74-00000  * CONF IDENTIAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION _ In Reply, Please Refer to . . 3 | WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 File No. — - June 15, 1965 DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTER~ VENTION IN. VIETNAM. AND .THE DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC 4 The Conmunist Party and other organizations are continuing: their efforts to force the United States to change “its present policies toward Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. There is set forth below a summary of current and planned future activity through which they hope to accomplish this end, i: - a “gpeak-Out" . . a! _»peak-Out a YS * . . - \ . eh 8 It was previously » réfirted that. ne come tet __“Woaviolent Ac Actioi,--a pacifist”groip, is’ sponsoring a ‘*SpeakLout" on June 16, ——~en dune 16, 1965, at the Pentagon, Washington, D. C. During this demonstration participants will make speeches from the Pentagon steps; distribute leaflets; and demand an opportunity - ; to discuss Vietnam and the Dominican Republic with Pentagon 7 officials, ie fal Hayworth; sxecutive Secretary, Committee for _ | i Nonviole ion, Washington, D. C., has stated the demonstration i, will start in‘ the. park at the Pentagon with the ‘hope that arrests of the demonstrators will result. If this phase of the demon. 'gtration produces no arrests, the demonstrators will move to . the steps of the Pentagon and engage in civil disobedience to ie provoke arrests. On June 12, 1965, an announcement was made at - ; the national convention of the Students for a Democratic Society, a socialist-oriented youth group, at Kewadin, Michigan, that | the. Student Nonviolent Coordinating-Coumittee planned to demonstrate..at—the~Pentagon- and—at_Central. intelligence Agency Head uarters_on_June_16,~1965,--as.a.protest against United States invoivement in. yietnam. Hayworth has stated hebas rejected offers’ by the Women's Strike for Peace and the Student Peace Union to join this demonstration as it will be a 1 Committee for _ Nonviolent Action effort only REVIEWED BY FBI/JFK TASK FORCE | oN ly S CONFIDENTIAL — RELEASE PULL . 7 E cro On automatic ee ER’ 4 . O RELEASE IN PART. downgrading and TOTAL DENIAL te) _ |aeciassification
14-00000 _ VENTION. IN. VIETNAM. AND . THE DOMINICAN .REPUBLIC peace Conference" CONFIDENTIAL DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTER= i tit ~ - fy " Mary| Clarke, => former Communist Party member and the present Southern California representative of the Women's international|/Strike for Peace, a pacifist group, stated atva meeting of the Women's International Strike for Peace that tentative plans have been made to hold. a ‘Peace Conference" between women from North Vietnam and the United States in Djakarta} Indonesia, from June 29, 1965, to July 4, 1965. | She has.asked for a two-week postponement_of this meeting in. . pn order to have time to raise money and select the United States — an delegates, .Congre’ssman George E, Brown, Jr., of California | upon being advised of this propgsed Conféetence by representatives of the Women's International Strike ‘fol Peace reportedly stated t it was "a marvelous idea." According to Clarke, \;. | itfore@, a,fdxmer Communist Party member; (lirs Martin Luther | : we _. King, Jr>; ang Dagmar\Wils prominent pacifist, have been/A_— tentatively selected fo'attend the Conference. - Upon the delegates' return to the United States, they co plan to arrange a press conference concerning the meeting. ‘The press tonference would include Congressman Brown and Congresswoman Edith Green. . \- 4 Washington Action Caravan Sc 1a ttee, Berkeley, California, 90.3090"! which has been active in ‘protesting United States policy toward ~~~ ; Vietnam and the Dominican Republic, is assisting .in planning a Washington Action Caravan as a further protest against i United States intervention in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. | Under this plan motorized caravans will leave the San Francisco, | “4 ‘Thé Vietnam Da Commi California, area in mid-July, 1965, and travel to Washington, D. C. In selected communities en route, the caravan will hold protest demonstrations to build public opposition to our foreign policy. It is hoped by the Committee that similar caravans will be organized in other parts of the United States, All caravans will congregate in Washington, D. C., in early september where mass protest action will occur. Present plans include blocking traffic, staging. sit-ins in Government buildings and obstructing entrances to military buildings. CONFIDENTIAL | a
14-00000 pecrns et CONF IDENTIAL DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING UNITED STATES INTER~ ‘ VENTION IN.VISTNAM. AND “THE. DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC , a. OT ae Other Activity | | | na On June 12,.1965, the Comittee for Nonviolent: Action sponsored a demonstration at Times Square, New York City. Approximately 18 individuals participated in the demonstration and carried placards asking for an end to the war in Vietnan, riteCintercUalver sity Committee for a Public Hearing von Vistas SG sb ene Which Sponsored the recent national teach«in ut Washington, D. C., is continuing its attempt to arrange a national,television debate on Vietnan and the Dominican Republic with Mr. McGeorge Bundy, Special — Assistant to the President. Upoh leartiing. that Mr. Bundy has- © been invited to appear on the “American Broadcasting Company .television program "Issues and “Answers," a representative of .the Committee contacted the American Broadcasting Company in an attempt to*have member's of the Committee invited to appear on the same program. The American ‘Broadcasting Company was agreeable provided such an arrangement had Mr. Bundy"? approval and if the Committee furnished a list of participants and full details of how the program will be conducted. As yet no arrangements have been made concerning this proposed television . debate, a ‘ Thé_Emer rgency Council on | the Crisis. of fmerica> sponsored a public meeting = at Santa Monica, California, on aa June 12, 1965, to express opposition to United States policy in Vietnam. Senator Wayne Morse, the principal speaker, spoke for approximately 45 minutes. He criticized our present policy in Vietnam and said that it was impossible for the United States to win even though we may win some individual battles. He. contended that United States foreign policy belongs to the American people and not to the President. Approximately 2,500 people were present at the meeting and receipts totaled above $i, 000. i t CONFIDENTIAL = 3