(Dow Chemical) - Letter from the President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour

"The Vietnam war memorial in Washington is 492 feet long. If a similar war memorial had been made for the Vietnamese who died, with the same density of names, it would be nine miles long."

Agent Orange being sprayed on Vietnam's jungle

(LONDON) - Len Aldis Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society has released a letter (attached) received from Comrade DangNgoc Tung the President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) representing 7.5 million Vietnamese workers addressed to Mr. Jacques Rogge the President of the International Committee and hand delivered yesterday to Sebastian Coe Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the London Olympic Games.

Mr. Aldis held extensive talks regarding DOW Chemical and Agent Orange with the VGCL and senior members of government following a recent speaking engagement at a medical conference in Hanoi.

And let's not forget Napalm, another Dow product and one of the most quoted passages of a U.S.Army source:

‘We sure are pleased with those backroom boys at Dow. The original product wasn’t so hot - if the gooks were quick they could scrape it off. So the boys started adding polystyrene - now it sticks like shit to a blanket. But if the gooks jumped under water it stopped burning, so they started adding Willie Peter (white phosphorous ) so’s to make it burn better. And just one drop is enough, it’ll keep on burning right down to the bone so they die anyway from phosphorus poisoning.’

"The Vietnam war memorial in Washington is 492 feet long. If a similar war memorial had been made for the Vietnamese who died, with the same density of names, it would be nine miles long."

Dow should be ashamed of itself!
Justice for the Victims of Agent Orange!

Mark Shapiro
London UK