p Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Attn: Harkishan Singh Surjeet, General Secretary  

p Dear Comrades,

p We are very sorry but the worsening of the political situation in our country does not unfortunately make it possible for us to attend the seminar organised by you and to which we had the honour to be invited.

p Some weeks ago the Italian voting system was changed and we will probably have general elections in the next future. The government collapsed and a new one is being formed at the moment and on June 6th there will be local election with more than 11 millions of voters.

p As you can see, our party is deeply engaged on all the matters I mentioned above and therefore we are compelled to concentrate our strength on our problems here at home.

p We are however deeply interested in the topics you will discuss in your seminar and if you are going to publish its proceedings, we would like to receive some copies of them. We are moreover interested in maintaining and intensifying the political links to your party which is playing an important political role in an absolutely significant part of the world.

p In this regard I hope that our parties will meet, in India or in Italy, to better learn about our respective political positions and to have a more detailed knowledge of the political, economic and social situation in our two countries.

p In the meanwhile I think it would be useful to start an exchange of documentation produced by our parties.

p I wish a great success to your seminar and to your Party’s activity.

p A fraternal embrace  

Luciano Pettinari
Head of the International Department