Dear readers:

You have read in the October issue of Northstar Compass a report on the proceedings at the Second World Congress that was held on September 23-24-25, 2005 in Toronto, Canada. Even though the Canadian authorities refused to grant a visa to 16 registered delegates to the Congress, the other 54 delegates at the Congress made it a great success.

There was much discussion and debate during the three days of Congress and, there was also constructive criticism that will help everyone in building up a united front of friends of the Soviet people all over the world.

One of the main decisions at the Second Word Congress was the unanimous decision to undertake to set up in each country – where there is now no such society existing – a Friendship Society with Soviet People. As we all know, there were Friendship Societies with Soviet People in most countries of the world before the temporary demise of the USSR.

During these dangerous times, we must show the Soviet people that they do have friends all over the world who are willing to help them in their struggles to resurrect the Soviet Union and Socialism.

Another very important decision that was adopted by the Congress and concurred in by the Soviet delegation was that the present friendship society in Russia will be renamed the Soviet Society for Friendship with Foreign Countries", instead of just "Russian Society".

A welcomed promise by the Soviet delegation present at the Congress was the one that received an ovation. The Soviet Friendship Society will undertake very soon to publish and distribute Northstar Compass in a Russian edition.

Now that NSC is being published in English, French and Russian editions, there were proposals that we take steps to publish a Spanish edition.

A message of greetings was read from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Faculty, in which they informed us that they are willing to host the Third World Congress at Moscow's Lomonosov University in 2007. The Congress sent a message and adopted a resolution of great thanks to Professor David A. Dzhokhadze at the Russian Academy of Sciences, accepting their invitation with sincere thanks.

We are asking all friends of the Soviet people to carry out these tasks, not only for the Soviet people, but for all of us as well. The world needs the Soviet Union to be reborn, in order to stand up to US imperialism, which is marching on the road close to fascism, with their plans for the New World Order.

Comradely yours:

Michael Lucas, Chairman, Canada
Momar Sambe, Vice Chair, Senegal
Michael Opperskalski, Vice Chair, Germany
Helen Lucas, Financial Secretary, Canada
George Gruenthal, USA
Dr. Adelard Paquin, Canada
Manik Mukherjee, India
Hussein Ocak, Turkey
Jef Bossuyt, Belgium
Marco A. dos Santos, Brazil
Irina Malenko, N. Ireland
Felipe Tagabalita, Philippines
Ray Berbling, Australia
Zdenek Novotny, Czech Republic
Hadi Ashraf, Iran