BN our pre-occupation with the Vietnam crisis we should not forget that in & Malaysia our Government is pursuing a policy which could easily escalate. The campaign against U.S. action should be linked with the demand that our Government stops using threats and instead opens neotiations with Indonesia.
Providing such a move is based on a policy which comes to grips with the genuine grievances that are felt by Indonesia, it will evoke a ready response. As such it would involve the Labour Government in siding with the ordinary people of South East Asia against British big business.
The alternative to decisive action now is a position where Britain is bogged down in a military adventure. The action of the Malaysian Government in clamping down hard on its opposition parties indicates that it is only a matter of time before extensive guerrilla warfare breaks out in the Malayan peninsula. |
Everything we are fighting for in Britain in the way of reforms: more housing, better education, etc., will be placed in complete jeopardy if this takes place.