NDAG Begins Winter Activity

Members of the Non-Violent Direct Action Group (NDAG) leafletted in front of the Aerospace Research Corporation headquarters in Brighton yesterday. As part of its "winter campaign," the group is attempting to focus attention on the role of Boston-area companies in developing what it calls the "automated battlefield" in Southeast Asia.

The group distributed pamphlets entitled "Automated Murder--Killing By Remote Control" which allege that Aerospace Research has received a total of over $800,000 to develop various components of electronically-controlled battlefield systems.

The figures reportedly were taken from "DMS Market Intelligence Reports, a firm which collects marketing reports for large companies." Arthur Fink, an NDAG member, said yesterday.

The pamphlet distributed by NDAG further charged that the electronic battlefield is "designed to reduce public pressure while continuing the war."

NDAG members met little success when they attempted to meet with officials of Aerospace Research. Fink said that a company spokesman told Fink that he "did not have time" to discuss their "erroneous facts" with NDAG.

The spokesman, John Burke, told the Crimson yesterday that he refused to discuss the allegations of the pamphlet because "the facts were in error. It's all past now--they have already done what damage they have done."

"Had they come to me before they published these so-called facts. I could have set them straight," he added.