it comes from, as long as it has no conditions attached.
Furthermore, we also know that within the enemy camp itself
there are millions of people who care for the things for
which we are fighting. Simple logic alone would require that
we encourage those who are with us to not only continue to
be v/ith us but also to do everything they can to materialise
their sympathy and support, including helping to weaken the
influence our enemy has on those who control their economic
and political institutions.
Concerning the Arab-Israel conflict our position v/as made known
last June when the crisis reached a breaking point, and nothing has happened since to require a new position. However,
we are alarmed by the ever-increasing tendency for those who
are dealing with the issue to overstress the relationship
between Israel and those Arab states which have been directly involved in the armed struggle, to the almost complete
oblivion of the Palestinian people, whose land was occupied
by Israel. There can be no peace in the Middle East if those
concerned with the present crisis concentrate on only retracing the Arab-Israel borders and ignore altogether the plight of the Palestinian people.
Conctrning the Vietnam situation, we have always taken the position that if there is an internal conflict in Vietnam it
ought to be left to the people of Vietnam to settle.Therefore, the involvement• of the United States and her allies,
after France had left, is nothing but an aggressive interference in the internal affairs of Vietnam. This position
is clear enough. A settlement of the Vietnam issue which
does not allow the FNL to realise its democratic aims is null
and void. There can be no peace in Vietnam until the United
States confronts itself with the fact that she and her allies
are in Vietnam illegally and therefore her armed forces must
withdraw from South Vietnam completely and unconditionally.
During the last three years the African independent states have
been involved in a number of contradictory moves featuring,
among other things, coups dfetat led by military men, civil
wars and defections ti) Europe by important political leaders.
We fear that these contradictions may so weaken the independent states that the European powers, goaded by their economic interests, allied to those of the United States, may be
tempted to try a reconquest of the African continent. We
note with alarm the ease with which the European mercenary
leader, Major Schramme of Belgium, v/as able to recruit a
military force sufficient to control an important city in
the Congo.(The latest information indicates that Major Schramme is continuing to receive reinforcements in personnel,
funds and material).