When asked to make a clear statement about the bombing of the civilian population in Hanoi by Mr. Dickens, M.P., "our" Foreign Secretary, George Brown, replied: "I do not believe that the American Government has done any such thing...." There can be no doubt that the Foreign Office gets the ‘Sunday Times, so Mr, Brown cam have read -.. for himself a despatch from Hanoi by Jacques Moalie. Dated Saturday, December 17th, the report backed up the Hanoi charges of the bombing of metropolitan centres, The article was quite precise mentioning actual streets which had been bombed. Very significantly, he pointed out that three delegation chiefs of the International Control Commission had been allowed to visit the scene of six bomb or rockets hits in and near the capital. What is more newspaper correspondents were allowed to see three of these sites too. Mr. Moalie's conclusion is quite clear: "From these visits it is plain enough that the official North Vietnamese assessment of the damage can be taken as accurate,"
The WeekThe Week Vol. 6, No. 23, 22 December 1966
North Vietnamese Charges "accurate" = French Journalist in Hanoi
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