Published: North America News Service, May 23, 1973.
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Boston (NANS DAILY) May 23 – The Preparatory Committee of the Conference of North American Marxist-Leninists held its second meeting on May 12, 1973. Various important decisions regarding the Conference were made.
At its first meeting, held on November 19, 1972, in Toronto, Canada, the Preparatory Committee issued the call for the Conference of North American Marxist-Leninists and took responsibility to prepare conditions for the Conference.
Each member organization had the right to call a meeting of the Preparatory Committee. On May 5, 1973, the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) called for the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee, to be held on May 12. The organizations attending the second Preparatory Committee meeting were: Red Collective, New Orleans; Red Star Cadre (Marxist-Leninist), Tampa; Association of Communist Workers, Louisville; American Communist Workers Movement (Marxist-Leninist) and the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist). The Communist League did not attend.
The Preparatory Committee decided to announce that the Conference of North American Marxist-Leninists will be held from August 18 to September 2, 1973, in Chicago, Illinois.
Certain individuals have issued a leaflet regarding a “conference” in Chicago on May 24, 1973. This has absolutely nothing to do with the Preparatory Committee for the Conference of North American Marxist-Leninists, formed in November 1972, nor with the Conference of North American Marxist-Leninists.
The Preparatory Committee has been informed that certain rumour-mongers have stated that the American Communist Workers Movement (Marxist-Leninist) has split from the Conference. This is a lie. The American Communist Workers Movement (Marxist-Leninist) participated fully in the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee.
All the organizations pledged to work harder to build the unity of the Marxist-Leninists in North America.