Goverument could look forward to.
Whether the archirect of defeat and the purveyor of corruptign was pushed, or whether he simply over, matters little. What was clear In three days last weekend, Italian rightists and police killed three anti-fascist militants. As we go to press a massive general strike is planned for Tuesday April 22nd. Next week's Red Weekly will be carrying an on-the-spot report. Don't miss it !
No 98 TISA As the holes were being punched into the South Vietnamese defence perimeter around Saigon, the future was writ large on the wall-crushing defeat was the only outcome that Thieu's Nguyen van Thieu, for almost 10 years America's chief paid assassin in South Vietnam, had reached the end of his usefulness. Even his "godfather" Henry Kissinger nad started to give him the cold shoulder, when four days before ne had made clear that the United States was no longer committed to Thieu.
was that he could neither win, Bor fell even be used to reach a compromise peace with the insurgents. PRICE 10p Part of a picket of the Home Office, last week, to get the Labour Goverment to recognise the PRG. of Vietnam.
Thieu's capitalists.
resignation is the last servico he can Tender to his imperialist masters and although he promised to act as an held of battle extra man in the field' he is more likely to play this role out on Miami beach than in the war-torn jungles Thieu's resignation does not mean that the imperialists have given up all hope in Victuam. Their last throw is to cobble together a new government whose task will be to salvage the best they can from the situation.
They hope by getting rid of Thieu to consolidare tbeir trovernent to line up support at home and internutionally for further aid to Saigon If the PRG and the North Vietnamese prove "unreasonable.' demands for "humanitarian' aid will now get even more strident, and 'concern" for the 'evacuation of Americans and their leading South Vietnamese aceats will grow by the Hour. On the day trat Thieu made his exit, nine American aircraft carriers were converging on the Viet nam coast and the American marines wete on standby. There is no doubt that in the top circles of US policymaking there is support for the idea oF using the evacuation issuc as a Sitions cover for American intervention.
The departure of Thieu changes nothing. The Soutt. Vietnamese Govemment formed uncer Thie's formerly obedient Vice-President still remains a puppet of imperialise and the tool of the landlords and native INCOMPARABLE But victory is within reach of the revolutionaries in Indochina. On che the insurgents have demonstrated a heroism which is incumparable and have shown a military skill which is outstanding By their refusal to negotiate with Thieu they helped to undermine the rotten administration and intensi tied the crisis for the capitalist class. A refusal by the liberation forces to enter into negotiations with the new rotten regime in Saigon would further worsen the situation for the Us and its hanpers-on in South Vietnam.
As the noose tightons around Saigon the ability of the revolutionaries final, and just victory depends on the political aol lity of the Vietnamese revolution aries to defeat the, linal manoeuvres of the Americans, and on the vigilance of the international workers Fot the revolutionaries in Britain the message must go out loud and ciear: US-Hands off Viet nami! No aid for the Saigon regime: Recognise the PRC now!
More on Indochina - p. 10. RAKE -IN, CASTLE'S HAND~
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