The November 23rd Vietnam demonstration was a modest but very useful success. Whilst numbers were still down feeling was militant. We succeeded in mobilising quite wide sections - thus confounding those who said this was no longer possible. In truth, only the ANZAVW, VSC and YCL really worked for the action. But how wrong others were in saying the Vietnam issue was dead was shown by the impact of the [illegible] atrocity disclosures.
Already steps have been taken to start work to organise a united action around the time Wilson is due to go to Washington. We welcome the decision of the SLL to organise its own demonstration on January 11th as a step in the right direction.
We must (and can) re-build the united front in solidarity with the Vietnamese people. In particular, we need to mount a campaign to expose the Labour Government's despicable role (the statements by Brown and Senator Muskie confirm all our charges).
We appeal to all on the left to join us; but [illegible] that [illegible] which refuses to join a united front in support of the Vietnamese people can claim to be genuinely anti-imperialist.
We need to work harder than ever in support of action to aid the Vietnamese people in co-operation with the world-wide anti-Vietnam war movement.