Communists to meet in Spain
’NZPA-Reuter Madrid; The Spanish Communist ■ ■ Party, seeking to press the, I Government into granting itj full legal status, plans to ’stage a West European Comimunist summit meeting in’ ■Madrid on Monday and Tues-i ■ day. , Communist sources an-’ ’nounced the meeting after the, ■Government had asked the' I Supreme Court for a ruling! on whether the party’s aims conflicted with Spanish law. 1 The Italian Communist I leader, Mr Enrico Berlinguer, and the French Communist: leader, Mr Georges Marchais, j were among those invited,, the sources said. The Spanish Communists! earlier tried to force the Gov- 1
liernment into allowing them to stand legally in the Gen- ■ erai Election promised this i; spring by publishing its list jof candidates. ' The party, officially banned isince the end of the 1936-39 1 civil war. has operated I openly since its leader, Mr ’Santiago Carrillo, was freed from a short period of deten■|tion around Christmas. i The authorities have in-.i Jcreasingly shown willingness! '| to reach a compromise with ' | the Left. ; ’ Government economic pro-! iposals announced on Tuesday! J specifically mentioned the; need to establish the right to. ’’strike and to legalise the| ,I Left’s underground trade . I unions.
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