Central Organization of U.S. Marxist-Leninists
National Executive Committee
November 29, 1979
National Executive Committee
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
Dear Fraternal Comrades:
Very soon the COUSML is holding an internal, secret conference. This conference is the “Preparatory Conference for the Founding of the Marxist-Leninist Party, USA.” This is an important conference that will make the final preparations preliminary to the dissolution of the COUSML and the founding of the MLP, USA. It is not, however, the Founding Congress of the MLP, USA. The timing of this conference and of the founding congress are as explained to you by our delegate to the symposium on Mao Zedong Thought.
We warmly invite the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) to send a small delegation to this conference to be observers. We request that the comrades of the delegation all be members of the Central Committee. It would be preferable if the delegation was composed of between one and three comrades. At this conference, as at previous conferences, it will be possible to get a remarkable picture of the views, activities and tactics of the COUSML. As well, it will be an occasion that can be used for some fraternal discussion between us and your delegation, of the type that have gone on continually whenever we meet. No other organization is being invited to this conference.
We hope that you will be able to attend this conference. We are sorry that we are giving you such short notice, but unfortunately the preparations for this conference were set back by many factors that were not expected, (including some that cannot be classified as altogether negative ones, as they include the vigorous development of the work in the present situation where all sorts of things are happening in the world). We have fallen behind our schedule, and the National Committee meeting that decided on the invitations took place only a few days ago.
If you can attend this conference.... We will meet it there. It would be very helpful if you could notify us in advance whether or not you intend to send a delegation, say by midnight on Wednesday. December 5.
As well, we take this occasion to also extend to you a fraternal invitation to attend the Founding Congress of the MLP, USA. This will be a great event for the Marxist-Leninist movement in the U.S. It is the culmination of ten years of work and struggle, and it is a starting point too. We request the same type of delegation as for the conference. We can give the necessary details to your delegation that attends the conference. If you cannot attend the conference, we will notify you separately of the necessary details. No other organization is being invited to the congress.
Deepest communist regards,
J. Green, for the National Executive Committee
COUSML