Statement on Continued U.S. Support For South Vietnam's Police & Prison System And Proposals For Ending Such Support (July 20, 1973)

Philadelphia, PA: Indochina Program, American Friends Service Committee. Offered is an original brochure 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). . Very Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. 1973.