BY JANET ROTH
AUCKLAND, New Zealand-Plans are underway for a speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand by Cuban youth leader Alejandro Herrera in May and June.

Herrera has received invitations to speak at university lectures in Sydney, Australia, as well as Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand. Invitations have also been extended for the Cuban youth leader to speak at public meetings at a number of campuses in those cities. Students and faculty in the New Zealand cities of Hamilton and Palmerston North have also invited Herrera to speak at their schools. Maori rights activists involved in New Zealand land occupations have expressed interest in meeting with him to exchange experiences.

In addition, the New South Wales President of the National Union of Students, Jamie Parker, issued an invitation on behalf of his organization.

Herrera is a member of the provincial bureau of the Union of Young Communists in Havana. He has worked as a computer engineer at the Antillana de Acero steelworks, and prior to that was a member of Cuba's national swimming team, participating in national and international competitions. He has twice been a volunteer helping to harvest Cuba's sugarcane.

The tour is being coordinated by the Cuban Youth Tour committee in Sydney and the Cuba Friendship Society in Auckland. Itineraries are in the process of being drawn up and further invitations are welcome. Organizers will be fund- raising to meet both the international airfares and internal travel costs associated with the tour.

For further information on the tour contact: Cuba Youth Tour, c/- 3/157 Norton St., Ashfield, NSW, Australia 2131. Phone (02) 798-8740, or Cuba Friendship Society, P. O. Box 6716, Auckland, New Zealand 1036. Phone (09) 524-4716.  
 
 
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