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MORI DocID: 1451843

06 MAR 1972

Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt
Or Harass the Democratic National Convention

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION:

There are no direct indications thus far of foreign
efforts to inspire, support or take advantage of activities
designed to disrupt or harass the National Convention of
the Democratic Party in Miami, 10-13 July 1972. The concept
of coordinated international support for domestic activities
in the United States was generally endorsed at the recent
World Assembly for Peace and Independence of the Peoples
of Indochina; however, the Conference issued no specific
call for international support of disruptive actions at the
American national political conventions.

BACKGROUND:

At the Soviet-controlled World Assembly for Peace
and Independence of the Peoples of Indochina, held in
Versailles from 10-13 February 1972, there was mention of
American plans for demonstrations at both the Republican
and Democratic National Conventions. The final draft
resolution from the conference's "Action Commission" con-
tains an appendix submitted by American delegates whose
goal was to secure global coordination for domestic actions
in the United States. It calls for international support
to six weeks of domestic antiwar actions and demonstrations,
from 1 April to 15 May 1972, and concludes with the state-
ment: "This campaign will lead up to the Democratic Party
Convention at Miami on July 9, 1972, and the Republican
Party Convention in San Diego on August 21, 1972."

The final "Resolution of the Paris World Assembly
for the Peace and Independence of the Indochinese People"
of 13 February 1972, drafted by the "Political Commission"
states:

"In the United States particularly, the protest
against the war is voiced more and more strongly,

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