Alan Kinchin replies
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) THant's speech which defines the Vietnamese struggle as Sage os aattdeat irldependence" should be used to maximum advantage. It must be rammed down thé throdts of Labour M.P's and General Management ; Committees, especially those who deny the national liberation aspect Pe protest that they can't take sides. This surely is the most construc ive help that can be given to the cause of anti-imperialism and is in accord with the wishes of the Vietnamese people. A National Liberation Front statement of February 1967 ended: * "Independence and freedom are more precious than anything. No matter how brutal the U.S. imperialists may be and whatever they may try to do, the South Vietnamese people are determined to struggle against aggression to defend themselves, save their country and safeguard peace. They are firmly confident that their friends all over the world, including those in the United States, and the whole. progressive mankind will not forgive the U.S.imperialists and will not let them continue to commit monstrous crimes," Mr. Rooney must no doubt deeply regret that the statement contains no hint of land reform and concentrates on the national liberation aspects. Perhaps this can be accounted for by the fact that the most urgent task confronting the Viethamese people is the defeat of United States aggression,