LORD Carrington, the Secretary, tells the government should be parted on the back for its humanitarian gesture in admitling to Britain Vietnamese refugees arriving week after being picked up by the British-registered "Sabonga The humanity of the Conservalives, needless to say, is doled out on a selective basis. After the overthrow of Alleade in Chile In 1973, the Heath government refugee — although many of them fuced death at the hands of the Junta.
RELICES HAS TO TUTE ENTIR black immigration to Britain do not need elaboration here.
It's the plight of the boat people" which has tugged at the Tories heart strings, and it so happens that many of those in Vietnam who are leaving its shores in small boats believe that the West will greet them with open arms.
The migration is encouraged by mOre than propaganda. determination of the United States to resist the spread of the imperialiss defeat in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia in 1975 has dictated its DOES In Son CEs C Blockade The US has mounted an coonousic Stockade of Vietnam, mainsained # Strong military presence lo Korea, given massive supporl to the Thai regine, and consolidated its military forces in the Pacific.
The West has done its best to hinder the cconomic development of hardship Foreiga Tory since 1975.
the this population had homeless.
Bol OBe Storm Di string-free ald Evacuation with billions of dollars, peopic. and The which thousand civil servants and alternative meant bring squad, That 170,00đ ise and assoried ai South anumediately withdrawal is material experienced in Vietnam which is a major factor bebind the exodus of some half million refugees The carnage of the American war bears a heavy responsibility for this. At the time of the liberation of South Vietnam, more than 16 per cent of the been killed crippled: 56 per cent had been left There were 3:5 million unemployed, with 4,5 million dependents - in a population of 50 million. The West's humanity does not, of course, now extend to war reparations in the The LS evacuation of Saigon left more than death and destruction The Americans had propped up the Thieu regime in South Vietnam artificially sustaining numerous small business maintained civil administration geared to its war elfort employed several hundred The re-education programme set up by the Vietnamese authorities for such people may be harsh, bur the would no doubt have morators pilled Bfter the US scutoely surprising. stales And it is no less surprising that the present increase in the number of тиесся даномя locaanonaasanou of all private trade two months ago, and the collectivisation or the laric.
It would be satisfying if the blam for the 'boat people' could be laid entirely at the door of imperialism. but that unfortunately is not the case. The other culprit is, in a phrase, the heritage of comrade Stalin.
Carringion, Secretary The doctrine of socialism in one the Soviet Union from the late onwards to shape forcien according to ra twer veroet baerests Jesper Bitter harvest di's desire to exert wet all the workers' which brought about Sino-Soviet conflict, culminating in the carly '60y with the withdrawal of ali Soviet uld Argin China.
in turn, the bureancracy seex is bezemony in Indo-China threatened revolution in Vietnam and cur off its aid to Vietnam last July, cancelling HO projects. There followed, of course, the Chinese invasion of earlier this year, The trail of socialisin in one country and bureaucratic rule does not sion there.
Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia is OUTSILI leadership's aim of bringing about by military means an enforced alliance Vietnam, Cambodia.
For the Vietnamese people, these wars between the workers' exacting a heavy toll.
They believed that the defeat of American imperialism meant peace at - Instend. border areas in the North against the Chinese forces and the despatch of Vietnamese troops to Cambodia has put their country once again on a war and au chormous strain economy: foreign Er has also threatened the position of the 1.7m Vietnamese peopie of Chinese origin, who have made up a sizcable proportion of those leaving Vietnam — some 200,000 l0 China policy itself.
in Merchants Among them, who head for Hong K formier the Vietnam as a result of pre-revoluLonary China's thousand year donnation of the region.
But others are Chinese skilled workers from North Vietnam, inclading 39151 by the departure Vietnam The continuing the Vietnamese Laos, and Ism, states are defence the relugees, TEAC me salty stored technicians and cadres, Their has brought mining production and the port a Haiphong To what extent this migration is due to subversion stemming from the Chinese leadership, as the Vietnamese authorities claim, or to racist-inspired policies by the Vietnamese leadership, as the Junese authorities argue, it is impossible to say Chauvinism What is certain, however, is that Stalinism fosters national chauvinBUT DELS interests of the Vietnamese leadership prevent it from encouraging Vietnamese people of Chinese origin to appeal to the Chinese masses.
A bureaucracy is Jimited in the steps it can take against another bureaucracy: all of which argues that socialist democracy and proletarian the only measures which can halt the flow of West's tears for the boat people fall from dry eyes, just as they would if the Vietnamese authorities forcibly closed their borders and put a stop to the exodus.
This is not lo say that we should oppose the eniry of the Vietnamese refugees to Britain. It is the National Forgi which his promised pickets, lould probitise agkinst Supporting immigration restrictious would mean, in effect, telling the masies of some other country that They should put up with them. The tabour accept its responsibility fot failing to oppose imperialist Socialist Challenge 14 June 1979 page
plans to beat the By the Save the EGA Campaign THE TORIES claim they have saved the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson HospHan Duba • They propose lo cut more than hait the hospital's beds and most of the outputient climics. Health light Thousands of women locally and nationally need and want the EGA and it's a right that women should have. In should be provided by the NHS free of charge.
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