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American Friends Service Committee — Part 14
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For her. part, Margaret Schwartz restated the “Departaent's ‘position that it "does not .
_ choose! to unbleck Quaker accounts or license further shipments of humanitarian relief vs
. 80 long as Friends insist on extending our relief equivalently to all civilian casualties
with no opportunity for on-the- -spot inspection of this relief.” Again, she indicated that
were Friends even to succeed in making arrangements for such inspection, Treasury might
still refuse to Ticense such relief unless it could: be shown to be clearly in the national
interest, ¢.g.: facilitating contect with or the rolease of Ancrican military personnel
held captive by Hanoi. .
After the interview with Margaret Schyartz, Friends gathered on ‘the
for a report and then filed slowly back into the Treasury's «cst Loo
aa we
cSair, there to bezin a silent and respectful wait At closing tine
Vm we
read a. brief statement.to Friends, warning that those
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who continued to walt would pnysicall:
je escorted and expelled from the building. , Sowe did, and they sere. .
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steps of the Treasurs
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-- CONVINVED ACTION
2a the four-waens since Menurial. Day, 1 have undertaken to unintztin 2 Quaker presence withi
the Treasury Cepariaent, By this «itaess I save soped to resin’ cll concerned that so long
73 Our tOuntry Ls enzrisat in ao var of attrition ajgeinst the Viet-0..2s3 people, none of us
sieuld feel free to so adeut tis ‘business as usual.!
rae place and form of this witness provide a aninqece opportunity for prophetic witness and
Friendly persuasion, Zach RoFnang at 8.00 a.m., when the builo:rz cpens for business, 1
alk in #ith tvo ch two CrSl relieit collection cous, and a supply of ieare
Lets interpretin a tring the day 2 1) greet etplovces, answer inquiries, and
twvita sontributions. 2) visit oifiiees ta crrosent farts scr .w,3 LOOK -arczise
-32cie; 5) Gralv ieutars riquesting 2opcintments and/or inforsmi'lon “ren officiais in
LGD iapartseats, 327 tnvestisucs and duvelisp furtner aryvucte tts and avenues for Vietelan >
Lir?, 2.5.2 tne Geneva Corvention Coonrcisy ef 7.2 Uvaasuey 7. rv), 3) onat «.ta press
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