From: JUENKUNG@RAMOTH.USC.EDU
Subject:      Quite or not to lobby White House?
Reply-To: JUENKUNG@RAMOTH.USC.EDU
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 11:56:00 GMT
Comments: To: ccnl%utarlm1.uta.edu@USC.EDU, china-nt%uga.cc.uga.edu@USC.EDU

	Dear CSS fellows:

	I just had a conversation with one of the key Chinese-American
lawer here who knows political and immigration issues between China and
US quite well, and he felt that the White House aid's sugguestion is
reasonable, i.e., we should have a quiet lobby, keep low profile.
	The reason might be the following:

	1. The Congresses(Senate and the House) are different from the
White House. While not all the congressmen/congresswomen, senators can
well understand us or know our situations well, the White House is VERY
CLEAR about our situation and our desire.

	2. The Chinese leaders use the words like "violate treaties",
"loot talented people" in their letters to the US statesmen, even though
I feel those words are ridiculous or exagarate if we remember that the
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seldom, if ever, respect or treat the
the talented people very well in China(people become 'talented' only if
they go to US!), still, those are very sensitive words to the international
community. We should not assume that the leaders of every country are all
positive toward this bill, if we look aroud here, we can see the talented
people not only from developing countries such as China, India, but also
from developed countries such as Gemany, Englend, etc. Yes, US is famous
to win or attract talented people, if we recall the key scientists in
Manhatten Project(make atomic bomb)were form foreign countries, and the
and it's said one third of the scientists/engineers in Appolo Prject
(send man to the moon) were
Chinese origine. Liberty, equality, and immigration make this country
become great, no one can actually "loot" people in the world.

	3. Even though America has valuble traditions of immigration or
granting protections to the foreign people, asylees or refugees, still,
the current economic recession can not make all the people here feel
very positive toward this bill, if we know that most of these Chinese
students will enter "White colar" level class, and currently current
economecal recession also make some "White colar" people leave their jobs.
Of cause, these people may still be sympothetic toward the CSS if they
still remember the Tian-an-man square on "6.4" 1989, or if they know
that a Chinese student named Shen Tong returned to China and was arrested
due to "speak out", a basic human right everyone enjoyed here.

	In brief, let the president sign the bill quitely and in a low
profile is very immportant and seems necessary. Also, even if the
President signed the bill, it's not wise to make any big "noize".

	Well, in this S1216 historical event, the Chinese leaders kept
low profile to against it in public because they don't want to irritate
the majority of CSS here; the US government kept low profile to support
it might be due to the current economic recession or some other concern;
Let us also keep a low profile, especially in public and after it become
the law. On the other hand, we should make Shen Tong's arrest as more
public as we can!

J.K. at California