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J Re: Report of XIV Congress of the Communist Party of Israel, May 31 - June 3, 1961; Condensation of Report of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Israel Given at the Opening Session of the Congress, May 31, 1961 One of the reasons for Ben-Gurion's trip to Canada and the United States is his concern at the widespread public questioning of his militaristic, adventuristic and pro-western policies. Ben-Gurion is trying to store up a little honor in an attempt to build up his prestige toward the coming elections, in addition to his desire to try and clear up a few unpleasant misunderstandings with the administration of President Kennedy which likewise stem from the weaknesses in Ben-Gurion's line. In regard to the Eichmann trial, from the minute of Eichmann's capture our Party proposed the proper method of preparing the trial. We said that the trial must expote the full scope of the Hitlerite crimes and the holocaust of European Jewry. The purpose of the trial should be not only dealing out the death verdict to the mass murderer, Eichmann, but also the historical and political condemnation of Nazism, German militarism, anti-Semitism and racism. The Government chose a different path: it tried to appease the wrath of the masses at its connections with neo-jfazi Germany and to narrow the scope of the trial in order to seek the favor of its partner in the disgusting collusion between Ben-Gurion and Konrad Adenauer. Israeli public opinion and progressive public opinion the world over have caused the Eichmann trial to break out of the straight jacket imposed by Ben-Gurion and Adenauer as the inerimination of Hans Globke shows. If there is no letup in the pressure of public opinion, the trial may reveal mome of the truth about Eichmann's partners swarming in Bonn and other capitalist countries. Particularly abhorrent is the attempt of Israeli rulers to cook up anti-~ Soviet slander in this contest. The truth is unimportant for these types. All important for them are the lie and anti- Soviet defamation. The anger of Israeli rulers stems from the fact that the Soviet and Communist press exposed the attempts to keep Hans Globke and his ilk out of the trial.