WORLD SCENE

_ PREPARING FOR INDOCHINA BOMBING

HONG KONG — The commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific
Air Forces said U.S. warplanes are ready to resume bombing Indo-
china in an interview published last week by “Pacific Stars and
Stripes”, the U.S. Armed Forces newspaper. Gen John W. Vogt Jr.,
top U.S. Air Force officer-in the Pacific and Far East told the
aang Now that we are not actually dropping bombs in
In ochina, we must maintain our capability to-resume such action
if we have to. Training programs are being drawn up now for
=a that will keep our forces quite busy. Our mission is to
x wht gd to fight if we have to. Unfortunately, the war isn’t really

FRANCO REGIME HOLDS 113 DEMOCRATS
so rae — A group of 113 Spanish democrats has been
eee y charged in a. Franco regime court with attending an
illegal meeting in a church last Sunday. ee

oe 113 charged, including many well-known Catalonian person-
~ m were attending a meeting of the clandestine Assembly of
talonia when they were arrested. The Assembly was formed a
ae ago tO unite opposition parties ranging from monarchists to
ete Its main aim is greater local autonomy for Catalonia.
political parties are banned in Spain.

ae BANGLADESH HITS U.S. “GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY”
sean es The Bangladesh newsmedia have unanimously char-
eS oo Ne US. decision to send six U.S. warships into Indian
att adh en as “gunboat diplomacy.” The Dacca “Morning News”
the Nixon. oe the Nixon Administration’s move is just like
Sehpa? dart Ssinger decision to send warships into the . Bay of
gal during the Bangladesh war for independence.

ate ae ts States has shown complete disregard for the aim of
SO po dian Ocean a zone for peace,” the Dacca paper said,
( . “s this aim was adopted officially by the 1970 Lusaka
Zambia) Conference of the Non-Aligned Countries.

ELECTED ASSEMBLIES FOR SCOTLAND AND WALES
LONDON peepee veaer
is tee — Assemblies for Scotland and Wales directly elected
Royal Sout Car term have been recommended by the Kilbrandon
ission on the Constitution in its report last week.

Yemeni Nag hoses was rejected and thus the assemblies
secant fully independent of the British Parliament. Sug-
“ste ae mig hee a under ne assemblies were local government,
I planning, housing, roads and harbors, i
Social work Services, health and tourism. —

‘

Ss RS RED ARMY LEADER DIES
a ook — Marshal Semyon Budenny died in: Moscow last
= = 90. He was buried in Red Square.
Stren k-onet SP pt gigee military commander of the Red Army forces
ing the 1917 ee intervention and tsarist reaction dur-
aaemares Se gs and the civil war that followed, he became

He was a se i
: rgeant-major in the tsarist arm
i : majol at the tim
~ cage a immediately formed a ent maatt aching
Red of the Bolsheviks. In 1919 he commanded the first
Army Cavalry corps.

Cie ake "oC ; , é

Reconstruction in Hai ;
namese | Haiphong is the order of the day. North Viet-
duction loners estimate that by 1974 the North will attain the sent
Slightly dame, of 1971 and begin a new development plan in 1975.
Gre producin, = ctories are already repaired; the most damaged
teturned to a ile being rebuilt and the evacuated factories have

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PACIFIC TRIBUNS senpay, NOVEMBER! Tohs_-AaGe 6! WPT Az AI

Call for Arab land return

We are reprinting in full, an
editorial which appeared Oct. 24
in the NDP paper, The Comsnon-
wealth. The editorial entitled,
“Return Arab Lands,” is in sharp
contrast to the statements om the
Mideast problem by many
leaders. See our editorial on P@s¢
3.

* * *

As this is written, the military

situation in the Middle EaSt Te-
mains unclear. However, it seems
unlikely that either side will win
a decisive military victory- and
eventually a negotiated settle-
ment of some sort will have to
be worked out. But who will be-
gin to make concessions?
- Much has been heard in pro-
Israel circles of the fact that the
Arabs launched the current
round of fighting, but little Con
sideration has been given tO Why
they did so.

The answer, surely, is that Is-

refused to return Arab land cap-
tured in the last war. Indeed, a
recent map of the Middle East
issued by Israel suggests that
Israel intended to integrate the
Arab territory. into the Israel

state. >” j ter
Under the circumstances, it is

hardly surprising that Arab frys-

tration and bitterness reached
the point that war became in-
evitable. What is surprising is
that it did’ not happen long be-
fore now.

A’ second important factor is
the long-standing and legitimate
grievances of the Arab people of
Palestine. The Israeli unwilling-
ness to make amends for the in-
justices done to the Palestinians
uprooted . from their homelard
has been a major cause of the
tension and turmoil in the Middle
East. Over the long haul, it may
prove to be an even more seri-
ous barrier to a peace settlement
than the occupation of Arab

lands.

The Middle East i
could be solved if mo
state of Israel were reconstituted
on a secular, non-racialist and
non-exclusionist basis, with Jew:
and non-Jews accorded e st
rights and status. But clear] : is
rael and her supporters as 4
the world would never aonee
to the end of their dream of
Zionist state. 3

A more modest and
more realistic proposal, thea
that Israel should abide p the
November, 1967 Security Coutl
ci] Resolution (Number 242) es
return the Arab territory, At a
same time, the claims of an
Palestinian Arabs must be q tt
with fairly and expeditioys} he
25 years is long enough —

1f Israel; backed by the United

States, continues to maintain its

intransigent position,

can be expected to Sicakci ee
oi] supplies as a strong bar yey
ing card. It seems reaso Baln=
Ghat they should-do'so

rael has for more than six years

(Summary of Leonid Brezh-
nev’s speech at the World Con-
gress of Peace Forces)

* * *

The task is to turn the de-
tenté achieved in the decisive
areas of international relations
into a stable, durable, and ir-
reversible factor, Said Leonid
Brezhnev, addressing the parti-
cipants of the world Congress
of Peace Forces.

In his address devoted to an
analysis of the present interna-
tional situation, the general sec-
retary of the CPSU Central
Committee strese:

—All states and peoples of
the Middle East should be en-
sured a just and lasting peace,
security and the inviolability of
frontiers. The SOviet Union is
prepared to contribute to appro-
priate guarantees-

—It is necessaTy tO agree on
the reduction in central Europe
of both foreign and national
‘ground and air forces of states.

—As for the reduction of arm-
ed forces and armaments, the
Soviet Union would be ready for
real step in that gespect in 1975.

—The people Of Asia need a
lasting peace apd constructive
cooperation no less than the
peoples of Europ€-

Analyzing thé

By BERT WHYTE

moscow — Fhé World Con-
gress of Peace Forces ended its
sessions here or? Oct. 31. The
seven-day forum, in which dele-
gates from 144 countries parti-
cipated, was a milestone in the
history of futur® relations be-
tween the peace forces of the
world and markéd the begining
of a new stage in the struggle
for a just and durable peace. —

A dramatic apPeal adopted by
the Congress calls on all men
and women to unite their ef-
forts for world peace: “Our
viewpoints on life differ in many
ways. But all of US are agreed
on the main point — the need
to eliminate wat from society,

to assure peopse the right to
choose their way independently,

sources and.

‘ Turn detente into

causes of the present turn in the
world situation, Mr. Brezhnev
emphasized the great role play-

_ed in this process by the forces
of socialism, by the socjalist

community of states and by the

states that have cast off the —

colonial yoke and achieved na-
tional independence.

He paid due credit to those
statement of the Western coun-
tries who seek to overcome the
cold war inertia and to take to
a new road—the road of peace-
ful dialogue with states belong-
ing to a different social system.

In his speech Leonid Brezh-
nev devoted a great deal of at-
tention to the situation in the
Middle East.

It is difficult to understand, he
said, what the Israeli rulers are
counting on by following an ad-
venturist course, flouting the
resolutions of the UN Security
Council, and defying world pub-
lic opinion.

Apparently, outside patronage
has something to do with it.
Calculations to ensure peace and
the security of the state through
forcible seizure and holding of
foreign lands are wild cajcula-
tions doomed to an inevjtable
failure. Such a course will yield
neither peace nor security for
Israel.

Unite for world peace—Congresy

and to place the great achieve-
ments of science and technolo-
gy at the service of socia] pro-
gress.”

The Appeal demands the ac-
ceptance and implementatjon of
the principles of peaceful coex-
istence; general and complete
disarmament; outlawing of nu-
clear weapons; ending of all
forms of aggression; utiljzation
of the resources, now used for
war purposes, for the eradica-
tion of poverty, ignorance and
disease; protection of },uman
rights; the right of all peoples
to own and control their national
resources; the implementation
of UN decision.

“We are determined to save
this and succeeding generations
from the scourge of war and we
reaffirm our faith in }yman
rights and process at all levels,”
the Appeal concludes. “It is on

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