◆ SpookStack

I _ e_! large plantations held by the landlords who were sympathetic to the French. with the coming of U. S. troops, the landlords trotted back to reclaim their vast estates with the backing of U. S. militaryi forces. In short, the land reforms cf the Viet Minh, which had brought a brief measure of happiness to 85% of the population, were eradicated, with the wholehearted support of the U. S. government. C., The U. S. shamelessly violated_the Geneva Agreement of 195k which dealt with the ultimate question of Viet Nam, an agreement which.we had pledged to uphold, in the following wayszlv 2 - 1. The provisional governments of the two sections created by the partition, the north under Ho Chi Minh, and the under Bao Dai, had to give way, after two years, to an all-new Vietnamese government, freely chosen in a nationwide election, supervised by the International Control Commission. The U. 8., fearing that free elections might result in the selection of a pro-Vietnamese rather than a pro-U.S. government, sabotaged this provision by recognizing the pro-western, puppet government of Bao Dai as the government of the whole of Viet Nam. This move of forcing upon the people a situation not of their own choosing, precipitated the civil war in that area, a war which we so sanctimoniously claim was instigated by aggression on the part of the Viet Cong. south 2. The U. S. has committed more than 18,000 American nationals to Vietnamese soil in defense of the puppet regime s! of South Viet Nam. According to the Geneva agreement, all foreign troops were to be withdrawn within two years after the agreement was signed. And some 8 years after this provision was to have gone into effect, the U. S. talks of sending in more troops and expanding the war into North Viet Nam and Laos. 3. The U. S. forces have sanctioned the use of torture of war prisoners in an effort to gain information about their elusive adversary. - H. American-led South Vietnamese commando units have repeatedly invaded the territory of North Viet Nam and Cambgdia in raids which have resulted in the murdering of innocent civilians. 5. U. S. ships have continually participated in commando raids on North Viet Nam's seaports. 6. U. S. troops have committed all manner of atrocities such as the burning of villages with napalm bombs, destruction of crops and foodstores through the use of herbicides dropped from the air, and the murder of women and children in so called "mop up P .1 0 i 1 1 14» I I i ml 4 w {T