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WHO ISA6A!NSTTHEWIJI?. IN VIETNAM? !11Al?T/N LUTHER. KIN� JR.

ANP THe SOUTHERN Cf{f?/ST!AN /.EAPfi?.$1P 1f!E SotJTHei?.N CIJNFB?eNCE l:lJIJCArtONAL FLINP A

CONFB<ENCE. /IRE AfJAINST n: ltrr&RRAC!AL CIVIL RlbHTS qJ?.OfJP IS Af;AINJT ir.

JOHN STOKLEY CA!?.MfCHAEL ANP STLIIJENT NfJNVIOLENr COOR/)f NA T/Nq COMM17TEE ARE A6A!NST rr.

CA5S!US CLAY-MUHAt11MEJJ ALl- AN'PEt.IJAH 11-,MMEP A;VIJ THE 8/..ACK MLISJ..!h!S 1/R£

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MALCOMB X WAS AfJAI#ST THE WAR IN VI�TNAM.

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SO IS ADAM CLAYTON POWELL.

MOST OF THe AFRICANS AT TH£ UNtTEP NATIONS ARE A6AINST THE WAR IN V!l3TNI/M.

MES FARMER FLOYD SIC!< AND THE CONQKESS OF- RACIAL eQUALITY 1/R.E A6AIN����-���----------�

SO ARE THOUSANPS OF OTlfERS, WHITE BLACK RICH AN[) fCJOR.

ONE. NEuRo MAN SAttx "WHY s11ouLP WEf:!f:;lfT FOR. A COUNTRY ttl AT HAS

#liVER. FOUC!HT FOt< US ? ''

ONE MAN SAl[) "WE S/IOULO flf:ti/T FOR. FREE f.CTibNS IN MISSISSIPPI !tNP ALABAMA,

NOT IN VI£T NAM. ''

ONE SAil> 'WHY AKE WE ALWAYS fiRST ct.A55 C!rtZENS t1AI Tile !3A7TLEFIE.LO, AND SECONP Ct.ASS CITIZENS AT HOME ?"

SOME NEGROES AI?£ WOI\R./EP 13t:CAUSE SO. OFUS SUFFER FROM nf£ WAR.

ONeOl!TOFEVERY TEN 'fOUNfJ MEN IN AMEKICA THE UNIT£[) STATES SAYSTH/515 !SA NEflf<O. NEfJROeS AR� VERY BKA�� $UTMOST

FEOfl.e KNOW /TIS BECAv;,E We 00 MOl?£ 1lfE PIKTY FRCWT-LINE FlfJHTINti TlfAN

W£ SHtJUI.P.

BUT TWO OUT OF EVERY FIVE MEN 1</LLEP IN THE WAR IN VIETNAM IS A #EaRO.

WHEN YO() REAO rHJS BODK.1 HOW WILL YO£/ rEEL ABOr..tr YOI.IR SON, OR HIJSBANP ()!(

UNCLE- ()R YOLIR$£LF- �14HT!N6 MILES WAY FROM HOM£ A6AINSI A PEDPJ.£ W/10

ONLY WANT TO BE /.EFT AI. ONE BYEV£/?YON£?

IN !gGo, WHEN THE UN/TEP SiAT£5 WAS F!C:J!IT!N6 A WAR TO FREE. THE SLAVES,

OURIN6 TH£ SECONP WORLD WAR1 ON£ or: FRENCHMEN WAS FRIENPLY TO

N ANO 6£RMANY. 77fESE MEN SUR.R£NOEREO V/f:;TNAM TOJAPAN WtrHOUT FI�/Nfz A SHOT�. �------t

Til£ FR�NCH WERE Flf3riiT!N6 A WAR TO KE SLrlV£5 OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE

IN VIETNAM. TilE Vl.t=TNAMESE PEOP/.£ WANT£[) TO R.UN TlfE!R OWN COUNTR.Y, B!JT COUL.[) NOT [)�FEAT THE STRONG FfEf.K'II 4RMIES,

THE JAPANESE TOLD THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE THEY CtJULP BE FI(EE UNOER JAPANESE RUL£, BUT A aROUP OF VIETNAMESE UN!JeR. A MAN NAMEO HO CHI MINH WANTED FREEOOM UNOER. THEIR �WN RULEi. THESE nA-.IU,

FOU T THE JAPANEs_e. __ �7"7"h77�

WE ASKEP FOR 1/ELP FROM ANY COUNTR.YTffAT WOULP GIVE !TTO us

(FRANCE, SPAftV 1/#P f!OLLANO PIP CliVE US TROOPS AND fl!D)

BUT WE H /0 SEHIND TREES ANP WHEN WE FDU6HT THE 8R!TI5H FOR. OLJR !NPEPENDENCE.

WE TARRED AND FEATIIEREP AND L£/) OUR ENEM/E� AND TOOK.

LAND.

EVEN THOI.JfJ/1 711£ VIETNAMESE PEOPLE. WER.E F/6117/No FOR INO�PENDENCE AN[)

EOOM IN THEIR. OWN COUNJR'( /f6AINST OUTS/OE FORCE.

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BUT EV£N W!Tfl OUR II ELf/ WIT/I M(){)£�N WEAPON> ANP MANY ME"' TilE FRENCH

NrffWIN. SOME MEN WANTEP US 'lAKE OVER TH£ WAIC WHEN WE FReM'Jf.

THE UNIT£[) STATES WOUL.D NOT HELP TIIEM. /NSTE.AP, WE HELPEP FRANCE.

SUR.RENP£Rii0Bl./T PReStOeNt LYNDtJN JOI/NSoN, WHOWA57li£JV STILLJLJSTA UN!TeO STATE:S SENATOR. SAIP II� WAS Af;AINST ''S£NPIN6 AMERICAN tl.Z's . . . ON A BLlJOP­LE7T/Na SPKEE TO PERP£TUATE COLON!AL!5M

WI/IT£ MANS EJ(PLO!TATIDV Or ASIA,"

IN 197ll, FRANC£ A/VOTH£ llteTNAMES£

Aa�EBJ TO STOP Flft/fTIN6 ANO TD P/V/0£ THE Cf)UNTRY IN HALF UNTIL AN ELECTION

COUL.P BE HELP ANO THE COUNTRY UNIT£1J AC!AttJ.

FRANCE, Vt£TNAM, CHINA, t?.NflLANP, RUSSIA

ANP ontER COUNTRIES SlaNE// TH/5 A6REEM£NT. THE UNIT£.D STATES NDT S!&N, BUT WE A6REEP WE WOULD

N(JT TRY 70 OVER. THROW 7HE GY FORCE;.

THEY 4LSOA6KE£0THATNO SOLO!ERS OR WEAPONS FROM ANV COUNTRY WOULD COME INTO VIETNAM.

THE U!V!TED STATES P!PNT WANT AN ELECTION IN V!ETNM1. PRES!J)ENT E/Se/V'HCJIA!ER SltiD !FAN ELECTION WAS /fELP ''f>DS5!8LY 80 f>ER CENT OF THe PcOPL.E WOULD !lAVE VtJTEP f:"OR TilE COMM UN!ST flO CHI MIN II AS THEIR

PeR.

BECAUSE W£ OIPN'T WANT THE PEOPLE OF VIETNAM TO SELEC( A MAN WE PI Dtv'r LIKE WE SET UP A MAN NAMEP NfJO ,

lJINH DIEM AS PRESIPENTOF SOUTH VI£TNAM ANtJ f!ELPEIJ HIM HOL/J 7WO £LECTION5 !IV THe SOUTHeRN fART OF

THE COUNTRY

THE ELECTIONS V !OLATEP WH!Cif HAD ENDEO THE F/6HT!NC1.

IN OECEM.B£R.1 19bt1 THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRO/tiT WAS FORMEO.

THE O/£M OOVER.NMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM ARRJ:STEP, TORTURE/) ANO K!LLEP MANY PEOPLE WIIO fJ/P NOT 4aREE. WITH IT.

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SOME PEOPL� HERE CALL£0 ITT/IE IETCON6" LIKE PEOPLE WHO PON'T IKE N£61\0ES CALL us "N/66£RS. I/

7l!e M£Mf3eR.S OFTHE NATIONAL LIBeRATION FRONT WERe DOCTORS, LAWYERS, CATf!OLI� BUPP!IISTS,PEMOCKATS,

UtvtSTS, STUPEtVTS ANP MEMB�R.S OF TIIREE OF THE ?OL!TICAL PAT{T/ES IN

VIETNAM. .

Til£ 0/EM (j()V�RNMENT ASI<EP THE UN/TEO srAT£5 FOR MILITAI<.Y APV!SER5 TO IIELP TRAIN THE VIETNAMESE AKMY

THEY BEGAN TO F/6/fT AftAINST Til£ tiOtiER.NMENT OF SOUTH VI£TNAM.

TfiER£ ARE NOW MORE THAN 40q 000

1CAN !WEN F/6/IT!Na IN VIETNAM.

SOM£ SAY THAT SINCE HO CHI M/NN IS A COMMUNIST, ANP SINCE OTHER

EMBERS OF THE NATIONAL L!/3ERATION RONT ARE COMMUNIS� THEN TH£Y

f)ON'T SPEAK R:JR. Til£ ORPI!VARY PEOFLE OP. V'l

PR£/11/ER. KY, Tile MAN W/10 RULES IETNAM TOPA};' SAYS" THE COMI11LIN!STS ARE

CLOSER 7D 771£ PEOPLt's YEA/?N!N6 FOr< JUSTICE ANP AN INPEPENPENT LIFE

THAN ff/5 (}NN oOVER.NMENT. ''

BUT HENR.Y CABOT LOOf::JE, llfE AME�ICAN AME3ASSAPORT0 SOUT!f VIETIYM1 5'1YS "Tilt= ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE B£EN lJOIN6 ANYTHI/'Ja FORTHE L17TL£ M� THE MAN AT THE fzRAS5 ROCJTS, TO LIFT H /M UP A!?E TH£ COMMUNISTS."

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BUT GENERAL PCJllblAS 111ACAKTHUI?, P�ESIPE/VT (AN{) FDRM£K6ENERAL) PWJtJI{T ��ENHOWERqEN£�LMAnYEW���n�t GENERAL MAXVVELI. TAYLOK, GENERAL JAMES CAVIN ANO (JcNt:R.AL OMAR HAVE All SAIP AMER.ICA SHOULJ) NOT HA V£

a�.r,.,,,_ /VUM8Ef?S OFT/?OOP5 FlaHrtNa A LAN{) W4R IN ASIA.

BUT THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT SAYS ITWANTS FREE ELECT!ONSREPRESENTIN& ALL !tVTEt<eSTS, I..ANP REFOKMSANP ALL PEM TIC Fl<EEf)OM5.

THe UNfTEO STATES SAYS WI: ARE F/uHTIN6 IN VIETNAM 13ECALISE OUR fJOVeRNMENT POESNT L/K£ Til£ PI?OfJfVJ/;15 OFTHE NATIONAL LIBEI!ATION FRONT.

WE SAYT/IE PEOPLE Ot= VIETNAM SUPft:JR:r THE W.4R, /3UT ZO PEK. CENT OF THE 50UT1f 'IIETNAM£5£ ARMY 0£5£/?.TEP IN 1'165.

WE SAY TilE PEOPLE WE ARE F!&IIT!NfJ ni£RE ARE OL!TSIPEI(S FROM NORTH VIETNJlM.

ONLY 6 PER CENT OF TilE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONTS ARMY IS FROM NORW VIETN. M.

WE SAY WE RC,HT IN VIETNAM TO Flu fiT A6A/NSTCOA1M!JNIST CHINESE AoRESSioN IV SOLIT!f VIET N;f!H. BUT THERE Alf NO CHINESE TROOPS F!C!!fTIN6 IN VIET!V;fJt NCJ!?TH OR SOUTif.

THE OTHERS AR£ FROM TH£ SOUTH ANP ARE F10HT!Na OUTS!l>ERS- 7ll� UN!Tt=P STATES- FOR 771EFKEEOOM t:JFTHEIR OWNCDU;�N�T.�R�Y.��������d

WE SAY IF SOUTH VIETNAM flOES COfVIMUNfST, Tfi£N SO WILL EVERY OTHER COUNTRY NEirR IT.

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BUT WE ALSO SAY WE WANT THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN ftOVERNAf£NT, AN!J THEN WE WONT EVEN LET COMMUNISTS RUN FOR. OFFICE.

WE ARE WORR/E[) ABOUT F/tlf/T/Nq � W/IR INST POVERTY IN AAIER/CA.

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WE SAY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE f!OVcR.NMENT WILL NOT A/Ef!OT!A,TE WITH US, BlfT TilEY /lAVE TR!Ef) 70 TALK W /Tfl LIS ScVENTIMES SINCE SEPTEM8E�/961.

BUT W£ SPEND $ L!Cftf, qqq_ 'fb FOR EVERY ENEMY SOL!JIER WE KILL OR. CAPTU!<E WHILE PEOPLE STARVE AND 60 WITHOlfT

JOBS AT IIOA1E.

WE SAY WE HAVE TO KEEP F/C:l/fl7Nu BECAUS£ IF WE STOP OlliER COUttiTR!ES WIL /VtJT

WE SAY THE NATION�L LIBERATION ODES NOT Ft6/IT fAIKLY 8ECAU.SE THEY HIPE SEH!NJJ TREES AN{) {3USHES,

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Bt.rr FRANC£ LEt:T Af:T£/<. lf£R TROOPS WERE !JEFEATEO IN VIETNAM ANO EVERYCO[JNTRY !NTHE WORLP RESPfC75

FRANCE FtJ!e PcCtSIO#.

BECAUSE TilEY TAKE LAN() FROM THE ANO C7!VE IT TO TilE POOR.

WE ASKEP FOR /IELP FROM ANY COUNTR.YTfiAT WOULP GIVE !TTO us

(FRANCE, SPA/tV 1/;VP 1/0LL.AND PIP C!!VE US TROOPS AND IUD)

BUT WE H /0 SEHINO TREES AN{) WHEN WE FDU6/IT THE 8R!TI5H FOR. OLJR /Nl/EPENPENCE.

W£ TARREO AND FEAT/I ERE[) ANO L£[) OUR ENEMIES, AND TOOK.

LAND.

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THE PEOPLE OF VIETN4M ARE FI&HT/N{:[ TH£/f? OWN WAR FDR /NOEPENPeNCE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHOULO WE 8£

/IT/NO IN VIETNAM, OR Sf/OULO W£ LET THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE�

TIIOLIC5, BUD If 1575, COMA4UNIST5 ANO OEMOCRATS- SETTLE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS Tf!E!R OWN W-4Y?

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YOU ARE SUPPOSED TOB/311 PARTOFTII/3 MEN YOU VOTE FOR HELP MAKE THIS GOVERNM WAR POSSIBLE. WILL YOU VOTE FOR

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OR WILL THI= WAR IN V 1 £TN AM � THE Wf/AT PO .vo1uftiTt�H�I NllfKffi'2frr. ffiTifTITffi\mJli111 WAR TIIAT IS FOUC!HT IN YOUR NAA1E- ;; KEEP ON K!LLIN(J?