Kerry’s Antiwar Group Directed by the Viet Cong?
Via The Jawa Report:
Found in archives at Texas Tech Univiersity as part of that university’s Vietnam-era archive which holds more than 2 million documents: Document number one: “a 1971 “Circular” distributed by the Vietnamese communists within Vietnam.” From the document: The spontaneous antiwar movements in the US have received assistance and guidance from the friendly ((VC/NVN)) delegations at the Paris Peace Talks.The second document is described as “a communist Directive designed to motivate discussions within Vietnam about promoting the ongoing antiwar activities in the United States.” It can be found here. In the document NV sympathizers are urged to step up propaganda activities that demoralize US troops. The document cites John Kerry’s denunciation of ‘war crimes’ and the staged event where he ‘gave back’ his medals as examples that would help demoralize the troops.
via Wizbang: World Net Daily article:
The first documentary evidence that Vietnamese communists were directly steering John Kerry’s antiwar group Vietnam Veterans Against the War has been discovered in a U.S. archive, according to a researcher who spoke with WorldNetDaily.
At Say Anything: Document numbers, details, history and a link to the New York Sun article.
In the Bullpen: Chad has an interview up with the director of the Vietnam Archives at Texas Tech. The director is backing the authenticity of these articles.
