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AMERICAN TRIENDS SERVIC E COMMITTEE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE BIGNE 407m STREET. SEATTLE. WASHINGTON SBIOS ¢ ME 2.0502 4 esanc Mey 14, 1970 nts at Kent Stete, Tne beck¢rop to esent crisis is the Nixon Administration's policy cf intensifying the war rc South Vietne: zni Laos while undertaking token troop withdrawals. T b. el i With your support anc efforts we met halt the administration's policy cf "seek= ing peace by waging war" in IndoeChina, The roa¢ to peace is not through the soe celled Vie zation of the war and U.S, mfiftary intervention in Cambodia and Laos, Likewise domestic tranquillity cannot be achieved by placing troops or po= lice tactical forces om the campuses: and streets of this country, Tne road to peace in IndoeChina is through negotiation and immediate withdrawal of all U.S, troops, The so-called Vietnemfzation of the war (Asians fighting Asians) is 2 formula for perpetual conflict, What we mst seek is the Vietnamese zation of the peace -=- a political settlement which would inciude the formtion of a provisional coalition government in which all major political groupings in South Vietnam would be represented, For sixteen years the American Friends Service Committee has struggled to funda- mentally change U.S. policy in Vietnam, The enclosure Give Peace a Chance tells thet story. Also, I am enclosing a fact sheeet which briefly lists some of the program activities on Vietnam and related issues undertaken by the Committee in the Pacific Northwest. . However, program activities listed under Section IV of the Fact Sheet can only be undertaken if additional funde are raised, Therefore, we need your financial help, not only to continue our present peace efforts but also to increase our program activities, Please give generously to meke this possible, We mst do all we can now to bring the killing in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to an end, aoe . Peace and Freedom! Keo/Kirkpatrick Peace Education n_ Secretary nbs SNL Commirte q If by chance you receive wor ER EAE ey ay we Aeteess, please forgive us. In reaching ovt to find more people who share our concern for peace some duplication ts inevitable, short of a prohibitively expensive screening process, We ask your understanding on this waters fm OS