Ne ae Tan Ss m3 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH HO CHI MINH ‘Retum to Geneva’ the path to peace PRESIDENT HO CHI MINH By ALAN WINNINGTON HANOI—The Geneva agreements are still the basis for the peaceful solution of the war in Vietnam, President Ho Chi Minh said in replying to a number of questions I put to him on June 25. He made it clear that the Vietnamese are ~ one people and “our entire people has the duty of opposing foreign aggression and defending the Fatherland.” Here are his replies to my questions: What are the causes of the struggle in South Vietnam? The main cause of the South Vietnamese people’s patriotic struggle is the barbarous aggression of the United States imperialists, by which they are trying to turn the southern part of our country into a new type of colony, a mili- tary base for the expansion of their war of aggression in realizing their aim of world dom- ination, What are the basic aims of the national Lib- eration Front in South Vietnam? What is the relation between the policy of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and that of theSouth Vietnam Liberation Front? The program of the South Vietnam National Front for Liberation clearly specifies its principal aims, These are: to struggle against aggressive United States imperialism, to liberate the south, to achieve independence, democracy, peace and neutrality, and advance step by step toward the reunification of the country. s The South Vietnam National Front for Liber- ation is an organization of the patriotic move- ment, set up by the mass of people. : The Front is the leader, the organizer of the South Vietnamese people’s struggle against ‘ United States imperialism to recover national independence, The Front is the only genuine representative of the South Vietnamese people, It is the sacred duty of the whole people of Vietnam to support the South Vietnamese people’s liberation struggle, waged under the leadership of the National Front for Liberation, We respect the policies of the Front sy hold that the two zones must take their respect ch characteristics into account, understand @ other, restore normal relations between them al gradually achieve national reunification. Vietnamese are one people, Our entire pee has the duty of opposing foreign aggression defending the Fatherland. be Do you still think that the Geneva pone ments provide the basis for the solution the war in Vietnam? 1) the Yes, The Geneva agreements ares A pasis for the peaceful solution of the i What in your view are the most importa provisions of the Geneva agreements? I think that the most important provisiOy he the sovereignty, independence, we and territorial integrity of Vietnam must 7 spected; no military base under the com i an a-foreign State may be established in viet fr Vietnam shall not join any military alliam 0 democratic freedoms must be guarantee ; create favorable conditions for the restorati® normal relations between the North and on the Vietnam with the view of the reunification © country. the What do you consider to be necessary at she present time for the implementation © Geneva agreements? The 1954 Geneva agreements on viele are an important international agree All countries participating in the Geneva © io ence, including the United States, must resp these agreements and carry them out corre e A country which is co-chairman ti Geneva conference, like Great Britain, show! nel the more respect its obligations and carry out correctly. What have you to say about the latest ve posal of Mr, Harold Wilson for a Comm wealth. mission? 2 t Mr, Wilson has not correctly carried fy A his obligations as co-chairman of thé Geneva conference on Vietnam, He has trie ip support United States imperialist aggressi™” Vietnam, tension He cannot engage in peace negotiation® * i! “he has himself supported the United States P? of aggression and expansion of the war. saw NEXT WEEK’S P.T. ATROCITIES IN VIETNAM A full page of pictures showing the torture and killing by U.S. and puppet forces. U.S.-Canadian rally | set for Peace Arch A joint Canadian-American rally on Vietnam will be held at the Peace Arch, Blaine, Washington, on Saturday, Au- “cust 7. This was announced recently by a joint committee of prominent citizens from both sides of the border, Sponsors from Seattle, Washington, include the fol- lowing groups: American Friends Service Committee, Committee for Peace in Viet- nam, Fellowship of Recon- ciliation, Seattle Women Act for Peace, Students for a Democratic Society, Women for Peace from Portland and other Washington districts, ‘Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and University Friends Meeting, Vancouver sponsors are; Rev. Phillip A, Hewitt, Unit- ~ arian... Church; Rev,. George - Strong, F,O.R, United Church; Father Allen Jackson, Angli- can Minister at U.B.C.; Mrs, Lorraine Bates, Voice of Women, B.C, President; Mrs. _ PEACE ARCH PARK: ©: ~ Joan Wright, V.O.W., vane ver President; Mr. Hank RO enthal, Canadian Campaig® G Nuclear Disarmament, U.¥* Mr. Patrick O’Neal, set retary of B.C, Federation? Labor; Prof, William will Dept. of Political Scieh™ U.B.C.; Prof. Walter YOU Dept. of Political S ciel, U.B.C.; Prof. James Fou 3 Faculty of Medicine, U.P? Mrs. Dennis Ottowell, te# er; and Mrs, James a Foulks, Sec. Ad Hoc ©° mittee, V.O.W. 13) The Peace Arch prog” will include a special 7. morial marking the 20th © niversary of the droppils the atomic bomb on st shima and Nagasaki on AY 6, 1945, Further details 4 | joint rally will be annoul B later. anol § ORDER YOUR BUNDLE NOW! 4 July 16, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE?