Free Speech Campaign makes progress

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The Nottingham City Labour Party passed the following resolution, with one vote against, to be sent to Annual Conferences " This Annua Conference of the Labour Party regrets the Government's decision not to grant visas to the three representatives of the Vietnamese Liberation Front, led by Professor Nguyen van Hieu, who wish to come to this country to participate in 'teach-ins' and to explain thelr point of view. Conference believes that this measure is in cont™diction to the Foreign Secretary's remarks earlier this year at the Oxford Teach-in, when he stated that it was essential for British people to have access to news information and comment from all over the worldeee to form their own opinions and to express these opinions freely.' Conference requests the Government to reconsider its decision."

It was pointed out at this meeting that the puppet 'government! of South Vietnam had had a spokesman at the Oxford teach-in where Mr. Stewart made his famous speech, and the ambassadors of this government - headed by a self-confessed admirer of Hitler, ayg, allowed to move freely amongst us, whilst the point of view/South Vietnamese Liberation Front, as presented by them, has not been heard in this countrye

There has been a growing response for the free-speech campaign from back-bench NeP.s. Stan Newens, Joyce Butler, Trevor Park, Anne Kerr, Emrys Hughes and Marcus Lipton have all pledged their support and promised to raise the 4gsue in Parliament. Expressions of support for the campaign have come from Central Nottingham U.S.D.A.W., Lenton Yard Labour Party, the President of the Nottingham Trades Council. The Hull Peace in Vietnam Committee has promised to distribute the appeal, and the Scottish N.U.M. is circulating an appeal to branches to support the campaign. The West Hull Labour Party has mandated its deleg-te to Conference to support the above emergency resolution.

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