The 14th Plenum of the IEC decides:
a. To set the definitive date for the Fourth World Congress as the period from May 1 to June 15, 1954.
The IS is authorized to fix the exact date for the Congress within that period.
b. To proceed with establishing the mandates according to the rules followed in holding the Third World Congress.
c. To put as points on the agenda:
1. Report on the situation in the International.
2. Political report.
3. "Rise and Decline of Stalinism."
4. Our integration into the real movement of the masses.
The question of the present situation and perspectives in the United States, as well as the tactics to be followed there, will be dealt with both in the Political Report and in the report on "Our Integration into the Real Movement of the Masses." This applies also to the Chinese question, the Bolivian question, and our tactics in general in each country of Latin America.
The draft of the Political Resolution, and of a resolution on China, will be sent to the sections not later than February 15, 1954.
d. To give the Fourth World Congress a broader character by inviting a number of individuals in the revolutionary movement who are now coming closer to the Fourth International. To start giving immediately, in all the organs of the International, the widest possible political publicity to the significance and importance of this Congress.
Adopted unanimously