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1 . . I - 1 .I .. * . .- I . . SPECIAL INFORJvlAT10N REPORT Unitr-tl Naliona -Sponsorcd.Wtirltl Youth Asscnrl>ly Tlic U. N.'-sprrtisnrc:cl World Yi,utli A!is~*iirl>ly, aCLv r il I i ~ i t c l and argutiit*ntive trinr*-d;iy Iristitry, cndctl o n 17 .Iirly I '!TO. Tht? t*i~i>ft*ri*t>c-c, nLLi*ty1t*cl by si~iiit. 050 clologatcs froiir ;ipprosinia~.c?ly 130 natituis, W A S untloublcrll y J IIIA jo r ci i s appob@F nt,tc) m a tiy irir itlv r a tc (I i pl onin 1.s . The coIi ft- r i* nc r p u so coii>pl c LP 1 y t l o n r i natc tl 1) y c l al t- gntc* s f roiy coiritiiuii i s t states ant1 tticir synrpathixcis tiiat'tllis cOnfd;c*ncc, t ~ i c f i i s t sponsorecl by tlic U. N. , will p r d x d ~ l y also bc? tlic last. 0 . . Intc?rcstingly, Lhc Rnnsinns w(*ri* itritinlly opp>sccl L o Llrr con- cept of n world youth confc*rcncc. thc Russians wastccl no t i m e in organizing all world forccs f r o m tlic 1 c It . w e r e nnivvly triippctl in tlic politic-al m'&ip'ittation o~15c world conirnu- . nis,t movctiic.nt. Obscrycrs I,clic*%c that C~'n'!r~~ly0sycnkiiiF! thc m a j o r cnginccrinc jot, of tIic confcrc*n.cci was IrnnrI1c:cI I,y profc:ssional Y O U I I ~ lcftists froiii Llic Praguc?-hanc:tl Inlcrnational Utiiim of Stutlcnts and the Althoiigli parti- cipants wcrc?'suppi)sc*d to bc 25 y c a r s of age! o r younger, a numbcr of the c a s t block participants w c r c r c w g n i z c d professionals who had lcarncd thcir'tactics at' p a s t youth festival8 in various communist capitals. of the communist so-called youth tlclegatcs wcr'c pressing 40 years of age. h f t c r thv plan was apyrovcxl. howevcr, t3 y t*on t r as t , w cs tc: r n -0 r i t: 11 ty CI ;in( t II nc: I ) iiiiii i Ltcd nation a1 d c 1 c 6 atc s , Dudnpcst-bascd .World Fcclc?rntion of DcniocraLic Yortth. M a n y T h c confcrcncc? was higlrlightch by clcnrinc-iation and by dclcgatc walkouts, not to mcntion, cal-call ant1 hissing tactics during various acssions of thc contcrcncc. When the wcstcrn o r nonconiniiltrd tli-le- patcs walkcc! out the r e s u l t w a s nrcrcly onc of fncc-saving tligirity. tlic communists walkctl out, howcvcr, i t was always at a critical tinrc clcsignccl to prcvcnt valid votes on kcy topics. Whvn. v Some of tlic natcworthy events air4 prrwlucts of the Yonth h s s c m - M y w c r c Lliesv: T h c tlc*lcgntc*s wc*rC trc:atc:tl to n tour o f tlrv worst of New York's s l u m arcas; thcy further had tlrc rq)porLiiniLy to h c a r an , atldrcss by J a r v i s Tyngr,' 'long-time CPUSA.yo.uLh activist and prcscnt. ; 8