Vietnam

The main activities to be carried on at the present time related to the continuing struggle in Indochina are attempts to change the attitudes of the New Zealand Government. The particular demands which are being made are to exhort the government to implement the Paris Peace Agreement.

At the moment there are many people writing letters to the Prime Minister about the continued holding of political prisoners by the Thieu regime. It is apparent that what the foreign affairs department knows on this issue is considerably less than is known by various people who work for such groups as RAVPOC.

Another campaign is to be mounted for the cessation of all aid to the Thieu government, on the grounds that it is contrary to the spirit of the Paris agreement to funnel aid through the Thieu government while refusing to even recognise the PRG. Moreover, all aid, even humanitarian aid, that goes to South Vietnam through the Thieu government serves to prop up that government, which is at the moment dependent on continuing inflows of aid from outside. Humanitarian aid to the Thieu government allows it to evade its responsibilities to provide for its own people.