We received the following letter from Five Continents Books, 17 Estelle Road,
In addressing this latter to your periodical we wish tc acquaint your readers with a situation that has arisen between us (Five Continents Books) on the one hand, and Messrs. Collet's London New and Second Hand Bookshop, 66 Charing Cross Road, London, wW.C.2., on the other, The central point of disagreement happens tc be based on the question of a wider distribution of GRANMA (the English language Cuban weekly).
Responding to the fast growing demand for GRANMA we have been cbtaining bulk quantities of this weekly. Meanwhile, negotiations between ourselves and a number cf newsagents and booksellers have been favourably concluded, However, one refusal to accept GRANMA merits attention. A significmt refusal! It comes from no one but the above mentioned bookshop. Many of your readers, no douht, have patronised Collet's London New and Secondhand Bookshop for its considerable range of papers, jjcurnals and beoks which are mainly concerned with Socialist ideas. It seems, perhaps, that in the thinking of persons concerned GRANMA cannot be categorised as a socialist newspaper?! Messrs, Collet's London New and Second Hend Bookshop have cther excuses. They fear having tc face libel charges should they handle GRANMA, It seems, according to their spokesmen, the contents of this paper would annoy Authority here in Britain! We ask your reeders to make their own ccnclusions after reading some copies of GRANMA available through the usual becksellers or direct from us. Thanking you for the courtesy of your columns,!