From: doky@uda.dgcd.doc.ca (Hien Doky)
Subject: [Thanks] The letter to Clinton sent 02/10/92
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: doky@uda.dgcd.doc.ca
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 14:34:45 GMT

	Dear netters, 	

	The letter to Gov Clinton is sent today. Attached is the 
exact copy of what was sent out. The letter was retouched in layout
only on the Mac before sent out. I hope everyone is happy with it.

	On behalf of the OVSAG, i would like to thank all of you,
from all corners of the world, for standing up and working together.
This small incident is an indication that we are realizing that
we, Vietnamese overseas, must work together in order to be effective,
and is an indication that we all care for our people, our country.
Personally, working with you all in the last few days give me hope
for tomorrow. I hope this will not be the last time we work together.

	Thank you my friends. And may one day we can all meet inside
a truely free and truely strong Viet Nam.

	Warmest regards,

	Hie^?n for OVSAG

	PS. The letter to Madame Ogata will be posted shortly after
this one.


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October 02, 1992

Governor Bill Clinton
Democratic Presidential Candidate


Dear Governor Clinton:

As Vietnamese-Americans, Australians and Canadians,  who are 
paying close attention to this year's US presidential election, 
we would like to express our concerns over your position on 
the issue of normalization with Vietnam.  Your position, as 
reported in the media, deviates from the traditional principles 
of the Democratic Party on human rights issues.

On August 29, in an interview by satellite with the Asian-American 
Journalists Association, you are reported to have said: "With 
regard to Vietnam I would like to re-establish relations at some 
point in the future but in good conscience I cannot do it until I
am satisfied that we have literally run down every last case 
involving POWs and MIAs."

If such is truly your position, we have cause to be concerned.  
This position gives no regard to the human rights conditions in 
Viet Nam which are among the worst in the world.

As you may know, under the current communist regime in Viet Nam,  
numerous Catholic priests, Buddhist monks and other religious 
leaders are still in prison or under house arrest, many of them 
for the past 15 years.  Political prisoners and prisoners of 
conscience are still crowding prisons and re-education camps 
(Stalinist labor camps).  In June and July of 1991 alone the 
government in Vietnam made 30,000 arrests.  Among those arrested 
were intellectuals, artists, soldiers of the former regime, 
Vietnamese expatriates, journalists, businessmen, and even 
many disaffected communists.  These are but a few examples.  
More can be found in reports by Amnesty International, Aurora 
Foundation, Asia Watch and other human rights groups. 

In the past, Democratic presidents always showed strong voices 
for democracy and human rights for the oppressed peoples around 
the world.  President Carter, President Kennedy and President 
Truman are shining examples.  Their legacy on human rights are 
a true challenge for future presidents of the United States of 
America.

We call upon you to carry on that legacy.  As Vietnamese expatriates  
living in these free and democratic countries, we strongly believe 
that, among other things, normalization of relationship with 
Vietnam must be conditional on genuine improvements in human 
rights for her people.

As concerned professionals, we call on you, as the potential next 
US president, to voice your demand for this human rights 
improvement as one of conditions for normalizing relations with 
Viet Nam.


Sincerely,

Cosigned:

Becherer, Max, IL, USA
Box, Virginia, IL, USA
Brown, J. William III, IL, USA
Bui, Kim Khanh, MA, USA
Buoton, Kristen, IL, USA
Chu, Chris, CO, USA
Dang, Xuan-Hung Anh, NY, USA
Dao, Loan, NY, USA
Dinh, Minh Tri, NY, USA
Do, Minh Phu, USA
Do, T. Mike, MD, USA
Duong, Hai Peter, PA, USA
Ha, Tam Di, NY, USA
Ho, Quang Vy, NY, USA
Ho, Thanh Huong, ONT, CANADA
Ho, Thudy, NY, USA
Hoang, Alain, NY, USA
Hoang, De Dinh, NY, USA
Hoang, Hung, CO, USA
Hoang, Linh, NY, USA
Hoang, N. M. Dan, NY, USA
Huynh, Hong Loc, NY, USA
Lam, Diem Hong, TN, USA
Lam, Truong Hy, CA, USA
Le, Anh Tam, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Le, Carol, NY, USA
Le, Huu Thinh, CA, USA
Le, John, IL, USA
Le, Leroy Q. H., UT, USA
Le, Minh-Trang, FL, USA
Le, Ngoc Long, NY, USA
Le, Thanh Hoa, NY, USA
Le, Thi Hien, NY, USA
Luong, Q. Chinh, NY, USA
Luu, Vu Truong, IL, USA
Ly, Hong Phong, NY, USA
Nelson, Jule, IL, USA
Nguyen, Anne Thuy, NY, USA
Nguyen, Binh Teresa, NY, USA
Nguyen, D. Adam, NY, USA
Nguyen, Dang Tien, TX, USA
Nguyen, De Tham, CO, USA
Nguyen-Duy, Luong, CA, USA
Nguyen, H. Danny, TX, USA
Nguyen, John, MO, USA
Nguyen, H. Lien, CA, USA
Nguyen, Hong, CO, USA
Nguyen, Hoang, CA, USA
Nguyen, Hoang Tri, NY, USA
Nguyen Khac Dinh, NY, USA
Nguyen, N. Chuong, NY, USA
Nguyen, Ngoc Giac, IL, USA
Nguyen, O. Thuy, NY, USA
Nguyen, Quang Dinh, CA, USA
Nguyen, Q. Thinh, WA, USA
Nguyen, T. Toan, NY, USA
Nguyen, Thanh Binh, IL, USA
Nguyen, Tan Luat, NY, USA
Nguyen, Thuy-Tram, ONT, CANADA
Nguyen, Tien Thanh, NY, USA
Nguyen, Trung Thinh, NY, USA
Nguyen, Xuyen Lam, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Pham, Cuong, CA, USA
Pham, H. Long, NY, USA
Pham, Ngoc Lam, VA, USA
Pham, Ngoc Son, MD, USA
Phan, H. Thao, NY, USA
Phan, Thanh Tam, NY, USA
Pippa, Nancy, IL, USA
To, M. David, CA, USA
Tran, A. Long, CA, USA
Tran, L. Chuyen, TX, USA
Tran, N. Christina, CA, USA
Tran, Thu, OH, USA
Tran, Tu Luong, NY, USA
Tran, Vincent H., CA, USA
Trinh, Donna, VA, USA
Truong, Minh Tri, ONT, CANADA
Truong, Quoc Dat, NJ, USA
Vo, Dang Minh, NY, USA
Vo, Nghi, PA, USA
Vo, Thanh Lam, NY, USA
Vo, Anh Tuan, NY, USA
Vu, Duc, TX, USA
Vu, Paul, CA, USA