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Vietnam, 1968 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 3/92

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

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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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