Only 7 Nations Support U.S.
(N .Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) NEW YORK, October 15. An analysis of 110 major speeches to the General Assembly’s review of world affairs showed that only seven countries, among them Australia, New Zealand and Britain, backed American policy in Vietnam with few or no reservations.
The analysis found that the detailed defence of country’s policy by the United States Ambassador, Mr Arthur Goldberg, failed to convince more than a tiny minority and left the United States facing formidable opposition in the United Nations.
The other countries backing United States policy were Nationalist China, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Of the 110 addresses by Foreign Ministers and other leading Goverment spokesmen, 42.7 per cent called for a halt in American bombing of North Vietnam, 7.3 per cent either opposed a halt or backed the American position, and 50 per cent took no firm stand on the issue.
The analysis also revealed widespread reluctance to involve the United Nations in seeking peace in Vietnam.
More than 70 per cent of the delegates who addressed the Assembly spoke in favour of a return to the Geneva Conference table, without prior recourse to the United Nations.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31501, 16 October 1967, Page 13
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