Wo include the following articlo, which is basod upon a report in tho latest issue of Quatriomo Internationale, French language theoretical journal of the Fourth International, despite tho time lag because of its importance. It is of importance in assessing tho position of the leadership of the Cuban Revolution and its likely evolution. Guevara is in charge of economic affairs in Cuba and, as such, isvirtually No. 2 in the revolutionary leoadorship.
On Sunday, 13th August, a dologation of Uruguayan comrades had an interview with Guevara, at Punta dol Este, representing Trotskyists tho world over and those of Latin Amorica in particular. Tho Uruguayan Communist Party had lod a campaign of insults and calumnios against the Trotskyists in its journal "ol Popular" for one wook prior to the intorviow with t:o intention of preventing it. un tho day of tho interviow itself it published a furious anti-Trotskyist oditorial.
Guevara wantod vory much to havo the intorviow and it took placo, despite the sabotage of the loadership of the Uruguayan ยข.P. and the Cuban C.P., both of which wore prosent at Punta dol sto. Ton mombors of those partios spiod on and controlled the movomonts of Guevara. Tho Trotskyists wore vory koon to discuss with Guovara tho real problems and futuro of the Cuban Revolution as woll as tho situation of the Cuban Trotskyists aftsr tho supprossion of their publications.
Our comrades, in saying what thoy thought about tho porspectivos of tho Cuban Ruvolution, said that tho imporialists are orgenising a new intorvention and that one could not roly upon the Latin Amorican bourgeoisie, which only wanted to profit from the Cuban Revolution by improving its bargaining position with imperialism, the solution 1s in the devolopmont of the Latin American Revolution. They said it was nocessary to have political and trade union .intorvention by tho massos to instal workers! control.
Tho alliance with tho workors! states should not take tho place of an alliance with the Latin American Rovolution and this alliance mst bo forged ina living and vital way. Our comrados told Guevara that the Trotskyists uncondtionally support tho Cuban Revolution and the Cuban workers statoe They also asked him to onsuro that Trotskyists in Cuba had tho right and logality to carry on their activitics publically.
Gucvara listoned to thom and discussed with thom going over the public position of the Cuban Govornment. It was an oxchango of opinions and judgements on the problems and perspectivos of the Cuban Rovolution. On tho quostion of tho situation of the Cuban Trotskyists ho said that the msasures taken wero purcly administrative. At the end of the intorviow Guovara personally accompanied our comrades as far as the door of the hotol to provent anothor police attack against thom. Thu parting was cordial. Tho interview with Guovara is ovidonce that tho Cuban Revolution is not under tho thumb of tho stalinists and that it is moving on the way to socialism,