According to the Egyptian daily newspaper AlAkhbar, of 3 August 1975, the Egyptian intelligence 'have succeeded in arresting a communist organisation with international connections in France and Lebanon'.
*Twenty members of this organisation, including five young women, have been arrested The name of the organisation is Internationalist Communist League', and its goal is the overthrow of the economic and political system in ist 'trotskyist' extremist regime. The internal security agency tollowed the organisation's activities from August 1974 until the arrest isation was in contact with the Revolutionary Communist Group of Lebanon and the Fourth International of France (which is an extremist communist group).
The article in Al-Akhbar goes on to quote the prosecutor, Abdel Magid Mahmoud, who said in the course of an appeal made by one of the accused, Randa Al-Baasi: This League is attempting to form a secret destructive communist organisation, not of the traditional kind, but an extremist marxist, trotskyist org anisation that has contacts with foreign communist organisations. fore [?], has willingly accepted to be the agent of exterior forces opposed to our convictions.
The inability of the prosecutor even to reason logically reflects the hysterical atmosphere which the Egyptian regime is trying to whip up around the trial - due to begin sometime between 15 and 20 September. Furthermore, it is not accidental that this new wave of arrests and the frenzied atmosphere which is being created by the regime coincide with the latest stage in the Henry Kissinger 'shuttle diplomacy' drama. Repression of the revolution### ARRESTED in London.
this country, and the installation of a commun- national organisations in the Arab of its members in July.... This communist organ- price 30p & 6p p&p Red Weekly will provide further information on the arrests and the development of the Middle East political situation in its next issue. For the time being it is imperative that all readers should spread the news and send off letters of protest to the Egyptian Embassy New IMG pamphlet containing translation of documents by Fourth Interworld. Available from RED BOOKS, 97 Caledonian Road, London N.1. -BONSIS Awami League.
3. The Communist Party of East Bengal, led by the veteran Maoist leader Toha, was also on an armed struggle position. But after suffering a major setback in the Rajshahi district in 1974 they withdrew from the armed struggle.
Armed Struggle These groups differ from their counterparts in India in that some of them have real experience of mass armed struggle. During the war they fought in close collaboration with many of the young majors and colonels of the Bangladesh army. Of course they all remain to varying degrees within the framework of Maoist orthodoxy. But when China recognises the new Bangladesh regime they may well discover that they will receive no political or material help from Peking, and may even be denounced as Lin Piaoist deviaMeanwhile the situation in Dacca remains confused and it would be premature to discuss the orientation of the new regime.