Indochina Program (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is "REPORT ON QUANG NGAI PROVINCE SINCE THE JANUARY CEASEFIRE" reported by Jane and David Barton and published in 1973 by the Indochina Program of the American Friends Service Committee out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A large, left-folded brochure measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing four pages including front and rear covers. With two small front cover portrait photos of Jane and David Barton, the introduction reads in part: "Jane and David Barton were field directors of the American Friends Service Committee's Rehabilitation Center in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam from May, 1971 until May, 1973. In addition to providing medical services, physical therapy, and prosthetic care for the many thousands of war-injured civilians, the AFSC program also included medical visits to people at the Quang Ngai Prison and at the prisoner ward of the Quang Ngai Hospital." Their testimony begins, "Since the ceasefire accords [Paris Peace Treaty] the Saigon government has continued to detain, arrest, interrogate, torture, and imprison a large number of civilians in Quang Ngai Province. There are approximately 2,500 civilians currently imprisoned for political reasons in Quang Ngai Province. At the Province Interrogation Center, there are over 1,000 people, at the Quang Ngai Prison another 1,000 people, and at the district detention centers several hundred more. During our two years of work in Quang Ngai we met and spoke with several hundred prisoners at these various prison facilities. Not once did we ever meet a prisoner who had been arrested for criminal reasons.".

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is an original report entitled "Statement on Continued U.S. Support For South Vietnam's Police & Prison System And Proposals For Ending Such Support" dated July 20, 1973 and published by the Indochina Program of the American Friends Service Committee out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A left-folded brochure measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing four pages including front and rear covers. Submitted by several organizations (as stated), including the American Ethical Union, American Humanist Association, American Friends Service Committee, United Methodist Church, American Baptist Convention, Union of Hebrew Congregations, the Statement contains the following headings: Background (beginning with "As part of our long and costly involvement in the Southeast Asia conflict, the United States has been providing aid - in the form of weapons, supplies, training and advisory support - to the National Police of South Vietnam since 1954"); The Present Situation (beginning with: "In signing the January 1973 Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, the United States pledged that it would not 'impose any political tendency or personality on the South Vietnamese people' (Article 9), and that it would remove all U.S. military personnel, including 'personnel associated with the pacification program' from South Vietnam (Article 5). Furthermore, as a signatory to the Agreement, we are committed to the restoration of political liberty in South Vietnam, and specifically to the prohibition of 'all acts of reprisal and discrimination against individuals or organizations that have collaborated with one side or the other' (Article 11)"); Proposals For Action. Condition: narrow chipping along left fold (to blank margins only).

Wraps. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Version Two: removes the "not" from the statement "We have NOT [my emphasis] been seduced by leaders who tell us that peace has come to southeast Asia" now reading "We have been seduced by leaders who tell us that peace has come to southeast Asia." Offered is an original brochure entitled "A Pastoral Letter to the Religious Communities of The United States" published by the Indochina Program of the American Friends Service Committee out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As printed to the rear cover, 15,000 copies of the brochure were printed on December 20, 1974 ("15M/12-20-74"). An eight-panel folded brochure with each panel measuring 4-1/4" by 11". When unfolded, four of the panels, printed as one continuous page and featuring three photographs, contain the text of the Pastoral Letter (a fifth panel on the other side concludes the text), reading in brief: "There is no peace. The war goes on. American bombs are still dropped from American airplanes on Vietnamese targets - Why is this so: As we approach the second anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Agreements, the unpalatable truth we choose to ignore is that we have failed to honor the agreements we pledged to honor - Having spoken before, we must speak again. We call the nation to action once again. We therefore summon the members of the religious communities of our nation to a National Assembly to Save the Peace Agreement, in Washington, D.C., from January 25 to January 27, 1975." With a lengthy list of signers, including Dr. Ralph Abernathy, Bishop James Armstrong, C. Lloyd Bailey, Howard Bartram, Rabbi Balfour Brickner, Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Rt. Rev. Robert DeWitt, Sr., Dorothy Donnelly, Sister Ann Gillen, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Dr. Walter Harrelson, Rabbi David A. Mirsky, Dr. Claire Randall, Dr. Colin Williams, numerous others (note that Dr. Harvey Cox was added as a Signer to this revised version).

Loose leaves with clip. 1st Edition. Approx. 60 leaves in various foliations with yellow front page; binder clip to top edge; illustrations; 28 cm. Press clippings presented in thematic groups by two anti-war groups. Part 1: Eyewitness Reports by Wesern Observers in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Part 2: Corroboration and Analysis of Dike Bombing in Western Press Part 3: Historical Precedents for U.S. Bombing of Dikes in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Part 4: Official Denials of Bombing of Dikes. Some pages out of order; front cover a tad sunned with ink year to upper right corner; pages clean.