The following letter has been sent to British delegates to the World Peace Congress, shortly to be held in Moscow. The Moscow Peace Conference will, doubtles, rightly denounce tha bloody repression and imperialist let on sa ta dr spin that real peres can only be achieved in the world South Africa, and Chile, which are killing, torturing and imprisoning working class militants struggling for democratic liberties and socialism, As socialists, we give our support to such struggles and recognise when The working class tollows the examuor the Russian revolution and Dullrows the capital st System in as countries But it is from this standpoint ther it becomes an urgent duty for socialiste to oppose the suppression of working-cluss democracy and namonal rigitts an the Soriet Union. One Ukrainian socialist has said: 1 cannot imagine true socialism without democratic recons, wanout the test poutical and economic self-goverrument of all cells of the state arganism down and not moly a paper one-of the rights of all The man who wrote these words, Vyachaskar Chornovil, is at present in prison, Born in 1939, he became a journalist after being Komsomal Secretary on the construction sue or the sies Hydro Eleetric Station. He then served on the sonoral stars of the papers roang GaRry And Peacers Friend and worked for Radio Kiev. In 1966, he refused to testify at the trial of the м sistenco to tarco voars imprisonmant aler commuted to 18 months, In 1972. he Was to arrested dad is salt in al Chornovil comoiled the Chornovil Papirs - a collection of documents exposing the illegal methods employed by the authorities in secret (secret polipel during arrests and interrogations. In spite of the regression from which ho has suffered, Chornovit has aiways ducared na in soon, a com wordsit categorically state, contrary to all illogical assertions... that | have always adhered to the principles of socialism and CUTES 000S0.
We must also take up the case of Ivan Dayuba, another Unrainian political prisoner. Born in 1931 into a peasant family, Dzyuba became a writer and literary critic. In 1965, with Chornovil and others, he staged # protest against the mess arrests made that year. For many years a member of the editorial board of Witchy moa, official organ of the Ukrainian Writers Union, he was himself arrested, then later released. In 1872, he was re arrested and oxpollad from tha Vitors Union, Earlier this year, he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and a furthor five years in exile, the maximum sentenca for the charges made against him, Deyuba is dying from tuberculosis, and is capecco to to or no more wan a your, no nas petitioned the authorities with a request to be able to die at liberty. This request has bean turned down. Forbidden to publish anything sinco 1965, Dzyuba is The author of Jaturabanalso ar Rushendon? Marxist critique of current Soviet netionalities policy. In criticising the government, Dzyuba called for tha propagation of the idaas of Markom eninim Am world communism which are now concoaled. evader It is not necessary to support every word tha Chornovil and Dayuha have written in ordar to support thair right to express their vinus. It is procisaly because theệ is room in the sooglist and working-class move ment for different opinions that wa oppose the rapres We ask you to do the following: 1. Raise the cases of Dayuba, Chornow and other political prisoners at the Moscow Ponce Congrem 2. Raise the matter in your Trade Union, Shop Stewards Committee or Trades Council. 3. Sign and circulate the potition, part of an international campaign, protesting against the imprison ment on ozzuba and Chornous nod chland for full democratic liberties in tho USSH 4. Support the Committee to Defend Ivan Dayuba and Vyacheslav Chornovil. Offers of practical hotp A conference which claims to be dedicated to the strupple for world pace and agains the cobra! of socialists and democrats which would not toke up tne repression or socialists who chornovil and Dayuba would be nothing but an expensive farce Fraternally Mois, The Committoo to Dutend Ivan Dzuba sme Vyacheslay Chornovil.
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