Felix Greene here pictured with Ho Chi Minh on his recent visit to North Vietnam. He is author of "Vietnam, Vietnam", and "The Wall Has Two Sides".

"No One has questioned the standing of the conference or the credentials of the speakers," said Mr. Alister Taylor, chairman of the Peace, Power and Politics in Asia conference committee.

"The conference," wrote Mr. Hamilton Mitchell, Dominion president of the R.S.A., "... is not a forum for rational discussion."

The standing and credentials of some of the speakers at the conference, opening in Wellington on March 30, are examined below. Background papers are being circulated, and some of their authors are included.