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president huynh tan phat gives interview to prensa latina

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hanoi, august 23 Chsinhua) huynh tan phat, president of the provisional revolutionary government of the republic of south viet nam, recently gave an interview to victorio copa presneda, special envoy of prensa latina, according to gpa.

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referring to the seven-point peace initiative of the r.s.v.n.p.r.g., president huynh tan phat said: "the r.s.v.n.p.r.g.'s seven-point peace initiative is realistic and reasonable and as such has enjoyed warm welcome, approval and support from the peace- and justice-loving governments and people in the

· world, including the american people. but nixon has so far shunned a response and furthermore has increased military activities in south viet nam, cambodia and laos while continuing the bombing and shelling of a number of populated areas in the democratic republic of viet nam." he said: "the vietnamese people are masters of their own destiny. so long as the u.s. imperialists still obdurately continue the war, the south vietnamese people are resolved to deal them more powerful blows till total victory is won."

exposing the so-called "new pacification" plan made public recently by u.s. imperialism and its lackeys in south viet nam, president huynh tan phat pointed out: "the u.s. and its lackeys' 'new pacification' plan came into being following the repeated failures of the previous 'pacification' plans, and at the very time when the u.s.-puppets are stalemated on all battlefields and the south vietnamese liberation armed forces and people are dashing forward in the flush of their victory to step up their offensive and uprising. it will surely end in ignominious failure together with the whole of their 'vietnamisation' plan."

commenting on the forthcoming puppet "presidential elections" in saigon, president huynh tan phat said that the saigon administration is a tool of the u.s. imperialists to carry out their aggressive plan in south viet nam, and an offspring of u.s. neo-colonialism. the "elections" to be held in saigon at the gunpoint of nearly 300,000 u.s. aggressors and satellite troops and nearly one million puppet regular troops and policemen are not only deceitful and fraudulent, but also illegal and contrary to the south vietnamese people's principle of independence, freedom and sovereignty. the south vietnamese people's right to self-determination, including the right to vote freely and stand for elections, can be obtained only when the u.s. government has pulled out all its troops and war means from south viet nam and renounced the gang of militarist and warlike stooges headed by nguyen van thieu. only then can

the south vietnamese be free to settle,themselves, their own affairs without foreign interference.

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president huynh tan phat condemned the chemical warfare conducted by the u.s. in south viet nam. he also warmly praised the current anti-war movement of the progressive american people. he pointed out: "the recent spring offensive marked the climax in this movement with the demands for an immediate end to the war in indochina and the setting of a deadline for the total u.s. troops withdrawal." he said: "the south vietnamese people warmly hail this new and vigorous development of the anti-war movement in the united states. that movement also enjoys ever stronger sympathy and support from all peace, freedom and justice-loving people in . the world. 10

he stressed: "the struggle of the peoples

in indochina, the u.s.a. and the world as a whole against the u.s. aggressive war is still long and hard, but will surely triumph in the end." end item

082313 american youth demonstrate against wage freeze

peking, august 23 (hsinhua) – some 500 american youth again demonstrated in washington on august 21 after a similar demonstration outside the white house on the previous day, according to washington reports. the demonstrators strongly protested against the reactionary policy of wage freeze adopted by the u.s. government to shift its financial and economic crises onto the broad masses of the working people.

the demonstrators, mostly black youth, marched two miles from the washington public library. they carried placards protesting against the "racist cutbacks, Layoffs and speedups" and shouted: "freeze nixon, not wages".

after their march, they held a brief rally condemning the u.s. government for freezing wages. end item

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new mauritanian government formed

nouakchott, august 22 chsinhua) moktar ould daddah, recently reelected president of mauritania, announced on august 18 the formation of a new government.

the 16 ministers of the new government include hamdi ould mouknass, minister of external affairs; sidi mohamed diagana, minister of national defence; ahmed ben amar, minister of the interior; and diaramouna soumare, minister of finance.

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