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atin America intellectuals

call on U.S. people to act

A group of intellectuals from
11 Latin American countries
has called on the people of the
U.S. to act against U.S. aggres-
sion in Vietnam.

In an open letter published
in Montevideo, they urge the
people of the U.S. to demand
the withdrawal of U.S. troops
from Southeast Asia.

They say that ‘a truly respon-.
sible act of the American peo-
ple would consist in demanding
of its government a withdrawal
from Vietnam.”

The most elementary common
sense points out that there is
enly one compromise between
the American people and the
rest of the world’s people: get
eut of Vietnam.

The letter, published in the
weekly Uruguayan papér, Mar-

cha, is signed by intellectuals
of Argentina, Brazil Colombia,
Chile, Ecuader, Guatemala, Hai-
ti, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico
and Uruguay.

The authors express their con-
cern “over the fate of the peo-
ple of Vietnam, faced by unjust
attacks and invasions by ag-
gression which in a truly geno-
cidal way is suffered by the
sons of north and south.”

The letier calls upon the peo-
ple of the U.S. to “consider and
manifest its will, as significant
groups representative of North
American culture have done:

@ Against the permanency of
North American troops on Viet-
namese territory;

e@ Against the bombings of
the Vietnamese population; .

e For negotiation with the
National Liberation Front. of
Vietnam, based upon the two
preceding points, the ending of
the war, and the free self-deter-
mination of the people of Viet-
nam.”.

Likewise, the letter urges the
people unite to “stop the ag-
gression of the U.S. government
against North and South Viet-
nam, recognizing that he can-
not be an aggressor who is in
his own home and defends it,
but only he who invades an-
other’s home to impose his
will.” :

The letter concludes “May the
North-American people, act like
a brother to the rest of the
peoples of the world in defense
of peace and the survival of
mankind.”

‘Campaign of truth on Vietnam

After a two-day meeting at
the beginning of October the
Movement for Peace of France
has decided on a huge “cam-
paign of truth” on the question
of Vietnam.

They regard the war in Viet-
ham as a universal emergency
and strongly condemned the
United States intervention which
is preventing the people of Viet-
nam from exercising their right
of self-determination.

They calied upon the United
States to cease its bombing of
the north, to officially recognize -
the National Liberation Front,

and to conform to the Geneva
Accord.

The meeting decided upon a
pamphlet for mass distribution,
to be entitled, “The Truth of
Vietnam.”

In addition to the copies to
be distributed within France,
they agreed to print the pam-
phiet in an English edition to
be used as follows: each dis-
trict of the Movement for Peace
will choose a city in the United
States, and individuals will mail
the pamphlet along with person-
al letters to U.S. citizens.

They also agreed to a large

demonstration in Paris on Dec.
10, the anniversary of the pro-

‘clamation of the Declaration on

Human Rights by the United ©
Nations, which it is intended will
involve people from all over the
country. They also agreed to
have a permanent collection of
funds for the Red Cross of Viet-
nam with the aim of collecting
millions of francs. ae

The slogans agreed to at the
meeting were, “Not a week with-
out action for peace in Vietnam”
and “Not a day without demon-
strating material solidarity with
the Vietnamese people.”

around the world

COMMUNIST CANDIDATES will contest all 32 London b0o-
roughs at the Greater London Council elections next April.
spokesman for the Communist Party told a press conference: “W&
shall be the only political organization in the elections to challenge
the freeze and the cutback in social services. We shall be demand:
ing a London ruled for the millions rather than for the million
aires.” .. . The German Democratic Repubiic is to issue a special
postage stamp dedicated to solidarity with Vietnam showing 4
Vietnamese girl with a machine gun planting a flower.

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QUESTIONS are being asked of the De Gaulle government as
to why it is that after he has stated his opposition to any furthet
U.S. escalation of the war in Vietnam, a plant in France is supply
ing missiles (AS-12) to the U.S. army in Vietnam... A death © |
threat to James Jackson, publisher of the U.S. Worker was sent .
last week to the paper’s office. It consisted of a photo showins —
Jackson in the bombed basement of the Worker building, with Jack:
son’s,head cut out of the picture and repasted to show it lying 0%
the floor. On the reverse side of the photo was written the word, —
“SOON.” a

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THE UNITED STATES may sell car equipment and.serviceS
to the Italian Fiat company for the plant Fiat is building in the ~
Soviet Union . . . Soviet rockets may be used to put an unmanned —
French satellite around the moon in 1970, as a result of a scientific
cooperation pact signed between the two countries last week. The —
pact will also make possible exchange of color TV programs. 0

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COMPLICITY of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in the —
secret sale of seven B-26 bombers to Por‘ gal was officially ad-—
mitted in a federal court in Buffalo, N.Y. last week at the trial OF
John R. Hawke, a British pilot now living in Flrida, and Count
Henri Marie Francois de Marin: de Montmarin, a French airplane —
broker . . . Citizens of the British town of Crawley are protestin§
against a secret germ warfare centre reportedly being planned t®
be built on the town’s outskirts. :

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AN AGREEMENT has been signed in Berlin under which 220
students and post-graduate students from the Democratic Repub:
lic of Vietnam will study at higher educational institutions in th®
German Democratic Republic .. . More than 1,000 signatures )\av@
been collected in New York City on a petition to free the For! A

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Hood Three, Dennis Mora, James Johnson and David Samas, wh?
are imprisoned for refusing to go to Vietnam.

ITH aH the talk about
“freedom” and

recall that one of the world’s.
cruellest regimes lies just off
the shores of North America.

Haiti, with a population of
about four million and an area
of 10,700 square miles, is an
immediate neighbor of the
Dominican Republic. In spite
of the heaviest repressions,
democratic forces always
arise to challenge and change.

by the Communists, is an. in-
dictment of the regime in
power and a calt for world
support for a “Week of Soli-
darity with the Haitian Peo-
ple” (October 17-24).

" “Against one of the blood-
iest .dictators in the world,
Francois Duvalier, who has
declared himself ‘President
for Life’.

“Against U.S. imperialism
which mercilessly _ pillages
Haiti’s natural resources and

“de-
mocracy,” it is well to-

A leaflet from Haiti, issued |

supports the criminal govern- -

mom of Duvalier.

“Against feudal domination,

degrading misery, unemploy-
ment and hunger.

“Haitian workers, peasants,
intellectuals and progressive
students and their Marxist-
Leninist party, Le Parti d’En-
tante Populaire, which cele-

Haitians plead for world

tect Duvalier’s regime or to
replace him with another
lackey picked by Washington.

“The Parti d’Entente Pepu-
laire of Haiti has launched an
appeal to all democratic or-
ganizations of the world and
te international public opinion
to request aid for the struggle

’ of the Haitian people

brates its seventh anniversary ©

on Oct. 17, today fights under
difficult conditions of illega-
lity.

“Solidarity towards the
Haitian people expressed by
people from every nation
helps to denounce before
world public opinion:

“(a) The illegal gangster
regime of Duvalier which on
Oct. 22 begins its 10th year
of crimes and depradations, -

“(b) The menace of ‘pre-
ventive intervention’ by U.S.
imperialism, which in the face
ef growing democratic and
revolutionary activities in
Haiti, has decided to land the
Marines as was done in the
Dominican Republic to pro-

“_-for the restoration of
civil liberties in Haiti and res-
pect for the rights of men,

“_for the liberation of
2,000 detainees who are lan-

guishing in prisons without

trial,

“__for the establishment of
democratic government and
national sovereignty.”

* * *

e Inform others about the
terrible conditions in Haiti.

Demand the release of po-
litical prisoners by writing to
the Haitian Embassy in Can-
ada at: ;

150 Driveway, Hotel-Tiffany,
Ottawa 4, Ont.

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A Haitian woman goes about her work.

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