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. . + ( A ‘. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE : FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION San Francisco, California jee? /, Please R igs feb ee January 16, 1967 te oe ° ’ SHIPMENT OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM JAPAN. TO NORTH VIETNAM SPONSORED BY AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, FEBRUARY, 1967 _ pe _ tn ‘ ar Ate Pa Vas 7 . Loy PHILLI RATH in news release to "Independent Journal,"),.. , H San Rafael; ornia, daily newspaper, on January 14, 1967, : . stated he would depart January 16, 196 fom San Francisco at~Y 1:00 p.m. for Tokyo by air with HORAC IEY, a Society , Gr. member from Iowa. In Tokyo they wi Soin six other Sogiety of Friends members to prepare vessel which belongs to EARLDREXNOLDS a visiting Professor of Anthropology at Hiroshima woméH's”~ a ‘College. They will sail with medical supplies for the Red Cross in North Vietnam_in a 55-foot schooner to Hong Kong and to Haiphong, North Vietnam. They hope to obtain $25,000.00 worth of medical supplies which will be purchased in Japan for delivery to North Vietnam. Arrival in North Vietnam is planned for early March. - MEMBER OF SUBJECT ORGANIZANW:. The group hopes to set up a Quaker Relief Mission” in North Vietnam upon arrival there. After leaving North Vietnam, DRATH plans to continue around the world to speak in principal cities against the war. DRATH was quoted as. saying, "We want to make as much fuss as possible. We want to show how much we are opposed to this terrible war, and that the people of the North need as much help as the people of the South... We have been trying for some time to send medical supplies to the Red Cross in @North Vietnam, but the State Department has interfered, . 80 Qwe decided to go on our own.” na . nN . . 4 Bthis. document contain& neither recommendations nor conclusions of 4 isthe FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your - — eqzgencys it and its contents are not to be distributed outside "your agency. Wb ff BFA 2, . Sous 773