Word: vietnams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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MANY of the Asian scholars at the Vietnam Caucus meeting in Philadelphia March 23 may never have seen such heated political discussion before--certainly not among students of Asian affairs, usually noted for their moderation and restraint. For the first time, a large portion of American students of the Far East took a stand against the Vietnam...
...Caucus a group evenly divided between students and faculty. Representatives from twelve such centers formed a credentials committee to select resolutions they would present to the Caucus for a vote. They also wrote a questionnaire to poll attitudes about the purpose and conduct of the war in Vietnam. The committee picked four resolutions to be presented from among nine submitted...
...results of the poll indicated that 80 per cent of the 400 people in the audience did not agree that "Vietnam is a test case for 'Wars of National Liberation,'" 87 per cent denied that "the war helps to contain Chinese influence," and 86 per cent disagreed with the statement that "the war helps prevent the spread of communism into other areas of Asia." Fifty per cent of the audience indicated support for "an immediate U.S. withdrawal" from Vietnam, and 88 per cent voted for "gradual and unilateral U.S. troop withdrawal under the umbrella of negotiations." To the question "does...
...four resolutions, the Caucus again voiced strong opposition to the war. The most popular one called on Asian scholars to: "disassociate ourselves from a policy which amounts to little more than the annihilation of the Vietnamese people"; to demand that the U.S. "unilaterally withdraw its military forces from Vietnam under the umbrella of negotiations"; and to "support those who refuse induction into the United States armed forces...
...Chinese professor from the University of Pennsylvania explained emotionally why he was afraid of communism. Another scholar, Dr. Huynh K. Khanh, who left South Vietnam in 1955, said that the Thieu-Ky regime is "nothing." He said he would like to see his country "taken out of this senseless ideological struggle." "You don't have to be a Communist," he added, "to see destruction and human suffering...