Text of the Letter Handed Into the Peruvian Embassy

The scan: The Week v6 no21.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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We, the undersigned, wish to protest at the illegal trial of Hugo Blanco and his co-defendants, held at Tacna, which concluded on September 8th, 1966. Secondly, we wish to condemn as savage and inhuman the sentence of twenty-five years imposed on Hugo Blanco by the filitary Tribunal. We further condemn the most recent attempts by the Military prosecutor to impose the death sentence. We consider it scandalous and immoral that a man such as Hugo Blanco, who has helped and encouraged many thousands of peasants in Cuzco to engage in self-help and defence against the rapacious landlords of that area should be imprisoned and have the sentence of death hanging over his head. Held incommunicardo for three years before the trial, Hugo Blanco has shown great courage and fortitude. We therefore call upon the Government of Peru to immediately release Hugo Blanco and all the defendants.