RALLY BACKS VIETNAMESE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
A mass rally was staged in Kyoto May 31 to protest against U.S. aggression in Vietnam, About 500 participated. Organized by a committee representing twenty-five local peace organizations, including faculty unions of Kyoto, Doshisha, Ritsumeikan and Kyoto Gakugei universities, it was held on the Ritsumeikan University campus.
The rally adopted plans on collecting signatures to endorse the National Front of Liberation in south Vietnam and on raising funds for its cause, we A ‘declaration was adopted stating, "We srotert the Government
cooperating with the U.S. in Vietnam and will fight for peace with all other peace-loving Japanese people."
The rally decided to send protests to Johnson and to the Japanese government as well as a letter of encouragement to the Vietnamese people.
After the. rally the. partioipants marched through the streets of F Kyoto.
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