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PLEA TO PRIME MINISTER HOLYOAKE EXPANSION OF THE VIETNAM WAR CAN MEAN NUCLEAR WAR AND THE DESTRUCTION OF NEW ZEALAND Dear Mr Holyoake, NEW ZEALAND IS MISINFORMED ON VIETNAM President Johnson’s offer of aid and peace negotiations on The U.S. prevented the 1956 Vietnam elections because Vietnam are welcome. However the continued bombing of "80% of the population would have voted for Ho Chi Minh" *■ *<•* - * «««•»» s ““ SS» VS unite with other Communist nations to help their ally as they people. The U.S. White Paper on Vietnam fails to support its have promised. That can mean a major war between U.S. own claims of arms and men flowing from North Vietnam to including New Zealand, and Communist-allied nations. Vietcong. It can only show that 2j% of all captured i» k. , w.r .. Ku ii c ui. U n. Vietcong weapons are Communist-made and only 6 dead would be a nuclear war as stated by U.S Senator Wayne or cap * red * jetcong wefe born jn North vietnam Morse Morse on April 14, 1964, if we escalate the war to North sa ys “close to 90% of Vietcong weapons were captured from Vietnam the plan is to use nuclear weapons.’’ Continued U.S.A, stocks” or given by deserters. Little if any arms and New Zealand support for U.S. actions, means risking our men A° w North Vietnam. The Vietcong are South nonni. Vietnamese in this civil war against a succession of Unpeople, cities and land to nuclear destruction. created regimes nor Pekjng commands the Vietcong” say the French. Chinese troops are all within ic WAR WITH PUIMA TUF AIM 7 Chinese borders. A great body of authoritative fact backs this ij n«n min bDIHH inc HIM . position. Thus U.S. expansion of the South Vietnam war to This is the appalling risk we face, as warned by Professor North «nd China, can only justify itself by misHans J. Morgenthau, a Defence Dept, consultant. He said on representing the facts on Vietnam. March 5 that air raids against North Vietnam were pushed NCUI 7CJI AMIVC miiUITUCMT Tn niCACTCD by a "group which wants to use the present situation in ZEALAND 5 COMMITMENT TO DISASTER Vietnam to provoke a war with China” while China is weak Is it right for us to blame or back a war on North Vietnam, militarily. Senator Morse warned, “the war hawks think they to stop what it is not doing in South Vietnam? New Zealand's may get China to slip into an overt act so they can bomb present position is dangerously misinformed. It commits us the nuclear installations of China then the big show is to sanction breakage of the United Nations Charter, the 1954 on.” An Associated Press report, March 1965, said that the Geneva Accords, ignore U Thant’s peace calls to us on Vietnam, policy of controlled escalation in Vietnam now eight perhaps be a victim of a nuclear war, help inflict wars on ineffectual weeks old may soon extend to nuclear bombard- Asians all to serve a set of myths. Why? ment Confirmation was given in the Conservative British FAR -<->> ...» EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW, March 25, 1965, ‘according PLEASE ACT FOR PEACE SAVE NEW ZEALAND to his friends, the U.S. Ambassador (General Taylor) threatened we ask the government not to risk the nuclear destruction to resign if President Johnson did not give him strong backing of New Zea | and and othere . Withdraw our tro ops from Vietnam ?'“JJ OU ‘J'' S to bomb North Vietnam and even- before it | s too late. Dissociate New Zealand from any U.S. Km?i# ,n \ rtse 1’ attack tha Taylor nuclear strike system. Protest the use of napalm, phosphorus himself confirmed, There is no limit to escalation.’ These and fragmentation bombs, gases and chemicals. These are KiVhi ing f ar s not ffon L ra< * ica,s and Communists, but from anti-people, anti-village weapons, not anti-guerrilla weapons. ■ J* place!) conservative sources. They should be heeded Bombing peasants makes Communists, not Democrats. Help Deiore our involvement destroys us. the Bq % of A mer icans who, according to Gallup Polls, want peace negotiations, by supporting the peace proposals of ■■■■ i mur ■■■» u Thant and many nations. Help stop U.S. bombing of North MILLIONS MAY DIE - CIVILIZATION DEAD Vietnam before nuclear war ends humanity. Offer medical aid to both South and North Vietnam, as a step to peace. it this plan goes forward, millions of people including New New Zealand can be an independent peacemaker in Asia Zealand may die. Yet we still support U.S. wider war actions by developing our foreign relations with ail Asian nations, in Vietnam. Why? President Kennedy warned in 1961, global We don’t need the nuclear umbrella. Our defence can only war may start at any moment by accident or miscalculation be secured by friendship, trade, mutual trust and respect or by madness. We do not wish our children and others with both non Communist and Communist Asian states to be nuclear bombed in a war brought on by military mad- not by backing unjust wars and nuclear risks. Let us support ness. New Zealand can advance freedom and democracy the wisdom of mankind as exemplified in Pope John’s PACEM white demonstrating her friendship for America but we IN TERRIS, and President Kennedy’s STEPS TOWARD PEACE, need not meekly accept the potential disaster of present Wisdom and sanity must prevail over the militarism of the U.S. policies. f ew Very sincerely yours, BERTRAND RUSSELL PEACE FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Readers who agree, clip out letter, sign abon and send to Mr Holyoake. TAX YOURSELVES FOR PEACE AS YOU ARE NOW TAXED FOR WAR. SEND YOUR DONATION TO HELP PAY FOR THIS ANO OTHER ADVERTISEMENTS. Enclosed is my donation of £Send me Vietnam and Foundation data Name Address , Official Receipt, and report sent to donors. Return Coupon to: B. R. Foundation, P.O. Boa SS27, New Brighten, NX 19