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IN VIETNAM, MIDDLE EAST

FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1967

VOL. 28, NO. 21.

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WAR DANGER GROWS

U.S. invasion of neutral
zone threatens wider war

The invasion of the demilitarized zone between North and
South Vietnam last Thursday marks the latest U.S. escalation of
the war which threatens to inflame the whole of South East Asia.
The North Vietnamese government condemned the invasion as a
serious sabotage of the Geneva Agreements and said it was an

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U.N, force did, to a considerable
extent, free the rear of Israel
from raids while the Israel pro-
imperialist government repeat-
edly attacked Egypt’s allies,
Syria and Jordan many times
during 1966 and 1967. One of its
attacks on Jordan was condemned
a few months ago by the U.N.

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act which would bring “incalculable consequences.”

Almost simultaneously with the
large-scale invasion of the de-
militarized zone, U.S. bombers
struck one mile from the centre
of Hanoi and attacked the port
of Haiphong, inflicting many civi-
lian casualties,

The U.S, invasion of the de-
militarized zone was staged just
before the Budha birthday cease-
fire was due to start. At latest
reports U.S. forces had reached
the Ben Hai River which runs
through the middle of the six-
mile wide zone, The American
forces have forceably deported
12,000 Vietnamese. whose homes
are in the zone to “resettlement
camps” in South Vietnam.

Evacuation of the civilians by
U.S. forces is seen as prepara-
tion for a possible invasion of
North Vietnam, The six-milede-
militarized zone was a vital pro-
vision of the 1954 Geneva Agree-
ment aimed to prevent an
eye-to-eye confrontation of
opposing forces,

Now the U.S, has wiped out
this buffer and stands poised in
a position from which it can launch
a direct attack on a small
sovereign socialist state which
borders or the People’s Republic
of China, President Johnson and
the Pentagon have now taken steps
which bring the world much closer

to global war.

Meanwhile, protests against the
policy of escalation continue to
increase, Latest to join the rising
tide of peace sentiment in the
U.S, was the United Presbyterian
Church which calledon President
Johnson this week to de-escalate
its fighting in Vietnam.

The general assembly of the
church, representing 3,3 million
members said “it appears that
the immediate need” is for an
alternate policy to the bombing
of North Vietnam, It asked the
government to consider “cessa-
tion of bombing as evidence of
our desire to negotiate.”

In a “declaration of conscience”
the church said it was up to
the United States “as the stronger
nation ... to take the first initia-
tives that will create a climate
of trust leading finally to the
negotiating table. It said the
church had “deep misgivings at
the policy of military escalation.”

Last weekend hundreds of dele-
gates metatanational conference
in Washington, D.C., tomap plans
for a bigger peace drive in the
U.S. The conference is sponsor-
ed by the Spring Mobilization
Committee which organized the
April 15 protest demonstrations,
On the weekend of May 13-14
a widely representative confer-
ence took place in Chicago of
students from many parts of the
U.S, to plan further action for

peace.

While Canada is a member of
the International Control Com-

mission entrusted with the re--

sponsibility of seeing that the de-
militarized zone is not violated,
there has been no protest from
Prime Minister Pearson or Ex-
ternal Affairs Secretary Martin
over the U,S, invasion of the zone,

Last week Prime Minister

Pearson clamped down on dis-
sidents in his Cabinet over the’
government’s Vietnam policy and
imposed a “keep quiet” edict on
members of the’ government;
following strong criticism of gov-
ernment policy by Privy Council
President Walter Gordon,

However, public concern is too
strong to keep debate of govern-
ment policy on Vietnam under
wraps, Gordon expressed the
sentiment of the overwhelming
majority of Canadians when he
condemned U.S, policy in Viet-
nam, This week the 670,000-
circulation Star Weekly features
Canada’s role in the Vietnam
war, Under the heading: *“We’re
profiteering out of the agony of
Vietnam”, the government’s
policy comes under sharp fire.

Also this week the national
office of the Communist of Canada
announced that party leader Wil-
liam Kashtan will launch a na-
tional speaking tour, He will
speak in Vancouver’s Pender
Auditorium, Sunday, June 4 at
8 p.m, on the subject: “Canada
and Vietnam: Gordon or Martin
— Who’s Right?”

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