from a special correspondent 'The Observer" ‘editorial of April 16 supported the 'Free Speech for N.L. F." advertisement. In the course of the editorial it ws sugge ted that Roy Jenkins was a liberal-minded Home Secretary. A Yorkshire Labour Party (H.ultemprice) found. ‘differently as this letter to the locul 'Hull Daily Mail' " shows: - Sir.-- The British people pride themselves on heuring ‘both sides of Dia the ‘ques stion,. ‘On March | Ll, the Haltemprice Cons tituenc> Labour Party sent yy the following resolution to the Home Office and to Mr. Jenkins. "This con&ti tuenby: party mosey with regret ‘that we. are unable: to hear. on TV and redion the views of the National Liberetion Front und North Vietnam © and we trust that no obstacle will be placed in the way of free entry of the SEP Eeeyet of the: Neate once Espemetaom Front: wher may epply fox: visas." : We “had “an: acknowledgementt! from Mr.: Jenkins and: the:. ‘following reply sone the » " Home: Offices; "The Home Secretiury ‘has: concluded, in consultation: with. the Foreign Secretary, ‘that: it, wonld not be in the, national: interest ‘ta agree: +n: present circumstances: .to:visits by vepresentutives \ of — Sout Vietnamese National. Liberation Front. °* ja: : sor ea f omit he
veceived, papers throughout the “cok aay” On ‘the ‘some “@ey” Hs, ‘this letter’ ' we curried news that Roy Jenkins said the b.n on wdmission to Britain of Vietnaniese’ NLF represeritatives was’ imposed because in consul tation with the’ Foreign Secretary he concluded thut it would not be in ‘the national intéres't to a ree #0. their entry in, present circumstances, The fopwing! Questions! come immedi..tely to ‘mind: (1) Who decided, what isthe ‘public’ interest?" (2) Whois being, protected b,y this humbug? (3) Te this* a reasonable answer to a ‘serfous ‘question and does it enlighten ‘the enquirer? The NUE ‘spokesmen’ have been heurd freely in France, Belgium,‘ Holland and. thé, gas colntries, where upparently freedom of speech _is’wot regarded’ as threat to the public interest -- N.B, Dickinson, |. secretary, Hal temprice Constituency Labour Party, Bust Yorkshire.