IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

A mere coincidence?

Red Weekly No. 73, 24 October 1974 · p. 2 of the scan · 258 words

The scan: rw-no73-oct-24-1974.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 2 of the scan

A few days after the press reports assnciat Ing the IMG with the Guildford bombings, comrade Tariq All recaived a phone call from a Pakistani militant who wes pessing through London. The Latter wanted to we Tariq and a time was fixed for him to do so. When he got off the bus near Tarin's flat he was approached by B man in a car, who asked him: "Are you looking for amathing? You look lost.* The Pakistani somrade said he knew where he was going.

The 'man in the car responded: It wouldn't be ... Road, would it?', mentionFled Weekly 24 Detober 1974 Page 2 ing the read on which Taria lives. When the surprised visitor replied yes, the man in the car mentioned Tariq's flat number and offered to drive him there (only a faw hundred yards away). The comrade refused. The same day, later in the after. noon, while going for a short walk, Tarid Ali was looked over by two different police cars which managed to pass him at least three times in the course of half a mile.

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