EDITORIAL: The guns have fallen silent in Vietnam, and the cruellest and longest war in history has ended. ... The success of the National Liberation Front ... brings the march of death and destruction to a halt. A good majority of Vietnamese adults has never known the blessings of peace. ... The NLF victory has vindicated the principle of national self-determination. It has shown, as the Khmer Rouge victory in Cambodia a short while ago did too, what a determined people can achieve even in the face of superior weapons. ... The heroic struggle of the Indo-Chinese peoples has already exerted a considerable influence on the national liberation struggles in the world. ...

The end of the long night of terror for the people of South Vietnam will be greeted with relief by people who stand for peace and the right of nations to determine their own destiny. The outcome constitutes a vindication of the principles the Third World is striving to uphold. The prompt recognition accorded by Pakistan to the new Government in Saigon will be well received... . For the wars in South Vietnam and Cambodia represented the will of the people to resist foreign interference.