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Se ‘ihe ge. Se, 3S ° ea oe wedabaltirst res . =. "On January 23, -1968, the Phoenix/( ed anchor: sinibble over the mau, ; ~Jocks. "was also of Satie Hong Kong and set ‘gail for Haipuong, North Many people had beets illed and wounded in the . etnam:: It was the third trip of the Phoenix. tos. raids... Flooked around, but could not make out - . gtnam™ and the second to Haiphong. ~ She was. “i “8 anything ‘which seemed to be & ‘military: target -~6s"; _ erying “medical supplies: $5, 060 worth of sur- * £ no railroads, no warehouses,;no military instal--.-<.. bal supplies, for the Red Cross Society of the 5, ‘lations, «It was clear that. the | U, .S.. bombers had weg fmocratic Republic of Vietnam, and $2,500 worth«-. 2. simply area 2333 “ * tAnutial toply bombed ia the center or @'residential area fmédieftiés for the Red Cross Society « ‘of fhe Na-®* * Following “this twe were taken't : ed. . pital where we saw victims of‘the bombing. ‘Among’! ; . the victims were several children who had been - ‘injured by the cannister bomb,’ “antipersonnel unit “= zor SF poal Liberation | Front... pe See [Th The weather to ‘Hai ptiong | was beautiful, nearly. - rfect, the wind followed us around Hainan Island that we.were able to saif most of the way. On @ morning of January 29, we were within sight the lighthouse of Haiphong, and received our iot and other Viemamese officials from a British eighter anchored outside of the harbor. When rkness fell, we were taxen up the Cam River to @ port of Haiphong, where we were given a won~ rful welcome by a group of beautiful Vietnamese tls, each of whom had a bunch of flowers for us.. e were then introduced to officials of the Red ross Society of the DRV, our losts, and to of~ ‘tals of the Viemamese Peace Committee, some shom had come from Hanoi to be wiih us during Feces ess 2 2 two-day borfibing pause.” ~ The next morning was spent in discussions wilh e Red Cross and Peace Commitiee officials, jere we explained that we had brought cargo for 1@ Red Cross of both the DAV and the NLF. Then ¢ ialked about our trip, about what AQAG ‘is and .atitis doing, about Quakers, but especially wut the United States neace movement: ‘vere we vuiing for immediaie withndrawai i Hos vo were we “iromting the Grait? Dia any me J1cicaie in the demonsiratior a: Pi : October? They were of course very inter “he peace movement, and we citen heard suca iments as, “Wwe realize chat the 1Ouu mxe do not suze 7 serican pecs! 2, 30 caiionl.” CV i: “tlacwere ipatc * coe answer ww’ om “ware Aagctcat — oe sar ~ see t SS el TO CAT SO AOL StH rR gmt eae: rehire tens Having turned over the medical sunslies to Rea ross officials, we were eniertained™in the even- gata formal but extremely friendly dinner of “et holidayfoods traditionai to North Vietnam. tes meee re: On the morning of the 31st, we were driven to residential area which had been bombed by U.3._ ‘lanes on January 3 and 4, 1968. The surround- w area was three-story brick buildings, and the aoe 3 a AR weapons, One had been plinded permanently, one . had had his chest riddled with pellets, and another had been paralyzed by a pellet in her spine. See- ing this and the residential area depressed me tremendously, and made me feel extremely em- barrassed to be an American who was not doing all he could to end the war. On the afternoon of January 31 we were taken -. $0 visit the Historical Museum of Haiphong. Here were displayed various items from Vietnamese history, including many different sorts of prim- itive weapons which we were toid had been used to fight off the Chinese aggressors for centuries, Some of these, like the deadiv punji spixes buried in pits in the ground, are still used today. Much of the museum is devoted to the recent years of war with the United States and the U.S. supported gcevernment of South Vietnam. Various types of planes which had been shot down, some by rifle fire, were disstayved with pride by the museum director, though our own reaction was one of hor- roricor tae men Several ascuments which the U.S, iiers had car: vied 4 wha vere also visible asked for fri eadship, food, and water for shot-do mm Di- S:3 in more whan a doren differant ¢ ANT LASeS » if ub et nelp ¢ Giah WOhGEL Bt he on : ceunrries la which a U.S. rnilstr i sneounter 2 acséi.e population, WhO Alu BiweeG wiein, ty awe _ them 23; ene: BOUIN S res on. we were a I ars be waif A. OSs EE ORE a. ¥ " hes week at anti auot sly foe more th at. twenty vears, [fis cur routine now, aru whats another 71: years jihough [ could could nat Woe Gilasse » ATL daily if it means our independence val not support their military activities, I help but feel sympathy for their cause. . Held up by bad weather on the return trip we finally arrived in Hong Kong er February 13th, safe and sound, mission jccert: 1; «he . ee FO ec ee ene pera a ae Fa ‘civilian hos~