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American Friends Service Committee — Part 11
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~T"QUAKER ACTION GROUP
= Nefficials of the U.S. State and Treasury depart-
ments ‘at their request.' Said Flanagan: ‘We were
warned not to proceed with further licensed shipments
to Worth Viet Nam, We said we did not intend to
apply for a license because we did not want to
become a privileged: group. oo
"One official proceeded to outline to use various
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types of sanctions which could be imposed.
"'One was the charge of trading with the enemy.
“That is punishable, he told us, by a penalty of
a $10,000 fine and ten years in prison.' :
"Flanagan said one official pointed out that he
and Scott might cause harm to other persons whom
they might implicate. He referred to members of
a Canadian group of Friends who handle the shipments
and purchase supplies with American money, and to postal
and bank clerks who might unknowingly help them in
making the shipments.
"Said Flanagan: 'I personally feel this was fust
an attempt by Treasury authorities. to make people
with a sensitive conscience F guilty about some-
thing over which they have no control.'
"So
far, he said, the group has sent more
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