China

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31114, 18 July 1966, Page 10

China

Sir,—l thank your correspondent, "Pacator,” for suggesting I read Felix Green’s book containing two chapters on Tibet; but should point out that I have read the report of the International Commission of Jurists and also the Dalai Lama’s appeal for intervention by the United Nations. Mr Trikambas headed the Commission of Jurists (composed of 35,000 lawyers from 53 countries), and in summing up said, “in conclusion of the investigation on Tibet,” that the evidence had established a prima facie case of the crime of genocide by the Chinese Government. The Dalai Lama’s appeal contains a story of dreadful sufferings by the unfortunate Tibetans at the hands of inhuman fiends, and is an eye-witness account. Since Tibet, China has extended her influence to most countries in Africa, besides Vietnam, and all under the same leadership.—Yours, etc. D. VICARS. July 17, 1966.

Sir, —One cannot but be sorry for “A. B. Cedarian,” who has been so conditioned by carefully-presented rightwing propaganda that he swallows all the horror stories about Tibet. He has plainly neither seen the good television documentary on that country produced by a visiting English couple nor heard broadcasts entitled “What We Saw in Tibet,” by three sensible non-Chinese observers. Neither can he have attended gatherings at which such reliable New Zealanders as Dean Chandler tell of their visits to China It is also improbable that “A. B. Cedarian” subscribes to any of the Chinese periodicals that many New Zealanders study with interest and enjoyment. Altogether it seems that his cloak of prejudice effectively protects him from the cooling breeze of facts.—Yours, etc., COSMOSIAN. July 15, 1966.