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coooter6: ; Lys Py, a nai rman of the fledgling communist youth orpanization, the Young Werkers Liberation League; ina post assembly mecting one oF thre asacmwly committees sent a telegram to Northern Ireland's Re rna- dette Devlin, deploring her recent imprisonment on charges of inciting to riot: the assembly condemned all facist regimes inclading Greece, Spain and Portugal; it called for the abolition of the big power vetu in the U.N. Security Council; it demanded the withdrawal of Israclis from occupied Arab territories; it called for the admission of Comniumist China to. the U.N. ; it called for the establishment of a democratic state in Palistine; and it demanded the inunediate cessation of American aggression against the Indo-Chinese people and the with. drawal of American troops and the ‘recognition of the right of the people of Indo-China to determine their own destiny without foreign interference, As an afterthought (an amendment by the Asracli delegates), the assembly, after heated wrangling, also demand ed that the Russians leave Cavch- oslavakia. . 7 oy It has been reliably reported that the American delegates to th? assembly were, by and large, ineffective. The communist forces succeeded in securing most key votes in outside committees by the simple act of summoning sympathizer strength from other mectings in -time to cant a vote. . . - ¢ ow o —_ In summary, the assembly in rec ognition of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the U.N. was an absolute fidseo and international com- munist propaganda forum in which the western delegates played it straight and observed the rules and the commiunist governments made sure that nothing would be left to chance. In a number of cases, ambas- sadors coached from the sidelines and some diplomats actually partici- pated as delegates. As the assembly ended, Secretary General U Thant praised the participants for "your behavior and spirit of cooperation. "