Brockway Distorts the Truth

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from 'Vietnam Courier', July 24, 1967 "At the International Congress to discuss the Vietnam problem in Stockholm in early July, the delegates of both North and South Vietnam energetically denounced the U.S. aggression in Vietnam and exposed the correct stand of the Vietnamese people on the settlement of the Vietnam issue. This was warmly hailed by the Congress. But according to Western reports a British politician, Brockway, who attended the Congress, made the assertion that the Vietnamese people have "lowered their demand". He said that he would inform Johnson and discuss the matter with British Foreign Minister Brown, the propagandist of U.S. "peace negotiations". This allegation is a mere distortion of the stand of the Vietnamese people; it runs counter to the appeal of the Congress demanding that the U.S. definitively and unconditionally put an end to the bombing, shelling and other war acts against the D.R.V.N., stop aggression, definitively and unconditionally withdraw all U.S. and satellite troops and war materials, dismantle all U.S. bases in South Vietnam and let the Vietnamese people settle themselves their internal affairs without interference from outside, on the basis of independence, democracy, peace and neutrality and in conformity with the platform of the South Vietnam N.L.F., the sole authentic representative of the fundamental aspirations of the South Vietnamese people, The allegation that the Vietnamese people have "lowered the demand" in their stand on the Vietnam problem is only profitable to the U.S. imperialists who are trying to bring pressure to bear on the Vietnamese people fool world opinion which has been staunchly supporting the Vietnamese people in their struggle against the U.S. aggressors. The leaders of the D.R.V.N. have also clearly pointed out that if the U.S. government sincerely desires to talk with the D.R.V.N. government, it must first of all definitively and unconditionally stop the bombing, shelling and other acts of war against the D.R.V.N." This statement exposes the hypocrisy of those who claim that their call for negotiations reflects the wishes of the Vietnamese people. A lasting solution to the Vietnam problem can only be reached on the basis of an immediate and complete withdrawal of U.S. and satellite troops and the recognition of the right of the Vietnamese people to decide their own future.