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American Friends Service Committee — Part 7
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1946-1054
1954
but in 1956
1963.
1965
1966
MORE ON DESTRUCTION
‘Yhe Vietnamese guerillas defeated the Frenc.
aemy und won independence for Vietnam
President Eisenhower said he "could conceive
of no greater tragedy than for the U.S. to
become involved in an all-out war in Indo~
China" (Vietnam). A Geneva agreement
provided for elections so that Vietnamese,
North and South, could decide their own
future, 4
‘The American supported government of
South Vietnam refused to hold elections. .
Terror replaced progress, !
600 U.S. soldiers aided aS. Vietnam
dictatorship
1,650 G,I.'s3 were there
16,500 G.1.'s -
60,000 G,I,'s (the tenth in this series of
dictatorships) . . vee
$4 million for the WAR IN VIETNAM
$1 1/2 million for the WAR ON POVERT
THAN Wel as est
IN BASIC NEEDS ?
———_
WE HAVE A (1,UICE between
continuing a wae in Asia and sending 300,000 to
a million G,{,'s for the benefit of a tyrannical
» government, or :
peace and a war on poverty
o U
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"What used to be a civil war by the South Vietnamese gc
ernment against the Viet Cong who were supported by:
North Vietnam, at least to some extent, has- now becom
an‘Amertcan war..." Joseph Clark, Senator from Pa.
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