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Cietzens Conference on En & t' War in Indochina 2) , 814 N. B. 40th Street “ . , Seottic, Washington 981 i Contact: Arthur M, Dye, Jr. ME 2-0502 February 25, 1971 FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1971 One hundred and seventy Americans from 41 states will leave from New York's Kennedy Airport on March 3 for a: week-long conference with principals in the Paris talks and others. Their objective is finding out what the requisites for peace in Southeast Asia really are. The Citizens Conference on Ending the War in Indochina, as the project is called, is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (arse), Clergy & Laymen Concerned (CALC), and the Fellowship of Reconciliation (POR). Participating in this conference from the Pacific Northwest will be Marie Chakirian, Cashmere, Washington, active in the Episcopal Chureh and varfous woren's eroups; Rudy Gilbert, Unitarian minister, Spokane; and Kenneth A. Kirkpatrick, Director, Peace Education, Pacifie Northwest Region, American Priends Service Com wdttee. : “The conference will afford a large number of American citizens access to and thoughtful discussion with many persons long familiar with the Indochina struggle,” explained Stewart Meacham, peace education secretary of the AFSC. "We hope that upon their return to the United States, the participants will be new and creative interpreters, in their respective communities, of what they understand the requio sites of peace to really be.” Participants expect to meet with representatives of the Provisional Revolution= aty Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG, formerly the Nattonal Libera- tion Front), tho Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Republic of -Vfletan (Saigon) and the U.S, Relegation. 5 - more