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American Friends Service Committee — Part 23
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Mr. Allan Brick, national program director of the FOR, said that in addition
_ to meeting with official governnent representatives at the peace talks “we aro
anxious to learn a great ‘deal more about the recent upsurge of civilian resist~ |
ance to the war in the large cities of South Vietnam. _ We want to reach 8 better
understanding of what the Vietnamese people themselves are strugsling for."
‘The Rev. Richard Femandez, director ‘of CALC, inatoated that “the conference
will come at an extremely propitious moment given ‘the United States second ine .
vasion of a sovereign country (Laos) in less than ‘eleven months. Mr. Melvin |
Laird, * the clergyman contimed, “has told us that the invasion of Laos doesn't
represent a widening of the war--we are interested ‘to Bee what both Asians and
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. ; | The American Friends Service Committee was founded by a group of Quakers in
1917 to offer young, men an alternative to military service. Today, ite 600
staff are engaged in peace education, refugee relief, technical aid to “eevel= -
oping couritries , international conferences and "community development work in |
this country. ‘Tta headquarters are in Philedelphia. _
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