Neruda
IN RESPONSE TO NERUDA
Comrade Pablo:
It is precisely because of your position as a Communist and revolutionary poet that we wrote to you, because of actions that -without a doubt -- the enemy had used to his own advantage. Your reply does not come any nearer to the fundamental problems approached in our letter. Instead, it mentions the distortion of your texts by reports in the Yankee press. We did not even take these reports into account. Rather, we limited ourselves to concrete facts: your relations with Belatnde and the benefit the imperialists derived from your trip.
We wrote to you because we are very realistic in our appreciation of the immense value to true "anti-imperialist continental unity." This unity, more significant than any single individual, expresses itself in our peoples' struggle for liberation and in the cohesion between principles and action, and affects the destiny of all our America.
We are certain that you will weigh the points we expressed to you in our letter. We cordially urge you to accept the invitation we previously sent you to visit Cuba next January. This will make it possible for us to discuss these matters as comrades, and to seek the most effective way to meet the new Yankee offensive in the cultural field.
Fraternally,
The letter is signed by the Cuban intellectuals who had Signed the earlier letter as well as others who requested that their names be added.