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(Sent airmail from Tunis)
Dear Comrade Hansen:
I take note of your reply to my letter of January 12.
It raises many questions that I don't consider useful to discuss publicly.
I have a great deal to say about the actual political course of the SLL as well as about the different "incidents" and the unceasing efforts to overcome the division within our international movement.
I don't want to polemicize nor to make factional propaganda publicly over these questions.
What appears to me more serious, more urgent, more conforming to the real interest of our international movement is first to have a discussion, an explanation; frankly, directly, person—to-person, with one of you-yourself or another responsible member of your leadership, or even a delegation of you. leadership.
I expect soon to be in Cuba and I will try on that occasion to pass through Mexico, and visit Natalia among others.
I propose to be able to contact you either in Cuba or in Mexico.
The time presses and none of us have any interest in devoting ourselves to public factional propaganda. It is necessary that we discuss seriously with the aim of reestablishing the unity of our international movement.
In case you agree to such a meeting, which may remain discreet and unofficial, I beg you let me know by writing to the following address:
Boite Postale 1318
Amsterdam
With my fraternal greetings,
M. Pablo
P.S. I wish to apologize for the delay in my reply. It was caused by the fact that urgent interests of our movement during the last several weeks compelled me to frequently change residence and to engage in an extremely absorbing work in North Africa.