visit will get world-wide publicity.
the war in El Salvador, sible for Cruise, Trident, escalation of the arms race.
To coincide with his visit should gigantic turnout of and anti-imperialist movements. Only a strong national call guarantee such a demonstration.
So we have only called London Region which is 'backed' by National CND. But this will not mobilise the 400,000 the demonstration last October.
It is difficult to understand the reason for NaAT THE beginning of June, US President and war criminal Ronald Reagan is coming to Britain for the economic summit of major capitalist powers. The visit of the arms race supremo should be a major focus and opportunity for the peace movement. A massive demonstration to coincide with Reagan's Ronald Reagan is not just the leader prosecuting attacking Nicaragua and backing South Africa. His administration is responPershing and the huge tional CND's reluctance to make Keagan's visit the focus for national mobilisation. Perhaps it is a refusal to acknowledge that the butchers of EI Salvador and Vietnam are the prime culprits in the new arms race die a rec tance to get tarred with an such c "tion is completely Every stage of the new arms race has been orchestrated and Concier EDe tagon and White House.
London CND has now written to CND National Council calling for an allnational demonstra. tion on 9 June. It has done of the very because favourable response from CND groups around the country at the grassroots level tor the idea or a na tional demonstration.
London Region council - personal capacity)
London Region CND states in its letter that only lailulla. the resources and ability to brdemonstration against the warmonger-in-chief The London Region meeting three weeks ago passed une following resolution: 'In view of the tional demonstration on 9 JULIC WC call National CND to build this event as a national in conjunction with London CND' The slogans which are being put forward by London Region are the followbe?
ing: ror a nuclear-free Europe; no no Pershing, no Trident; US bases out.
The visit of Reagan is not just an issue for those whose primary JOCUS opposition American policy the third world - it is an issue for the peace movement as a whole. The llass ocalt movement in Europe owes very existence to the decisions or ine united States government mintary to but Cruise and Pershing missiles into Europe, thus making our continent the number one target the event of Duced Wa The continuing role of the United States Oct.220 Where