The Bertrand Russell Peare Foundation, in association with other inter~ ested orgonisations and journals, is engaged in a campaign to promote soliderity with the people of South Vietnan. This effort, orgenised in conjunction with the Foundation's campaign against imperialism, etertcd in December with the very successful meeting in London to celebr~ ate the fifth anniversary of the formation of the National Liberat=on Front of Vietnom, This is to be followed by © series of provincial meetings, culminating in a solidarity conference in London to be held the week end of March 26/27the It must be stressed that this campaign is quite distinct from any other campaign on Vietnam. It has the aim of setti he machinery ‘to promote solidarity with the people of Vietnam led by the National Liberation Fronts The campaign will seek to organise material and political support for the struggle of the South Vietnamese people against Anerican aggress-= ion and the oppressive quisling regimes that Anerican imperialisn has foisted on their country. It will, of course, campaign against war in Vietnam, but on the basis of there being only one desirable end to this war: the complete withdrawal of American forces and the ending of UseSe interference in the internal affairs of Vietnam, The campaign tckes its stand on the five points put forward by the NeL.F. as a basis for ending the ware Our starting point, therefore, is that humanists, progressives and socialists should give unconditional support to people engaged in 4 struggle ogainst imperialist oppression, This means that it is our duty to give the heroic people of South Vietnam + represented by the National Liberation Front « 211 the political and material assistance we can, Naturally, the most significant assistance we can give is political, Coneretely this means creating the machinery to explain the N.L.F.'s position in this country. So far as material assistance is concerned we will give full support to the medical aid to Vietnam campaigne In addition we will present to the conference plans for a wide range of other kinds of aid including the possibility of sending out of volunteers from Britaing Because we have distinct political tasks in mind, and do not wish to duplicate the efforts of other organisations, those who wish to partici~ pate in the proceedings of the conference will be asked to sign a declaration that they support its sims. There will, however, be provision for observerse The conference will be 2 businesselike affair which will settle: (a) the establishment of machinery to co-ordinate all the efforts of all those groups working on the same lines as our campzign; (b) the launching of an information bulletin to assist the work of the canpaign and to service 211 those forces opposing UsSe aggression in Vietnam, We will also take the opportunity to turn part of the week end into a pablic demonstration agninst American aggression in Vietnam, snd speakers, a film show, an exhibition of photographs, etce, will be laid on for this purposee A tape-recorded message -from an NelL.eF. representati ve will be reade ie pple dhaekrk 2 elanee Su hk bank Da al ea nes nel oe es a ene Loe
The mpaign for Solidarity with the People of Vietnam continued’
The conference will be part of the preparation for an international conference on similar lines, The provincial meetings will be part of a nign of explanation of the aims of the conference, and at each sabia we will endeavour to set up a local ad hoc committee to prepare for the national conferences A series of theses will be prepared for the conference. These will be distributed in advance to delegates ond will form the basis of political discuss on at the conferences
A national Ad Hoc Committee has been formed which will co-ordinate the work and prepare for the conferences It isy however, open to co#options. & brochure explaining the aims of the campaign will be prepared for wide distribution, What you can do to help+ Contact us immediately if you support the aims of the campaign. Send us the names and addresses of anyone you think might be interestede Make « donation towards the very heavy expenses involved in‘ the campaign. Help to form a committee in your area or universitye Help us to organise a meeting in your locality. Get your organisation to support the conferences + All communications should go to BRPF, 3 & 4, Shavers Place, London SW 1,