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_ Should you wish further information or assistar yo. ee suggest you contacts US ee noo GUI Lui aren ft Salaheal Wu WU ue Rube Cee le For more than a yosr individual meuhers, Maetings and agencios of the Religious Society of Fr. have sought to open channols for cxtending hungnitarian relief to ali who suffer tho afflict. war in Vietnam, Friends have bean particularily concerned to seo that this mucl needed relief conveyed not uaroly to the viuting of Vict Cong violence but alsa to the cver-neunting toll o& casualties which our side has inflicted upon the civilian population of North aad South Vietx It is our belief that all hunan 1if9 1s prcelous and all human destruction areng., We are th: fore concerned to bind up the wounds and restora the health of all victias of this war - dra. tive of thoir political beliefs or national loyalties, Surely no man deservos to blecd to dci for want of medical care, : _ In our efforts to oven channols for the «tension ef humcnitarian relief to all victings of th. Frionds have encountered a regrettable lack of frankness and cooperation on the part of fe 4 officizis, This attitude apriars ta ba rooted in two laws (Export Control Act of 1949 anu " Trading with Tha Raeay Act” of 1917) which prohibit the chiprent of any osdicinal or other re}: material "for the bonofit™ of “ais individual or religious, charitable or educational organic: lecated in,,.Cen.mist China, North Morea or the Comiunist-controiled area of Vietnat".. unies spacifieally suthoricad by the Prasidgnt. Friends have hopad tuat it might be posible to ye} tho currout Adslnistrution to vodify these requlations in recognition of the humanitarian nati and inteat of evr reliof, Toxever it now appears that despite our various appeals, letters Presidsit, visits to Wasilngton, ote, our government is more ilkely to stiffen than relax its, stricti ons ca relief to Vietnam, Indeed, since October the U.S, Treasury Sc ;axtaent bas refu, to authoriza the transnisston of any arount of relief waterlal to either the} Rod Crose Societ; Harel or ths oy thenal Liberat doa Frout Fed Cross ,—_ - mas .. ~e : Today the noverapara carry reports of inc v.asing U8, military pressure upon the North Vietna sad tha Viet Cong. Guictly, but dolitzrataly, more and ore of the Vietnameso countryside is ting svpreved for bombing, Cur country has, it appeara, embarked upon a war of attrition. ia wo ‘the restriction of humanitarian rolief would appear to ba a clear and integral part. B Can this bo the cause of Aucrica? Nave wa gronn sa assperate in our concern to erush the enc and end the war that wa have forgotten the mauling cf humanity? We cannot acqgept,, thia brutal tion of the nationril interest. So long ag tho visio-ce continues and our leaders feel of ~ et go on itling pooplo in rcarch of au “honorable settlement” in Vietaam, so long and longe.-st: nust Fricnds and man of cood will everywaore continua to reach out to all victins of this tra; war..ethat morcy ovor exnbty gight provail, ; ot wo at . eR . If you are. in ayapathy with this concccn, we woos". iest grateful for, your help. in trying t¢ OPEN THE GATES OF MERCY, Pleasa write Presid: °-.- vay B, Johnson, - The White Housa, Washingt - ‘D.C. 20500 and/or Senxtor J,W,. Fulbright, Ch:i .°:; “<aate Foreign Relations Coonittea, Unite States Senate, Washington D.c, 20510, Your: ... -ish to bring this nattor .to the attentio: of your copsressman, local newspaper, church . +. 2;.5u0, Should you wisk to contribute tow the reliefiof suffering in 211 parts of Viet»: © . - ~ay apply for a license (Forn TFAC- ~l) by, _ writing ir, Stanley Sonarfictd, Bureau of Fo::. . .--..ts Coatrol, Treasury Departecok, Washing’ D.C., OR you my contribute directly by wirir.. 2 "ing cash to; Tho Cauadiaa Friehds Sorvic. Comuittee, Medical Aid Frograu, GO Lowther Av: . - * ‘onto 5, Ontario, Canads. Persons. makin cuch direct contributions should ba aware thet -°¢2 so in violation of U.S. federal law, . -/i * .