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Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 216 + [30 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates]. Small 4to., measuring 7.5" x 10.5". Bound in illustrated navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the front board. Generously illustrated with dozens of (chiefly black-and-white, some colour) photographic plates capturing conference proceedings and participants. Provides a comprehensive record of the conference proceedings organized by the Mexican affiliate of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL), namely the Federación Mexicana Anticomunista (FEMACO), comprising a detailed list of delegates from participating nations - including Australia, Canada, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, South Vietnam, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Lesotho, Liberia, France, the United Kingdom, West Germany, Italy, Sweden, the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua - along with representatives holding observer and candidate status. Prefaced with messages of support from key anti-Communist leaders, such as Chiang Kai-shek, Ferdinand E. Marcos, Park Chung-hee, Leabua Jonathan, and Nguy n V n Thi u. Outlines the detailed programme of events for the week-long milieu, as well as printed texts of proposals, studies, deliberations, and resolutions, many of which include sharp criticisms of the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, their allied states and security apparatuses. A rare extant copy offering valuable insight into the operations and rhetoric of this unusual, virulently anti-Communist and far-right, Cold War organization, later to be implicated in myriad allegations of wrongdoing. Light rubbing to the cloth extremities, contents uniformly without blemish; near fine and housed in very good, illustrated, dustjacket, showing small loss to the lower-right margin of the front panel and one short closed tear (dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+. Highly rare. Equally rare amongst institutional holdings. Corresponds to OCLC #123216394 which records only two holdings at time of cataloguing. Rare indeed. Founded in 1966 in Taipei, Taiwan, as a global coalition of right-wing groups opposing communism, the WACL evolved from the Asian People's Anti-Communist League (APACL). Supported and led by staunch anti-Communist figures such as Chiang Kai-shek (Taiwan), Park Chung-hee (South Korea), John K. Singlaub (USA), and Charles A. Willoughby (USA), the WACL backed authoritarian regimes, paramilitary groups, and anti-Communist insurgencies, including the Nicaraguan Contras. It would subsequently face criticism for its ties to extremists, former Nazis, and death squads, particularly in Latin America. At the close of Cold War in 1990, the organization would rebrand as the the World League for Freedom and Democracy (WFLD).