Appeal By Thant
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter —Copyright.) NEW YORK, July 17. U Thant, the United Nations Secretary-Gen-eral. yesterday appealed to North Vietnam not to place on trial as war criminals American pilots who have been taken prisoner. The Secretary-General said in a statement that such a trial would generate intense escalation of the War, which he said threatens to become the Third World War. Yesterday, 18 United States Senators who have opposed escalation of the war called upon the North Vietnamese to refrain from any act of violence against the airmen. They warned that trying the captives as war criminals would bring a public demand for retaliation swift and sure.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19660718.2.134
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31114, 18 July 1966, Page 11
Word Count
109Appeal By Thant Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31114, 18 July 1966, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.