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cd ar koe ewig ‘aig ae acts le i lala le ‘baitilew tener SACS LIE he RINE I ee +e ania ede. a ty COUNTERORTIENTATION WEEK UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CARQLINA On September 23, 1969, CE T=+3 raported that on September 22, 1969, at 7:30 p.m., in Room 111, Murphy Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, there was a discussion on imperialism and American foreign policy. Among those attending were FRED BODE, University of North Carolina history professor; LARRY KESSLER, also a University of North Carolina history professor; and GEORGE VLASITS and CARL DAVID6ON, a former officer of the Students For a Democratic Society. VLASITS began the meeting at 7:30 p.m. by showing two films. The first film was on the United States exploitation of Venezuela and the revolutionary movement there. The second film was on present- day Cwoa, how the country is pros pering, how happy and weil fea tne peopie are now that tne Uni ce been removed. These films lasted about an hour. 8 8 oa ct al re fl a Then VLASITS introduced the speakers. FRED BODE spoke about the history of United States imperialism, condemning THEODORE ROOSEVELT and WOODRW WILSON and contrasted United States imperialism with nineteenth century British imperialism. LARRY KESSLER then took over. He said, "The countries that the U. &. call underprivileged are not underprivileged at ali but they are super-exploited by the U. S.,. countries like Vietnam, Venezuela, etc." He blamed the United States for starting World War II with Japan. He said that we (the United States) have isolated Red China, not China herself. CARL DAVIDSON spoke briefly about his trip to Cuba. He said that AID was exploiting South American countries by paying for the construction of houses for the poor but then allowing American building contractors to charge the poor people more than three times the cost of the building. On September 29, 1969, CE T-4 made available tape recordings made of the following meetings: eT Te peas Meena mre Ton aan ree ava pena Se OF ee pe ee