinstatement in 4-6 weeks' time.

Glassworkers' leaders have denounced this as 'a tissue of lies' and Pilkington's themselves have written letters rejecting applications for reemployment from some members of the breakaway General Teams of glassworkers went out to the docks yesterday to explain the real position to the dockers, yet Birkenhead stewards reiterated that they could not be expected to black the glass and sacking; particularly as the majority of glassworkers were inside the This is no longer a question The dockworkers have shown that they are ready and willing to support the glassworkers' fight, but a section of the stewards are refusing to Dockers should demand dock-gate meetings immediately to clarify the true position and recommence blacking This would be the most powerful answer to the Pilkington management's manoeuvres to break the sacked After hearing speakers from Pilkington's rank-and-file comTHE TORY offensive against political demonstrators continues to escalate.

The capitalist press could hardly suppress their glee at the Appeal Court's decision to uphold all but one of the stiff prison and Borstal sentences imposed on Cambridge students who demonstrated against the Greek junta in February.

The 'Financial Times' made it clear that more is involved than fitting a particular punishment to a particular crime.

Under the editorial heading 'Students: the point has been made' (!), it goes on to say:

'Are these particular sentences longer than they have to be to meet the demands of public opinion (sic) and the need to deter future outbreaks among students? They are longer than Miss Bernadette Devlin got, in the far more explosive situation in N Ireland, for throwing a petrol bomb' (Our emphasis.)

What has changed is that the Tories are back in power and the big stick is being wielded with a vengeance.

Ut course, the 'Financial Times' hurriedly assures its readers, 'none of this excuses them or alters the fact that it was right to send them to oi: liciin for re-m loment tion on file ior future rference.

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letter above proves — been refused.

surrist, 1970 come in for Pilkington's attempts to sabotage their mittee, a meeting of Liverpool Trades Council on Thursday night carried overwhelmingly a resolution calling for the reinstatement of all sacked workers and demanding that all trade unionists black Pilkington products.

Guinea

fighters down aircraft THE LIBERATION movement in the Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau, the PAIGC, has announced, in a telegram to the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa, that it is responsible for bringing down a Portuguese aircraft containing four members ol parliament and two military The aircraft's crash, several weeks ago, was originally announced by the Portuguese government, which said it was due to 'a cyclone'.

All the persons in it-who week from 40 to 35 hours.

Rover engine

strike PRODUCTION of Rover 2000 The delegate meeting, earlier this week, accepted by a two-thirds majority a management's offer of £2 -tied to accepting eight