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* - L *. . 16 December 1971 SX'tUATION INFORMATION REPORT . The culmination of t h e fall "antiwar offensive" w a s November 6. The niovenrent s p i r i t s are no longer high, as the nationwide fall protest was'a failure. w a r sentiment to mobilize mass outpourings of citizens. The new left it appears can no longer count on the anti- A s for the future, the movement is divided, Rennie Davis s a y s "there is no motion in this country for Vietnam" and has callcd for a y e a r - long campaign to "Evict Nixon. Peoplc's Coalition for Peace and Justice sceni to endorse the "Evict Nixon" Plan. the Natioiial P e a c e Action Coalition still intended to conchntrgte on thcir displeasurc with the war and having forsa,ken both Republicans and Dcino- c r a t s long ago will-probably support the S W P candidates next November. Thc New Left is in a period of regrouping-and re-evaluating ils tactics. The Communist P a r t y influenced Thc Trotskyite groups, the Socialist Workers P a r t y , and 1 1.;. P',l./??p!- CALENDAR OF TENTATIVELY SCHEDUL-ED A Asteriskcd items are either reported for Lhe f i r s t \inre, o r con- tain additions o r changes to previously reported activities. 16 De cembc r , Wash in gtdii, D. C . ,A1 Hubbard, a leader of the Vietnam Veterans Against tlic War, has announced that his organization plans b demqnstrate a t Lafayctte P a r k on tlic above date to coincide with the annual lighting of tlic National C h r i s t m a s trdc by P r e s i d e n t Nixon. . tlw tlcnionstration is to take ths form of a 1ncm~riaL s e r v i c e and Ixlwccn 300-400 participants arc cxpected. assciirbly jn Lrrhyctte Park during tlic nioriving and c a r l y aftcrnooii with gucst spcakcrs addr3ssing tiic group bctwccn 4:30 and 6 p . m . the speeches a:vigil will be.conducted until midnight. Hubbard has a l s o . stated that the VVAW m a y attempt to defoliate o r defase the National . According to thc VVAW oflicials, 1 Thc proposcd schaclulc calls for * Fc~llowing . - - I. 4 .;. -_, 3 .. . C h r i s t m a s tree on 24 December. ' ? L f . l t ( --.. -t .. /-e4 / A ? yj?/Cx. -?. . - -;;TJ. :.2 <:e.. y .- I - . -. . -_