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Howard Zinn — Part 1
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BS 100-35505
"Zinn, a professor of government at Boston University,
and a member of the Paculty Committee Against the War in
Vietnam, had spoken in Japan at rallies against the war in the
summer of 1966. (7)
"He recommended an assistant _professor of Far.
Arn_history at Dartmouth. College in New Hampshire, Ernest
_jXoung, who speaks Japanese. Young also was a member of
the Faculty Committee. (/
"Zinn later described Young as a very earnest and
sincere teacher with a great interest in people's welfare. (x)
"Zinn telephoned Young, who agreed to fly to Japan.
to see the sailors. There is some confusion surrounding —
the payment of his fare. Zinn said later that he understood
the Japanese peace movement paid it. on the understanding
that it was to be a loan. Young says the money was lent to
him by Liberation magazine in this country, although he is
vague about the circumstances of the payment." ()
Oxf December 1, 1967, BS T-3 advised that the
; eheiren Wapan. "Peace _ for V. Vietnam" ' Committee) is a loosely
‘organized group of ex-Japan Communist Party (JCP) members,
progressive intellectuals, and i leftists which refused to be
“eontrolied by the JCP ‘and which is dedicated to opposing -the
Vietnam War and anti-Americanism. Membership is not a
formal thing and individuals who sympathize with Beheiren
merely send a small amount of _money » less than a dollar, to
"supporter" of the organization. GD
According to BS T-3 there are no known American
individuals or organizations connected with the Japan Peace
for Vietnam Committee (Beheiren) although many Americans
BS T-3 identified HOWARD ZINN, a Boston University
professor as being one of the Americans who has given such
support when he was in Japan.
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