Friday, April 25, 1975

Vol. 37, No. 16

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. mans for a major campaign to ‘Notest the building of the U.S. "dent sub base at Bangor, {ye nington were outlined last turday ata meeting attended by Ver 100 people Vancouver. i Ponsored by the Vancouver Ad ee Committee for World s,atmament Week, with the port of many peace groups and ominent citizens, the rally heard Ns which include a_ petition 4 Mpaign, and a giant Peace Arch ey on Saturday, June 28 which it h hoped will also attract a large Umber of people from the U.S. orthwest. va Peter Rolston, Dewdney ILA, told the rally that “the '8Zest military threat in the world lll be only 60 miles from B.C.’s pital.” He added that the im- Vlications of the Trident were f Cking, and charged that the “deral government’s attitude was Silent, complicit, and sub- ISsive,”’ yor Rolston, whose resolution ®. 9 on the Order paper is still to ‘ome before the legislature con- |, "Mning the Trident sub base, said "© had written external affairs

minister Allan MacEachen and tried to phone the minister, but had received no reply.

Outlining the hearings before the U.S. Senate at which the go ahead was given to build the Trident sub base, Dr. Rolston said concerns of the Canadian people were not even mentioned. ‘“‘I got the impression that Canada was just a blob. I got the impression there had been no

involvement from Canada. They

(the U.S. government) don’t even

expect us to scream and com-

plain.”

The Canadian people “‘want to be heard’”’ on this critical issue of world peace, said Rolston.

James Douglass, representing The Pacific Life Community, a group concerning itself with the environment, reported on the Conference for a Nuclear Free Pacific held in Fiji recently, which was attended by delegates from 22 Pacific countries.

He said the conference was deeply concerned with U.S. plans to build the Trident sub base and adopted a resolution opposing the building of the base, congratulated

See CANADA, pg. 16

Liberation forces in South Vietnam were sweeping to victory over U.S. imperialism and its puppet government this week as working people in all lands prepared to celebrate labor’s in- ternational holiday on May 1.

Throughout the years of U.S. aggression in Indochina, May Day rallies everywhere spotlighted the demand for the U.S. to get out and allow the peoples of Indochina to settle their own affairs. This May Day, that demand is close to realization thanks to the valiant struggles of the people of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and the in- ternational support given them by people around the world.

As the liberation forces closed in on Saigon, the U.S. government engineered the “resignation” of President Nguyen Thieu and his replacement by vice-president Tran Van Huong in the hope that this manoeuvre would salvage something for them. The aim is to attempt to negotiate a settlement which would leave the U.S. puppet government, which ‘remains despite Thieu’s ouster, with some

influence in a newly-formed government.

Exposing this trick, the Provisional Revolutionary

Government of South Vietnam (PRG), denounced the move as a U.S. ploy and again called for the implementation of the Paris Ac- cord which calls for the formation of a new government of in- dependence. and national accord. The main conditions for an end to the war, PRG spokesman pointed

out, are the complete withdrawal :

of U.S. forces and removal of the puppet government. . Representatives of the PRG also exposed the U.S. government’s “bloodbath”? hoax by offering to ensure the safe withdrawal of all

‘U.S. forces from Saigon. Despite

this there were reports this week that hundreds of U.S. Marines were rushed to Southeast Asia, where major U.S. warships are also standing by, in the event that the U.S. government decides to send armed forces into Saigon to “ensure a safe withdrawal of U.S. personnel.”

Under the guise of a humanitarian effort, some people in the U.S. government and

military continue to harbor the hope that a way will be found to intervene militarily in Saigon.

This danger was indicated by a second cable received this week by the Canadian Aid for Vietnam Civilians committee (CAVC) in Vancouver. Sent by the Committee for the Defence of World Peace in Hanoi, the cable pointed to the dangerous U.S. plans for in- tensifying military involvement and interference in Vietnam by asking for more aid for the Saigon government and permission to use U.S. troops to cover evacuation of U.S. personnel and the forcible evacuation of people and kid- napping of children.

See VIETNAM, pg. 16

Scarcely-veiled racism erupted at a meeting of South Burnaby residents Tuesday night called to protest a proposed exchange of land between Burnaby municipality and the Ismailia community which plans to con- struct a mosque on the contended site.

The meeting was organized by a group calling itself the South Slope Residents Association after Burnaby municipal council declined a public meeting on the issue.

CANADIAN AID FOR

VIETNAM CIVILIANS

SHIPMENT & 5

All of the organizers, including the chairman and several others on the platform, refused, despite repeated - requests, to name themselves.

The issue first emerged earlier this year when the municipality put up 6.6 acres of land in the 4900 Block Marine Drive for sale at a price of $300,000.

The Ismailia community which already owns 4.1 acres of adjacent land was the sole bidder on the land,. offering $197,000.

See RACIST, pg. 14

Aid rushed to Vietnam. Shipment No. 45 from Canadian Aid for Vietnam Civilians left Vancouver harbor last Friday aboard the freighter Anton Chekov bound for Vietnam. Photo shows the 34 crates of medical supplies, clothes, etc., valued at $14,747, ready for loading. Four of the crates from the Ontario Congress of

Women.