From: Zhang Yun Fei <zhang@BUAST7.BU.EDU>
Subject:      forwarding a sample letter
Reply-To: Zhang Yun Fei <zhang@BUAST7.BU.EDU>
Organization: Indiana University
Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 13:02:27 -0400

The following is a sample letter prepared by CSS at Boston University
for your reference with the permission from the author.

Yun Fei Zhang

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The following are the sample petition letters prepared by BU S1216
task force. Please feel free to modify to make them more personal.
You may also hand-copy them. Hand-written personal letters, reflecting
popular feelings, are well appreciated by the congress.


The following petition letters are concerned with "Chinese
Student Protection Act" of 1992, S1214 co-sponsored by
Sen. Gorton(R-WA) and Sen. Kennedy (R-MA), and HR3871
co-sponsored by Congressman Barton and Congresswoman Pelosi.
These letters express Chinese students' (as well as concerned
American friends') support for "Chinese Student Protection
Act" and PRC National Protection Bill.  The contents of the
letters are only examples for your reference. You can either
simply copy them, or reproduce them with slight rewriting.
Please sign these letters and mail them to the congress.
In doing so, you have contributed your part to the passage
of the protection bill. It is so simple: just copy, sign and
mail, you have done your share in winning your own freedom.


(1) The letter (for your signature):

Honorable _____ (name)
(Address)


Dear Representative of the House,

I write to you in support of "Chinese Student Protection Act"
(S1216) which is now under your consideration. As a graduating
Chinese student, I will, like many of my fellow students, face
the real prospect of being forced back to serve the repressive
regime of China when the President's executive order expires in
January, 1994.

Much has been reported of the regime's open repression of political
dissent. However, I want to inform you of a different kind of
repression which is more invisible, more prevalent and more effective.
It is the hidden political coercion that all Chinese intellectuals
and scientists experience: namely, the government's conspiracy to
reward only those who are politically "correct," or in their words,
politically "red," and deliberately neglect all those who are
politcally "incorrect." That is to say, a scientist will be coerced
to endorse Beijing Massacre of 1989 or openly profess his faith in
communism. Anyone who has the honesty and conscience to resist this
kind of coercion will be left alone to face all kinds of harassment
in all aspects of daily life such as employment, shelter, transportation,
health care, and even in obtaining grocery, all of which are in the control
of the government. This is the fate that awaits me and all other
Chinese students who will return after they graduate in the United
States.

My American friends, many of them registered voters and politically
active, have expressed their deep concern over my uncertain future.
All of them have offered their strong support for congressional
actions to protect Chinese students. Encouraged by their support,
I urge you to vote in favor of S1216, to help ensure its successful
passage, and above all, to prevent unrelated amendments which will
block its passage. Your support will be greatly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,


(2) The letter (for concerned American friends to sign):

Honorable ______
(Address)


Dear Representative of the House,

I am a registered voter and an active participant in the political
elections. I write to you in support of the "Chinese Student Protection
Act" (S1216) which the Senate has passed and which is now under your
consideration.

As my personal friends, I come to know many Chinese students who come
here to study in this country. They, I find out, share with us the
fundamental values we all believe in religiously: individual freedom,
human dignity and social justice being among them. All of them greatly
value the American education they receive here as a great opportunity
to learn about these fundamental principles. And all of them are working
very hard, against tremendous odds, for the realization of these ideals
we all cherish.

The prospect of these Chinese students being forced back and handed
over into the repressive hands of the current regime of China by
the government of the United States when President Bush's executive
order expires will make a mockery of freedom and democracy. To stop
this from happening, I strongly urge you to vote in favor of S1216,
and to prevent any unrelated amendment which may block its passage.
As a politically concerned citizen, I will do my part to support
your effort in any congressional action to provide Chinese students
with long term protection so as to ensure that the seeds of freedom
for China's future will not perish in our hands.

Yours sincerely,
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