On Tednesday 28th September, Vietnam Solidarity Campaign members and supporters merched from the Victoria Embankment to the Labour Party Headquarters at transport House where the following letter was delivered to Len Williams, the secretary of the party: "Ever-growing numbers of British people are becoming disgusted with the pclicy of the present Labour Government in supporting the American Johnson administration in its war of aggresseionin Vietnam. So far, only a small proportion of the population realise the extent of British involvement and complicity and we consider it our duty to make certain facts knom to the British public so they can pass judgement on the Government. The British people have been norrified by the many stories and photographs which have appeared in the British press illustrating the atrocities perpetrated by Marshall Ky's forces. We intend to make known to the British people that British officers are actively engaced in training these self-same forces in the art of jungle "counter insurgency" warfare in Malaya. We are going to make known to the British vecple the extent of British involvement in Thailand in protecting and helping to build :mericen bases from which a very high proportion of the raids on North Vietnam teke place. Many other incidents of British physical involvement in the war can be given, not to speak of the spineless parroting of American argunents soout the war which emanate from British Government sources. Moreover, the economic consequences of the British Government's foreign policy are leading to sackings, unemployment and a lower standard of living for the
rt Latour leadership have, by their Vietnam policy, betrayed the
i upen which the Labour Party was formed. What would Keir Hardie, Georse Lensbury and other Labour pioneers make of all this? Even Ramsey NecDonald - vho rent to prison for his pacifist beliefs - would have rejected tnese policies. But Mr. Wilson and his tean (many of whom have forgotten everything they seid =nd stood for in their Aldermaston days) are not the Labour Party. another aspect of the Labour Party is shown in the huge number of resolutions on \_ctnam down for discussion at next week's Labour Party annual conference. The overwhelming majority of these resolutions are highly critical of the present policy of the Government. ‘We pledge our solidarity with those in the Labour Party rho ere fighting ~ often in the face of expulsion threats to reverse Labour Party policy. These are the people who represent the true traditions of the Labour Party and we wish then every success,"
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