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BS 100-35505 , TL - 4 At beta bla. eres visririre: 07 1364 MOhecy "A Vietnam Teach-In sponsored by the MIT Committee $ to End the War in Vietnam was held the evening.of February 9, 1967, in the auditorium of the Center for Earth Seiences Building. An overflow crowd of a attended and heard, among others, Professor NO the Department of Linguistics, MIT, and Prof ZINN of Boston University speak on the fundamental issues of the Vietnam war. According to this article Professor ZINN, author of a book on the war, spoke on the "logic of withdrawal." "One measure of the bitterness of the war and our conduct is its meeting of the worst communist epithets. Since the start of the cold war we have come more and more to live up to communist expectations of us." The article centinued "Professor ZINN's adjective for the war was 'crass'. The Mexican and Spanish-American wars may have been somewhat crass, he said, but they were ‘not like this.' There has been no such vigorous analysis of a situation since MC KINLEY" said Professor ZINN. "MC KINLEY waited for the word of God to enter the Philippines, now we are waiting for the word of God to get out. This can be very worrisome what with the present talk about God being dead. "CW) By report dated April 12, 1967, the Naval Investigative Service Office (NISO), First Naval District, Boston, Massachusetts, advised that an anti-war rally was held on the steps of the Student Center, MIT, Cambridge, from approximately 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. on that date, and that among the featured speakers at this rally was -Professor HOWARD ZINN of BU. The rally was attended by a maximum of 200 individuals, mostly of college age, and many of whom heckled the speakers interfering with their talks. Some of the audience carried placards reading: "End the War", "Stop Bombing North Vietnam", eset. the graye "Bring T H Now." ey € ere - roops Home Now." i (8 . Des ct gas Oth Professor ZINN spoke in opposition to the war in Vietnam. - On April 17, 1967, BS T-2 advised that a relly was held at the United Nations Plaza, New York, New York, on April 15, 1967, sponsored by the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. According to BS T-2, feature