B-52's will not stop Vietcong

FOUR primperianism face Vietnam.

Firstly, that Marshal Ky Will resolve the crisis with General Thi and the Buddhists; secondly, that a civilian regime will take over and prosecute the war; thirdly, that a civilian regime under Buddhist pressure will negotiate with the National Liberation Front and call for withdrawal of US forces; and fourthly-and this seems the likeliest-that complete anarchy and chaos will overtake South Vietnam, leaving the US forces stranded.

Since the US stage-managed a bloody coup to eliminate their civilian puppets and install a military puppet regime, it seems highly unlikely that a reverse process will take place now.

The prospect of a saffronrobed monk representing South Vietnam is just too much for the good Christians in the Pentagon -and since the CIA has not trained any Buddhists for the job, this solution is out.

The U.S. has therefore decided to fight on with no holds barred. The more desperate the situation becomes the more desperate the counter - measures against the North.

Johnson, who only a year ago cynically announced his much publicised Mekong-Valley project for power stations and dams in Vietnam and Laos, is now devastating similar projects around Hanoi and Haiphong with B-52 bombers.

Soon he will be devastating Hanoi itself-with second-hand bombs re-purchased from West Germany.

The reluctance of the Chinese bureaucrats to intervene has encouraged the US to do this-and despite the international demonstrations they will continue.

All Johnson's B-52s though will not vanquish the unconquerable spirit and determination of the Vietnamese people to resist.

All those like the Labour 'lefts' who remain silent and inactive in this critical period will be branded by history as accomplices of the imperialist criminals in the White House.

They will fall together their imperialist masters.