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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 2. March 5 1979

Reds Under Beds

Reds Under Beds

Sir / Miz / Madam / Comrade (?)

Your unsigned article on Kampuchea, in it's lack of references, of any source material whatsoever, is nothing better than a polemic disguised as reportage. It has now become fashionable to see a Russian plot in every Western policy misadventure — Reds under every bed.

Now that the recent American global role seems to be receding-witness the warning of former U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Zumwalt that Australia could no longer count on the United States for aid if attacked, and should look to it's own defences (The Bulletin., 27/2/1979)-a lot of people are getting twitchy about our own recent imperialist past.

With all that fissionable matter stockpiled (on all sides) let's not suddenly start playing 'holier than thou'.

Sincerely Yours,

Joe Green

(The article was written by Lisa Sacksen - the by-line was left off by mistake - Ed.)