vention the convention, reports.
ALL OF the Eastern Europe represented issue was relations with the Eastern unofficial peace movements.
Last European aliena lauves or buropean apologised to the Soviet delegation.
nuclear defence strategy within NATO IOT OPpOSItIOn movements in Eastern Europe of its speakers to the ncial peace movement campaigning against NATO in the West. MORE THAN 1000 delegates attended the third European Nuclear Disarmament Con Perugia, Italy, DICK WITHECOMBE, Labour CND delegate to major Western European peace movements and the official peace movements of Soviet Union were at the convention. The dominant There were a series of protests, led by the German Greens, against the refusal of the Soviet and governments to grant visas to representatives of the unofficial peace movements the convention. Both the organisers of the convention and the represensocial democratic parties disassociated themselves from the protests, and In the workshop discussions on strategy two main currents emerged. The first, represented in particular by the social democratic parties, argued for pressure on governments to adopt a nonThe second represented most forcefully by the German Greens, argued for opposition to NATO, the Wes European Defence Union (described as the 'Third Reich') and for continuing mass action against the deployment of It was these same forces that were most vocal in arguing for defence of the unofficial A meeting of women, called to protest against the male domination of the convention plattorm. issued a call for an international women's peace conference. Significantly the meeting chose as one convention's final ses sion a representative of the East German unotShe received a tremendous standing ovation when she concluded her speech with a call for sup port for the peace campaigners in the East and