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7 - . and we - i, \ _ oa ° _ tows -> ) ‘ t 1 . . . , . _ foe a re fay . ’ . iat - - oT re wt Lae of . mol a ‘ ba - “ £ _ ca ie . . a . - ey ot . . - i - ~ *. eo '. a” am ” - . ~ oe _— . ‘ - aon * ; 47 . rom - . . ; + - - : I - *. ? - t . . wy ‘ we L . . . ‘4 mye we ~~ + te - . . in mt ; 2 ° Sie moo a ete Cee _ weet ae tee oF ee - a. ‘July 1966° - A Quaker Action Group was formed by individuals of the Society of Friends, and adopted as its first project the sending of funds to CFSC, and the intention of getting a group into North Vietnam as a possiole de- terrent to the bombing of danoi. ~ they envisioned that the deterrent group could be engazed in a relief or work camp effort if it could be worked out with Morth Vietnam officials. A Quaker Action Group had no intention of becoming a permanent relief agency. Money was sent to the CFSC without seeking a government license because A Quaker Action Group was, ard is, under conviction that mo governrent has the right to res urict, delay or deny humanitarian aid to civilians who suffer from the ravaz zes of war. (AQAG is not a-relief progran, but a protest and confronting-the- government group.) Sept, 1966 - For more than a year the Arerican Frien € 3 Service Committee nas been trying to get permission from th 2 i Nerth Vietnam to establish a civilian relief program in Hanoi, sO In late Seotenter ATEC arplisd to she U.S, Treasury Deoarimnent for a license to send 39,0CO to the International Red Cross and % 96,0C0 to CroC for relief in al three zores, In early Sctober they were granted a ricense to send "2,000 to CFSC and 34,900 to IRC, WC of their request, Several grours other than Friends, including a religious group at Yale, were licenses for small ts ‘ and Monthly Meetincs of = tom td oe, Me aa a OU S52nvatvive Ve olng vO tn Seetn Fiat in Soutn Vistinan, jon ar ta-‘ 24 denied, “TT, (More) ee an ce we ee ~ - | 7 i} ! i . . 4 . F . | + . i . - ae ~ - ~, a ~ —~ a