Vietnam, 1968 - 1972
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on the campaign for peace in Vietnam, with correspondents including: [William] Marcus Worsley; Ra Jong-Yil on whether the Labour Party counted Syngman Rhee [former President of South Korea] as a democratic socialist; [Mark] James Cameron on his attempts to report from Vietnam; [Edward] Michael Gresford Jones, Bishop of St Albans on his motion in the House of Lords on the increasing menace of chemical and biological warfare; Alistair Macdonald, Treasurer of the British Campaign for Peace in Vietnam, on the campaign's tenancy agreement (3); Steven Rose, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London; Dr Benjamin Spock, thanking AFB for his support [after his successful appeal against a conviction for conspiracy to counsel young men to avoid the draft].
Also includes: summary of press reports of atrocities carried out by American forces, November 1969; correspondence on a story that an interview on Italian television with Dr Benjamin Spock on American police violence against peace campaigners had allegedly been barred; extracts from AFB's article "A British MP's views on the situation in South Vietnam"; information papers from the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam; issue of Vietnam International, published by the International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace; papers from the British Campaign for Peace in Vietnam (BCPV) of which AFB was President, including a paper on the case for ending British involvement in American war policies; press releases from Medical Aid for Vietnam; memorandum from Clergy and Laymen Concerned on ending the killing in Vietnam or an American withdrawal; press cuttings on Ho Chi Minh, late President of Vietnam and on the successful appeal by Dr Benjamin Spock and others against their convictions; publication on the Children of Vietnam, issued by the British Medical Aid Committee for Vietnam.
Dates
- Creation: 1968 - 1972
Creator
- From the Fonds: Brockway, Archibald Fenner, 1888 - 1988 (Baron Brockway of Eton and Slough, politician) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
2 file(s)
Other Finding Aids
Former reference: box 53 #241
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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