A great deal of enthusiasm has appeared for our research into British complicity in the Vietnam war, The Tyneside V.S.C. branch is invest~ igating the manufacture of war materials in their area and reports of British military involvement have been verified in the House of Commons, Last week we printed details of the training of American and South Vietnamese troops at the British taxpayers' expense. In The Times on November 9 the parliamentary report revealed a little of the direct involvement of British forces, Mr, Healey stated in the Commons: "There are seven attaches and assistant defence attaches on the staff of her Majesty's Ambassador in Saigon, together with a supporting staff of 10 other ranks, Visits to South Vietnam by Service officers to gain information have numbered 19, involving 42 officers in all, in the last two years. On three occasions a Beverley aircraft has been detached from Singapore to Saigon to help with the distribution of relief and welfare supplies provided by various charitable organizations. The total number of Service personnel concerned has been 56. Since 1965 some 30 British Service personnel who have been 1% loan or exchange with Australian or New Zealand forces have been to South Vietnan for short visits, mainly in ships.,....... One Royal Naval officer, who retired from the Service in January this year, took part for a few days while previously on a loan posting to the Royal Australian Navy, in bottom searches of merchant ships in Vietnam waters," On Tuesday, December 12, the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engin~ eering Unions is holding an unemployment lobby of Parliament. V.S.C. has booked a room at Central Hall, Westminster from 2.30pm till 5.30pm and we will be holding a continuous meeting and showing films on Vietnam, The theme of the meeting will be Vietnam and the Wage Freeze. Due to the pressure of fund-raising activity etc. we have postponed our Trade Union Conference until the new year and will be publicising it at the meeting on December 12, We are in desperate need of helpers for typing, duplicating and all manner of general office work and also to help with the organisation of our future activities. The V.S.C. office at 49 Rivington St. will be open every Tuesday evening for a WORK PARTY. There will also be an opportunity for informal discussion on our future work - the N.L.F. Celebration Concert etc. If supporters cannot make it on Tuesdays but are free some other evening then please let us know, but in the meantime Tuesday night is WORK night for V.S.C. As is made clear in the statement from the foundation on the opposite page, we will continue to operate from the office in Rivington Ste in the near future. However, it is obvious that once we are operating on a firm independant footing it would be an advantage for us to have a seperate office. If anyone can help in our search for office accomodation would they please. let us know, We need: MONEY - HELPERS - MONEY - HELPERS - BANKURS ORDERS
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