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VAN GUARD BOOKSELLERS [Pty.] LTD.BOOKSELLERS and NEWSAGENTS.

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T H E H O U S E F O R

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lie .-r comrade «-r.eevliet#

¥ou mast excusc oar delay in writing to you._ieai es the press of work, waica falls upon tae shoulders of a fe'f*, it ■.va.s necessary to write to tae Johannesburg a.rancn wbcut litera­ture in the I/uteh language.

xirst , auout our puDxioations. you know we are a very sel-iII group . «o far we n ve b an able to out out tie "Upark" regularly ; i t aas iet with a very good response and tae circulation in growing) and tais anb kept as very busy. Ir. the next jay or two we shall i sue tae first of a . e.-ies of leaflets a .Press­ed to t..e workers on the war Question, etc. i shall not ootaer to send Du copies cf the lea;lees as taese will have a local iaterest only. Vie can ot see now v,e oan possibly detail one of our comrades t ..rit: for your press at tae present tii’.e. it- would ovni tax our res .. of course, the !oparJ:" can be used by you i f you find ituseful. At present v«e icisue no internal iocumantJ; bemuse ol Tine siaali ness of our nunbers.

About >atx. aieta in ivutcn. As you kno*, doubtless­ly, tae of' Icial lar-;a... ,es or -outi -ifriea -re ~a0 ..i.;-.u at. ~ir ikaans. (.hile it is co urauivcly easy foi * iO-naaner to read *xf; ika-ais, it is s.ore difficult far a aouta African to read butch. cf course, there are a nuiaber of .-oHanders in tae Gauntry but we ruve ao con tacts .vita thea. nevertheless, we . 0 * 1 ■ ii*e you to -end as aii copies of all pu. .-ale to of international interest, a end an invoice -ita t tutm and we will immediately reait by draft, v^lthouga we are a ery small grou • we have always managed to xeep our financial ailairs in or.isr and to taeet our obligations promptly.)

if taere are any special inforiaations you re-iuire or aoutii African affair s, e .'•ill do our best to nelp >0v*.

lours ir ..ternaliy ,

Ad rers;+ .Koston,14 1 ^ongxarket street,J ~ i i ' L i X O i t i i 0

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141 ^0n*jmarket street, CA-r'i Ijiii-i.

4 tn ^ctooer, 1 .

lie <.r ^ocrade w..e<-vliet,

lou a/jst ejccuse oar delay in «.ritia^, to you. jeai es tae press of work, wale a f . 11s upon the saoulders ol u few, it was necessary to write to the <i ouannesburk franca about ii -erc-

ture in tae Jiutch lan^ua^e.

x irat, Uk/Out our publications. ^s you know we are a very sitall ^roup . ~o iar we a ve b on able to put out tae ".nark" regularly a t aas r~ec wita u very ^ood response ana tae circulation in growing) and tais has kept us very busy. ±r- tixe n day or two we soall i sue tae first of a e ies of leaflets ress ed to the workers on tae ..~r auestion, etc. Ic j Vf>„ (*nnif»s of the lea lets as taese will have » local i,*terei>Ti only. ^e 'c iB 'o : see how we can possibly detail one of oui■ conaraaes t • write for your ■cress at the present tin:e. it woul.* ovei ' „*'*'** r e s o u r c e s . ^ f course , the "Spark" can be used by you if you find i . useful. At present we issue no internal documents oee^use ox tae

small ness of our numbers.

About pass pale ts ia m tea. As you /-no.-

ly, tae of i iclal l a n c e s of Souta Africa -re

r.hile it is comparatively re d i/utch. « f course, thereis c.ore difficult for a oouti* airic<*n o “ contactsare a nailer of Hollanders in tae -ejuntr./ * °8J° Lx C0-Jies

with them, nevertheless, we J? ^end an invoice with tae*of a n -re a ery » U

:?o u !; lU e e p .o u r financial affairs in oraer

and to me t our obli&atione> promptly.;

I f taere are any special ia£orf i^ onJ 1 0^ou require on Spate African afial . . e v.lll do our oeat co atlp jou.

Yours fraternally,

k*. ressjt .ioston, ,14 1 -ongararket - tr t,QArhi IG.i- .

141 xon icarket- street,CAjt £j I Oh:..

5th October, 1^33

Dear Lee,

I expected to he.i.r from you oy air-iatil tuis mor .ing. At any rate taere are two th i^s I ar c to mention.

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1 . Ine e n d o w e d s-bscription list wa8 received on Monday v. til Sept.). I f you can get some money for it witaout straining yourself ovarmucn, it v ill be all right. If not, it does not matter ^reatly because e v,ill send t.iem a fiver. i.hat is i. portar.t is taat you send the list back to me ±o that - c n return it to laris. I would like to have the list bac: oefore t ie 1 . .a so taat I can po. t on the 1bth.

2 . The ands ^ff Abys iria £om ittee of the j-eabue Against >.ar and iascisir are calling or a demonstration tomorrow v^,nday) on the x'ara^e. >■<* have 'ritten a leaflet hich I sh^ll run* oif late tonight for distribution at this meeting, i shall send you three nundred copies on Tuesday (8th) monrrii g. You might be aole to istribute taem. you need nore cooies le mo know soon. I hope you will agree taatthe leaf, et is al. r i6ht considering tne sa rt time,etc. ..... t is really

i portsnt is its line.

Do you think it any go i to write up expulsions in next

^pa:k'; If sc, ill you take it onr*

irs .

jfle.se be bare to enclose a copy or «o.1 - park in materials you ace . ending to - osco for ^ .ltzov. ~o you want me to 6e«. ^ape iO .. papers for tnose three days'-

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(a \<r~

P.B.Box 3301 Johannesburg 8th October 1935

Dear Koston,

The break with the I.W.C. dislocated us for a month but now that premises have been found for the Spartacus Club we are getting up steam again. The new club opens tonight; our hall can seat 300 persons at least, is situated on the ground floor and opens into a main street inside the central shopping area. It has

/ hundreds of We have

main street inside the central shopping are two shop windows on the street passed by hu workers daily - books could be displayedpartitioned off the back as living quarters for Dick (Frieslich) and ourselves - in fact if we had not done so we would not have been able to stand the rent. Compared with the I.W.C., a poky little garret man the on the top floor of an ancient building without a lift and surrounded by dancing sbhools with their endless "My dog loves your dog our new place is a palace. eIt has in fact become necessary to organises side activities, classes, sports, etc, in order^not to waste our hall. The Alexandra Workers Club also opens next month if our funds permit.

I earnestly advise you to ignore completely the Declaration of Prognostication. A couple of fleas have got into our underpants - let's not scratch ourselves publicly.It would be too wearisome to have to describe to you in detail iust how insignificant these two are. Lake, not unintelligent, but spineless, chinless, characterless, limp, flabby. Blank, nlucked eyebrows, and peroxided, soulful, languishing, world-weary manner modelled on Tullulah Bankhead about whom she prattles constantly, hen-brained. The departure of Purdy (who v/as at least an enemy to be taken in consideration) has deprived them of the little stiffening and purposiveness which they had, and now they fade out m the manner of the retreating polecat. We cannot defend ourselves against every spiteful pinprick. We must take Trotsky's advice and develop thick hides.

About Sneevliet's enquiry, we cannot sell Nederlands pamphlets but we will take a single copy of each from you.Also I would like you either to send us Sneevliet's address or else write to him on our behalf asking for catalogues of radical books and pamphlets, (Stalinist;Socialist, etc) in Nederlands.

We have cot the Times and the Argus for the 27th September, not for tKe 28th. If you think these should be sent please get them. Am waiting for the air mail letter from Moscow.

Enclosed find B.K'S Spark sub.

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Deer lee,

:Iave yours of the Pth. Thanks for clip. Ing j.oout the ^anny. I hart already spotted it In tae "Argus" a few weeks ago. I always

*3id a^r people ' ltd a broa-i impa* tiality. Yah. Ihanks for quid.( .Ave rur: of out receipts temporarily, will send one later.) Coi&es in very i"*andy. ■■© have done 3C0C e copies of tae lealle.t* *,e distribute4 8C0 copies wit. in an hour at the rarade ~eeting on the n t h an-f sold exactly 100 sparks. I he 5~j j will be distributed at the U:cks t.iis afternoon, at tne oalt -iver railway ftorks tomorrow r.ornin. and on the Parade on ouniay if another meeting; is aelu. 1 think too that it can be included in fio,8 opark s an extra page.

The new Club rooss sound grand.

At the Party ir:o< t i n fc aeld « .ednesday ai^ht (kinutes v.ill follow as s Don as I get them froa honikaan) i t -as d e c i d e d to ignore tie Ba Ink-lake ’’Declaration” . If there had been someone *aa to ..aos. a reply could have been addressed, I ould be in favour ox drawing up a detailed reply. But there is no one.

Here is Sneevliet's address;- Overtook 463/1 .Amuterdam . *..I nave written for six copies eaca of taeir papalets. will

you a copy of each.

In . air mail letter from Loneo. toe not yet “

-.os not Vltnin the next month you can s » * \ “ ! r * j , S Bi t can ot afford to asst. too much energy o v e r ^ t i l ,- o ^ o u m i ^

t sen1 the limes an1 Argus for _ - 3enJ tlieBi

«•» *••«= :1*! £ 3 S J J J * S t 5 ! f S . ^ Cclease sem sse tae aa re^s, ana v

1 as, golr.u to propose *» & -ay

S W - S S S S ^ S « for one. its a - o n «r ,u l 1 4 *

D .S . left last n i p t In a r * .h At * o-cloo* In he was notified by Papa that ae nad to Oo.

18th. „ orker3 Voice" known locally as workersive you seen > 0 .3 ; ; rf r+aM t^at *8 ought to wait A U

Chitchat) 1 Ju rlak .^o o dlaU e .l tai^ ■ oat SOEie BOr#. it is only

before giving tnea a kiek. Let . - tnemaelves roundly and taen we

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one thing out, tae wi>. -nd, &- weeks ago tae ^ , e -eier^ti

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L .G .I . (B.-L.) 3. IV S )/ ^eneve, le *2 ootobie 1935

To the «vGH£.&iw PAHi'Y and ifik to the vJ&atelUHIST of ‘■■‘cu.th Africa

tferte Geaossen,

v.lr babea ait grossaa Interests und rait grosser -^ifaierksarakait die Jtefcoaente u'ld J3riefe gelesen, lin I hr oas gesehiokt habt- inabesonlere haben 7.1 r ^kufaierksaoikelt gewidnet d a -Bonulmngen, die beide «ru »a der SoeejELtriasfi zugewandt. h&bea* Uaa sohelat, dass unter den ge>s*enert ver- haltnisaea gsrade ia ■Afrika ei.i grosser 3V.il dar 3trsitfragen, lie zsdsohea den beidea Gruppea cogar zu einer *’renauas gefuhrt habai ia den Hiatergruad zu. .broten hat aagesiohts der aktusllen *t sbtlgkei t.die geraae -*£rika ia dea iefcztea «ochea bekontuen hat- »ir ratea debar bei­dea Gruppea noehruels uad tait allem ^rnst, aastelle der treanenden ■uiffereazea g&iu Jungm i,ftt-, ^ u i h a m l b a i j a l : uadJifflL UU. biL u u ^ l l c a z u f .t/ ie a •

i>ie fiktuo-i-ien ^ufg&bea fiind charakterisiert dureh die •“ompii zierung -i-iu dci abesa i ais eh-italie ul ache ^onflikt infolge der en'rlisebea ^altung aageoommea hat-m iter grosste, atarkate tiad brutalete imperialiatis ohe ioloaialua-cerdrucker nianat die ^Ollf; dea ^haa^ions der *Veiheit eines bisher fast uaabhaagigea sohvramn, afrikanisohea volkea und Steates uad die eagliaohe *rbeiterklaase folgt drn imporia] ic fciscbeo SrohetoAren acj? aJj-afteflgL, iadem sie in sozialpatriotisoher ^egciaterung dar oh ihre grcastea crgar.isationen - ^rade Unions und labour ^arty - laut rfclnren -asat, uh den i’riedeas willea aei sie bereit, auoh den'&cjLas gegaden

riedensstorer, Italie.', hinssunakaen uad ohae ^urren zu fubren*

In diescr situation in M xiku nicht betonen, daaa ea sich in eia eleades iiaparialistisobes ^erede handelt, wean englise^e ^rbeiterorf'a- aiaationea, anstatt i&cg. loloaialvolker aufzufcrdern, niobt nur -^bessi- aien zu unterstutzea, bondera aioh seibat zum '^iele zu aetzpn dp raab-

Z° a, deC1 erlf1i S?h ' £1 d ^f^haupt von den weisaen i'noeria- listischea Hauhera und •Vclavenhaltern) za erka-anfen, oedeutet sUh ai ,;3ohuldig maohea an aer atiarihgn

^jri.Qges • - aas dia ^tall niatdlsiohI »r0insti aaaag rait dieser ^altung befindaa, werden sis

Z'Aar dureh ifodensartea zu verjuseiien suohen, aber aowobl ibr ^er^al- tea La /bikerbund Trie das beredte ^ohweigen dea 7. iCoarressealo-abeasinisohen Koariikt aina doatlioh % QUg* °ogresses it * .

-Jas auiorlegt den wirkliob koomiuaistiao’tiea ^rupoen wip ubcaall sa

f S 2 ;: noa^ r?hi“ aie v«'*tfiioht0n «1iaa ia^e -'tiuiie icxar, uazweideuti.^ Tind eiruautig zu erhobaa u-a

i S ^ ‘ ortscshritte au maohea, im dsn nr b n .-. i < r -A. e ftijj.uri.a „. Liuaj ua. ^o^aar. ,dsa we.iA 8 p.i l terdrV; it >rn ii ich * i q s p ^ f r n

J S 5 J U S S i ' J K S S b S S S S : herzQstellen,

^ it kommunistischein ^rusa

fur daa I • ^ • DUBOIS.

To the WORKERS PARTY and

to the COMMUNIST LEAGUE, of South Africa.

Dear Comrades,

We have read with great interest and with great attention

the documents and letters which you have sent us. Especially we have

paid attention to the endeavours which both groups have applied to the

native question. It seems to us that precisely in Africa, in the

given situation, a large part of the points in dispute, which have led

even to a separation of the two groups, is moving into the background

in view of the immediate importance which Africa has acquired in the

last few weeks. We are therefore advising both groups, again and with

all seriousness, to take into consideration, instead of the dividing

differences, that which is common to both and to go together to the

immediate tasks.

The immediate tasks are characterised by the complication which

has been added to the Abyssinian-Italian conflict as a result of the

British attitude. The greatest, strongest, and most brutal imperial­

istic colonial oppressor takes the role of the champion of freedom on

behalf of a black African nation and State which up till now has been

almost independent. And the British working class is following the

imperialist troubadours of peace, when in social-patriotic enthusiasm

it loudly proclaims through its greatest organisations — Trade Unions

and Labour Party 4- that for the sake of peace it is ready even to

resort to war against the peace-breaker, Italy, and to wage it with­

out grumbling.

When British workers* organisations, instead of summoning their

colonial nations not only to defend Abyssinia, but also to set them­

selves the task to achieve by fighting their independence from the

British (and generally from the white imperialist robbers and

slaveholders), are indulging in miserable imperialist prattling,

then, in this situation in Africa not to stress these things would

mean to make oneself an accomplice in the preparation for the next

imperialist war fry fooling the working class. That the S±xi±Hxi*s

Stalinists are in full agreement with this attitude, even though they

try to conceal it with their phraseology, is made clear enough by

their "behaviour in the League of Nations as well as by the eloquent

silence of the Seventh Congress on the Italo-Abyssinian conflict.

This lays upon real Communist groups everywhere, and especially

in Africa, the obligation to concentrate all their forces in order to

raise their voice clearly, unambiguously, unanimously, in order to

make organisational progress, in order to explain unequivocally to

the Natives that besides the white oppressors there are also white

revolutionaries, who proclaim the right of every nation to break

away from imperialism, and who in Africa emphasize that the white

oppressors have nothing to look for in Africa,

We are begging you, dear comrades, to maintain in future not

only the connection with us, but also between yourselves, that is, to

re-establish d earnestly the connection between the two

separate groups to the advantage of the entire movement.

With communist greetings

for the I .S . DUBOIS,

To the WORKERS PARTY and

to the COMMUNIST LEAGUE, of South Africa.

.Dear Comrades,

We have read with great interest and with great attention

the documents and letters which you have sent us. Especially we have

paid attention to the endeavours which both groups have applied to th^l

VHative question. It seems to us that precisely in Africa, in the

given situation, a large part of the points in dispute, which have led

even to a separation of the two groups, is moving into the background

in view of the immediate importance which Africa has acquired in the

last few weeks. We are therefore advising both groups, again and with,/

all seriousness, to take into consideration, instead of the dividing

differences, that which is common to both and to f,o together to the

immediate tasks.

The immediate tasks are characterised by the complication which

has been added to the Abyssinian-Italian conflict as a result of the

British attitude. The greatest, strongest, and most brutal imperial­

istic colonial oppressor takes the role of the champion of freedom on

behalf of a black African nation and State which up till now has been

almost independent. And the British working class is following the

im p e ria l is t troubadours of peace. when in social-patriotic enthusiasm

it loudly proclaims through its greatest organisations — Trade Unions

and labour Party 4- that for the sake of peace it is ready even to

resort to war against the peace-breaker, Italy, and to wage it with­

out grumbling.

When British workers1 organisations, instead of summoning their

colonial nations not only to defend Abyssinia, but also to set them­

selves the task to achieve by fighting their independence from the

British (and generally from the white imperialist robbers and

slaveholders), are indulging in miserable imperialist prattling,

then, in this situation in_Africa not to stress these things would

mean to make oneself bA accomplice in the preparation for the next

imperialist war by foolla/, the working class. That the ftfcxi±xx±i*

Stalinists are in full agreement with this attitude, even though they

try to conceal it with their phraseology, is made clear enough by

their behaviour in the League of Nations as well as by the eloquent

silence of the Seventh Congress on the Italo-Abyssinian conflict.

This lays upon real Communist groups everywhere, and especially

in Africa, the obligation to concentrate all their forces in order to

raise their voice clearly, unambiguously, unanimously, in order to

make organisational progress, in order to explain unequivocally to

the Natives that besides the white oppressors there are also white

revolutionaries, who proclaim the right of every nation to break

away from imperialism, and who in Africa emphasize that the white

oppressors have nothing to look for in Africa.

We are begging you, dear comrades, to maintain in future not

only the connection with us, but also between yourselves, that is, to

re-establish d earnestly the connection between the two

separate groups to the advantage of the entire movement.

ftith communist greetings

for the I .S . DUBOIS.

— J. -O^/u flC

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I!TT-i \ ^ i> n^x'L

Kfew York, Oct 16, 1935

Dear comrades:

We wish to submit the following information on developments

in the W,P.9«S«

Hie struggle Carried on by the Left Wing against the opportun­ist tendencies of the Cannon regime representing the internation­al S .P . orientation reached its climax at the Iliird Plenum 01 the part1/ held on October 4-10, New York City.

At this Plenum the majority definitely turned its back on the Party’ s Declaration of Principles, taking a centrist position*It has endorsed the international SP orientation of the iCL. It has accepted a resolution endorsing an SP orientation in a conceal­ed form for the Party in the U .S . It has refused to take action against openly social patriotic elements in the Party. I t has ac­cented a resolution on the war, ignoring the inseparable connection between the struggle of the world proletariat againsx t-»e imperial­ist war and the class struggle in the colonial or semi-colonial country against which an imperialist war is waged, our proposal for an international conference of parties and groups outside o* the 2nd and 3rd Internationals, to be called on the question of struggle against war and social patriotism and thus broadening die basis for the launching of the 4th International, was voted aown.A substitute motion was accepted, to authorize the Contact Commiss­ion to call an International Conference for the immediate estab­lishment of the 4th International. Thus, by proposing to limit the scope of the conference, the Plenum took a step toward isolat­ing the forces of the 4th International - i n the direction of sect­arianism. In the only national issue on the agenda, the question of unemployment, it accepted a resolution which commits the party to the role of tailenders to the 3P. Finally, it took steps for the expulsion of the Left Wing.

The Plenum was supposed to open up the pre-convention discuss­ion period of three months. All the decisions were supposed ta be submitted to the membership for final action to be taken at the Convention. While the opportunists already had and will have unlim­ited opportunities to present and defend their opportunist position in the Party press, the Plenum deprived the Left Wing of the same right. While the opportunists have unlimited apportunity to present their views to the working class, the Left wing was prohibited even from the publication of the International News. The possibility of ^resenting the Left Wing position was restricted to a couple of issues of an internal bulletin. While the opportunists will have an opportunity to present their position to Party branches in the course of two national tours arranged during the pre-convention cis- cuaaion period, the Left Wing wae refused the right of presenting its -position in the same manner. When the representatives of Jie Left Wing made a categorical statement to the effect that we do not submit to the bureaucratic suppression of our right topresent our views to the Party membership and the working class, the Political Committee has been authorised by the Plenum to expel the Left Wing, wither individually or en bloc.

?xPulsion took place at the Plenum. All that14+ 6 Cofflnitte# is the attachment of the seal

of formality any day it sees fit to do so.

During the last few months the Left V*ring had been organized f t , * National Committee had been elected, a rounded-out

pro^ram h ^ t^en worked out on all international and national is­sues. International connections had been established and devtlop-

We request you the continuation of exchanging information and views. A latter, giving a detailed analysis of the situation in the L .3 . will follow in a short time.

With revolutionary greetings,

For the Left Wing, rf.P.U.3.

Hugo Oehler T. Ltamm L. Baaky

W0RK2:'.S SOUIii AlitlCA

P .O .BOX 1 >4 J ,CAPi x Jiui,

16 tn uctober, 1 -;}>j

-ulietin de l rQpposition, j-iDrairie du xravail,17 rue de Cambre-et-i.-euse,PARIo ioe.

Dear Comrade >uran3 ,

»>e nave received your letter concerning Com­rade larov and tae subscription list.

enclosed is a draft, ilo. , torfrancs an^ the subscription list.

..e could not send our contribution sooner because it ?<as necessary to send tiie list to our cocrades in «,oiaannes- bur=£.

u i t i l f r a t e r na 1 j r e e t i n g s ,

^UllETIIT DE 11 Gppo. ition

Libr 'irie du 2rav-.il, 17 ru© de 11 0 _. 'c* ** - • j"" jk 0 co 6 j 0>x 1 & ~"C

'o the tfQlUE33 T JL 3 .T 1 : id to the OOXIUNIST LiiAGU2 of South Africa

Dear comrades,

' Inclosed you find a .fijjiet information on co irade Turoff, aa Hussi lq bolshevik-leninist exiled id i'-isoner oi 3taline who Suc­ceeded in e-me.-.vping from ipviet P..:ssia to Aeia. ie lieve i be bur duty to d? aw your attention to the ituation of the -3-1 in Hussi;.. Comrade Turov, in his first letter, tells to what tortures he and the other 485 3-1 prisoners in his "isolator11 ( a completely isolated prison) were submitted. They Here systematic lly beaten, they were shot at through the windows. Comrade Eagjalun. has been seriously blessed by this way. After a great hunger strike, during which they were submitted to unheard of beatings and tortures, they were dispersed to various other prisons. The hunger strike was de-* Glared because when the prison terms arbitrarely set by the GPU were served they were automatically prolonged from 2 to 5 years, affecting all of our comrades. Their intention is not to permit our oeople to get o t alive. During this hunger strike which lasted 18 days, the prisoners were artificially fed. Several co Tirades attempted to ©o .unit suicide .

Shortly we shall . ive you larger informations. But already these informations are sufficient to show you how neceseary, important and urgent aid is. ,/e make an appeal to you, comrades, to mobilize’ the’ Proletarian public opinion against the criminal acting of the Soviet bureaucracy, in favor of our ©omrades, especially of coarade Jarov.

We joins a subscription list an... hope you will aid as quicklyfi possioj.e.

with fraternal greetings The Provisional Co miifcee

- Dur nd

141 longmarket St . ,

18th Oct. ,1 93j?

Dear lee,

As you can see from minutes, got your note,list and fiver. Money will go off today. Sorry about forgetting to. enclose letter.

I f you can manage, please do some Sparklets, and of course "History" and if you can, article on C.P* expulsions which gives you good opportunity to deal fully with C.P. Materials must be here by the 28th.

P.O.Box 1 940 ,CAPE TOMS.

25th October ,1 935

Dear Comrade Adolphe,

We have today sent you a draft for 100 francs,

No. , addressed to k . J.i^ous.

We hope you received our last draft sent on

the 20th September.

Yours fraternally,

General Secretary.

P .S . There has recently arrived in .his sountry a political refugee, Gustave Lange, who claims to be a member of the KAPD. He was in Paris about a year ago v.here he addressed meetings, etc. Can you give us any information about this mam?

Collection Number: AG2722

WORKER’S PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1933-1935

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