WAR PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT CAPITOL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400180008-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2005/01/12 :CIA-RDP88-013158000400180008-4
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'1'e:n 4~ualr;ers px?vtestin.g the
Vietnaxn war wero arrested
yesterday after they sat orx th.s
Capitol steps and liegrirn rearl-
ing the naYrxes v~f Americazz
war dr^ar3 listed in the Cvr7-
};rrssional ltecon~d,
`.l'lxe protr:sters, mezi7b+~ra; rrC
a I'hilaclrllxhia -based body
ca1.lr..d t1 ~ u a k e a? Acton
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Group, vltei?e~d ~ rt~o .~resistancr.
a:5 blrcy were led fx~tco7 the
bast sk:el>s about 7. lx.m. by.
Calxetol pvlicenaen. :l!liey wero
cha~l~gcd w1t17 tinl.awJ'ul assenn-
bly.
]i,arlier, in u se}aarato pi?v>
test, tl7a rxxat:lxer bf an Arn~ty
l.iclxtenant isill.erl ixi Vietnarrt
visi~teci the Vietname.srr Em-
bass?Y here to returxi the med-
. ails ~i:Yxe Saigon government
lia.cl awarded her son pvstl7u-
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iiandirit; the ancdals to Lr'Yl-
l~assy counselor Ngllyeta ~Tlotzt7~a
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~~i1.1 riot accept t;hen7 berause ` ~t?at.her than 1oi? t;irnlrly dis-
"`youz? government suplrx?esse~y lrratliers. T}xcy arty ~Ervm Az?- .T3oynton, 2?, 3G02 T. st. nw.;
frcedoxn.." k.ansas." S~lie belran to read, Robert 1!;, T)ick:insozz,, 5`L, .Lris
lSc,r.,~etit'%z7 ~vrie ~porlsore!Yl liy~ ?F 5 .h o r t 1 y ai'terwa.rd, tw.ra r~nieles~, Albeit W, Fowler, l8,
'Clcrg',y and T aynzert Con+.errxed .~~fetropolitarr police wagons ark ll~~seniortt :f'a.; W i Y 7:n e r ;l.
rtbout the War iln Vie~ti7amn~''ii rived at the dri.vr3 lreneati~ ?X'oling; 8i, I'hiladel.phia; l;aw-
N'evrr'S.'''ciz-k'basecl ~Antlwar grottix. th4 stairs, Capitol yxolico ler~ x?el?xee Scott, 61, Philadelpliirt;
tho r~ttalcers, ono d~,y ones Lynne ~ltive:rv, 28, Jerinle 13u11,
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khl-ee wal7len lxagan taking Mast wero t;il~eni;. One rr7azz zz titl.irtb.er ~drvelo YZ7ie-~l-
Uzilawi?ul .~x,4r..ntlaly l ,
tui?17s raadln?, alaxrd from the cvnti.t7uerl 1,0 ,recd fr?oni i;lxe r'epresental;ives oJ' C,leY?t;y and , '
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list of :rriore t)7an 31.,0i1b Ameri- IZeca.rd as lae was led towards C
hl.ef 1'riwr!11. said all 1.U l.,aymen ar~rl' anol,lter..tx.ac,n
cans Icillccl i.ri Vietnam that Lhe war;~vns? . Werra rhar.?l;ed wl.th, unlawful ;1?oun.. t:1xe ~~1'eilnwsti;~~ ~r rte,,:.
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Marclx. 13efvr?? t.hn clamvn9l;rat;ion C:encral Sess:ivns? House fox"cign af.fairs':~tafF girl,
4~ui.ei;ly refusing the order started, group znr:rY7,ber9 trxlcl ,Alert.erl in mdvaa7ce, new9- in. the' E:xecutivo C~,fi?ic~t 73uiirl?
tv leBFE? 1951:1ed, 1)y Capitol 1'rx- nr',w911(lerl t~lley expeci;ed they ~m.en wero ttlt?vndy arsr;e-nl,blr,d ing ~ ``~
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