son 14th and 15th, at least 6000 penple, almost entirely youth a Sanne i Maanes of solidarity from Helsingors to Copenhagen: abaut 50 kilometres. The Whitsun march was organized by a number of Vietnam ounndtinss in Denmark, but it was a truly international event, with hundreds of p : icipants from Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, France, Greece, England, and even some students from Bahrain and Angola,
sphere of the march was and fraternal, even the passers by . —— smiling and waving Agi as we passed, The Ccps ton were rae rie friendly, in fact there were only two or three of them escorting us on the motor-bikes until we reached Copenhagen, Many of the participants were wearing vests of the N.L.F. flag, and several musical groups added to the attraction. On reaching the suburbs of the city on the second day, we stopped outside the house of the U.S. ambassador, and. speeches were made over a loud speaker, in Bnglish and Danish, denouncing the aggressors and expressing solidarity with the N.L.F. in full view of the ambassador and other residents. Shortly after this, as we marched towards the embassy itself we were caught in a tremendous thunderstorm which lasted for two or three hours until we reached the Town Hall square itself for the final ceremony.However inspite of the heavy downpour which snaked everybody to the skin, the march did not disintegrate and a meeting was held outside the embassy in the rain. We then continued the march to the Town-hall square but unfortunately the thousands who had lined the streets to wait for us had gone home because of the rain, however on arrival at the square there were at least 3000 marchers. The N,L.F. ambassador to the U.S.S.it. Ngyen Van-Dong gave a speech in which he applauded the marchers and welcomed the event as a great act of solidarity with his compatriots in Vietnam, The marchers responded in a thunderous chorus: Viva F.N.L.... Viva F.N.L. ! Later Van Dong was presented with a collection of 25000 Krgnes ( about £5000 ) for the N,L.F. He returned the compliment with a magnificent flag of the N,.L.F. colours which he presented tn the Organizer of the march, : This was the first march of its kind to be carried off in Denmark, and it was certainly a significant success considering that Scandinavia like this country has the bulk of the anti-war movement under the banners of "stop the bombing" and "negotiations" rather than "solidarity". The marchers lived up to their slogans of solidarity by marching through to the finish, Completely soaked!