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Pive Rercertars i. APPENDIX WORKERS WORLD PARTY On April 17, 1959, a confidential source advised that on February 12, 1959, a Socialist Workers Party (SWP) minority group under the leadership of National Committee member, SAM BALLAN, split from the SyP(W) The source stated that this minority group, referred to as the Marcyites, after hany years of program and policy differences on varied issuep concerning tactics and interpretation of political’ events, split from the SWP on the grounds that the Party was liquidating itself by departing from the Marxist precepts of LEON TROTSKY and retreating from the fight for the world soclalist revolution. The final issue which ultimately forced the split was the minority's opposition to the SWP regroupment policy which invo’.ved co- operation with the Communist Party (CP) periphery-ii.dividuals characterized by the minority as petty-bourgeois (WwW The minority program, according to source, advocated unconditional defense of the Soviet Union and has as its goal the building of a revolutionary party with a complete proletarian orientation for the purpose of overthrowing capitalism in the United States and throughout the world On May 18, 1960, source advised that this mitority group had chosen the name Workers World Party{usy On May 3, 1965, second source advised that the Workers World Party, which maintains headquarters at 46 West 2lst Street, New York, New York, supports the People's Republic of China in its ideological dispute with the Soviet Uniona ) The SWP and the cP have been designated pursuant to Executive Order 1050) ‘ f ‘ \ ae -