From: "UCLA K.Y." <IAAYROS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Discussion about the membership proposal for IFCSS
Reply-To: "UCLA K.Y." <IAAYROS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 12:42:00 GMT
Comments: To: china-nt <china-nt@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>

   After posting my support to the membership suggestion from a CSS, I
received some responses discussing the feasibility of the proposal. The
attached one brought a point worthy to be discussed among CSS's.

From a constructive response:
> I personally would like to contribute in whatever the
> approperiate form. How about the politics? How about the implication
> to majority of CSS? IFCSS has not been recognized by CG, yet, been
> treated as part of "black hand in the back of 6.4". IFCSS has been
>                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> treated as "anti-government, anti-CCP organization".
>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> S1216 certainly granted our safety. What about our families'?
> I believe that most of us will visit China soon or later. Most of us
> just simply hate to make life complicated. 6.4 scared everybody.
> I emphasize my point, isolate IFCSS is almost equivalent to kill it.
                        ^^^^^^^                               ^^^^^^^

1. First let's temporarily assume that IFCSS is really a "black hand"
behind TAM movement, an "anti-G, anti-CCP organization".  Then I agree
that the majority of CSS in the U.S. would be afraid to take an IFCSS
member card even though they are willing to contribute money to support
this organization's "anti-" activities such as the S1216 lobby campaign.
After all, send a check for a green card lobby is a less political-colored
behavior and might be understandable and thus forgivable by CG at current
open-door policy.  Also it would be too much job for CG to monitor and
punish all the CSS who eventually get PR.  But if CG learns that one holds
a member card of an "anti-" organization, that's a different story.

2. However, in the meanwhile I am confused by some other activities IFCSS
is carrying out.  For example, the Academic, Technology, Education, and
Culture Exchange projects (just posted on the net by that committee) to
give college students in China (not in the U.S.) and other exchanges like
that.  I just wonder:  if IFCSS is treated in China as an "anti-G,
anti-CCP" organization, how could students and their professors in any PRC
college dare to contact this organization?  Not mention for them to accept
money from this "hostile force" abroad.  Or, IFCSS plans to send the
scholarships secretly and with 100% confidence it won't be discovered by
CG.  Otherwise any trouble caused by these exchange project will be
seriously blamed on the project executer.  We already have a Shen Tong
who, it was said, purposely caused many innocent people's arrest (by CG)
just want himself to be more famous.

3. I don't mind any discussion/debate about IFCSS's nature in CG's eye.
But I think we don't have the final say on this issue.  And the CG are not
consistent along the line.  Sometimes they accept the US dollar donations
collected by IFCSS for flood relief in China.  Sometimes they accuse it's
"anti".  Now, while we do not have the authority to determine the nature
of OUR organization, how about a voluntary membership system.  That is,
it's up to the particular CSS.  If you like to connect to IFCSS in the
form of a membership, you send you membership fee REGULARLY and will
receive a member card.  If you don't want to be a member of an "anti-P,
anti-G" organization, then you send donation OCCASIONALLY when you feel
necessary.

4. Before actually carrying out such a plan, it should be made clear that
regardless a member card or not, every CSS are assured every benefit IFCSS
works for.  This way, since there is only nominal status and honor (and
potential danger), such a system will not divide or "isolate and kill"
IFCSS.  Every one is still equal while it can gradually promote and spread
ideas/views such as "duty and benefit/right" which is neglected in our 40
years big-pot-rice culture.

Kevin
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