Media 68

1 - 10 october
11 - 20 october
21 - 31 october

1 october

Intensified the air bombardments of North Vietnam while the cannoning from the sea of the demilitarized zone continues.
[Vietnam]
The police leave the university of Mexico City. The movement excludes the sabotage of the Olympics but insists on its request of freedom for those arrested and the evacuation of the schools still occupied by the police.
[Mexico]
New 24 hour strike proclaimed at the Marzotto factory and at the Saint Gobain factory of Pisa. Clash between workers and police in Ancona, in front of the American factory Farfisa, on strike after the dismissal of some trade unionists.
[Italy]
Postponed to 17 November the work of the conference of the Communist Parties in Budapest.
[International]
In England the prime minister Wilson attempts to solve the dissent with his party (Labour), contrary to the politics and economics of the government.
[Great Britain]

2 october

The president of Congo Mobutu announces that Pierre Mulele, hero of the anti-colonial war and minister with Lumumba, will be tried for war crimes. Mulele had been made to return from exile with a promise of complete rehabilitation.
[Africa]
The Mexican students state that their protest will be non-violent but that they will respond to the police. In the afternoon legally authorized demonstration in the Square of the 3 Cultures. Police and army close the exits and fire from the rooftops.
[Mexico]
"Tass", followed by "Pravda" and "Literaturnaja Gazeta", attacks the Czechoslovakian leaders with great emphasis. In Prague the presidium meets, in view of an approaching meeting with the Soviets in Moscow.
[Czechoslovakia]

3 october

Coup in Peru. Deposed the president Belaunde Terry involved in a series of illegal operations in favour of a multi-national.
[Perù]
The news of the massacre of the Square of the 3 Cultures arrives all over the world. The number of dead is very high and is not calculated precisely. Some days later the movement will speak of 200 victims but the dimensions of the massacre will be even worse.
[Mexico]
At the Pirelli Bicocca of Milan the most compact strike seen in years, prepared by months of autonomous struggle.
[Italy]

4 october

According to the official version the Mexican police were forced to shoot due to the aggression of the students. All the government press supports this theory. Actually the students had renounced a march precisely to avoid provocation.
[Mexico]
The talks in Moscow have ended. The Czechoslovakians have not managed to obtain precise guarantees on the date of the withdrawal of the tanks of the Warsaw Pact from their country.
[Czechoslovakia]

5 october

The racist Brundage, president of the CIO, states that the unrest in Mexico does not regard the games. Many rumours of withdrawals from the games in protest but nobody is seriously thinking of leaving them. Not even the Italian Ottoz.
[Messico]

6 october

Clashes between police and Catholic demonstrators in Londonderry. The Catholics protest against the disastrous conditions of their housing.
[Ireland]

7 october

Freed 2000 students arrested in the Square of the 3 Cultures. Many other leaders and militants of the movement arrested in their homes. Russell and Sartre ask for the suspension of the games. Brundage responds that they will be held at any cost.
[Mexico]

8 october

Condemned to death Pierre Mulele. The accusation of war crimes excludes Mulele from the amnesty granted by Mobutu for political crimes.
[Africa]
Third day of clashes between Catholics and police in Londonderry.
[Ireland]
5 anti-Fascists condemned to long sentences in Greece.
[Greece]
Clashes in Lima. The police uses blinding gas.
[Perù]

9 october

Mulele is shot at dawn.
[Africa]
In South Vietnam a coup attempted by a group of partisans of the hard Cao Ky fails. The news will be denied in the next days, but the officials of the coup will not be released.
[Vietnam]
To Renè Cassin, president of the European Court for Human Rights, the Nobel Peace Prize.
[International]
Demonstrations in Latin America on the anniversary of the death of Che. Very violent clashes in San Paolo.
[Latin America]

10 october

Hours of clashes between students and police in Rio de Janeiro.
[Brasile]
Johnson removes the embargo on the sale of Phantom planes to Israel.
[Middle East]
Avery Brundage is reconfirmed president of the Olympic Committee.
[International]

		1 - 10 october 11 - 20 october 21 - 31 october
1 october		Intensified the air bombardments of North Vietnam while the cannoning from the sea of the demilitarized zone continues. [Vietnam] The police leave the university of Mexico City. The movement excludes the sabotage of the Olympics but insists on its request of freedom for those arrested and the evacuation of the schools still occupied by the police. [Mexico] New 24 hour strike proclaimed at the Marzotto factory and at the Saint Gobain factory of Pisa. Clash between workers and police in Ancona, in front of the American factory Farfisa, on strike after the dismissal of some trade unionists. [Italy] Postponed to 17 November the work of the conference of the Communist Parties in Budapest. [International] In England the prime minister Wilson attempts to solve the dissent with his party (Labour), contrary to the politics and economics of the government. [Great Britain]
2 october		The president of Congo Mobutu announces that Pierre Mulele, hero of the anti-colonial war and minister with Lumumba, will be tried for war crimes. Mulele had been made to return from exile with a promise of complete rehabilitation. [Africa] The Mexican students state that their protest will be non-violent but that they will respond to the police. In the afternoon legally authorized demonstration in the Square of the 3 Cultures. Police and army close the exits and fire from the rooftops. [Mexico] "Tass", followed by "Pravda" and "Literaturnaja Gazeta", attacks the Czechoslovakian leaders with great emphasis. In Prague the presidium meets, in view of an approaching meeting with the Soviets in Moscow. [Czechoslovakia]
3 october		Coup in Peru. Deposed the president Belaunde Terry involved in a series of illegal operations in favour of a multi-national. [Perù] The news of the massacre of the Square of the 3 Cultures arrives all over the world. The number of dead is very high and is not calculated precisely. Some days later the movement will speak of 200 victims but the dimensions of the massacre will be even worse. [Mexico] At the Pirelli Bicocca of Milan the most compact strike seen in years, prepared by months of autonomous struggle. [Italy]
4 october		According to the official version the Mexican police were forced to shoot due to the aggression of the students. All the government press supports this theory. Actually the students had renounced a march precisely to avoid provocation. [Mexico] The talks in Moscow have ended. The Czechoslovakians have not managed to obtain precise guarantees on the date of the withdrawal of the tanks of the Warsaw Pact from their country. [Czechoslovakia]
5 october		The racist Brundage, president of the CIO, states that the unrest in Mexico does not regard the games. Many rumours of withdrawals from the games in protest but nobody is seriously thinking of leaving them. Not even the Italian Ottoz. [Messico]
6 october		Clashes between police and Catholic demonstrators in Londonderry. The Catholics protest against the disastrous conditions of their housing. [Ireland]
7 october		Freed 2000 students arrested in the Square of the 3 Cultures. Many other leaders and militants of the movement arrested in their homes. Russell and Sartre ask for the suspension of the games. Brundage responds that they will be held at any cost. [Mexico]
8 october		Condemned to death Pierre Mulele. The accusation of war crimes excludes Mulele from the amnesty granted by Mobutu for political crimes. [Africa] Third day of clashes between Catholics and police in Londonderry. [Ireland] 5 anti-Fascists condemned to long sentences in Greece. [Greece] Clashes in Lima. The police uses blinding gas. [Perù]
9 october		Mulele is shot at dawn. [Africa] In South Vietnam a coup attempted by a group of partisans of the hard Cao Ky fails. The news will be denied in the next days, but the officials of the coup will not be released. [Vietnam] To Renè Cassin, president of the European Court for Human Rights, the Nobel Peace Prize. [International] Demonstrations in Latin America on the anniversary of the death of Che. Very violent clashes in San Paolo. [Latin America]
10 october		Hours of clashes between students and police in Rio de Janeiro. [Brasile] Johnson removes the embargo on the sale of Phantom planes to Israel. [Middle East] Avery Brundage is reconfirmed president of the Olympic Committee. [International]