IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

The Schleyer affair Fleet Street cover-up

Socialist Challenge No. 14, 22 September 1977 · p. 11 of the scan · 361 words

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page 11 of the scan

last week.

Our revelations of the prom incot role played by the kiding the universities of Cermans Austria and Crechosl oxakia, hi tian of Indutries in Prague and Personal Triendshi Drobes were circulated 1 the national papers and the London evening papers.

With one excepbion Do one story. For example, we contacted individual member editorial sail of The Guardien.

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'BLACK FILES' The exception was the London Evening Standard, which reportIf you thought our accusations of 9 Fleet Street conspiracy of silence on the history of Hans Martin Schleyer were fanciful, the events of the last week have proved you wrong. RICHARD CARVER reports the Fleet Street reaction (or lack of if) to our front page story Led that we had run the Schleyer Moty, but without mentioning O Inc CIans ed that the ditution which documents the MONS O Lcam uso, TC Wiener Library, damning on Schleyer, Yet, when 1 Wiener Library they contirmed three very important parts of our story: that Schleyer was head of LC HEICAS HUCCE IRar bruck: that from 1941-45 he was a prominent SOMOL LOr Prague; and that he was a member of the SS. We happen to know that the Wicner Libran gave the same information to the Socialist Challenge TInC HIL many:

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butter issue Library's source was the Brown KEUEHTENK UEIUAEUNT published by the East German avernment (which rathe what Standard story said). But who is to say that the information in it is therefore impeachably abjective West German sources)? In fact, the only orcial statement Dy toe Eas Germans has been a condemnation of Boan's C'acandalous fai ure to canture the kidnanners The Srondard's crude strempr at red baiting blows up in its face Mn auTC was book published in Wesr GerITALY: The Communist Party is abandoning any strict rel crence to Marxism and Lenin sn im its Const nirion, LacIO Lombando-Radice. a leading riy member, explained: 9 COOE Cur conR wu roquires memhers to adbere to Marxist-Leninist principles, 21 lixe a deac beanch. u mecessary to cut it aff to avosd misunderstandings." Asked If the nary cond Ml De cOE

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