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March 4, 1956

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Dissident Red Bloc in Italy Protests 'Soft' Party Line; Boast Held Exaggerated ROME SEES MARCH BY DISSIDENT REDS

By Arnaldo Cortesi Special To the New York Times

600 Communists demonstrate, Rome, against party leadership's 'soft' line; demand return to 'hard' Marxist-Leninist drive to gain pol control by direct action; '54 attempt by 'hards' to take over party control recalled; Deputy Togliatti due to restore discipline on return from Moscow; is now backed by new Moscow line that urges taking pol control by parliamentary means

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Historical Context for March 4, 1956

In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[โ€ ]