Johnson's Vietnam Lie and Labour

The truth has come out: Johnson's talk of “unconditional negotiations" has been exposed as a mere smokescreen to justify escalation of the Vietnam ware Three times the offer of talks has been turned down by the U.S. Government ~ three tines the bombing of the North has been intensified. It is claimed that our Government knew nothing of these offers, We find this very difficult to believe but let us assume that it is true, If that assumption is made, there is every reason for Mr, Wilson and Mr, Stewart to repudiate Johnson, Hasn't it been the continued argument of the Labour Government that it was Hanoi that was the obstacle to negotiations? Didn't Mr. Stewart (and Harold Davies) use "Johnson's willingness to negotiate" and "Hanoits intransigence" at Blackppol to justify their whole Vietnam policy? The position is clears the last fig-leaf of the Government's Vietnam policy has fallen away. There must be a renewed campaign to force the Government to break with U.S. policy, to demand the withdrawal of American troops and the immediate cessation of the bombing of the North. There can be no excuse whatsoever for the Government not to adopt this policy, “Its own arguments lead directly to this demand. Every Labour Party, every trade wmion branch and every individual member must demand that the Government comes clean on Vietnamese