"Peace Through Victory" flier
MLA Citation
Peace, National Committee for Lasting. “"Peace Through Victory" flier.” Digital Gallery. BGSU University Libraries, 18 June 2020, digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/17250. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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Title | "Peace Through Victory" flier |
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Subject | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
Description | A typewritten flier produced by the National Committee for Lasting Peace arguing that the only effective way to guarantee peace is for the United States to win the Vietnam War. |
Creator | National Committee for Lasting Peace |
Source | William T. Jerome presidential papers; UA-0002f; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
Date | 1970-05 |
Rights | |
Format | Ephemera |
application/pdf | |
Language | eng |
Identifier | ua00002f_b010_f016_i00011 |
https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/17250 | |
Spatial Coverage | Bowling Green (Ohio) |
Rights Holder | National Committee for Lasting Peace |
Type | Text |
"PEACE THROUGH VICTORY" WHY: 1. VICTORY WILL STOP THE KILLING IN THIRTY DAYS. 2. VICTORY WILL END ALL THE FIGHTING IN NORTH AND SOUTH VIEWNAM, CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND THAILAND. OUR CHILDREN WILL NOT HAVE TO GO BACK IN YEARS TO COME. 3. VICTORY IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUR PRISONERS OF WAR BACK. BECAUSE WE DID NOT WIN IN KOREA, 384 AMERICANS ARE STILL BEING HELD PRISONER IN NORTH KOREA. 4. VICTORY WILL BRING OUR TROOPS HOME IN THE QUICKEST WAY POSSIBLE. HOW: 1. STAGE CONVENTIONAL B-52 MISSIONS ON THE MAJOR MILITARY SUPPLY POINTS IN NORTH VIETNAM. 2. LEAFLET DROPS, TO WARN CIVILIANS, WOULD PRECEED THE MISSIONS. 3. HIT HAIPHONG HARBOR THROUGH WHICH 80% OF NORTH VIETNAM'S CAPABILITY TO WAGE WAR IS SHIPPED. 4. SEVER THE PAUL DOMIER BRIDGE. 17% OF NORTH VIETNAM'S SUPPLIES COME ACROSS THIS POINT. *5. CONDUCT MISSIONS ON THE ONLY MAJOR POWER STATION IN NORTH VIETNAM AND ALSO ON THE DIKES IN THE NORTH THAT SUPPLY THE REMAINING POWER FOR THE COUNTRY'S WAR INDUSTRY. * THESE ARE SECONDARY TARGETS TO BE USED ONLY FOR LEVERAGE IN OBTAINING THE RELEASE OF OUR PRISONERS OF WAR MOST OF THE ABOVE TARGETS HAVE NEVER BEEN HIT, THE OTHERS ONLY LIGHTLY. AT EACH STEP ON THIS ROAD TO PEACE THROUGH VICTORY, THE WAR GOVERNMENT OF NORTH VIETNAM WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO COME TO TERMS. THESE TERMS WOULD ONLY REQUIRE NORTH VIETNAM TO RELEASE OUR P.O.W.'S IMMEDIATELY AND CEASE HOSTILITIES. VICTORY IS THE ONLY HUMANE ALTERNATIVE. THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR LASTING PEACE P. O. BOX 4588 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92104 (714) 234-2004 |