To the Faculty of Yale University:

The expansion of the Indochina war takes place today under a
system of deceptions proffered by the administration to the
American people. The transition to an automated air war,
a technological reign of terror over the peoples of Indochina,
is masked by the periodic announcement of American troop
withdrawals. In the face of an increasingly aggressive and
vicious military policy, and the simultaneous attempt to
isolate the American people from this reality, the need for
a public reaction, an application of pressure through all
available channels, is greater than it has ever been.

The People's Peace Treaty is an organizing tool to help
bring about this pressure. It came about through the efforts
of a group of American students from the National Student
Association and North and South Vietnamese student organizations.
The American students went to Hanoi in December 1970 to
negotiate with students there and though denied visas into
South Vietnam one American student managed to enter and meet
with students there for a short time. The final negotiating
of the treaty took place in Paris with Madame Binh of the
Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam. The
treaty is supported by businessmen, Buddhist organizations,
and other civic groups of South Vietnam.

Now the treaty must be and is being taken to all sectors of
American society, to individuals and organizations offering
people the occasion to declare a separate peace with the
people of Indochina, to "take themselves out of the war."
The treaty is not a petition. It is a set of principles
prescribing the conditions for peace in Indochina and can
involve people in a process of real questioning which will
help them make an active commitment to bringing an end to
the war in Indochina.

We are asking you as the faculty of Yale University and as
individuals to make this active commitment. You can carry
out your commitment by taking the treaty to other groups
and individuals with whom you have contact, by participating
in the extensive lobbying campaign being waged in Washington
this spring or by organizing your own forums for expression
of your dissatisfaction with the administration and military
policy on the war. It is only the accumulation of what seem
to be small efforts that will bring mounting pressure to bear.

Contributions to our office are much needed and would be
greatly appreciated. Make checks payable to People's Peace
Treaty.

For more information and copies of the treaty call or write:

People's Peace Treaty Office
Room #7 Dwight Hall
436-1430 Ex. 7

Thank you for your attention.