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Subj: Berlin Publishers@ Support for U.S. Vietnam Action 
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1. Dept pleased eight newspapers' appeal mentions medical supplies
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for Vietnamese peopleo Medical items most urgently needed are broe.d
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spectrum antibiotics (except chlormicetin)o This material primarily for 
the half million refugees in SouLh Vietnam. For future reference, the
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SVN refugee program needs following items most: sweetened condensed mil~ 
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AID refined salt, rice, refined white sugar, multi-purpose tents (preferably 
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8 man) blankets, bolts cotton cloth, bar soap and sewing machines. SVN
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refugees rt'-settlement program needs roofing, aluminum or cot"rUg<"'tecl 
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HEW sheets, nails, prefab construction urLts, warehousing and water pumps. 
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2. In order meke arrangements acceptance token 400 Freedom Bells, 
Dept needs to know names of newspaper representatives and firm d8te of 
arriva 1 in ~Jashington. 
3o Arrangements will be mad with appropriate agency to distribute 
Freedom Bells at .t.:'ter date. Since the number of Americans killed is 
well over 1000 now, suggest to publishers that L~oo bells sufficient as 
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_EUR ~GER~~;dl l2.l_2/65 clarnficat1on approved by: EUR -Welter J 0 Stoessel 
~ii_ces~ Mr: r~ P -Mr 0 Jordan( in draft) ~ OASD/f>A=CoL Susskin{ in ~it_) EUR/P _ Mr. King( in draft) 0 F~ -Amb.Unger( in dra~t). 11Z,, White House-Mr .Rop~( in~
1 FE/P -Mr. Lockhart(in drafWi:IA/lAE • M~° C~ip:hin( ik'~~,DUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS FE/VN .. Mr. Rafferty(in drC'ti.. .!t-6~A:-16Ątlf.~ltL1.u(in subs) IBITED~~CLASSIFIED" AID/FE -Mr. Kamens<in draft)\ S ~-Nr0-liumphreys 
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symbolic gift to representative familieso This will avoid future problems of supply and distribution of bells. 
4. Should publishers representatives plan to visit South Vietnam for presentation token medical EpHJj}!iixH~ supplies shipment~ it should be suggested to them that they make commercial travel arrangements from Berlin. They would probably want to coordinate their· visit with Foreign Off ice in Bonn so that 
German Embassy at  Saigon c o uld be advised  nature  their trip and date of  
arrival.  If they would  like assistance from Ues.  in this regard~ please adviseo  
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