AFTERMATH OF STUDENT SIT IN WITH STATEMENT BY TEHM ON CAMERA NEAR THE VIETNAM OFFICE. SOME HOLD ALOFT PLACARDS.




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REPORTER: 49XXX MARJORIE MARGOLIES

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Background: TEN STUDENTS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM STAGED A THREE HOUR SIT IN AT SOUTH VIETNAM'S UNOFFICIAL MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY BUT EXXX WERE EVICTED BY EIGHT NEW YORK CITY POLICEMEN WHO BROKE IN THE DOOR WITH A CROWBAR AND OVERTURNED A BARRICADE OF TABLES AND CHAIRS. DANG VAN NHUAN, WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS SECRETARY OF THE +EMBASSY,+ ASKED THAT ALL BE ARRESTED. THE STUDENTS HAD ENTERED THE OFFICES WHILE OFFICIALS WERE AT LUNCH. THE STUDENTS SAID THEY WERE PROTESTING +BARBARITIES+ OF PRESIDENT THIEU'S REGIME IN SOUTH VIETNAM. THEY ALSO CRITICIZED AMERICAN MILITARIST SUPPORT OF REPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH VIETNAM