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FASY forAmeric +18 to believe that the mess in is as bad as it is. is of military couns and demonstrations by the 2 people against the U. 8,-backed governmont; of al (3-ycar-old boys and the spraying of poisons ir to destroy crops and livestock; of the napalm native villages and the herding of .civilians into villages, which are essentially concentration e news is of military defeat and senscless deaths. MERICANS are used to thinking that the United slands for freedom, democracy and peace — and SInited States gets involved in a forcign war it is of the people. It has takenAmericans along time hat this is not the case in Victnam. Now that we sts, we have no honorable choice but to insist on te withdrawai of American troops and an end to aid to the Saigon government, yne Morse (Oregon) has made the issues clear: no Chinese soldiers fighting in Victnam; there ian soldiers. The only foreign troops are Amer- > unilateral war being conducted by the United ictnam must be stopped; and the only force that is American public opinion.’” . * WRITE OR WIRE PRESIDENT JOHNSON WITH YOUR VIEW. tEE FOR NONVIOLENT ACTION ‘ing Garden St., Phila, 4, Pa. AKERS milton St., Phila. 4, Pa. ahabehplabebeatetedaietababetalatatalniakelet \ me more information about the war in Vietnam izations sponsoring this leaflet. tk to end the war in Vietnam; eep me informed about future action projects. J : achard Starnes wrote in the New York World Telegra January 4, 1965; ‘There is not one ahred of credible dence that the bulkof munitions uged by the Victcongorint in the north. At the oulxct, tho Victcong uscd crude he made weapona, dnt the bulk of thotr arma now ace enya or otherwise acquired Srom the woefully Incpl South Vietnam.’? On The Menace Of Com iam Norodhom Sihanouk, head of the government in neishho Cambodia, has stated: ‘'The more the Americans firht ¢ ‘| munism in the way they are fighting il in South Vietnam, more they'il spread Cammunismn over the nm. Wt be y not too Jate to stop the war and save South Vietnam fre complete Commounization.”” (William Worthy, York, 1° Gazctie and Daily, Dec, 31, 1964) it may well be that some form of Communism witli come: Southeast Asia, whether the United Stites continues to inte BI vene or not, Butin any case, the Uniled Slite~ does net te ‘4 the right (0 tcll the people of Soutbeart A. what form government they must have, any more than the in Chinese do. Continuation of the war increases the domestic totalitarianism or additional forcign inlerventin On Chincec Domination OF Vietnam Both North and South Vietnam have alwave IJnsisted on fre dom from China, C. L, Sulzberger writes in the New ¥o Times of December 5, 1964: ‘Ho [Ho Chi Minh, leader ¢ North Vietnam] worries about Washington's ultimate trum — the threat of wholesale escalation, Destructive air raid could upset Ho's wobbly economy and invite intervention b Peking's infantry. The last thing Ho wants ts Chinese occupation, (Emphasis added.) Every day that the United States continues to intervene increase’ the danger of intervention by the Chinese, since China and Vietnan are neighbors. The war in Vietnam could escalate into genera war with China and World War II. 1W E MUST INSIST on immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troop: from Vietnam, even though the situation may remain a tragic one, Many problems will remain, but withdrawal of U.S. troops will provide the only chance that the people of South Vietnam can become masters of their own destiny. Then the way will be oper for genuine negotiations about the problems of Southeast Asia, as distinct from manipulation by outside powers, and for friendly ai¢ to the stricken peoples of the region, if they ask forit, This ie the only peace with honor thatis possible in Vietnam.