Third World Congress of the Fourth International, August–September 1951
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The members of the minority of the Seventh Congress of the PCI [French Section of the Fourth International], taking part in the proceedings of the Third World Congress, declare themselves in complete agreement with the conclusions of the French commission. In particular, they declare their agreement with the draft resolution drawn up by the IS [International Secretariat]. Presented as a first contribution, it is to serve as the basis for the drawing up of a fuller text which will define the orientation of work and the tasks on the basis of the political line adopted by the world congress, the texts adopted by the Seventh Congress of the PCI not corresponding to it. They will take part in the drawing up of this document, which is to be presented for discussion and vote at the next session of the CC [Central Committee].
The tendency struggle that developed within the PCI was not provoked by the minority; the latter came together only after the rejection of the theses of the Ninth Plenum by the majority of the CC and by the Seventh Congress of the party. The minority hopes that the next CC will adopt the resolution and the tasks applying the political line of the Third World Congress and will put an end to the tendency struggle. The application of this orientation will have the effect of clarifying the political positions within the party, thereby re-creating the fundamental unity of views within the party on the line defined by the Third World Congress, and of removing from it any objective basis for a tendency struggle.