- Title: JAPAN: TOKYO: SOUTH VIETNAMESE STUDENTS APPEAL FOR PEACE.
- Date: 14th February 1965
- Summary: 1. GV DEMONSTRATORS WITH PLACARDS 0.02 2. SV GIRLS FROM S. VIETNAM. 0.06 3. CU STUDENT - "PEACE & REUNIFICATION FOR VIETNAM" 0.09 4. SV PLACARD & "COMMUNISTS & CAPITALIST MUST END INTERVENTION. 0.12 5. LV STUDENTS PARADE WITH PLACARDS. 0.18 6. CU PAN DITTO 0.24 7. LV PARADE 0.28 8. GV PARADE. 0.33 9. CU GIRL'S
- Embargoed: 1st March 1965 12:00
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- Location: TOKYO JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Reuters ID: LVA6CVX1QM2WGEBEJ6Q0S9241RMI
- Story Text: ABOUT 100 STUDENTS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM, NOW STUDYING AT TOKYO UNIVERSITY, MADE AN APPEAL FOR PEACE IN TOKYO YESTERDAY (SATURDAY). CARRYING PLACARDS, THE STUDENTS MARCHED ALONG CROWDED THOROUGHFARES HANDING OUT LEAFLETS TO GIVE MAXIMUM PUBLICITY TO THEIR VIEWS.
THE PLACARDS AND LEAFLETS CARRIED A CALL TO THE MAJOR POWERS TO END THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH VIETNAM. "COMMUNISTS AND CAPITALISTS MUST END INTERVENTION" AND "PEACE AND RE-UNIFICATION FOR VIETNAM" WERE TYPICAL SLOGANS. THE STUDENTS CALLED FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICANS AND THE NON-INTERVENTION OF RUSSIA IN THEIR COUNTRY'S AFFAIRS.
THE STUDENTS, MANY OF THEM GIRL, DID NOT PICKET THE U.S. EMBASSY SINCE IT WAS SATURDAY, A NON-WORKING DAY. HOWEVER, THEY INDICATED IN THEIR LEAFLETS THAT THEY ARE UNHAPPY WITH U THANT'S STATEMENT ON FRIDAY IN WHICH THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL SPOKE OF THE NECESSITY MOVE THE QUEST FOR A SOLUTION AWAY FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE TO THE CONFERENCE TABLE. HE ASKED FOR RESTRAINT FROM BOTH SIDES.
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