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Naked except for a will doubtless soon rout the blanket the political forces of communism and prisoners of Northern double fault the red devils Ireland's Long Kesh family. concentration camp The Daily Mail in a front would look out of place page story on her win among the strawberries hardly mentioned the and cream and thirty tennis, for its enthusiasm It is a pity really: her parents. On its sports Winning Wimbledon is …a page, the tennis took second wonderful advertisement for place to sentiments such as:

Take Martina Navratilova she looked longingly into -the poor stateless woman the sea of faces wishing with who left Czechoslovakia in all her heart that her parents search of the streets of gold and sister, and even • the in the United States and puppy she left behind in victory at Wimbledon winning something as big appeared to be about sharp as Wimbledon might make volleying, strong serving and the Czech Government forhard running. Beneath the give if not forget her defecsurface where the keen tion to the United States minds of the sports writers and allow her to meet her see the real forces at work it family was a riant incentive 'Militant' supporters during one of the many legal wrangles guinea tennis shirts.

a political cause.

found them.

On the surface her was the victory of liberation over repression; US capitalism over Czech collectivism.

The bureaucratic regime in Czechoslovakia has committed many worse crimes than preventing Martina's parents watching her play on centre court at Wimbledon and will do worse deeds again.

But armed with the British Press and the Duchess of Kent, Martina keeping her apart from her about the Duchess of Kent's bid to back the liberation of "During a break in play Prague were among them.

"The faint hope that on her way to the top"

The Sun reported that Czech newspapers had carried only the result of the semi-final, without a match report, but in truth many of the British papers forgot the tennis among the columns of political colour.

But at least the Duchess should defend her from the fate that could await former Soviet chess grandmaster Vikto Korchnoi.

Unlike Navratilova, Korchnoi holds no truck . with a 'non political' approach to his art. He announced that if he beats the present Soviet champion Anatoly Karpov in next month's world championship match he will be bumped off by the KGB.

Impressed by the obvious veracity of this claimalthough no evidence for it was actually reportedpapers which usually relegate chess matches to the small print on page 64, blazed the news across their KGB men had accompained Karpov to Manilano doubt ready to gun down Korchnoi's queen if it looks dangerous-and the Soviet authorities were trying to ruin his concentration on chess by refusing his family permission to leave the country.

With all this fire power available on tennis courts and chess boards alike, those in Long Kesh who are still determined to fight British imperialism should take heart.

If they can just get their hands on a tennis racket or a chess set and practice hard enough, the capitalist press will take up their cause like a shot. The British army will be top spun out of Ireland in straight sets. WRITS WONT.

US legal.

The right wing clearly will not be defeated by such methods, and it will be necessary to continue the fight inside the South St. Pancras Labour Party on the basis of clear policies aimed at removing Healey Callaghan and all those who stand behind them.