DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE UNITED STATES AND CHINESE EMBASSIES.




Initials AA/V-S/JH/BB



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Background: 15 TRUCKLOADS OF INDONESIAN STUDENTS DROVE TO THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN DJAKARTA YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) TO PROTEST AT THE RENEWED AMERICAN BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM. LATER THEY WENT TO THE EMBASSY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGED ATTACKS ON INDONESIA BY PEKING RADIO.

THE DEMONSTRATORS AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY DEMANDED THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL UNITED STATES FORCES FROM VIETNAM AS WELL AS AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE BOMBING OF THE NORTH. A SIMILAR DEMONSTRATION TOOK PLACE TODAY, WHEN THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE ALLOWED TO HAND A NOTE TO AMBASSADOR MARSHALL GREEN WHO PROMISED TO CONVEY THEIR PROTEST TO HIS GOVERNMENT.

AT THE EMBASSY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE DEMONSTRATORS PULLED DOWN THE CHINESE COAT OF ARMS FROM THE WALL AND TRIED TO STORM THE BUILDING. POLICE REINFORCEMENTS WERE RUSHED TO THE AREA AND THEY PREVENTED ANY OF THE DEMONSTRATORS ENTERING THE COURTYARD. NOW THE EMBASSY IS UNDER HEAVY ARMY GUARD TO PREVENT A REPETITION OF YESTERDAY'S EVENTS.