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National Youth Conference - Caxton Hall, London ~ April 22nd 10am - 5pm, Nearsst Tube Station: St. James Park, It is now less than two weeks to the conference and although a large number of organisations from all over the country have indicated that they will be sending delegates and observers,it is essential in order to make adequate provision for accomodation, etc., that we have an accurate list of those who will be attending. Those who will definitely be participating include L.P.Y.S.Y.C.L., Student Groups, V.S.C. branches and individuals from as fas away as Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. : Once again we must stress the importance of co-ordinating protest action on the basis of a firm policy of complete solidarity with the Vietnamese national liberation struggle. The Belgian Jeunes Gardes Socialiste who organised the recent conference of European Youth organisations in Brussels will be publicising our activities in a magazine which will be distr?buted all over Europe and will be sending a representative to our Youth Conference,
This conference is open to everyone under the age of 28 whether a member of @ youth organisation or not. As well as youth organisations such as the Y.S, and Y.C.L., organisations such as local branches of C.N.D. Committee of 100 B.C.P.V. and V.S.C., magazines like Rebel, Challenge, Labour Worker, The Marxist, Workers' Broadsheet and The Week are all invited to send three delegates, and as many observers as they wish. Although preference will be given to delegates in the calling of speakers, individuals attending will also have the chance to participate in discussion. Voting will be confined to. delegates. A Sub-Committee of V.S.C. will be elected at the conference,
Those attending from out of London will have their fares subsidised. A delegetien fee of 2/6 will be charged for all thcse attending to help offset this,
The Resolution to be discussed has already been circulated, After the conference has been opened, with fratcrnal greeting from the foreign observers present including, if possible, a North Vietnamese journalist - speakers will be called from each of the major groups represented to speak on the resolution, The meeting will then be open for discussion on the resolution and any amendments, Future Action will be discussed during the afternoon. A number of suggestions have already been received and this promises to be an extremely stimulating session, The guestion of volunteers to be sent to Vietnam has often been discussed in the past but usually either in an-entirely impractical manner or merely to gain publicity, We will have firm proposals to put forward for sending reconstruction teams to North Vietnam. A call will be made for people skilled in medicine, engineering, architecture, building, etc,, to be listed as being willing to go te North Vietnam when asked to do so by the Vietnamese people. Plans are underway for sending people to take part in specific projects, but obviously, they must be skilled in the tasks to be performed. This discussion could well be the highlight of the conference and must be considered as a very serious proposal.
Medical Aid, A number of people have expressed dissatisfaction at the present organisations for sending medical aid to Vietnam. They are oftem unsure whether their contributions are all sent to North Vietnam and the liberated areas of the south and even when this is the intention there is still doubt as ‘to whether the aid ever arrives at its destination, This is one area oi work where our close contacts with the Vietnamese will enable us to guarantee that all money raised for medical aid is spent on materials requested by the Vietnamese people themselves, Only last week we received a list of the medical sup;lies and equipment most urgently required from a representative of the N.L.F. in Paris. Collection of Blood Plasma.has also been suggested as a practical proposal under the heading of medical aid. We hope to have delegates present with experience of the problems involved in this, Contingency Planning for the proposed visit to this country by President Johnson. It should be obvious that the recent visit to this country and the rest of Western Surope by Hubert Humphrey was merely a dress rehearsal for the big event which will probably take place later this year. With a few notable exceptions, Humphrey's visit caught us offguard and unprepared. This must not happen again, By co-operating with other organisations we must be able to call out an extremely large number of people at very short notice, We intend to operate a pledge system for an inst-nt demonstration following any extreme escakation of the war or the visit of prominent personalities, Support for National Liberation Struggles throughout the world. The recent events in Aden have brought home forcibly to us all the fact that the struggle being waged by the Vietnamese people is part of a world-wide attack on imperialism, We must be very careful that in attacking American imperialism we do not overlook the activity of our own government in Aden, Oman and the rest of Southern Arabia, A number of Arab comrades will be taking part in the conference and we have been informed that a mass demonstration against the reactionary role played by the British Labour Government in Southern Arabia will be held on April 22nd a time which will enable those of us at the conference to give our support. These are only a few of the suygestions for future action which we have received in the last week, The proposers will be called to address the conference on their suggestions and participants will be welcome to put forward further ideas en the day itself. Resolutions on Action will be sent to.delegates and observers, A Social Event has been arranged for the evening and this will take place at a venue to be announced at the conference, Although there will be no restriction on people attending the conference without prior notification we would like to hear from you beforehand if it is at all possible, this is essential in the case of those requiring accomodation,
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