FRIENDS IN DEED Soviet aid to Vietnam strengthens resistance By $. A. SKACHKOV MOSCOW As a result of supplementary agreements signed recently in Hanoi and Moscow the Soviet Union is giving ‘increased politi- cal and military assistance as weil as economic aid to North Vietnam. Premier Pham Van Dong sta- ted recently that this aid “is re- inforcing our country’s defense potential and economic might for the final and complete defeat of the American aggressor.” The first economic agreements between the two countries were signed in 1955. Under these agreements the Soviet Union supplied North Vietnam with equipment and materials for 48 industrial enterprises and other projects. Typical of the projects is the plant in Hanoi which manufac- tures, among other things, lathes, drills and milling machines. It is significant that this factory has become a centre training skilled workers for other heavy en- gineering plants throughout the country. Other examples of enterprises either built from scratch or got back into working order through the cooperation of the Soviet Union are a number of power stations and lines, mines and. tilisers, fuel, lubricants and other open-cast pits in the Hongai necessities. coalfield, the Lao Quai apatite mines, the Tin Tuc tin mines and smelting works, a fish can- the last nery, oil storage depots, a radio broadcasting station and a num- ber of other projects. the USSR is now helping the With the Vietnamese. DRV to build a 108 MW hydro- Over the same period more power station at Thac Ba, the than 4,500 young Vietnamese biggest in the country, and to men and women have completed expand the Wong Bi thermal courses of study or, research in power station to 100 MW capa- the Soviet Union. After they The Soviet Union has done a lot to train skilled personnel. In 10 years more than 2,500 Soviet engineers, geolo- gists, agricultural specialists, doctors and so on have been to As part of current agreements Vietnam working side by side PHOTO-HISTORY city. ‘ finish they return home to play A number of factories and workshops are being built to make and repair mining equip- ment, ball-bearings, cutting tools, ‘and communications eqhipment and to carry out major repairs to vehicles and heavy machinery. abated. tories have been built. mese with farm machinery, fer- make progress. an active part in the life of their country. The flow of young Viet- namese students to study at in- stitutes in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Kharkov, Tashkent and other cities has in no way Some 6,000 students attend : i the Hanoi Polytechnic with its Industries servicing the farm- eight big blocks of buildings, its er have not been neglected 15 faculties and 40 laboritories, either; a factory producing 120,-. opened in November 1965 and 000 tons of superphosphate and pyj}t with Soviet help. The very 40,000 tons of sulphuric acid @ fact that the institute was open- year, and tea and coffee fac- eq in such tense times as these when the Vietnamese people The Soviet Union has assisted have been forced to take up in founding 37 state farms to arms to repel American attacks produce tropical crops, such as is sufficient indication of the tea, coffee, citrus fruit and rub- Vietnamese people’s indomitable ber. It has provided the Vietna- will to acquire knowledge and By EUSTACE GORDON The West German govern- ment appears to be unable to learn from experience. Re- peatedly over the past few years the German Democratic Republic authorities have published documents showing that Jeading Bonn officials were seriously incriminated during the nazi period. First Bonn reaction has always been denial and injured inno- cence; sooner or later, how- ever, the pressure of world public opinion has forced the official in question to be dropped. Oberlander Case: On Oct. 22, 1959, the GDR presented evidence that Theodor Ober- lander, West German Refugee Minister, had been a Storm Troop officer personally in- volved in pogroms in the oc- cupied Soviet Ukraine. The Bonn authorities stated that the documents were forged, and refused GDR of- fers to study the originals. On Aprjl 29, 1960, the Su- preme Court of the GDR tried Oberlander and sentenced him in absentia to life im- prisonment. On May 4, 1960, Yberlander was forced to re- sign from the West German cabinet, Will Bonn never learn? Globke Case: On July 28, pend Kruger from office. 1960, the GDR presented mas- Kruger was finally sacked on sive evidence that Hans Maria Feb. 18, 1964. Globke, West German state Frankel Case: On June 24, secretary and personal assis- 96> the GDR presented tant to Chancellor Adenauer, qocymentary evidence that had personally drafted the nazi anti-Semitic legislation, and had played a leading part in the liquidation of European Jewry. The Bonn authorities stated that the documents were forged, and claimed that Globke had really been a re- sistance fighter. On July 23, 1963, the Su- preme Court of the GDR tried Globke in absentia, and sen- tenced him to life imprison- ment. On Oct. 2, 1963, Globke was forced to resign. Kruger Case: On Dec. 6, 1963, the GDR_ presented documentary evidence that Hans Kruger, West German Refugee Minister, had worked as judge in a nazi special court in occupied Poland. The Bonn authorities de- ‘scribed the disclosure about Kruger as “the usual propa- ganda attacks, untrue allega- tions solely intended to de- fame a Federal minister.” On Jan. 21, 1964, Chancel- lor Erhard was forced to sus- Wolfgang Frankel, West Ger- man procurator general (roughly equivalent to attor- ney general) had been a lead- ing law officer during the nazi period, and had been respon- sible for at least two dozen death sentences, including sentences based on the spe- cial nazi anti-Semitic legisla- tion. The Bonn authorities brush- ed aside the disclosures, de- scribing them as ‘‘propagan- da.” On July 11, 1962, Frankel was removed from his post. Lubke Case: On Jan. 24, 1966, the GDR_ presented documentary evidence that Lubke, West German presi- dent, had personally drawn up plans for the building of concentration ‘camps, and supervised their construction. The Bonn authorities stat- ed: “These charge are pure invention, just as previous charges were.” When. will President Lubke be removed? April 29, 1966—PACIFIC TRIBUNE--Page 6 end expanding chemical plant. Liberation soldiers in South Vietnam squat to cook supper in one of their jungle “field kitchens.” Firmly holding guns in their hands, these volunteers in Cambodia are training to assist government troops in maintaining the inde- pendence and territorial integrity of their country against armed provocations carried out by Thailand and South Vietnam puppet troops under the instigation of U.S. imperialism. In tie Republic of Dahomey a campaign to wipe out illiteracy is winning a wide response. Some of these students hope to go on from middle school to obtain a higer education. The city of Kemerova is a centre of the large-scale chemical Industry of Western Siberia. Photo shows a general view of one large