The tribunal cannot impose sentences guilty of aggression against Laos and The U.S. government was also found administration refused. pee a was sound guilty on i charges U.S. against the charges. The Johnson or to send representatives to defend the vited to cooperate with the investigation banned by international agreement, mal- Ihe U.s. government was also in- listed the use of weapons that have been Besides genocide, the charges attack by the U.S. and Saigon. experts to move freely in the areas under laboratory studies. investigation, making it possible for rindings on the scene and the results of Republic of Vietnam cooperated with the rought in extensive reports of their of witnesses, including experts whe Front and the government of the Democratic the tribunal, the National Liberation the tribunal heard a long series plicity. In response to invitations from Meeting at Roskilde, near Copen- Korea were found guilty of similar com- May, Australia, New Zealand and South including genocide. sories to the American aggression. Last ment guilty of a series of war crimes, Thailand and the Philippines as acces- ings December 1. It found the U.S. govern- guilty were also brought in against Japan, bunal ended its second session of hear- placed before the tribunal, verdicts of The International War Crimes Tri

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South Korea were found guilty of similar complicity. In response to invitations from the tribunal, the National Liberation Front and the government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam cooperated with the investigation, making it possible for experts to move freely in the areas under attack by the U.S. and Saigon.

The U.S. government was also invited to cooperate with the investigation or to send representatives to defend the U.S. against the charges. The Johnson administration refused.

The tribunal cannot impose sentences on the

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