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THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590
January 22, 1990
NOTE TO SICHAN SIV
From: Kaine L. Elaine L.
Chao
When the recent spate of news articles
appeared on the British Government's
efforts to force repatriation of
Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong, I
asked an attorney friend in Hong Kong
his views.
His response was very interesting. I am
not advocating his proposal but thought
you might be interested in his thoughts.
Best regards.
Encl.
file" Vacthemese Refunges
DAVID D. W. LING
1606-11 JARDINE HOUSE
HONG KONG
3rd January 1990
Ms. Elaine L. Chao
Watergate East
2500 Virginia Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
U.S.A.
Dear Elaine,
You asked me to comment on the forced repatriation of
Vietnamese boat people. I will frankly tell you my
observations. The Vietnamese refugees problem in Hong Kong
must have caused much concern, or perhaps ill-will, to many
people of conscience around the world. I think this human
tragedy has been plagued by too much British politics. The
Vietnamese refugees problem, in my view, should best be solved
by sensible, humane and business-like manner.
During the initial influx of Vietnamese boat people
to Hong Kong, the Hong Kong British administration, with the
backing of British Foreign Office, disregarded reasonable
suggestions from the Hong Kong people and continued to allow
the problem to grow by couching the justification in political
and legal terminologies. Now, the British administration is
repatriating forceably the Vietnamese boat people with
justification couched in different political and legal
terminologies.
Many thinking people know the Hong Kong
administration's actions are but the result of political
decisions of the British Government. History has shown that
the British are master in politics. The underlying purposes
remain to be discerned.
There have been constructive voices in Hong Kong from
time to time. One suggestion is as follows:
a.
As Hong Kong's costs are rising very quickly and as
there is shortage of labour, the Hong Kong Government
can have a policy of using the Vietnamese labour
force on certain conditions.
DAVID D. W. LING
1606-11 JARDINE HOUSE
HONG KONG
b.
The policy can stipulate that any company in Hong
Kong who has the intention to set up labour intensive
industries, (e.g. garment, low-tech industries) in
Vietnam would be encouraged to use the Vietnamese
refugees. This arrangement can be for a fixed period
of, say, three years. This policy will result in
relieving the refugees' boredom, increasing their
hope and income, as well as in training them to have
a skill.
C.
If any country takes up the Vietnamese refugees,
within the period of, say, three years, they can of
course do so. For those refugees not taken up by the
foreign countries within the period, they must be
sent back to Vietnam.
d.
The arrangement will give the refugees an opportunity
to prove their worth to the Hong Kong employers. At
the same time, they will benefit by learning a skill,
earning money and doing something useful.
e.
The three year period would allow the Hong Kong
employers to have a better understanding of the
Vietnamese labour force and to give them the
confidence to open up factories in Vietnam. They can
probably use the labour force they have trained in
Hong Kong. The Vietnamese refugees would also
benefit by this arrangement for they will have less
reluctance and fear in going back to Vietnam. This
arrangement should cover a large number of the
present refugees who are thought to be economic
refugees.
f.
This plan should be beneficial to the Vietnamese
economy when the refugees go back to Vietnam. It is
known that Vietnam now encourages foreign
investments.
g.
PRC should have no objection as the problem is solved
with no "costs" to PRC, economically beneficial to
Hong Kong, and minimimum bad publicity in the
international media.
h.
This plan should not cause concern or problem to the
developed countries including U.S.A. If there is any,
the humanitarian approach in the resolution of this
human tragedy should outweigh whatever concern or
problem that there may be. It should be in the
interest of the democratic countries that Vietnam
could achieve a certain standard of success and
prosperity. With the changes happening in Eastern
DAVID D. W. LING
1606-11 JARDINE HOUSE
HONG KONG
European countries, it should be a matter of time
that Vietnam will change also. The faster the
economic well-being of the people, the higher will be
their demands and the quicker will the changes in
Vietnam be.
i.
This seems to be a sensible, humane and business-like
solution to a seemingly unsoluble human tragedy. It
should be viewed more kindly by the international
community as a good solution to the Vietnamese
refugees problem.
The above is just an outline of a plan which I
believe can be refined through consultation and further
planning. I have heard from former Vietnamese boat people who
are now in U.S.A. that those who landed in Taiwan had been
much better treated both in living conditions and in the
opportunity of finding jobs during their waiting time in
Taiwan. The British always have their ways of doing things
based upon their own reasons and explanations. The end result
is usually unsatisfactory for the recipients. It is time that
British should consider using less politics and more sensible,
business approach in solving the society and human problems.
Yours sincerely,
To
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Board of Supervisors
County of Los Angeles
CALIFORNIA
MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH
SUPERVISOR FIFTH DISTRICT
12/22/85
Dear Sichan
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ROOM 869. HALL OF ADMINISTRATION 500 WEST TEMPLE STREET. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 TELEPHONE (213) 974-5555
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MICHAEL D. ANTONOV 3 CH
SYN. NO.
December 26, 1989
Just as the Jews were denied entry into countries as they fled
Hitler's reign of terror during the 1930's, history is repeating
itself nearly 50 years later through England's forced
deportation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong.
The South East Asian refugees who are fleeing persecution and
imprisonment from a totalitarian regime are being denied their
freedom because British authorities have initiated a policy of
forced repatriation.
Last June, at the request of the White House, I was a member of
the delegation representing the United States at an
international conference in Geneva which explored policies to
allow people seeking refuge to find a home outside of a
communist country.
The recent actions of the British Authorities in Hong Kong have
eroded the progress that was made six months ago in Switzerland.
I, THEREFORE, MOVE that the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors:
1. Send a letter, signed by the Board, on behalf of all
freedom loving people and the thousands of Southeast Asian
residents of Los Angeles County, to the Secretary General
of the United Nations urging the U.N. to re-convene the
international conference on refugees to focus on the plight
of these people and to prevent further violations of their
human rights such as these forced repatriation efforts; and
2. Also send letters to President George Bush, Vice
President Dan Quayle, Secretary of State James Baker, the
Los Angeles County Congressional delegation, Britain's
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the members of the
Los Angeles County Consular Corps.
MOTION
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Deputy Assistant to the President
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Washington, D.C.
September 26, 1989
Dear Mr. Siv,
The Vietnamese-American community has observed the developments following the
Geneva Conference, June 13-14, with great concern. We understand that the Government
of Thailand is still not granting access to the UNHCR to refugees arriving on its east coast
and there are numerous reports that refugee boats are being pushed away from the coast
of Malaysia.
In Hong Kong, we see that the British and Hong Kong governments have been
carrying on unilateral negotiations with the Vietnamese with the intention of forcibly
repatriating Vietnamese boat people into the hands of the communist authorities. Such
action would, of course, be totally unacceptable.
We are extremely concerned about the problems the refugees are facing individually
and collectively, in particular, the issue of force repatriation. We strongly support the U.S.
stance in Geneva of remaining unalterably opposed to the forced repatriation of
Vietnamese asylum seekers", and we urge the administration to stay on course. Yet, we
remain seriously anxious that the lack of strong U.S. leadership in seeking a creative and
humane alternative to forced repatriation could lead to the U.S. position being overridden
at the Geneva conference this coming October. We also urge that U.S. raise the ceiling on
Indochinese refugee admissions in light of this critical situation.
To further express our concern, the Interfaith Committee for Refugee Concerns,
together with the Vietnamese-American community in the Washington D.C., metropolitan
area plan to hold a demonstration in front of the State Department from 12 noon to 2:00
pm on Friday, October 6, 1989. Thereafter, we plan a march to the White House and expect
to be in Lafayette Square from about 2:45 to 5:00 P.M.. We would be grateful if you would
meet with us to receive our petition to President Bush at that time and to inform us of what
plans the United States would have for dealing with this pressing situation.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you can join with us in this urgent action.
We will be greatly honored and encouraged by your presence at the rally.
For further information, please contact:
Nguyen Xuan Nguyen
Chairman, Information and Liaison Committee
13199 Blue Fox Lane
Fairfax, VA. 22033
(202) 245-7272
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE
Demonstration For The Support of U.S. Policy Against Forced Repatriation
Organized by the Interfaith Committee for Refugee Concerns
and the Washington, D.C. and metropolitan area Vietnamese Organizations
The refugees are living through the darkest days in decades. This past June in
Geneva, some 65 nations met under U.N. auspices to lay the foundation for a new policy
that seeks to 'solve' the problem of the boat people by sending them back to Vietnam. At
that meeting the nations drafted a 'comprehensive six-point plan of action', the basis of which
is to re-categorize most of arriving boat people as 'economic migrants' and thus deny them
refugee status. In this way they can be forced to return to communist Vietnam against their
will. At Geneva, the U.S. opposed forced repatriation; and this mid-October there will be
another international meeting. In the meantime,
Hong Kong - Fear and desperation toward forced repatriation are mounting every
minute. The Vietnamese communists and the British government have been negotiating
to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese boat people. Over 50,000 boat people are being
incarcerated in warehouses, office buildings, ferries, and isolated islands. Many are being
detained in isolation pending forced repatriation to communist Vietnam.
Malaysia - The government is currently towing boatloads of men, women, and
children out to sea. Pirates have been killing an appalling number of boat people. Since
January 1989 alone, 271 deaths have been reported (Associated Press, August 9, 1989).
Thailand - The government continues to refuse UNHCR (United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees) access to refugees arriving on Thailand's east coast. Piracy
is increasing with alarming brutality. Thai pirates massacred more than 130 Vietnamese
refugees on April 16, 1989 (Associated Press, August 10, 1989).
***
To show your concern for the boat people, your support of the U.S. policy in
remaining unalterably opposed to the forced repatriation of Vietnamese asylum seekers",
please come join the Vietnamese-American community in a peaceful march and
demonstration.
Date
October 6, 1989 (Friday afternoon)
Location
State Department, 21st & Virginia Ave. (12:00 - 2:00 PM)
& Time
March to White House, Lafayette Park ( 2:00 - 2:30
PM)
White House, Lafayette Park
( 2:30 5:00 PM)
We will also be meeting with members of Congress, State Department officials, British
and Hong Kong authorities to present our petition and voice our concerns. Specifically, we
are petitioning the U.S. government and members of the Steering Committee to take the
following actions:
1.
Strongly oppose forced repatriation,
2.
Increase the resettlement ceiling for Indochinese refugees,
3.
Explore creative and humane interim solutions,
4.
Pressure first-asylum governments to stop push-offs and push-backs and give
UNHCR early access to arriving refugees.
We are appealing to all concerned citizens and governments of the Free World to
alleviate the immeasurable sufferings of the boat people. Please lend us a hand.
For more information please contact:
Mr. Nguyen Tu Cuong
(703) 893-7285
Mr. Bui Van Lang
(301) 588-2798
Reverend Peter Long
(301) 622-4895
The Honorable Sichan Siv
URGENT
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Public Liaiason
The White House
Washington, D.C.
September 29, 1989
Dear Mr. Siv,
This is to follow up on our invitation dated 9/26/1989 to you to meet with us this
coming Friday, October 6, 1989, during our demonstration for the support of U.S policy
against forced repatriation of Vietnamese asylum seekers at Lafayette Park, The White
House, around 4:00 P.M.. The demonstration is organized by the Interfaith Committee for
Refugee Concerns and the Washington, D.C. and metropolitan area Vietnamese
organizations.
When you will meet with us and inform us of what plans the United States would
have for dealing with the critical situation of the Vietnamese asylum seekers in Southeast
Asia especially facing the coming Geneva Conference this month, we will present our
petition package containing thousands of signatures collected across the nation to President
George Bush. Attached is our petition letter.
Also, according to Mr. Shepard Lowman, you have not seen as of this weekend our
invitation letter that was hand-delivered to you on 9/27/1989, we are enclosing a copy of
that letter and the press release for your reference.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you can join with us in this urgent action.
We will be greatly honored and encouraged by your presence at the rally.
For further information, please contact:
Nguyen Xuan Nguyen
Chairman, Information and Liaison Committee
The Interfaith Committee for Refugee Concerns
(202) 245-7272
PETITION
COLLECTED BY
THE INTERFAITH COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEE CONCERNS
AND THE VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
REGARDING THE FORCED REPATRIATION
OF THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
SUBMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND ADMINISTRATION
Whereas recent statements emanating from the British Government have shown an
increasing determination on the part of the Great Britain and Hong Kong to pursue a
unilateral and systematic involuntary repatriation program of Vietnamese boat people
presently in Hong Kong;
Whereas the United States has reiterated ( the last time in a meeting between
President George Bush and the British Foreign Minister in Washington) its categorical
opposition to such schemes of forced repatriation - which would threaten the very principle
of first asylum and refugee rights -;
Whereas the Socialist Republic of Vietnam continues to subscribe to criminal
statutes (Article 85, 88, 89) and judicial practices to condemn and severely punish anyone
who attempts to escape illegally from Vietnam;
Whereas there is no international mechanism to safeguard the personal safety and
dignity for involuntary returnees;
Whereas the Government of Thailand is still not granting access to the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the Vietnamese boat people
arriving on its east coast;
Whereas there are numerous and credible reports that refugee boats have been
pushed away from the coast of Malaysia as recently as this past September; and
Whereas the Geneva Conference on Indochinese Refugees held in June 1989 has
reiterated the principle that all measures and responses to the Indochinese refugee problem
must be devised in concert with the international community as a humane and mutually
agreed-upon mechanism;
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, HEREBY EXPRESS OUR STRONG CONCERNS ABOUT OUR FELLOW
HUMAN BEINGS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BY PETITIONING OUR GOVERNMENT
AND ALL GOVERNMENTS OF THE FREE WORLD TO:
1.
Strongly support the US moral stand of remaining unalterably opposed
to the forced repatriation of Vietnamese asylum seekers" lest we jeopardize the principle
of the right to first asylum - the sacred right which the Free World has so admirably
espoused and championed for over four decades;
2.
Increase the resettlement ceiling for Indochinese refugees and speed up the
reception of "long-stayers" that the permanent resettlement nations promised to take up in
Geneva in June 1989 in order to relieve the very heavy burden and very real pressures
posed by new arrivals in first asylum countries;
3.
Explore creative and humane interim solutions, while working out a humane
and satisfactorily agreed-upon long term international solution to the problem of boat
people in Southeast Asia;
4.
Pressure first-asylum governments to immediately stop push-offs and give
early access to UNHCR to arriving boat people.
Done in the city of Washington, D.C., on this sixth day of October 1989.
Re
DUrGe
IRAS
Bulletin
Number Seven
July 1989
INFORMATION ON FUNDRAISING FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATIONS
WISCONSIN MAA BUYS THEIR OFFICE SPACE
It seems hard to believe that the Hmong
In the meantime, the MAA learned of
Recently the Private Industry Council
Association of Brown County (WI) has
another building - two stories in need
notified the Hmong Association of
recently put together a successful bid to
of substantial renovation, but with
$30,000 in JTPA funding for their
buy their own building. Koua Yang, the
additional parking - available from the
Summer Youth Project. The MAA will
MAA's Executive Director attributes
city. After clearing the budgetary
provide 30 Hmong and Lao young
this remarkable accomplishment to a
changes with the funding sources, the
people with three weeks of training in
very supportive public environment.
Hmong Association of Brown County
computer, communication, and math
Both the city of Green Bay and Brown
was able to buy the building for $1.00
skills, and will place these youth in
County work closely with their ethnic
and apply the grant money toward
summer employment with local agencies.
community agencies to ensure adequate
renovation costs.
services to these constituencies.
The state of Wisconsin has four
Rehabilitating buildings is not new to
contracts - mostly related to
Founded in 1982, with ORR funding,
this MAA - a few summers ago, a local
employment and training - with the
this Hmong MAA also known as the
church owned a house badly in need of
Hmong Center at present. The State
Hmong Center, today receives about
repair. The Hmong Center had some
Coordinator's Office is pleased that the
60% of its income from private sector
money for job skill training. An
Center is in the proce of becoming a
sources. The plan to secure the Hmong
arrangement was made for 8 refugees
contracting case management agency
Center's long-term home stemmed from
to receive construction guidance from
because they believe this will provide
the information that other ethnic
an industrial arts teacher using the
greater efficiency in refugee services.
agencies had been able to purchase
house as a training ground. Most of the
The MAA augments job specific services
buildings at a special rate from local
materials were solicited from and
with ESL, Child Care, and they are
government. The initial plan was to buy
donated by local businesses. Now the
moving into economic development (in
from Brown County the building
eight refugees are employed mostly in
conjunction with a university and the
currently rented for the MAA's
building trades and the Hmong Center
state Department of Development).
administrative offices. In 1988, as the
has a Resettlement House which they
(Continued on page 8)
proposal crystallized, the Hmong
rent for $50 per month plus utilities.
Association identified two local private
foundations whose interests parallelled
This refugee serving agency serves as a
the MAA's needs.
model in other areas of resource
IN THIS ISSUE
development as well. More than three
The Fort Howard Paper Foundation,
years ago they began discussions with -
Wisconsin MAA Buys
endowed by a local company, is one of
and became a member of - their local
their Office Space
many donors across the country who are
United Way. They currently are in a
interested especially in providing support
three year membership funding cycle
Groups Come Together
for building funds. (Check The
and scheduled to come up for a rigorous
to Raise Money through
Foundation Directory's "Types of Support
review in 1990. The MAA also joined
Workplace Charity Drives
Index" for similar foundations in your
and is active in the local Chamber of
locale.) The Hmong Center's research
Commerce. This visibility and a kind of
Social Action Funds
also turned up a private trust as a likely
"speakers bureau" presentation on
funding source - they submitted a
refugees have encouraged mainstream
People Give to People
proposal to both of these institutions
men's and women's social clubs to
and were awarded grants totaling
frequently make small enabling grants
Suggested Reading
$94,000.
for special projects and programs.
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Resource Bulletin
July 1989
ACTIVIST GROUPS COME TOGETHER TO RAISE
MONEY THROUGH WORKPLACE CHARITY DRIVES
By Timothy Saasta
"We all see the same need - a stable source of money."
Cathy Lewis, Fund for Community Progress
Ten years ago in the Twin Cities, a
It took CFD about three years to begin
says NCRP Executive Director Robert
group of funders and community leaders
workplace campaigning. But by 1987,
Bothwell. His organization nurtured
called a meeting to discuss a problem
it was raising more than $480,000 in
the alternative funds movement.
common to every area of the country:
payroll deduction gifts from workers.
the lack of support for organizations
The amount of money most funds give
that want to change their communities.
For years, CFD has been cited as an
to their member charities isn't huge.
example of what community groups
CFD members get an average of $11,000
Minneapolis and St. Paul have more
could do if they joined forces to do
a year, for example. Some of the newer,
funding sources willing to support social
fund-raising, especially at the workplace.
smaller funds give less. "So far we've
change than most other cities, but still
But the lingering question was whether
only been able to give about $3,000 to
nearly every organization in the
CFD's success could occur in smaller
each of or members," explains Peggy
community was struggling to make ends
cities, especially those with less
Matthews of Knoxville Community
meet. Could groups that have a
progressive funders and workers. The
Share. "But for our groups, this money
common problem devise a common
past couple of years has shown that it
can really make a difference. It can
solution?
can.
pay for a newsletter for a year. It has
helped one group hire a field organizer.
Ten years later, the answer is clear:
There are now 19 similar social action
And we're really just beginning." The
they can.
"alternative funds" around the country,
Knoxville fund, which supports groups
with four more getting started this fall
such as the Tennessee Hunger Coalition,
A new organization eventually emerged
and another 10 or so in the planning
Save Our Cumberland Mountains,
from that initial meeting - the
stages, such as The Fund for the Hungry
Tennessee Task Force on Family
Cooperating Fund Drive (CFD). The
and Homeless in Springfield,
Violence, the Tennessee Valley Energy
idea underlying this organization was
Massachusetts. They range from Boston
Coalition and a black community-based
that groups with similar purposes and
to Knoxville, Tennessee, from Baltimore
theater group, ambitiously hopes to
needs should work together on raising
to Anchorage, Alaska. In 1987 they
raise $120,000 by 1990.
money.
raised $1.53 million at the workplace, an
increase of 3.77 percent in five years.
But the amount of money is only one
The group began by jointly undertaking
part of the story. "Payroll deduction
two somewhat traditional fund-raising
In addition, there are 14 funds that
provides exactly the kind of money you
events. But then they hit upon a
raised $3 million in workplace gifts
need for general support - dependable
brilliant idea: since none of these
during 1987 for black-run community
and no strings attached," explained Katy
groups was getting money from the
groups, local environmental
Lowery of CFD.
United Way, why not tap into the
organizations and local women' sgroups.
United Way's fabulous mechanism for
Most of the money these funds raise has
raising money - workplace, payroll
By 1989, these alternative funds will
come from employees of federal, state
deduction campaigns?
collectively be the largest funding source
and local governments. Access to public
for social action in the country,
employees has been anything but easy,
The idea wasn't original: a Los
surpassing the Catholic Church's
however. Throughout this decade,
Angeles-based group called the
Campaign for Human Development,
United Way and the Reagan
Brotherhood Crusade had been
according to Steve Paprocki, field
administration fought to exclude social
competing for workplace gifts to support
director for the National Committee
action groups from the $140 million
black-run charities since 1968. But this
for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP).
federal government charity drive, the
was the first time a broad range of
"There's a level of vitality and
Combined Federal Campaign. But that
social action groups had tried it.
sophistication out there that is amazing,"
fight appears to be finally over thanks
July 1989
Resource Bulletin
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to a law passed in 1987 that requires
broad participation in the "CFD."
WHY WORKPLACE FUND RAISING?
The next target will be private
Why has the number of social action alternative funds increased from
businesses, the vast majority of whom
one to 19 during the past decade, with several more in the planning
already allow the United Way to solicit
stages? The main reason is that workplace fund-raising is a great way to
their employees. A handful of major
raise money.
corporations (such as Apple Computer)
along with many small businesses have
First, unlike direct mail, it is an inexpensive way to reach individual
allowed their employees to give to less
donors. Rather than sending letters to each potential donor, you are
traditional charities. Others may follow.
included in a brochure that often goes to thousands of employees.
"Corporations often tell us they don't
want to be the first to allow other
In part because of the ease of having gifts deducted from a person's
charities into their campaigns, but they
paycheck, in part because of encouragement to give (some would say
are willing to be number three or four,"
pressure to give) by many employers, a very high percentage of
explains NCRP's Paprocki, who was the
employees make gifts. In the federal government about 60 percent of
first executive director of the Twin
employees makes gifts through the federal campaign. In contrast, direct
Cities' Cooperating Fund Drive.
mail specialists say you're doing well to get a two percent response to a
direct mail appeal.
Paprocki believes that allowing
employees more choice of charities to
Finally, people give much more through payroll deduction. The average
support could be part of a trend towards
gift of federal workers is more than $100. The reason is simple: it's
choice within corporations, which are
much easier to get someone to agree to give $2 a week than to hand you
beginning to offer their employees more
a hundred dollar bill. But at the end of the year, the $2 a week adds up
options in areas such as hours and
to more.
benefits. He also notes the increasing
number of women and minorities who
As the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's Steve
are reaching positions of power within
Paprocki puts it, "Probably the only fund-raising mechanism that is
companies, people who may be more
better than payroll deduction is the church collection plate."
responsive to less traditional charities.
Black United Funds, for example, have
gained access to Bell Labs and IBM by
working with Black employees.
"Because it communicates with tens of
Even outside the workplace, alternative
millions of workers every year, United
funds help increase the visibility of small
United Way's main argument for its
Way has a huge impact on the way
community groups, according to
exclusive access to workplace campaigns
people think about social problems,"
Knoxville's Peggy Matthews. "Our
- that competition would decrease
explains Paprocki. "Alternative funds
groups are getting a lot more visibility.
giving and hurt United Way agencies -
have really presented people with a
We just had a full-page story in the local
is crumbling. NCRP recently studied
viable option to social services as a way
newspaper on the Mountain Women's
227 campaigns in which United Way
to deal with a community's problems.
Food Co-op. Our three public service
faced competition. Total giving went up
They've stimulated a real debate. I
announcements, each of which focus on
in 93 percent of the campaigns. It went
estimate that we already talk with one-
two of our groups, are on local
up more than 10 percent in nearly three-
half million employees a year. That is
television all the time."
quarters of the campaigns. And United
worth more than the money we raise."
Way giving went up in 75 percent of the
Alternative funds have also made
campaigns.
Many of those employees, along with
community groups more visible within
many other people, end up volunteering
the rest of the funding world, according
Gaining access to employees - private
for the alternative fund and its member
to Paprocki. "They've made social
or public - has benefits that go beyond
groups. "Alternative funds have become
change organizations an integral and
money. According to Nan Steketee,
magnets for people interested in social
accepted part of the nonprofit landscape
director of the Center for Responsible
change," Paprocki says. "They've given
in terms of funders. I remember just 10
Funding in Philadelphia, a city with four
people a way to get into our networks.
years ago talking to progressive funders
alternative funds, "Going into the
They're really becoming what we've
in Minneapolis who just didn't think of
workplace to raise money gives us access
always needed - communities of
groups like tenants' unions as being
to the marketplace of ideas. We can
support." In Montana, 100 state
permanent, viable organizations."
present our ideas about the need for
employees have volunteered to help the
dealing with the cause of social
fledgling Montana Community Shares.
Finally, not only are alternative funds a
problems just as United Way presents
In Philadelphia, Women's Way, the
magnet for individuals concerned about
its ideas about the need for recreation
largest women's fund, has more than
social change, they are also a magnet for
and food baskets."
1,000 volunteers each year.
organizations. "They've really helped
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July 1989
end the isolation of social change
that have feuded for years. "An
percentage of whom were public
organizations," Paprocki says. "They've
alternative fund is a long-term, working
employees. We used to think that you
brought people together regularly over
relationship. You have a common goal
needed to be in a fairly progressive area.
time. They share information and give
that transcends your organizational
But some of the newer funds have
each other support. Sometimes, they've
goals. It's very different from coming
proven us wrong."
given each other some critical technical
together to plan a protest rally or a
assistance. In the early days of the
public hearing."
Knoxville's Community Shares, for
Cooperating Fund Drive, our member
example, is based in an area with a fair
groups' staff came out of the woodwork
How can you decide if a fund
number of public employees (Tennessee
with legal and accounting problems they
would work in your city or state?
Valley Authority and the University of
had been sitting on because they didn't
Tennessee), but it's still a relatively
know how to deal with them."
Paprocki says there has been a change
small community and it's far from being
in thinking about what is needed to
progressive. But it seems to be working,
Paprocki also says tht at least one fund
make a fund succeed. "We used to
raising close to $20,000 in workplace
has helped lessen tensions between two
think that you had to have a certain
gifts in 1987, only its second campaign.
networks of community organizations
number of employee, a high percentage
Alaska's Community Shares also raised
close to $20,000 in its first campaign in
a state with a tiny population. And
Paprocki is optimistic about a. new
statewide fund in Montana, which is
WILL WORKPLACE GIVING WORK FOR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS?
based in a city of but 25,000 people.
"Size is just not as important as we used
While there are many other benefits, the basic reason groups come
to think."
together to form an "alternative fund" is to give them access to
workplace fund-raising drives. It takes a lot of effort and many voices to
WHAT IS IMPORTANT?
convince most employers to give access to non-United Way charities.
And often when they do, they only allow federations of charities to solicit
A Nucleus of People
their employees.
and Organizations
That said, many national activist organizations and a few local groups
Paprocki believes a fledgling fund needs
are getting workplace gifts without joining a federation.
five to seven people who commit to
working on the fund for at least 18
One key is whether there are many federal and military employees in
months.
your community. If there are, you can join the federal charity drive in
your area. In Washington, D.C., for example, My Sister's Place, a
"This is very labor intensive. And it's
battered women's shelter, has been raising more than $100,000 a year
usually two to three years before you
from federal employees.
see some money for your own group."
The problem with the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is that there
Bothwell emphasizes the need for one
is a lot of competition, and if you're not well known, you're not likely to
or two visionaries. "There has to be
get much money. However, you can now promote yourself by doing
someone who sees the long-term
things such as handing out brochures to employees as they enter their
purpose of what you are doing and can
workplaces.
communicate that purpose."
The deadline for applying for next year's CFC could be as early as
A Vision for the Fund
February (it's been in the summer the past several years). For more
information, contact the Office of Personnel Management in Washington
that Transcends Money
to learn who runs your local federal campaign. And get the CFC
information packet put out by the National Committee for Responsive
"You must have people who have a
Philanthropy (2001 S Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20009).
common goal," says Paprocki. "They
have to see the fund as a long-term
A few other campaigns are also open to individual charities, such those
strategy for building a funding base for
run by the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, California
social change, not as a short-term fix for
and New York.
their organization's funding needs."
But the NCRP's Steve Paprocki warns people not to get their hopes too
Up-front Money
high. "For the most part, workplace fund-raising is just not for individual
organizations."
"We couldn't have gotten started without
dollars from outside," says Matthews.
Her fund garnered grants from the
July 1989
Resource Bulletin
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Public Welfare Foundation, JC Penney,
"They need to see you as more than just
Babcock Foundation, The Youth
another United Way."
Project, and the Commission on
Religion in Appalachia, among others.
"A new fund is competing with an
The Cooperating Fund Drive received
organization that has mastered the use
SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS
some hefty grants in its early days. But
of effective images," Paprocki explains.
other funds have gotten started with
"United Ways garner an extraordinary
Community Works, Boston
much less.
amount of positive publicity each year.
You need to know how to get the
Fund for Community Progress,
One key is whether a major campaign
media's attention and how to present
Providence
- say the state employee campaign -
your work positively."
is already open to a broad range of
Bread and Roses Community
other charities. If it is, a group may be
"You've got to be able to present your
Fund, Philadelphia
able to gain access and raise some
case to employers and public officials,"
money quickly. "Money up front makes
says Bothwell. "They've got to
Community Share, Baltimore
things go a lot faster," Bothwell believes.
understand why there's a need for you."
"But you can do it without a lot of
Community Shares, Knoxville
money."
Understanding the Lessons Learned
by Other Funds
Greater Cleveland
A Base of Volunteers
Community Shares
Outside Membership
"A lot has been learned the past 10
years about what works," says Matthews.
A CHOICE, Milwaukee
"Because starting a fund is so labor-
"We know that it wastes energy and
intensive, it must involve people and
momentum to confront and react to
Aid to Wisconsin Organizations,
groups that have connections to a lot of
United Way all the time. We know we
Madison
individual volunteers who can share the
need to emphasize instead the unmet
vision," Paprocki believes.
needs of the community. People who
Madison Sustaining Fund
are considering starting a fund need to
Willingness to Focus on Access
learn a lot before they begin."
Community Shares
to Workplace Campaigns
of Wisconsin, Madison
"No one should underestimate the
"We've had alternative funds that spent
amount of work involved in starting an
Access to Community Services,
a year deciding the criteria for selecting
alternative fund," Paprocki says. "It can
Madison
members in the future," says Paprocki.
be quite frustrating at times. But it can
"The important thing at the beginning
also make a real, long-term difference
Cooperating Fund Drive,
is deciding which workplaces you can
in a community. It can help take social
Minneapolis-St. Paul
gain access to fairly quickly. And then
change organizations to a new level of
doing it."
stability and effectiveness."
Community Services Fund,
Lincoln
Ties to Employees;
The place to start is NCRP, which has
Ability to Organize Employees
just published a 16-page report on
Montana Community Shares,
Helena
workplace fund-raising for
"You need to involve employees early,"
nontraditional charities - The Great
says Matthews. "You need their support
Charity Drive Expansion. NCRP, in
Community Shares of Colorado,
to get access and to run a good
conjunction with the Black United Fund
Denver
campaign once you have access. You
and a new coalition of alternative funds
need a personal approach. You can't
called Alliance for Choice in Giving,
Valley Community Fund,
rely on written materials - all they
also co-sponsor an annual conference.
Alamosa, CO
know is United Way. You need to talk
to them directly. It's really basic
Community Share of Utah,
grassroots organizing."
Salt Lake City
This article is adapted with permission
Bothwell agrees that ties to employees
The Progressive Way,
from the Center for Community
are crucial, but he believes you can
San Francisco
Change's quarterly publication,
develop those ties once you get started.
Community Change (Fall 1988). The
Alaska Community Share,
NCRP report, The Great Charity Drive
Ability to Communicate Effectively
Anchorage
Expansion, is available for $5 from
NCRP; 2001 S Street, N.W.;
"People need to understand how you
Washington, D.C. 20009.
differ from United Way," says Matthews.
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July 1989
PEOPLE GIVE TO PEOPLE
To find out more about people-to-people fund-raising, the Resource Bulletin recently interviewed Elliot Berkowitz, Development
Officer at the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). This 120,000 member organization aims to raise $10,000,000 in
its five-year fund-raising campaign - approximately half from its membership and half from the caring public.
Q First, could you tell us a little about how you got into
sacrifice. A gift of $100 from a person who's making
development?
$15,000, is of higher quality than a gift of $1,000 from
someone with a $150,000 annual income. Of course, you
A When I was just out of college, a good friend (who was
want the $1,000 gift too, but it's easy to see which individual
a social worker) was also a fund-raiser for the local Jewish
is going to have the higher leadership credibility.
community. He urged me to consider social work and
fund-raising as a career. Back then, I wanted no part of
Q OK, I understand - it's proportional to the individual's
it and went into communications, joined the army, went
resources and personal situation. What about the energy
overseas. When I came back, I decided to get my MSW
part of this equation?
at the University of Connecticut, then worked in
community centers, community action agencies for several
A That has to do with a real willingness to ask others. To
years.
say, "here's what I'm giving, and I want you to commit
X amount of dollars over the next five years." It takes
I began to experience the connection between fund-raising
putting one's personal credibility on the line - and asking.
and social work/social change and made some inquiries
Some people are better at it than others, but anyone can
into fund-raising positions. I got into the Jewish fund-
learn. In fact, I've never met a committed fund-raising
raising world and have been involved in Jewish community
leader who could not ask others.
fund-raising for 18 years. Now, I'm in community fund-
raising here at NASW.
Q I'm assuming these fund-raising leaders are people in the
community - volunteers. What about the official leaders
Q Most of the groups we work with - refugee self-help
of the organization, members of the Board of Directors?
groups or MAAs as they're called - got their first grants
in 1980-83. The earliest ones are really getting into
A I've found, over the years, that there often are two kinds
development now. On a personal level, about how long
of fund-raising leadership - the "official" leaders who
would you say it took on the streets, so to speak, before
often serve on the Board and the "indigenous" leaders.
you took that first leap from service to development?
Sometimes a person will be both; other times (like in the
case of our $15,000 a year friend with six kids), the
A That was '62-'69, about seven years.
person who's recognized as a fund-raising leader in the
community will be too busy working for the cause (and
Q As you know, IRAC is working with the MAAs to help
trying to make ends meet on a personal level) to serve
expand the resource base beyond the Federal dollars,
on a Board. You do need both kinds. It's very important
especially refugee-specific funds. Let's talk a bit about
that the "official" leaders know what the "indigenous"
how to start.
leaders are doing on behalf of the organization. It's
absolutely critical that the "official" leaders really support
A You mean what we call "changing the ratio," I take it.
the fund-raising campaign, its staff and volunteers. That's
You have to start with leadership, committed individuals.
the only way you can be sure that all communication tools
Let me explain what I mean by commitment, because
(newsletters, etc.) highlight the fund-raising aspect
that's really the key. It's the quality of the commitment
whenever appropriate - and remember, salmost always
that counts, in two ways:
appropriate.
1) The gift an individual (fund-raising leader) gives; and
Q We started out talking about how to begin what you so
aptly labelled "changing the ratio." Regarding this initial
2) The level of energy that individual is willing to put into
step - identifying the fund-raising leadership - is there
asking others to give.
any difference for a small MAA as opposed to an MAA
with a $250,000+ budget?
It goes beyond simply writing out a check or volunteering;
what I mean by committed leadership is someone who's
A No. Except that the small MAA may be better
giving at a level that to him or her is somewhat of a
positioned, with more committed volunteers.
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I want to emphasize, once again, that fund-raising
year; they may really be $100 donors. That list is one of
leadership works from the top down. You just cannot ask
your best resources; they already believe in your MAA; they
others to get involved, give money and time and quality
can solicit others.
energy unless you're already doing that yourself.
There are a couple of ways to increase donations from
Q We've talked a lot about quality commitment. I assume
your constant giving list:
that means staff as well as Board. How realistic is it to
ask staff who are underpaid and overworked to make a
Ask for an additional contribution of X dollars. For
financial contribution?
example, to get a $20 contribution up to $30, say, "I'm
only asking you for $10. You're already giving $20."
A The staff, especially the top staff, need to understand that
giving (within their ability) sends a message that goes far
Ask for a multi-year pledge of, say, $50 a year for the
beyond words. It sets an example. I feel that all staff
next five years.
should give. If that's unrealistic at first, ask senior staff
to take the lead now; ask everyone to participate next
To increase gifts, explain what more could be done with
year. It's a matter of organizational credibility. How can
an increased gift; 25 dollars accomplished Y; 50 dollars
you ask others to contribute if you are not already making
would make Z possible.
a significant financial contribution?
Q Any other tips?
Q What about in-kind staff contributions?
A I'd like to highlight what I've been saying throughout this
A That doesn't pay the bills. We're running a fund-raising
interview - the person-to-person approach works. You
campaign here; in-kind contributions don't count. They
might want to consider small gatherings at someone's
may help reduce the total amount we need to raise, but
home; this doesn't cost much and has been very effective
in-kind doesn't help us meet the annual fund-raising goal
for us. Ask a donor to invite some friends who could
we have set for ourselves. That's simple arithmetic.
become contributors. Either the host or another
contributor can make the "pitch" - describe your MAA,
Q Everyone says it's important to raise money from within
what it does and your need for support. Be sure to ask
your own constituency. Considering that this constituency
each guest to make a donation before they go home.
is recognized as disadvantaged, how important is it for us?
It's all in the relationships - who knows who and how
A It's a matter of credibility. How can you ask outsiders
you ask.
to write out checks until you can demonstrate that your
own constituency is willing to support you - and is
You have to ask - overcome shyness or hesitancy.
making contributions?
One more point: you have to find out who the economic
Q How would you recommend targeting potential donors?
starters in your community are and nurture them and enlist
them. They' going to be your long-term source of support.
A Figure out who's sympathetic, who cares. Who helped
the refugees in your community settle in? Find a core
group, and create networks. Who benefits from your
SUGGESTED READING
MAA's work? Satisfied employers have a reason to
support your work. Ask them to contribute. Beyond this
natural network, it gets to the point where you have to go
For more on people-to-people fund-raising, try Elton
out and create interest, educate people and cultivate them.
J. Kerness's practical, no-nonsense guide for groups
that need to raise money. Fund-Raising discusses
many aspects of raising money, from individual
Q How would you recommend approaching major donors?
solicitations and small meetings to telephone and by-
mail solicitation, the role of professional staff, and
A The critical element in prospecting - prospect research
- is connecting people. You have to find out who cares,
capital campaigns. With the caveat that grants can
be turned on and off like water faucets, a second
who knows whom, and keep it growing in concentric
circles. MAA clients can be really effective for example
section describes grants (funding sources, writing and
in soliciting their own doctors and lawyers, probably more
submitting a grant proposal) and endowment funds.
effective than the Board or staff.
Known as The One-Minute Manager for fund-raisers,
this short book is available at bookstores or from
Q Is it worth it to solicit gifts of $25 or less? How can we
Cottage Press: Box 1265; Englewood Cliffs, NJ
increase the giving level?
07632. If enough readers are interested, RB may
A Look at your small donor list, those people are your
negotiate a bulk order discount.
constant supporters. Some may give more than once a
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July 1989
(Continued from page 1)
an annual payroll of about $130,000 and
restricted funding of about $150,000.
The Hmong Association has been
As often happens when a group begins
RB staff chatted with a
applauded for its 3 to 1 ratio of
to "make it," other previously inactive
program officer at a small
Southeast Asian to American staff. Yet
groups begin to compete for control of
foundation which has
program staff like those in many
the refugee service dollars. However,
made several creative
nonprofit agencies are overextended as
the secret to this MAA's success is to
grants to refugee
they try to continue development efforts
welcome all refugees and to maximize
plus keep up with their own program
financial contracts and contributions
organizations. She
responsibilities. Most donor research
through the use of volunteers and
offered this guidance:
is done at the Green Bay Library where
material and other in-kind contributions.
staff have found directories of state and
As one of the Hmong Center's staff
Be careful to develop
national foundations.
summed it up, "we always do a lot with
a little."
personal, human
Coping with a foundation's decline to
relationships with
fund has been instructive for the Hmong
foundation staff, but
Center and its Board. The MAA
always remember even
carefully worked out a video orientation
foundation program
project to benefit especially refugee
RESOURCE BULLETIN is a bi-
people can do only so
women and children. The proposal was
monthly publication of the Indo-
submitted to an identified foundation
china Resource Action Center
much - foundation
making grants for this type of program.
under Contract 180-86-C-0008,
funding decisions usually
The Hmong Association along with
Amendment #2 with the U.S.
rest with the Board of
many of its supporters were pleased
Department of Health and Hu-
Trustees.
when the foundation staff demonstrated
man Services, Office of Refugee
their interest by making a site visit.
Resettlement.
Unhappily the foundation Board, which
Be persistent, open to
places a strong emphasis on projects
The viewpoints expressed herein
subtle suggestions, and
being run by members of the target
do not necessarily represent the
don't be afraid to
population, declined to fund this
official position or policy of the
proposal because they were not
U.S. Department of Health and
reapply. Learn when a
"no" is really a no and
convinced that Hmong and Lao women
Human Services, Office of Ref-
were clearly in decision-making and
ugee Resettlement.
when the door is still
administrative roles.
Editorial Staff: Diana D. Bui,
open.
South S. Kousoum and Anna
Proportionately, the Hmong Association
Mary Portz.
of Brown County is a small MAA with
RESOURCE BULLETIN
Indochina Resource Action Center
Mr. LE XUAN KItOA
1628 16th Street, N.W. - 3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 667-4690
Sinher
Fre Refugar
P.O. Box 818
Humanitas
Menlo Park
California 94026
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
(415) 324-9077
Joan C. Baez, President
Jeanne Triolo Murphy, Vice President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 22, 1989
For information contact:
Edward Lazar
415/324.9077
(Leave messages on machine
which will be monitored
Christmas week.)
A Call to End the Forced Repatriation of Vietnamese Boat People
Seeking Asylum in Hong Kong
Joan Baez and noted international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan have released an
Open Letter to Prime Minister Thatcher (see enclosed) in which they protest the recent
forcible repatriation of 51 Vietnamese women and children asylum seekers, from Hong
Kong to Vietnam.
They stated that "this reprehensible action by the British and Hong Kong governments
cannot be condoned and stands condemned under established human rights standards."
They further noted that "When deported to Vietnam, these boat people face a substantial
risk of human rights violations and a lack of guaranteed safety and dignity."
While recognizing the problems facing Hong Kong, Baez and Sagan challenged the
existing screening process, and stated that there must be no more repatriations "until a
solution is found which honors the human rights of the refugees" who already have risked
their lives to flee Vietnam.
Joan Baez, President of Humanitas Human Rights Committee, and Ginetta Sagan,
Executive Director, Aurora Foundation, were joined by twenty-two co-signers including
representatives of several U.S. Vietnamese human rights and refugee groups.
P.O. Box 818
Humanitas
Menlo Park
California 94026
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
(415) 324-9077
Joan C. Baez, President
Jeanne Triolo Murphy, Vice President
Open Letter to Prime Minister Thatcher
December 21, 1989
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
10 Downing Street
London, United Kingdom
Dear Mrs. Thatcher:
We are writing in regard to last week's forcible repatriation of 51 Vietnamese boat people
from Hong Kong to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). This repatriation signifies a
landmark violation of fundamental human rights standards accepted by civilized nations.
The clandestine operation, executed under cloak of darkness by security forces in full riot
gear, ended when the Vietnamese, flown to Hanoi, were delivered to SRV officials.
British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd is quoted as saying that no force was used in the
repatriation. When armed guards are used to move unarmed defenseless women and
children, against their will, into a plane, and to return them to a land which they had just
risked their lives to escape, this is as clear a use of force as can be imagined. This
reprehensible action by the British and Hong Kong governments cannot be condoned and
stands condemned under established human rights standards. These standards (including
Article 33 of the U.N. Convention on Refugees and Article 14 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights) prohibit the return of refugees or asylum seekers to the country from
which they are fleeing when they would be subject to substantial risk of human rights
violations.
When deported to Vietnam, these boat people face a substantial risk of human rights
violations and a lack of guaranteed safety and dignity. Although the Hong Kong
government reported that Hanoi had agreed to accept the involuntary returnees without
punishment or persecution, no group has appeared available to monitor their fate or hold
the SRV officials to their word. Moreover, the SRV has refused to repeal portions of its
Criminal Code which penalizes those caught fleeing the country with terms of
imprisonment ranging up to two years for illegal emigration (Article 89) and up to twelve
years for "fleeing with the intent to oppose the people's government" (Article 85). There is
no clear assurance that the boat people forcibly returned will not be subject to these and
other forms of reprisal.
A Hong Kong screening process which labels some boat people as "economic migrants"
as distinct from "political refugees," and makes such people subject to involuntary
repatriation, makes no sense in terms of the past record of Vietnam. Amnesty International
has reported that "some (Hong Kong) immigration officials appeared to have so little
knowledge of the political and human rights situation in Vietnam that they could not make a
reliable assessment of the risks individuals might face if returned." Almost all Vietnamese
boat people have had their refugee status rejected, even some who have claimed persecution
based on harsh re-education, forced labor and severe discrimination. Given Vietnam's
continuing record of human rights violations it makes more sense to consider any
Vietnamese emigree, by definition, a political refugee.
It is ironic that at a time when democratic nations are applauding and opening their arms
to East European refugees, your government is refusing to give asylum to Vietnamese boat
people seeking to live in a democratic society. We protest the involuntary repatriation of
Vietamese refugees from Hong Kong, and urge you to grant asylum to all the Vietnamese
refugees who remain in Hong Kong. We recognize the problems faced by the Hong Kong
government in regard to a continued flow of Vietnamese boat people. This is a problem the
world community must face up to, in association with the governments of Hong Kong and
the United Kingdom. An acceptable solution has not been found yet and must be found --
but until a solution is found which honors the human rights of the refugees they must not
have these rights denied there must be no more forced repatriations.
Joan International Human Rights Committee
Joan Baez, President, Bay Humanitas
Silletta Sapan
Ginetta Sagan, Executive Director, Aurora Foundation
Additional co-signers listed on attached sheet.
Co-Signers List
Open Letter to Prime Minister Thatcher
December 21, 1989
Tong Nhien
Chairperson, Council For Refugee Rights
Hung Lai
Secretary General, Coalition of Vietnamese Organizations of Northern California
Margaret Howe
National Coordinator, Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Lieu Dang
Regional Director, International Rescue Committee, San Jose
Steve Denney
Editor, Indochina Journal
Chi Nguyen
Executive Director, Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement Association
Vu Van Loc
Executive Director, Indochinese Resettlement and Cultural Center, San Jose
Ton That Nien
President, Vietnamese Medical Association of U.S.A.
Hoa Pham
Council For Refugee Rights
Chi Nguyen
Executive Director, Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement Association
Tran Quan Long
Association of Vietnamese Artists
Ngo duc Diem
Chairman, Vietnamese Forum
Dr. Nguyen Van Canh
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Arnold Kotler
Publisher, Parallax Press
Nguyen Duc Lam
Co-Chair, Santa Clara County Community Forum for Refugee Affairs
Huu Nguyen
Executive Director, Aid to Refugee Children Without Parents
Thomas Can Nguyen
Attorney
Marguerite Green
Philip Phu Bui
Than Gia Hoa
Therese Fitzgerald
Edward Lazar
Co-Director, Humanitas International Human Rights Committee
Titles and/or affiliations listed for identification purposes only.
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JANUARY 7, 1991
Dear Sir,
As per many documented reports from many political refugees camps in far east Asia,
where there were many mass suicides to protest the local governments regarding their
forced repatriation upon these innocent political refugees and in as much as your
government policy regarding human rights and the just cause to stop atrocities and in
human treatments from these governments and communist regime in Vietnam.
We call to your attention and conscience as a last resort signal of distress S.O.S. and the
democratic just cause to interfere as soon as possible to the Indochinese refugees camps
in far east Asia to stop mass suicides which were and are in process due to people's
depression and maltreated in these refugees camps.
We understand that you are pre-occupied with Desert Shield Operations in the Middle
East. However, we believe your administration is always the leader on today world's
affairs and never let down any S.O.S. call from any place on earth.
We would suggest that your government delegates and/or supports our newly formed
Vietnam's Provisional Government which we have informed you last month to visit,
survey and report to your government regarding these human rights violations from these
local host countries' governments, who perhaps are exerting a political pressure or
manipulating these innocent political refugees in order to achieve their government
unjustified goals.
We also would suggest your policy making advisors regarding this global strategies that
we already suggested by our previous letters to your government attention regarding this
globally advantageuos strategies in iterfering to establish, neutralize and democratize the
entire Indochina's political situation, therefore all the gentle people of Kampuchia, Laos
and Vietnam shall spontaneously, automatically and wholehartedly returning to their
homelands hence will be automatically alleviating all of social, economic as well as
political burdens are now being exerted on your bureaucracy, domestically as well as
internationally.
Best regards and we await your fast and favorable response.
QUOC
OIL
D.
PHD
VIE
MR. DAO MINH QUAN
Interim person in charge to The Provisional Government of Vietnam
CHINH
HIS EXCE LENCY GEORGE BUSH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
LAM
THE
A Holding Center for Vietnamese Boat People in Southeast
Asia
Why a Holding Center?
- The United States stands strongly against forced return of Boat People
to Vietnam. The Vietnamese/American community strongly supports this
position.
- Even if the international community wished, Vietnam would probably
not take people returned forcibly.
- But the United States agrees that not all Boat People can be accepted
for resettlement in the United States or Third countries.
- And the United States also agrees that some Boat People do not qualify
as refugees under international law and must some day return to Vietnam.
- This position requires some interim plan for dealing with those Boat
People who will not be resettled.
- That plan cannot be to leave them in the first asylum countries with
no other action or they will be treated brutally and thousands will be sent
back to sea to die.
* Hong Kong and the ASEAN states have already given the United
States an ultimatum to come up with an acceptable alternative by
July 1, 1990. Otherwise, they reserve the right to withdraw first
asylum.
* The ASEAN states are fully capable of this. Both Thailand
and Malaysia pushed back boats in 1979.
* Again in 1988, Thailand sent almost 4000 innocent people
back to sea.
* In 1989-90, Malaysia has sent back over 8000 people.
*
Indonesia and the Philippines are making warning moves. For
the first time the Philippines refused to disembark refugees picked
up by a U.S. Navy ship.
* If all or most ASEAN states institute a coordinated push-
off policy, we face major tragedy.
- A Holding Center could buy time.
- A Holding Center could be an effective platform for a voluntary
return program.
- A Holding Center could be a humane way to provide for those who cannot
be returned now to Vietnam but who cannot be resettled.
- A Holding Center could be presented to our ASEAN friends as an interim
measure while we discuss the appropriate modalities and safeguards for the
forcible return of these people to Vietnam when the international community
can agree that conditions there permit.
Where should a Holding Center be located?
- U.S. trust territories have been suggested and would, of course, be
easier than trying to persuade another country to take the Boat People.
- But there are constitutional and legal problems to be overcome and a
Center in the United States could bea strong magnet for those hoping for
eventual resettlement in the United States.
- If possible, the better answer would be to locate a Holding Center
in a Third country - probably an ASEAN state. The Philippines and Indonesia
both have excellent easily expandable facilities at Bataan and Galang
Island respectively.
- The common wisdom is that no ASEAN country would agree, but some
ASEAN observers say that this is partly because the United States has never
really pushed the idea.
- It is entirely possible that a Holding Center site could be found if
a strong commitment to this concept is made by the President, himself, a
commitment fully in harmony with his policy of no forcible return.
- At a recent hearing before the House Subcommittee on Asian and
Pacific Affairs, the private voluntary agencies recommended the appointment
of a Special Ambassador to represent the Administration in dealing with this
crisis and negotiating an appropriate solution. This might well prove help-
ful but only with the President's personal backing and support.
Who would manage a Holding Center?
- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) comes first
to mind. Former High Commissioner Hocke was against UNHCR involvement be-
cause these are people found not to be refugees. The new High Commissioner
Stoltenberg may be more open to this role for UNHCR.
- If not UNHCR, the Director General of the International Organization
for Migration has indicated willingness for IOM to take on this task if the
international community considers this the best solution and requests IOM to
do SO.
- 2 -
- UNHCR or IOM would provide care and maintenance for the Boat People, in-
cluding medical and educational assistance. Very substantial help could be
expected from the private voluntary agency community. The Vietnamese/American
and other overseas Vietnamese communities would surely also volunteer
considerable help; financial, material and personnel. Together, these
communities number more than one million persons.
How would a Holding Center be managed? What would go on there?
- Boat People would only be transfered to the Holding Center if they had
been found not to be refugees by an internationally approved screening
procedure.
- They would be informed that they could return voluntarily to Vietnam
at any time but could not be considered for resettlement to Third countries.
- They would be assisted in getting reliable information about Vietnam
and in communicating with family and friends there.
- No resettlement screening or activity would be allowed in the Holding
Center.
- If they did not return voluntarily to Vietnam, they would remain in
the Holding Center until the international community could agree that
forcible return was acceptable and satisfactory safeguards and modalities
were in place.
- Information programs should be put in place in Vietnam to make it
clear that the Holding Center offers no possibilities for onward resettle-
ment; only for eventual return.
- The internal organization of the camp should be largely managed by
the Boat People themselves.
- Every effort should be made to encourage productive activity;
partly to help meet the care and maintenance and operating expenses of the
Center and partly to help the Boat People to lead as productive and
psychologically healthy lives as possible.
- It is in this area of activity, in particular, that the overseas
Vietnamese communities may prove helpful.
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The Interfaith Committee for Refugee Concerns
2252 North Beauregard Street, Suite 2, Alexandria, Virginia 22311 USA
Ms. Bobbie Greene Kilberg
Assistant to the President
& Director of Public Liaison
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
June 1990
Dear Ms. Kilberg:
Time is running out. The Vietnamese boat people in the South East Asian region
are in greater danger than ever. In a communique from Manila on May 18, the countries
of temporary refuge have declared that they are moving forward with forced repatriation
or abandoning the first-asylum rights as early as July 1st, 1990 unless the United States of
America takes a leading role in establishing a regional holding center for the screened-out
Vietnamese freedom seekers.
In this most crucial time, we hereby submit our most urgent petition that you
exercise all your influence to ensure that:
1.
the U.S. actively searches for a location and establishes a regional holding
center for the screened-out freedom seekers immediately;
2.
all forms of forced repatriation and the abandonment of first-asylum rights
would not be implemented.
We strongly agree with you that the problem of the boat people calls for a long, hard
look at the root cause: the absence of basic human rights and political freedom in Vietnam.
However, while the international community is applying appropriate pressure on the Hanoi
regime to move it toward political liberalization, there should be no resort to cruel, callous,
panicky measures such as forced repatriation or the abandonment of temporary refuge.
Please act now!
Very truly yours,
Dr. Nguyen Xuan Nguyen
Chairman, Information and Liaison
The Interfaith Committee for Refugee Concerns
12
262 Melrose Avenue
E. Lansdowne. PA 19050
June 11. 1990
The Honorable Bobbie Greene Kilberg
Assistant to the President &
Director of Public Liason
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. N.W.
Washington DC 20500
Your Honor Bobbie Greene Kilberg.
I am deeplv concerned about the rapidly
deteriorating situation of the Vietnamese refugees in
Southeast Asia and am writing to ask vou for help.
Over 55.000 Vietnamese are living in squalid camps
in Hong Kong. According to recent press reports. an
agreement has been negotiated with Vietnam providing for
forcible return of Vietnamese who fail to prove that they
fled for reasons related to persecution. The first group was
returned on December 11. Many more are sure to follow.
Reportedlv. Hong Kong will be paving Vietnam $620 for each
person returned.
1 am particularly concerned about the proposed
screening of refugees which will eliminate for resettlement
those considered to be "economic migrants." 1 believe the
applied definition of "economic migrants" would include
thousands of Vietnamese who had fled the country because of
discrimination which denied them the humane right to earn a
livelihood. This is true for all those forcibly settled
without tools or equipment in the New Economic Zones. It is
also true for those belonging to anv religious denomination
or ethnic minoritv. or those whose parents had fled the
country illegally. These people are barred from school and
eliminated from Job-lists. Thev are direct victims of
discrimination and persecution and. in fleeing the country,
are refugees under the 1951 amended Refugee Convemtion.
The concept of repatriation is incompatible with
international law and all United Nations Conventions.
Moreover. the security of people repatriated cannot be
guaranteed. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam stipulates in
its 1985 Criminal Code that leaving the country clandestinely
is illegal and punishable bv prison sentences ranging from 20
years to life. Previous examples of voluntary repatriation
have had disastrous consequences:
e.g. the 1.500 Vietnamese refugees arriving in Guam
in 1975 on the ship "Thuong Tin" who were
voluntarily demanded repatriation and, upon their
return. were incarcerated in reeducation camps
where a great number of them are still held today.
I urge you to Join vour colleagues in Capitol Hill
In:
* Encouraging the United States to stand firm
against Great Britain and Hong Kong in opposing
forced repatriation. and to seek a grace period
to allow voluntary repatriation to work before
considering forced repatriation: and
* Pressing the United States to take creative
and energic steps to restore and maintain first-
asvlum for Vietnamese:
Please take mv concerns to heart. Lives are at
stake! I believe you have the power to influence the future
of these refugees.
Sincerelv,
Thing Va
SELF-SUSTAINING REGIONAL HOLDING CENTER
FOR THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
A project of the AMEVIE Program for Refugee Resettlement
in the Palawan Island, the Philippines
The only solution to the problem of the boat people facing forcible
repatriation to Vietnam is the opening of a self-sufficient regio-
nal holding center to temporarily house those who do not qualify for
resettlement in any country.
For humanitarian reasons, we must provide these people with a place
to live until conditions in Vietnam will permit their return home.
We must alleviate the unbearable burdens of the countries of first
asylum and prevent the loss of lives that would result from these
countries pushing refugee boats back to sea. The opening of the
regional holding center will reassure these countries that they
can give asylum t.o the boat people in distress - confident that
those not accepted for resettlement will go to the holding center
and will not stay indefinitely on their lands. Once a regional
holding center exists, the countries of first asylum will no longer
feel the need to push refugee boats back to sea.
The specifics of the regional holding center are:
1. Location: In the southern part of the Philippino Palawan Island,
Village of Sarap, Municipality of Bataraza, Province of Palawan.
2. Area: Two thousand nine hundred thirty three hectares (2,932 Ha)
of arable land with five kilometers of sea-shore, the site is
very suitable for agriculture, fishing and aquaculture. Its tro-
pical climate under the monsoon regime will make the Vietnamese
settlers feel at home.
3. Duration The duration of the lease agreement between AMEVIE and
the landowners is fifteen years, renewable for another fifteen
years if needed.
4. Funding A trust fund will be established to sollicit donations
from aid donor nations of N. America, Europe and Asia, from pri-
vate industries and from individual benefactors. Aids will be
aimed at creating jobs for the refugee settlers.
United Nations funds currently used for the refugee upkeep, and
which are completely consumed, can be put to more productive use
by providing refugees with the means to earn a decent living.
Funds is needed to build a community infrastructure to permit
the settlers to start a self-sufficient life. That will help the
refugees regain their sense of self-worth that years of confine-
ment and idleness in refugee camps have robbed them.
5. Jobs The primary source of jobs will come from farming and fishing
and related industries. Because of the modest size of the area,
more intensive use of the land is preferable.
American private industries, Asian and European enterprises will
be invited to set up assembly lines, processing plants for fis-
hing and aquaculture products to permit the settlers to earn a
living as fishermen, assemblers, factory workers etc.
The compa-
nies will benefit from low-cost labor, a labor force very eager
and grateful to be given a job.
Aid donors can provide aid in the form of teachers, plant seeds,
fishing vessels and nets, refrigeration facilities and other pro-
duction implements.
6. Eligibility Is eligible any Vietnamese refugee willing to work
and to abide by the law of the host country and the rule and
regulations of the holding center. Priority will be given to the
"screened outs", applicants judged unqualified for resettlement
in a third country. Those classified as refugees will eventually
go for resettlement; they can stay where they are until such time.
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The holding center accepts those classified as non-refugees who
would be forced to go home.
There will be absolutely no opportunity for resettlement from
this holding center. The only country the refugees will go to
is Vietnam. It will be repatriation, but not forcible.
This will eliminate the risk that the holding center will become
a magnet for more boat people.
7. Community infrastructure
Start-up funds will be needed to develop the basic infrastructure
for the settlement: Housing, roads, electricity, sewage, drinking
water, schools, hospital, marketplace.
Trade schools and job training facilities.
8. The settlement will be self-governing in accord with democratic
principles.
9. Self-Sufficiency
Special incentive will be designed to encourage the refugees to
become self-sufficient in the shortest period of time.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date: June 28, 1990
FOR: Sichan Siv
FROM: ANDREW H. CARD, Jr.
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The Interfaith Committee for Refugee Concerns
2252 North Beauregard Street, Suite 2, Alexandria, Virginia 22311 USA
Mr. Andrew Card
Assistant to the President
& Deputy Chief of Staff
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
June 1990
Dear Mr. Card:
Time is running out. The Vietnamese boat people in the South East Asian region
are in greater danger than ever. In a communique from Manila on May 18, the countries
of temporary refuge have declared that they are moving forward with forced repatriation
or abandoning the first-asylum rights as early as July 1st, 1990 unless the United States of
America takes a leading role in establishing a regional holding center for the screened-out
Vietnamese freedom seekers.
In this most crucial time, we hereby submit our most urgent petition that you
exercise all your influence to ensure that:
1.
the U.S. actively searches for a location and establishes a regional holding
center for the screened-out freedom seekers immediately;
2.
all forms of forced repatriation and the abandonment of first-asylum rights
would not be implemented.
We strongly agree with you that the problem of the boat people calls for a long, hard
look at the root cause: the absence of basic human rights and political freedom in Vietnam.
However, while the international community is applying appropriate pressure on the Hanoi
regime to move it toward political liberalization, there should be no resort to cruel, callous,
panicky measures such as forced repatriation or the abandonment of temporary refuge.
Please act now!
Very truly yours,
Dr. Nguyen Xuan Nguyen
Chairman, Information and Liaison
The Interfaith Committee for Refugee Concerns
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NGHI-HQI TOÂN-QUÓC NGUOI VIET TAI HOA-KY
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF VIETNAMESE IN AMERICA
Founded 1986
Board of Directors:
Linb Quang Vien (MD)
June 27, 1990
Chairman
Mai Tat Dac (IL)
Ding Van De (TX)
Honorable Sichan Siv
Nguyen Tuyet LA (FL)
Office of Public Liaison
Nguyen Nhu Tan (CA)
The White House
Nguyen Duy Nmh (VA)
Vice Chairpersons
Washington, DC 20500
Pham Dinh De (NH)
Administrator
Dear Mr. Siv:
Executive Board:
The National Congress of Vietnamese in America (NCVA) would like
Bui Diem (MD)
to add our voice to those in the rest of the country in asking:
President
Quang-Dang Phurcng-Thiy (CA)
1/ That the United States maintain its principled opposition to
Ha Ton Vinh (VA)
Pham Thu Dang (MA)
forced repatriation of Vietnamese "boat people" and refugees
Dão Thi Hgt (VA)
to communist Vietnam, especially at a time when arrests are
Trucing Thi Van Lan (MA)
being carried out by the thousands throughout the country,
Nguyen Httu Host (OK)
and that the U.S. reiterate its humanitarian concern that first
Ven. Thich Glac Luong (CA)
asylum be preserved for refugees in Southeast Asia.
Vice Presidents
Nguyen Ngoc Bich (VA)
2/ That the United States increase its refugee admission rate
Secretary General
Pham Van Nam (MA)
from Southeast Asia to respond to a genuine concern by coun-
Vice Secretary General
tries of first asylum that their facilities are being stretched
to the maximum.
Glap Ngoc Phuc (VA)
Treasurer
Durong Van Hung (VA)
3/ That an active search for a holding center in Southeast Asia
Vice Treasurer
be implemented so as to provide an interim solution for those
screened out as long as conditions are not obtained for safe-
guarding their rights once they are repatriated to Vietnam.
Hoping that you can act swiftly on the above, we remain,
Inqurie Sincerely
Nguyen Ngoc Bich
Secretary General, NCVA
6433 Northanna Drive
Springfield, VA 22150
Tel: 358-3268 (O)
971-9178 (O)
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Phude Luan (TX), LA Van Ba (MD), Elizabeth HA Levan (PA), Linh Quang Vita (MD), Mai Tai Dic (IL), Nguyea Duy Ninh (VA), Nguyen Dinh Thu (TX),
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National Chairman
Truong Quang Si
june 21st, 1990
Co-Chairmen
Robert Tran
Ha Quang Giac
President George Bush
The White House
Vice Chairmen
Washington, DC - 20500
Do Thanh Nhan
Le Hoang Minh
Secretary
Nguyen Tho
Dear Mr. President:
Assistant Secretary
Mai Hien
Treasurer
Nguyen Thuy Tien
I want to call your attention to the
desperate plight of the Vietnamese boat pe-
General Counsel
Romanas Sedlickas
ople who are about to be pushed off through-
out southeast asia.
Comptrollers
Already over 8,300 Vietnamese have been
Buu Le
pushed out to the sea by Malaysian government
Compaign
Luu Van Lien
Please read theattached material and act
now to maintain first asylum.
Special Events
Mai Van Duc
Only your personal involvement can save
the situtation and the lives of our compatriots
Sincerely yours
TRummus
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THURSDAY JUNE 14. 1990 / PAGE A5
Mr. President:
SAVE OUR PEOPLE!
The countries of Southeast Asia are threatening to follow Malaysia's lead by closing
the door to the Vietnamese boat people.
On May 16 in Manila, the ASEAN countries of asylum declared that they will
abandon refuge if a solution is not soon reached.
Already, Malaysia has pushed back to sea over 8,300 innocent children, women and
men within 12 months. Nobody knows how many boat refugees have died so far on this
forced, second leg of their journey.
The U.S. has taken a strong stand against mandatory repatriation, but has offered the
countries of refuge no new or creative initiatives, such as a regional holding center, to
deal with this crisis effectively.
Soon, the boat people may have nowhere to land. The U.S. must act immediately.
U.S. leadership is needed now to restore and sustain refuge for the boat people and
avert a major foreign policy set-back and a humanitarian disaster.
PRESIDENT BUSH,
SINCE 1975 THE THREE PRESIDENTS BEFORE YOU
HAVE ACTED TO MAINTAIN FIRST ASYLUM.
PLEASE DON'T ABANDON THE BOAT PEOPLE.
This message is supported by a coalition of community organizations and voluntary agencies including
Boar People S O.S Committee
Ngay Nay Newspaper. Texas
Committee for the Relief of Victnament Refugees. Washington, DC
Nguo Via Newspuper California
Council for Refuges Rights. California
Project Ngoc. California
Democracy for Victnam Movement. Washington, DC
Refugees International
Dien Dan To Do Newspaper, Virginia
Texas Federation of Victnamese Associations kis
Episcopal Migration Ministry
United States Commuttee for Refugees
Families of Victramese Political Process Association. Washington, DC
Victnamese Community of Southern California ( alilornia
Federation of Young Victnamese Volunteers and National Victament Forces.
Victramese Community of Washington DC Maryland and Virginia
California
Victnamese Federanon of San Diego Cahlomia
Greater New York Victnamesc American Community. New York
The Victnamese Marinc Association of Washington IX
Hos Thenh Don Newspaper, Virgina
Victnamese Medical Association of the USA
Indoctune Resource Action Center and friends
Victnamesc Parents Assocuation Washington (X
Interfaith Communee for Refugee Concerns. Washington. DC
Vietnamese Refuger Refief Comminee Cablornia
International Committee for a Free Victnam. Washington, DC
Victnamesc Senior Crizens Association Virginia
International Reseue Committee
Victnamese Veterans Association Northcastern USA
National Congress of Victnamese in America
Victnamese Youth Association New York
National Victnamese American Business Conference. Minnesota
The Washington Arca League of Victrames Associations Washington DC
MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1990
The Washington Post
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
The Tragedy of the Boat People
NDER THE NEW international rules for
U
ably would transform their condition. And, in any
boat people adopted last June, "first asy-
event, the notion of sending anyone back to Com-
lum" countries in Southeast Asia agreed to
munist Vietnam is hard to stomach or to justify.
keep accepting political refugees for resettle-
What, first, are the short-term emergency meas-
ment elsewhere, but only on the condition that
ures to be taken? One is for the United States to find
Vietnamese "screened out" as economic migrants
a place, perhaps Guam, to hold screened-out so-called
would be sent back, if necessary involuntarily.
economic refugees temporarily, rather than letting
The United States rightly objected to the repatri-
them be forcibly sent back. The United States
ation part of the arrangement. The distinction
continues, as it should, to press Vietnam to permit
between economic and political fugitives from
international oversight of the repatriation of those
brutal places like Vietnam has always been a
who voluntarily return. And both to discourage
chancy and tenuous one to sustain. But as a result
unmanageable flight and to discharge a larger moral
of this policy impasse, Malaysia, which resists a
and political obligation, this country is taking another
buildup of unresettleable illegals as well as not-
50,000 immigrants this year straight from Vietnam
yet-resettled refugees on its territory, now cruel-
(former prisoners, Amerasians, relatives of the 1
ly pushes off new arrivals, back into the sea-
million refugees accepted earlier), plus more from
7,700 at latest count. Hong Kong, which holds
first-asylum countries. We believe first-asylum coun-
upwards of 30,000 Vietnamese facing repatria-
tries must speed up screening so as to shrink the
tion, vigorously seconds Malaysia's insistence
political irritant of Vietnamese populations on their
that Washington either condone the practice of
soil with all the ugly consequences that has had. And
involuntary repatriation or provide alternatives
we also believe that Australia, France and other
to it. That is the dilemma. It is urgent, and not
refugee resettlement countries must be more gener-
nearly enough public attention is being paid to it.
ous in their willingness to take in these refugees.
The United States forcibly repatriates Latin
These measures, however, urgent as they are,
and Caribbean immigrants who have entered the
are short term and can be expected to affect the
country illegally and repatriates them by the
core problem only marginally. The only true resolu-
millions. So whatever you may think of this
tion will follow if and when Vietnam is restored to
practice, the principle, anyway, has been widely
civil peace and economic growth SO that its citizens
accepted in this country. And, if you are willing to
will no longer choose the awesome perils of flight.
make the difficult distinction among refugees, it
As a practical matter, this requires reform in
is also true that many, perhaps most new boat
Vietnam, a lifting of the American-led economic
people do appear to fit the economic as distinct
embargo and, for the lifting, Vietnam's full coopera-
from political category, not refugees who fled for
tion in a political settlement in Cambodia. The toll
strict political reasons, though their treatment
on its citizens in continuing cruelty, both inside and
now after their flight and forcible return presum-
outside their country, is an international disgrace.
TELEGRAM
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CRUCIAL ELEMENTS OF THE CPA HAVE EITHER NOT BEEN GIVEN
Manila Communique
DUE FOCUS OR-TOTALLY IGNORED. IN PARTICULAR,
May 17, 1990
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GLANDESTINE DEPARTURES FROM VIETNAM HAVE CONTINUED AND
TWO CPA PARTICIPANTS HAVE BLOCKED REPATRIATION OF
NON-REFUGEES WHO 00 NOT VOLUNTEER TO RETURN.
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IN LIGHT OF THE ABOVE, COUNTRIES OF TEMPORARY
REFUCE WISH TO STRESS THE FOLLOWING:
11 RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF VBP
RESTS PRIMARILY WITH VIETNAM AS THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN,
21 VIETXAM SHOULD TAKE MORE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO
DETER CLANDESTINE DEPARTURE AND PROMOTE ODP AS THE
SOLE MODE OF DEPARTURE FOR EMIGRATION. ON
KUMANITARIAN GROUNDS, ALL CPA PARTICIPANTS HAVE A DUTY
TO COOPERATE TO BRING TO AN END CLANDESTINE DEPARTURES
INVOLVING RISKY JOURNEYS ACROSS THE SEA OR OTHERWISE:
3) THE NEAR CONSENSUS REACHED AT THE STEERING
CONNITTEE MEETIXG IN JANUARY 1998 IN GENEVA,
PARTICULARLY THE DATE FOR ENDING THE MORATORIUM ON
REPATRIATING NON-REFUGEES WHO DO NOT VOLUNTEER, SHOULD
BE IMPLEMENTED AS FROM 1ST JULY 1392
4) THE REPATRIATION OF NON-REFUGEES WKO DO NOT
VOLUNTEER TO RETURN 18 ESSENTIAL TO THE CPA'S
VIABILITY AND SURVIVAL. WITHOUT IT, THE STATUS
DETERMINATION PROCEDURE HAS NO MEANING OR PURPOSE,
5) THERE IS AN OBLIGATION ON ANY COUNTRY WHICH
OPPOSES THE REPATRIATION OF NCN-REFUGEES WHO DO NOT
VOLUNTEER TO OFFER AN EFFECTIVE INTERMEDIATE SOLUTION,
SUCH AS THE SETTING UP AND FINANCING ON ITS OWN
TERRITORY OF A REGIONAL KOLDING CENTER FOR ALL
NON-REFUGEES, as ENVISAGED IN THE CPA;
6) IN THE EVENT OF FAILURE TO AGREE EVEN AN
INTERMEDIATE SOLUTION TO THE VBP- PROBLEM, COUNTRIES OF
TEMPORARY REFUCE MUST REESERVE THE RIGHT TO TAXE SUCK
UNILATERAL ACTION AS THEY DEEM NECESSARY TO SAFEGUARD
THEIR NATIONAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING THE ABANDONMENT OF
TEMPORARY REFUGE.
COUNTRIES OF TEMPORARY REFUGE EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN
AT THE RECENT UPSUROE OF CAMBODIAN BOAT PEOPLE IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA, NOTING THAT THIS CATEGORY OF BOAT
PEOPLE is NOT COVERED BY CPA. END QUOTE.
PLATT
2. BEGIN QUOTE:
FOR OVER 15 YEARS, COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND
HONGKONO HAVE PROVIDED TEMPORARY REFUGE TO VIETNAMESE
BOAT PEOPLE AT TREMENDOUS COST TO THEMSELVES. THIS
BURDEN HAS BECOME INTOLERABLE AND CANNOT CONTINUE.
THE CPA ADOPTED BY THE ICIR IN JUNE 1589 IS AIMED
AT SECURING A DURABLE SOLUTION TO THE VBP PROBLEM
WITHIN A DEFINITE TIME FRAME OF THREE YEARS THROUGH
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL ITS INTERDEPENDENT PROVISIONS.
THE VIABILITY OF THE CPA, HOWEVER, HAS BEEN
UNDERMINED BY SELECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS
PROVISIONS. WHILE COUNTRIES OF TEMPORARY REFUGE HAVE
BEEN URGED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FIRST ASYLUM,
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Dear Mr. President:
Achamma Chandersekaran
Assist Secretary
Monica Vinh
Treasurer
After the Manila meeting on May 17-18, 1990, the first asylum
Rex Tu
countries in Southeast Asia gave the United States and Vietnam
Asst. Treasurer
six weeks to accept forced rapatriation or accept responsibility
Mary Chiang
for the consequence.
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Remo dela Pena
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We are writing in extreme concern that Vietnamese boat people
Advisory Board
will be rejected by countries of first asylum throughout the
Jane H. Hu, Ph. D., Chair
Violeta dela Pena
region. Already over 6,000 boat refugees forced back to sea by
Gopal Basisht, M.D.
Malaysian authorities have subsequenly arrived in Indonesia.
Hon. David Valderrama
Kung Lee Wang
Nobody knows how many refugees died on the second forced leg
Ki Lee
of journey in their small boats.
Bharat Bhargava
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Dr. Koshy
In Manila recently the first asylum nations served notice
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that they will begin forcing refugees back to sea after July 1
Narrine Sharma
unless there are new measures to deal with refugees screened out.
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Fred S. Tang
Mr. President, we know that you have been preoccupied with the
Prakash Parekh
Summit and other vital matters. We believe that the U.S. must
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exert immediate leadership to prevent the total collapse of first
Southwest
asylum.
Jyoti Bhatia
Tony Palaganas
Westcoast
We urge you to give your personal weight to prevent the abandonment
Irvin Lai
of refuge for Vietnamese. Since 1975, three Presidents have
Leslie Tang
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sustained first asylum, one of our most important humanitarian
New England
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Larry Ho
save the situation. Thousands of lives and U.S. credibility are
Southeast
at stake.
Flossie Abrigo
Prakash Khatri
Mid-Atlantic
We would like to hear the final decision from you on this subject
Sam Mok
Gloria T. Caoile
before the full steering committee meeting in Geneva next June
Om Arora
26 and 27, 1990.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1990
Asians to Press U.S. on Boat People
By the end of the year British offi-
By PAUL LEWIS
cials say about 40,000 of Hong Kong's
Special to The New York Times
estimated 55,000 boat people will prob-
UNITED NATIONS, May 31 - Brit-
ably have had their requests for asy-
ain and six Southeast Asian nations
lum denied and be designated for
plan a new attempt to persuade the
forced repatriation.
Bush Administration and the Vietnam-
Britain and the six Asian nations
ese Government to agree to the forced
want the forced repatriations to be car-
return of thousands of Vietnamese boat
ried out under the supervision of the
people later this summer.
United Nations High Commissioner for
The six Asian nations are warning
Refugees to ensure that the returnees
that unless the forcible repatriation is
are well treated by the Vietnamese and
accepted, they will no longer allow boat
found housing and jobs.
people to land, and 'an international
But the United States has blocked
plan for looking after these refugees
their plan, arguing that conditions in
will collapse.
Vietnam are too bad for the refugees to
The diplomatic campaign, which dip-
be sent back there. Privately, British
lomats say will involve high level ap-
and Southeast Asian officials feel that
peals in Washington and Hanoi next
the Bush Administration's attitude is
month is intended to secure American
chiefly influenced by fear of a political
and Vietnamese backing for the return
backlash among Vietnamese Amer-
of boat people who are deemed to be
icans if the United States supports
economic migrants rather than politi-
repatriation.
cal refugees by July 1.
Britain Calls for Special Camp
Asians Present an Ultimatum
As a result, Britain has proposed that
This deadline was set at a meeting in
the Bush Administration build a spe-
Manila earlier this month of the 29
cial camp for the boat people on Guam,
countries that drew up the Comprehen-
the American Pacific island, and ac-
sive Plan of Action on Indochinese
cept boat people denied refuge there
Refugees at a United Nations-spon-
until it judges that conditions in Viet-
sored conference in Geneva last year.
nam have sufficiently improved for
If the United States and Vietnam
them to go back.
agree, these countries will meet again
The Administration has refused both
in Geneva on June 26 to prepare the
requests, saying it cannot accept peo-
repatriation.
ple who are not genuine refugees and
The six members of the Association
that, in any event, housing them on
of Southeast Asian Nations - Singa-
American soil would only encourage
pore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philip-
more Vietnamese to flee the country.
pines, Thailand and Brunei - which
While Hong Kong's overcrowded
are caring for about 50,000 Vietnamese
refugee camps have forced Britain to
boat people, warned that unless the
take the lead in pressing for forced
United States and Vietnam agree to
repatriation in the past, refugee offi-
forced return of economic migrants,
cials say fewer refugees are arriving
they will refuse to accept any more
there now and conditions are easing. In
boat people, as Malaysia is increas-
the Southeast Asian countries, on the
ingly doing already.
other hand, the flow of new arrivals is
This would effectively destroy the
still runnning at relatively high levels,
Comprehensive Action Plan, diplomats
say, under which these countries and
and the governments are increasingly
Hong Kong agreed to offer asylum to
anxious to start sending boat people
boat people fleeing Vietnam but to
home, by force if necessary.
resettle only those deemed genuine
According to the latest United Na-
political refugees.
tions figures, Indonesia has received
Britain has said it also wants to send
5,087 boat people so far this year, lifting
back the roughly 8,500 Vietnamese
the total to 12,169. Thailand has taken
boat people in Hong Kong to whom it
in 3,772, giving it a total of 13,069.
has already refused refugee status as
Malaysia, which already cares for over
soon as another 1,700 who have agreed
19,000 boat people, has received an-
to go back on a voluntary basis have
other 988. And the Philippines with
been sent home.
9,092 has taken in another 200 this year.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1990
Six-week
ultimatum
over Viets
From FIONA MACMAHON
his country's final decision
The US and Victnamese
in Manila
would have 10 bc made at
say their opposition to
the highest level - by the
forced repatriation is based
THE United States and
president and the secretary
on humanitarian principles.
Vietnam have been giv-
of state.
The leader of the British-
en six weeks to accept
Mr Jury said the first asy-
Hongkong delegation, Mr
forced repatriation of
lum countries had presented
David Colvin, head of the
boat people or accept re-
the clearest and most unified
Foreign Office South-East
sponsibility for the con-
stand on the question of
Asia Department, said his
sequences.
mandatory repatriation at
Government had achieved
the mesting and would "cer-
its objectives in Manila.
Pressure on the issue
tainly make people in Wash-
"We have successfully
has been building since the
ington think".
isolated the Vietnamese and
Comprehensive Plan of
"We will listen very seri-
Americans," hc said, adding
Action (CPA) was signed
ously, but at the same time
that opposition to forced re-
in June last year and it
our objections are very
patriation could "sink the
came to a head at the
strongly held. It is difficult
CPA".
working level Steering
to predict the outcome," he
The chairman of the
Committee meeting in
added.
meeting, the UNHCR's
Manila yesterday.
Mr Jury conceded that
head of the Asia and Ocea-
The first asylum coun-
the ball was very much in
nia Burcau, Mr Sergio Vieira
trics, including Hongkong,
America's court but said:
de Mello, said he still feared
demanded to be able to pro-
"On questions of principle,
the collapse of the CPA.
ceed with forced repatria-
countries were some times
But he said he was en-
tion from July I,
prepared to stand in a diffi-
couraged by the way in
The United Nations
cult comer."
which delegates had con-
High Commissioner for Ref-
Delegates have also been
ducted their deliberations.
ugces (UNHCR) says it sup-
pressing the US to agree to
disagree if they cannot ac-
The UNHCR and re-
ports the need to resolve the
question of mandatory repa-
cept forced repatriation.
gional governments will
now approach the Vietnam-
triation, and a full steering
But Mr Jury said he be-
ese and Americans with con-
committee meeting has been
lieved there was a reluctance
structive ideas to achieve "a
tentatively set for June 26
to acquiesce to behaviour
long overdue consensus".
and 27 in Geneva.
that runs counter to princi-
The majority of the dele-
ple.
Meanwhile, Vietnam's
gates in Manila agreed that
The alternative plan of
Foreign Minister, Mr
people found not to be genu-
having a regional holding
Nguyen Co Thach, has
inc refugees "have to be re-
centre for boat people is re-
asked Italy to mediate be-
turned to their country of or-
garded by most countries as
tween his country and Brit-
igin in accordance with
having little viability or sim-
ain on forced repatriation.
international practice re-
ply sidestepping the issue.
But British officials were
flecting the responsibilities
The Victnamese Gov-
bemused by the request.
of states towards their own
erament was represented by
Vietnam and the UK hold
citizens, in safety and digni-
their ambassador to Manila,
discussions at ministerial
ty under international moni-
Mr Hoang Manh Tu, who
level and discussed the boat
toring arrangements"
refused to comment on the
people issue at senior gov-
Howcver, US delegation
united front presented by re-
crnment level carlier this
leader, Mr Allan Jury, said
gional delegates.
year.
SAM M. GIBBONS
WAYS AND MEANS
7TH DISTRICT, FLORIDA
COMMITTEE
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Mashington, B.C. 20515
May 1, 1990
The Honorable Dato' Albert Talalla
Ambassador of Malaysia
2401 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Dear Mr. Ambassador:
I would be most grateful if you would make sure that
Prime Minister Mahathir gets the attached letter I
am writing to him concerning the push-off of Vietnamese
boat refugees seeking asylum in Malaysia.
Thank you for your personal attention to my request.
Sincerely,
Sam M. Gibbons
United States Congressman
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MARGO O'CONNOR
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The Honorable Dato' Seri Mahathir Bin Mohamad
c/o Embassy of Malaysia
2401 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Dear Prime Minister Mahathir:
I am writing to express my extreme concern about the push-off of Vietnamese
boat refugees seeking asylum in Malaysia. I understand that over 4,500 boat
refugees have been turned away from Malaysian shores and have arrived in
Indonesia. There is no way to know how many refugees perished after being
pushed off.
Mr. Prime Minister, we know that Malaysia has been generous in providing first
asylum since 1975. Your country's humanitarian record has won for it much
international support and praise.
In the past fifteen years the Vietnamese refugees have established one of the
most prosperous and distinguished communities in America. We cannot abide the
continued denial of asylum and pushing into the open seas of the relatives and
friends of our Vietnamese-American population.
I am writing to underscore how serious the concern has become in the U.S.
Congress over the denial of asylum to the boat refugees. This concern is on
the verge of threatening the core aspects of our bilateral relations,
including trade and tourism.
We are ready to support Malaysia in any way necessary in the restoration of
first asylum. I hope that you will be able to lead your country in the
humanitarian direction upon which Malaysian-international cooperation is
based.
United San Sincerely M. Gibbons States Congressman
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CC: The Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United States
The Honorable James A. Baker, III, Secretary of State
Mr. Brent Scowcroft, National Security Council
MARK O. HATFIELD
OREGON
United States Senate
WASHINGTON.DC
May 8, 1990
The Honorable Mahathir bin Mohamad
Prime Minister
c/o Embassy of Malysia
2401 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
I am writing to urge that you restore first asylum for
Vietnamese boat people seeking to land in Malaysia. I
understand that over 6,000 such asylum-seekers have been pushed
off from the shores of Malaysia. This figure, of course, does
not include the unknown number of Vietnamese who do not survive
the subsequent voyage to Indonesia.
Malaysia has a long record of humanitarian concern for the
refugees of Southeast Asia. I commend you for that. I must
report to you, however, that there is growing concern here in
Congress over the treatment of Vietnamese asylum-seekers by
Malaysia. At a May 7 Congressional hearing, I indicated that
the United States may be forced to link trade, tourism, and
other matters with the denial of first asylum.
I understand your frustration with implementation of the
Comprehensive Plan of Action, particularly with regard to the
screened out. I support full implementation of the CPA and
will do everything I can to assist you in reaching that goal.
Denial of first asylum, however, will not speed implementation
of the CPA. In fact, such practices will likely lead to a
total breakdown of the plan. The human cost is and will be
incalculable.
Thank you for your consideration. I hope you will be able to
restore first asylum without delay and look forward to working
with you and others to ensure full implementation of the CPA.
Sincerely,
Mark O. Hatfield
United States Senator
MOH: bs
REFUGEES
INTERNATIONAL
RI BULLETIN
A GLOBAL VOICE FOR THE WORLD'S DISPOSSESSED
Lionel A. Rosenblatt
The Washington Post
TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1990
Pushed Out to Sea by Malaysia
Events in Eastern Europe are overshad-
owing the gravest crisis for Vietnamese
refugees since 1979. Thousands of people
are being pushed out to sea by Malaysia, a
country that has in the past given tempo-
rary refuge to more than 250,000 boat
people.
At last count, 6,577 Vietnamese asylum
seekers had been forced back to sea in the
past 10 months by Malaysian authorities.
They are the lucky ones-those who sur-
vived the forced voyage to find refuge in
Indonesia. No one can say how many
others pushed off by Malaysia will never
be heard from again.
The situation is now extremely grave.
Some months ago, only a portion of refu-
gees attempting to land in Malaysia were
pushed off. But for the past two months
virtually all arriving boats have been "redi-
rected," as the Malaysians euphemistically
put it.
The "redirections" have also become
progressively more dangerous. Malaysian
authorities formerly made a practice of at
least reprovisioning refugees and repairing
their boats. But in some recent instances,
ASSOCIATED PRESS
the craft have not even been refueled.
survived, but there is no better illustration
Once before, in the last year of the
Boats laden with women, men and children
of Malaysian government determination to
Carter administration, first asylum in
are towed out to sea at unsafe speeds
end asylum for Vietnamese refugees than
Southeast Asia disintegrated. Hundreds,
before being cast off to fend for them-
this cold-blooded expulsion.
perhaps thousands, of lives were lost be-
selves. With thousands pushed off, who
The restoration of the principle of first
fore refuge was restored with vigorous
knows how many entire boatloads have
asylum in Malaysia has become the top
American leadership from the top echelons
perished and with them the news of their
priority in the protection of Vietnamese
of government. Eleven years later, many
terrible ordeal?
boat refugees. The lives of boat people are
Indochinese refugee lives are again on the
One story that did get through was told
at grave risk unless the government of
line. Never before has American leader-
by some survivors late last year. It in-
Malaysia can be persuaded to alter course.
ship been more needed.
volved a boatload of 68 Vietnamese, most-
The Bush administration has in fact
We must reiterate to Malaysia that the
ly women and children, who finally reached
tried to persuade Malaysia to restore ref-
deliberate endangering of human life by a
Malaysian waters after six weeks at sea.
uge, but SO far without success. That
state is unacceptable. This is a principle
Their engine had broken down three days
country's prime minister, Datuk Seri Ma-
embodied in any number of international
out of Vietnam. and despite rationing, they
hathir, appears determined to continue to
protocols to which Malaysia is a signatory.
had eventually run out of food and water.
push off Vietnamese refugees.
At the same time, it must be acknowl-
One man had already died of dehydration
Clearly, it is time for President Bush to
edged that Malaysia and other countries of
when a Malaysian naval or police vessel
engage other heads of state in an urgent
first asylum have a problem. The problem
approached the 50-foot craft, and the refu-
collaborative effort to restore first asyluni
with maintaining first asylum is the fear
gees were informed that they would be
in Malaysia.
that it may become permanent asylum.
towed to shore and safety.
The message to Prime Minister Ma-
This is a fear which only the United States
Instead. however, the Malaysians towed
hathir from around the world should be the
and the developed world can address. And
the Vietnamese out to sea for 19 hours
one increasingly voiced in Congress.
there is not much time. At a meeting last
and then. without warning, cut the boat
House trade subcommittee chairman Sam
week in Manila, the first-asylum nations
loose. For an agonizing four days the boat
Gibbons (D-Fla.) and Sen. Mark Hatfield
said that unless the United States comes
drifted helplessly. Another man and a
(R-Ore.) both have written sharp letters to
woman died before a Greek merchant ship
Mahathir. Said Gibbons:
up with something positive by July 1. first
rescued the refugees. The survivors were
"In the past 15 years the Vietnamese
asylum may be abandoned.
in very weak condition, and two more
refugees have established one of the most
We must either find a way to move
women died after rescue, both leaving
prosperous and distinguished communities
people on from countries such as Malaysia
small children.
in America. We cannot abide the continued
in order to relieve the burdens and pres-
More recently, in March, a boatload of
denial of asylum and pushing into the open
sures of first asylum, or we must acquiesce
refugees was rescued off the coast of
seas of the relatives and friends of our
in mandatory repatriation with acceptable
Vietnamese-American population."
safeguards. To do otherwise is to let
Malaysia by a merchant vessel. The Viet-
namese aboard were dropped off in a
Over a period of 15 years. three previ-
refuge collapse throughout the region and
Malaysian port, supposedly delivered to
ous administrations. backed by the Ameri-
to be complicit in the deaths of thousands.
safety. But even their lack of a boat was
can people and Congress on a bipartisan
The writer is president of Refugees
not enough to keep them from being
basis, have taken the lead in maintaining
International. a Washington-based
forced back out to sea. Malaysian authori-
first asylum for refugees from Vietnam,
Cambodia and Laos. This has been one of
rejugee advocacy organization. He
ties simply put them on another small boat
and towed them for two days before aban-
the most significant international achieve-
recently made a trip to Southeast Asia to
doning them. In this case all the refugees
ments since the Marshall Plan.
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AN ISLAND FOR LONG-STAYERS
By Lat Nguyen
Since 1975 hundreds of thousands of refugees
the typical problems of crime, extortion,
were forced to flee the communist regimes of
prostitution, and rape. Tragic suicides by refugees
Southeast Asia and seek freedom in the West. Many
unable to cope with these conditions are frequently
thousands have successfully resettled in the
reported.
United States, Canada, Australia, and other
countries and have gone on to become productive
All these conditions dehumanize people who have
citizens.
already suffered the loss of their homeland. Can
we continue to ignore the situation? We must look
However, many other thousands still languish in
at this dilemma from both.a humanitarian perspective
the Southeast Asian refugee camps. of these people,
and from an economic perspective. It 1s not right
some will be able to join family members who have
that these people remain in these conditions; and
already been resettled in Western countries. The
it is bad business to continue to support 8 no-win
rest have been in the camps for years and see no
situation.
future resettlement possibilities. These are
people who have no family ties in the West nor any
A SOLUTION
overwhelming reasons political or otherwise --
for their resettlement. They have become people
An approach to channel the energies of these
without a country, unable to return to their
people into a productive path is needed. Even
homeland without fear of reprisal, unable to be
though they may not be able to return to their
resettled in the West, and unwelcome refugees in
native land in the near future nor may they be
the first asylum countries,
accepted into the United States or other Western
nations, somehow they must build a new life for
THE CURRENT DILEMMA
themselves and for their children that are being
born into this environment. In developing a
The support of these refugee camps 1s a
solution to the problem, we must realize that
continuing burden on the economy of the United
these people must be settled in an area where they
States and other Western countries. Is this a
will be under the care and protection of the United
situation that will continue indefinitely like the
States, yet not in a position to become either
Palestinian situation, only to become another
citizens of the United States or resident aliens
international problem without 8 solution? If
of the United States because if we were to make
these people are not allowed to leave the refugee
that a possibility, then we should just go ahead
camps for Western countries and are not wanted in
and let them into the country now.
the countries of first asylum, the only thing that
can be done 15 to continue to support them
One possible location that would meet both of
financially by the United Nations and other Western
these criteria would be the area in the South
countries and charitable organizations. Today,
Pacific, known as the United States Trust Territory
there 15 a new generation of refugees being born
of the Pacific. The United States has territorial
in the camps; shall we continue to squander the
control over the areas; however, they are not part
valuable resources of the United States to support
of the territory of the United States nor do the
these people in camps with no solution to the
residents have all the rights and privileges of
problem?
United States citizens. We think that it would be
advantageous to choose one of the islands without
This wasted amount of manpower, with the
an indigenous, local population to develop a model
tremendous reservoir of energy manifested in
refugee resettlement center and begin to integrate
hazardous escapes should be channeled into 8 more
people from existing refugee camps throughout
productive force instead of remaining a burden on
Southeast Asia into this model resettlement center.
others.
The center would become a permanent resettlement
area with a supportive and positive environment in
A solution must be found. Life 1n the refugee
which the refugees could become productive, self
camps is bleak; most of the camps are situated in
reliant people, capable of supporting their families
areas not wanted by the host countries. The
In the future. Until they can return to their
refugees are provided with a minimum of food,
native lands, the refugees (and their children)
clothing, and nothing more. Their lives become &
will become educated and productive individuals,
monotony of merely existing, not living. These
horrible social conditions have begun to foster
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etc., these dollars go outside the U.S. with no
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return. Once the people inside the settlement
areas become self-sufficient and begin making
provided with basic human rights, without cost to
money, they will become consumers of U. : roducts;
the United States welfare system. The U.S. welfare
purchasing their necessary consumer goods from the
system has in effect spoiled many refugees who
U.S. with dollars that they earn from U.S.
came after 1979 (not the earlier, more educated
companies. This will have a very positive impact
and trained people, but the later refugees who
on the balance of trade. So many of our products
have fled terrible hardships in their homeland and
(electronics, fabrics, automobiles, tires, etc.)
the refugee camps) to the United States and found
are now being imported from Asian countries. If
out how easy it is to get things such as food
even a small dent could be made in this flow of
stamps, welfare, supportive housing, etc. which
imports by developing this permanent refugee
has largely destroyed the initiative to become
resettlement area, then it will create a major
fully assimilated and to work toward a better
impact on the U.S. balance of trade. The set up
future. The settlement would have to be supported
and training of these people would be quite easy.
initially with some assistance from the United
Thousands of Indochinese refugees have been
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the
resettled in the U.S. They have gone on to become
U.S. Government. Because it would save money
proficient in all types of engineering fields and
spent maintaining the refugee camps, the project
also have become bilingual. They are willing to
would not cost additional funds.
impart knowledge and training to people in the
permanent resettlement area. Also, one added
In order to develop into a self-supporting
advantage to this type of operation is that, with
community, it is important that the operation be
this being within the territory under control of
initiated from the beginning along very business-
the U.S., setting up high tech assembly programs
like lines. The operation and development of this
in the project would decrease the chance of our
project should be carried out by U.S.-based
technology going to other countries. We would be
companies knowledgeable of both cultures and whose
able to better protect certain technologies and
objective is to make the permanent resettlement
keep them within U.S.-controlled territories and
area a self-supporting community. Once such a
still get the advantage of low cost labor.
project is established, an appropriate Indochinese-
American firm with the requisite expertise could
CONCLUSION
work with other U.S. companies to develop employment
opportunities for the residents of this community.
In order to pursue this concept to determine
Currently many U.S.-based companies have set up
the most cost effective method we would have to:
plants throughout Southeast Asia, Mexico, South
America, and elsewhere for the assembly and partial
1. Develop statistics on what the U.S. and other
manufacture (and sometimes complete manufacture)
Western countries are currently spending on
of components and products. When these U.S.
refugee relief in the existing camps.
companies set up "off-shore" production facilities
they do not often have the protection of U.S. laws
2. The nature and location of each of the existing
in these countries. Foreign governments can
camps and their population density.
nationalize their factories. They could be at the
mercy of local suppliers, labor, authorities,
3. Determine existing technical skills now
etc which could cause production cost increases
available.
beyond their control. If these same factories
were developed in this permanent resettlement area
4, Present education level,
and people began to earn a better living, government
support could be decreased to a point where the
5. Age, background, etc.
project would not only be self-sufficient, but
even able to return the investment. Products
6. Find out what the interest level would be of
being assembled within the U.S. Trust Territories
the U.S. companies toward this project, in
could be brought into the U.S. without import
terms of setting up off-shore production
duties, therefore, becoming a more profitable
facilities in the permanent resettlement center.
investment for the U.S. -based companies located
there. This would generate more income within the
U.S., generate more taxes, bring more income to
Lat Nguyen 1s President of LATCO International, a
the government. This means U.S. dollars not
consulting firm on real estate development in
leaving U.S. territory. When products are assembled
Savannah, Georgia. Mr. Lat himself 1$ an excellent
in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia,
example of successful resettlement in the U.S.
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April 1980 census - Vietnamese foreign-born
San Francisco/Alameda
9,520
Santa Clara County
10,424
Los Angeles County
25,322
Orange County
16,485
San Diego County
not listed¹
Entire state
78,408
Estimated Vietnamese arrivals for 1980 through the end of FY'82
(Represents 50% of all SEA arrivals)
San Francisco
5,629
Alameda County
2,462
Santa Clara County
5,104
Los Angeles County
14,544
Orange County
6,955
San Diego County
5,221
Actual Vietnamese arrivals for FY'83 through FY'89
San Francisco
4,864
Alameda County
3,036
Santa Clara County
11,033
Los Angeles County
18,062
Orange County
11,508
San Diego County
4,339
These figures do not take into account the following two variables:
Secondary migration (in/out)
Births and deaths
¹Breakdowns for counties with less than 10,000 population (both native and foreign-
born Vietnamese) are not listed separately in the 1980 census data.
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Vol. 7, Number 1
SPRING 1990
THE GREAT CHALLENGE
The year 1990 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the first
wave of Indochinese refugees in the United States. It also
marks the fifteenth year of a human tragedy which has
continued unabated: push-backs, pirates on the high seas,
human rights abuses in border camps and detention
centers throughout the region. Last year, the International
Conference in Geneva adopted a Comprehensive Plan of
IF YOU OUR POSITION
Action (CPA) with the clear intent to achieve humane
RUS
WHAT
and durable solutions to the Indochinesc refugee problem.
YOU
WOULD
DO
?
Unfortunately, the agreements on reception, screening,
and voluntary repatriation have been improperly
implemented and the whole plan is currently on the verge
FOR THE HUMANITY, STAND
of collapse.
FOR US.
Ten months after the CPA went into effect, more than
6,000 boat people have been denied asylum and
"redirected" to other shores by the Malaysian authorities.
Demonstration against forced repatriation - Hong Kong
Bi-lateral negotiations between Britain and Vietnam have
been going on with a view to forcibly returning an
There has been some argument for a relaxation of the first
estimated 40,000 "screened-out" people from Hong Kong.
asylum policy, pointing to the fact that although the sailing
Indonesia recently indicated that the number of asylum-
season has bcgun, the number of new arrivals in Hong
seekers has become a new problem, and some boat people
Kong is remarkably low: 848 in the first four months of
have been "helped" to continue their journey to Australia.
1990 vs. over 4,000 in the same period last year. This
In the meantime, piracy acts continue the trend of recent
indication, however, is not going to change the tough
years, with an increasing degree of brutality - the pirates
stance of the countries of first asylum because it has been
tend to do away with all witnesses. According to
crystal clear that the flow of boat people will continue as
UNHCR, there have been 250 known pirate attacks with
long as economic and political conditions in Victnam are
nearly 2,000 dead or missing during the past two years.
not improved. One must bear in mind that Victnam still
has to deal with the problem of maintaining or
demobilizing some 200,000 troops withdrawn from
A Letter from the Editor
Cambodia. Worse still, another 200,000 Victnamese guest
workers have become persona non gruta under new
democratic regimes in Eastern Europe and will likely be
sent back to poverty and lack of freedom in a not too
The first asylum countries strongly resent the continuing
distant future.
Now of Victnamese asylum-seekers, and contend that
forced repatriation of the "screened out" is the only
With this as a backdrop, 1990 poses a great challenge to
workable alternative. However, a CPA Steering
Committee meeting on January 23-24 failed to reach
the Indochincse-American community with regard to the
resolution of the refugee problem. It is now clear that the
consensus on the date when forcible repatriation could be
CPA is only a temporary mechanism, a holding action
officially started. Refugees and humanitarian organiza-
designed to maintain refuge and first asylum. It might be
tions are extremely worried about the approaching June
disregarded by first asylum countries unless effective
30th deadline set by the British government and endorsed
measures are taken to stem the outflow of asylum-seekers.
by all Steering Committee members, with the exception of
the United States and Victnam.
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The big question now is whether the Indochinese-
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American community, particularly Victnamese-Americans,
are prepared for this great challenge - a challenge for
Forcible or mandatory repatriation of "screened out"
peace, democracy, and development in the whole region.
people - however logical it may appear - is not accep-
table in the case of tens of thousands of boat people who
have risked 50 much to escape. Furthermore, there is no
guarantee that they will never be punished after their
Feature articles in this issue begin with a legal discussion
return. And besides, how can forcible repatriation be
by Nga Thi Tuyet Tran about a litigation between the U.S.
justified when the screening system in Hong Kong has
Coast Guard and the Victnamese fishermen in California
been universally criticized as flawed and unfair?
regarding the enforcement of the Jones Act (which
requires that the owners and pilots of large commercial
A regional holding center for persons determined not to
fishing boats operating in federal waters be United States
be refugees has been proposed as an interim solution
citizens). Referring to amendments of the Act over the
pending their eventual return to the country of origin. So
years, the author demonstrates the irrelevance of this 200-
far, this initiative has not been approved for several
year old law in the case of the Vietnamese fishermen. In
reasons: no country wants to set up a regional holding
an article on the post-war reconstruction of Cambodia, Sin
center on its own territory; the high cost for running such
Meng Srun assesses significant losses of human and
a center; and, most importantly, fears that it will become
material resources during the past three decades. The ten
a magnet that attracts now arrivals. A regional holding
programs he outlines for implementation during the first
center, therefore, will not likely become a reality unless
two post-war years are described with full awareness of
effective mcasures can be found to stop the refugee flow.
severe constraints on the technical and administrative
capability of the public sector to manage reconstruction
In any case, the Indochinese refugee problem cannot be
efforts and operate the economy. Diana D. Bui, in a brief
resolved by inhumane or halfway measures. Efforts should
but moving report of her recent visit to Hong Kong's
be made towards a permanent solution resulting in the
detention centers, reveals the subhuman conditions of
prevention of the refugee movement, not in the detention
refugee women and children in the Crown territory. She
or forcible repatriation of those who have fled. It is time
presents a list of practical recommendations on what
now for all parties concerned, especially the United States
refugee advocates can do to help improve conditions both
and Victnam, to begin taking steps to address those
in the camps and in Vietnam. James Bancrian, who has
conditions which are at the root of the refugee exodus.
worked with Indochinesc refugees for more than ten years,
Because until economic and political conditions improve
addresses the many unique issues facing young Indo-
in Victnam, people will continue to flee the country. This
chinese in America whose education, professional training,
long term solution should be a two-way process to be
and social life are quite different from their parents and
di
implemented gradually to guarantec the result of each
grandparents. The challenge for this young generation of
step. The process might be long but, once it is started, its
Indochincsc-Americans is to rebuild community confidence
beneficial effect will be felt immediately.
and bring to their people unity and a sense of purpose.
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Date: 6-21-90
FOR:
Sichan Siv
FROM: ANDREW H. CARD, Jr.
Action
Your Comment
Let's Talk
FYI
262 Melrose Avenue
E. Lansdowne. PA 19050
June 11, 1990
The Honorable Andrew Card
Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
WH Room 1/WW
Washington DC 20500
Your Honor Andrew Card.
I am deeply concerned about the rapidly
deteriorating situation of the Vietnamese refugees in
Southeast Asia and am writing to ask you for help.
Over 55,000 Vietnamese are living in squalid camps
in Hong Kong. According to recent press reports. an
agreement has been negotiated with Vietnam providing for
forcible return of Vietnamese who fail to prove that they
fled for reasons related to persecution. The first group was
returned on December 11. Many more are sure to follow.
Reportedly. Hong Kong will be paying Vietnam $620 for each
person returned.
I am particularly concerned about the proposed
screening of refugees which will eliminate for resettlement
those considered to be "economic migrants." I believe the
applied definition of "economic migrants" would include
thousands of Vietnamese who had fled the country because of
discrimination which denied them the humane right to earn a
livelihood. This is true for all those forcibly settled
without tools or equipment in the New Economic Zones. It is
also true for those belonging to any religious denomination
or ethnic minority, or those whose parents had fled the
country illegally. These people are barred from school and
eliminated from job-lists. They are direct victims of
discrimination and persecution and, in fleeing the country.
are refugees under the 1951 amended Refugee Convemtion.
The concept of repatriation is incompatible with
international law and all United Nations Conventions.
Moreover, the security of people repatriated cannot be
guaranteed. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam stipulates in
its 1985 Criminal Code that leaving the country clandestinely
is illegal and punishable by prison sentences ranging from 20
years to life. Previous examples of voluntary repatriation
have had disastrous consequences:
e.g. the 1,500 Vietnamese refugees arriving in Guam
in 1975 on the ship "Thuong Tin" who were
voluntarily demanded repatriation and, upon their
return. were incarcerated in reeducation camps
where a great number of them are still held today.
I urge you to join your colleagues in Capitol Hill
in:
* Encouraging the United States to stand firm
against Great Britain and Hong Kong in opposing
forced repatriation. and to seek a grace period
to allow voluntary repatriation to work before
considering forced repatriation: and
* Pressing the United States to take creative
and energic steps to restore and maintain first-
asylum for Vietnamese:
Please take my concerns to heart. Lives are at
stake! I believe you have the power to influence the future
of these refugees.
Sincerely.
ming Vn
To 5,0 an
Babbe
262 Melrose Avenue
E. Lansdowne. PA 19050
June 11. 1990
The Honorable Bobbie Greene Kilberg
Assistant to the President &
Director of Public Liason
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC 20500
Your Honor Bobbie Greene Kilberg.
I am deeply concerned about the rapidly
deteriorating situation of the Vietnamese refugees in
Southeast Asia and am writing to ask you for help.
Over 55,000 Vietnamese are living in squalid camps
in Hong Kong. According to recent press reports, an
agreement has been negotiated with Vietnam providing for
forcible return of Vietnamese who fail to prove that they
fled for reasons related to persecution. The first group was
returned on December 11. Many more are sure to follow.
Reportedly, Hong Kong will be paying Vietnam $620 for each
person returned.
I am particularly concerned about the proposed
screening of refugees which will eliminate for resettlement
those considered to be "economic migrants." I believe the
applied definition of "economic migrants" would include
thousands of Vietnamese who had fled the country because of
discrimination which denied them the humane right to earn a
livelihood. This is true for all those forcibly settled
without tools or equipment in the New Economic Zones. It is
also true for those belonging to any religious denomination
or ethnic minority. or those whose parents had fled the
country illegally. These people are barred from school and
eliminated from job-lists. They are direct victims of
discrimination and persecution and, in fleeing the country,
are refugees under the 1951 amended Refugee Convemtion.
The concept of repatriation is incompatible with
international law and all United Nations Conventions.
Moreover, the security of people repatriated cannot be
guaranteed. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam stipulates in
its 1985 Criminal Code that leaving the country clandestinely
is illegal and punishable by prison sentences ranging from 20
years to life. Previous examples of voluntary repatriation
have had disastrous consequences:
e.g. the 1,500 Vietnamese refugees arriving in Guam
in 1975 on the ship "Thuong Tin" who were
voluntarily demanded repatriation and, upon their
return, were incarcerated in reeducation camps
where a great number of them are still held today.
I urge you to join your colleagues in Capitol Hill
in:
* Encouraging the United States to stand firm
against Great Britain and Hong Kong in opposing
forced repatriation. and to seek a grace period
to allow voluntary repatriation to work before
considering forced repatriation: and
*
Pressing the United States to take creative
and energic steps to restore and maintain first-
asvlum for Vietnamese:
Please take mv concerns to heart. Lives are at
stake! I believe you have the power to influence the future
of these refugees.
Sincerely.
Sin
To: Mr. Sichan Siv
From: N.N.Bich
Sichan,
could you follow up
on this for us. The
main copy has been
sent directly to the
President
Bich 6/12/90
National Vietnamese-American Business Conference
Hubert H. Humphrey Center, Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN
June 8-10,1990
President George H. Bush
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Come July 1st. the Vietnamese boat people will be confronted with the dark and tragic
prospect of massive boat pushoffs by countries of first asylum in Southeast Asia. This
ultimatum given by the countries of temporary refuge in Manila (May 18,1990) will mean
certain death to hundreds if not thousands of innocent Vietnamese, young and old, men,
women and children.
We, representatives of the Vietnamese American community across the United States,
gathering here at this National Business Conference, appeal to you, Mr. President, as the
beacon of a kinder and gentler nation, to act in all urgency and provide leadership by:
1. Declaring the United States government's willingness to contemplate the creation of a
holding center outside of the United States of America to alleviate the overwhelming
burden of first asylum countries in Southeast Asia.
2. Working in cooperation with the Philippines, Japan, and other donor nations to
provide for and finance such a holding center.
3. Making it clear that such a holding center is not a stepping stone to resettlement abroad
but only a temporary measure to await voluntary repatriation or when proper and
humane conditions and guarantees are obtained.
The Vietnamese-American community pledges our maximum efforts to participate in this
interim rescue operation by providing our compatriots in the above-requested holding
center with humanitarian aid and comfort, including food, clothing, volunteer medical
care, and counseling.
We believe the leadership of the United States of America is of utmost importance at this
stage if the principle of first asylum is not to be abandoned, with repercussions beyond our
imagination. It is our hope therefore that you will come to an early decision on this matter
so as to deflect the Manila conference's ominous warning and prevent it from becoming
policy at the upcoming Geneva meeting of the Steering Committee on June 26 & 27, 1990.
Gratefully & sincerely yours,
hque
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Secretary General
National Congress of Vietnamese in America
6433 Northanna Drive, Springfield, Va. 22150
Tel. (703)971-9178
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
Sichan
F41.
NancyDyke
Republicans Abroad
Hong Kong
February 17, 1990
9004901
Chairman Hong Kong
'90 MAR-02 9:41 PM
The Honorable James Baker
Chairman RA International
Secretary of State
Washington D C
USA
Honorary Members
Dear Mr Secretary
The Rupublicans Abroad (RA) membership in Hong Kong
feels compelled to convey to you our views on an
American policy which we believe to be
counter-productive and indeed embarrassing to our
country. While RA here does not normally comment on
public policy issues, we think this issue is so
important that it warrants special attention. We
sincerely hope that you will agree to use the
influence of your good office to encourage a swift
change in current U.S. policy, and the adoption of a
more constructive, cooperative role in the
international attempt to resolve a critical issue.
Enclosed are copies of two letters carried in the
English language press this month, commenting on the
mandatory repatriation of certain of the so-called
Vietnamese boat people. These letters are reflection
of a broad public opinion in this territory, critical
of the United States and its continuing - some
suggest stubborn - opposition to the decision to
return to their homes in Vietnam, people who have
arrived here illegally and who do not qualify for
refugee status as defined in various international
agreements to which the United States was, itself, a
party.
The Issue
The United States continues to oppose the mandatory
repatriation to Vietnam of Vietnamese asylum seekers
arriving in this place of first asylum who do not
meet the internationally agreed upon qualifications
for refugee status.
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The United States ignores the fact that, every day in
Hong Kong, illegal from China are returned to China
against their will, even though many of these people
Chairman RA International
have spouses or other close relatives in Hong Kong.
This is internationally accepted procedure, as
unpleasant as it is for Hong Kong authorities to
Honorary Members
carry it out.
Indeed, the United States Government sends back a
wide variety of asylum seekers from places like
Haiti, Nicaragua, Mexico and other countries where
the political system is not attractive to the world's
democracies. In the case of Haiti, we understand,
potential refugees are not even permitted to land on
U.S. shores. Coast Guard cutters force their boats
to be turned around, and they are chased back into
international waters without any type of screening to
determine if the Haitians are legitimate refugees.
It is not surprising, therefore, that the United
States finds itself accused of pursuing hypocritical
policies. In any case, it is difficult for the RA
membership to imagine what objectives the U.S. hopes
to achieve by its decision to abandon its initial
support for the 1989 Comprehensive Plan of Action and
refuse to cooperate with the rest of the world in the
resolution of a problem which has reached
catastrophic proportions.
Recommendation
The United States should stop opposing actions taken
by the Hong Kong Government, which are in full
compliance with agreements reached at the 1989 Geneva
Conference, and officially recognize that Hong Kong,
as a place of first asylum, has the full right to see
to it that Vietnamese boat people qualifying for
refugee status are resettled quickly, and to send the
rest of them back to Vietnam, with or without the
asylum seekers' consent.
In coming to this policy, the government and people
of the United States should recognize that more than
90% of the Vietnamese boat people who have arrived in
Hong Kong in recent years are poor farmers and
fishermen from North Vietnam, who are not fleeing
political or other forms of persecution, and who are
in economic situations resulting from policy
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decisions by the communist Government of Vietnam,
rather than any direct or indeirect effects of the
Vietnam war.
Chairman RA International
Rationale
Honorary Members
For some 14 years, from 1974 to 1989, the
international community agreed to cooperate on a
policy which exempted Vietnamese boat people from
normal procedures applied internationally for dealing
with potential refugees.
This general approach was ratified in Geneva at a
June 1979 confernece. The agreement established,
essentially, that places of first asylum, such as
Hong Kong, would automatically grant refugee status
to all Vietnamese people arriving on their shores.
In return, Western countries agreed to remove the
boat people quickly under their various resettlement
programs. All this was to be coordinated by the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The system worked well until the mid-1980's when it
became increasingly clear that the vast majority of
Vietnamese boat people were not fleeing political
persecution, but were simply very poor people seeking
a better life elsewhere. This was particularly true
in Hong Kong where, by the late 1980's, more than 90%
of all Vietnamese boat people arrivals were from
North Vietnam and had not suffered from any form of
political persecution.
The response from the international community to
these changing circumstances was to reduce the number
of resettlement places available, with the result
that the boat people were stranded indefinitely in
camps provided by places of first asylum, like Hong
Kong.
A second international conference on Indochinese
refugees was convened at Geneva in June 1989 to
consider the changes situation and to adopt more
appropriate ways of dealing with the boat people.
The 1989 Conference resulted in a unanimous adoption
of a Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) designed to
deal effectively with all aspects of this complex
issue.
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Under CPA, first asylum has continued to be provided
for the boat people, but refugee status is no longer
Chairman Hong Kong
automatically granted. Instead, screening and
appeals procedures were established to determine the
status of each arrival. Screening is the normal
procedure throughout the world for dealing with
Chairman RA International
people who seek asylum.
Under CPA, those people who qualify for refugee
Honorary Members
status are resettled, and those who do not qualify
for refugee status must be returned to their country
of origin, in accordance with international practices
reflecting the responsibilities of states toward
their own citizens.
The screening and appeals system set up in Hong Kong,
in compliance with CPA, operates under the direct
guidance of the UNHCR who has representatives located
here. UNHCR officers monitor the screening process,
they provide legal assistance to asylum seekers who
want an official review of their status, and they
review each and every decision by the completely
independent Refugee Status Review Board to make sure
they are correct and in compliance with CPA.
If a UNHCR officers finds that the Review Board's
decision was not correct, the Hong Kong Government
ahs agreed to grant refugee status to the asylum in
question.
Hong Kong has operated a policy of first asylum since
1975. No one has ever been turned away. Despite the
immensely over-crowded conditions in Hong Kong, and
the fact that every day it is necessary to return to
China illegal immigrants who often have spouses
and/or other close relatives here, Hong Kong has
taken in, housed, fed and clothed over 170,000
Vietnamese asylum seekers.
The boat people population is now so large that
accommodations for them are bulging, and we expect
many more to begin arriving within the next few
weeks, as the weather improves and sailing conditions
permit them to make the trip with relative safety.
Hong Kong's facilities for accommodating the boat
people are over-burdened and something must be done
swiftly to relieve the situation.
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If no distinction is made between genuine refugees
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and those who do not meet the internationally agreed
criteria, the system will collapse under the weight
of its numbers. We are very close to that state of
affairs right now.
Chairman RA International
It is essential that the Government of Hong Kong be
allowed to apply the normal and internationally
agreed-upon procedures according to CPA. This means
Honorary Members
that those people qualifying for legitimate refugee
status must be resettled quickly, and those who do
not meet the established criteria must be returned to
their home countries with equal speed - with or
without their active consent.
Ira D Kaye
Chairman RA HK
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South China Morning Post, Saturday 10 February 1990
US once again demonstrating its hypocrisy
MANY people in Hongkong ap-
ing that it is amongst the free
world. However. it should never
pear to be perplexed by the fact
world's most accomplished hypo-
be fully trusted as a friend and ally
that the US while supporting the
crites. America IS justly proud of
until it shows some integrity and
pro-democracy movements in
its democratic system and extols
morality in its foreign policy.
Eastern Europe is. at the same
its virtues at every opportunity.
Hangkong. the UK and Viel-
time. offering solace and the hand
However. beyond its own shores.
nam are responsible for the future
of friendship to the tyrannical rul-
the US places little value on de-
of the Vietnamese boat people.
ers in Beijing
morracy and human rights. Its
They may listen to the views of the
overriding concern is its own self-
US. but should not be intimidated
They also cannot understand
interest.
by them.
why the US maintains its fervent
This has been demonstrated
America has meddled suffi-
opposition to the repatriation of
the Vietnamese bost people while
many times in Latin America
ciently and disastrously in the af-
where the US has installed or ac-
fairs of Vietnam. If it genuinely
daily returning its own illegal refu-
geen to Mexico. Hairi. Etc. The US
lively supported a succession of
wants to contribute towards a so-
brutal dicustorships.
lution to the boat people problem
may reply that the difference is
the US should pour massive aid
that the Vietnamese would be re-
I suspect that General Noriega
into Vietnam to assist with the re.
turning to communist oppression.
could have continued his drug
However. they offer no objection
construction necessary as a result
dealing activities and employment
of their futile and bloody war.
to Hongkong returning refugees to
in the CLA had he only continued
Only then will it be able to
China Why?
to kowlow to Uncle Sam.
speak with any moral authority.
Perhaps the explanation is that
By virtue of its wealth and
KEITH MCNAB
the US is once again demonstrat-
power the US is leader of the free
Happy Valley
South China Morning Post, Monday 12 February 1990
Rebuke US double standards over boat people
AS a long time resident Briton
haviour towards Mexican and
come along with the forced repa-
here. I write to refuse the childish
Haitian illegal immigrants.
triation issue.
allegations of Dick Troutte (South
The only righs tha: the US
11 is totally unbelievable that
China Morning Post. February 6).
Government can hold is its duty to
Mr Bush suddenly sent his person-
As a starter it would be relevant
make good the devastation of that
al veto and thus torpedoed the
for Mr Troutie 10 remember that
war-torn country - war directly
consensus.
this 18 a British territory.
and indirectly perpetuated by
As Britons we must express our
Britain and Britain alone holds
Americans for eight years.
great displeasure at Mr Bush and
Mrs Thatcher should not com-
the right to resolve the issue of
our suspicion that he double-
Hongkong Vietnamese illegal im-
promise British sovereignty by
crossed Mrs Thatcher after bene-
succumbing to the childish Amen.
fiting from her unreserved sup-
migrants.
can opposition to forced repairia-
port for his operation in Panama.
As the Oxfam Director pointed
tion.
Perhaps Traute should depart
OUL devastation of the Vietnam
Indeed the US Government
from his presumptuous position
economy is mostly. if not entirely.
should be clearly rebuked for dou-
to speak for other Americans.
the consequence or American ac.
bie standards in the entire repain-
In restating his opposition to
tions there.
ation issue of refugees V illegai im.
forced repatriation he has put
The US Government and the
migrants.
American hypocrisy on the table.
Americans in general have no
jusi prior to the Geneva con-
Let all Britons and Chinese unite
nght to go against forced repairia-
ference of January 1990. the US
to fight this American bigotry.
tion from 2 British territory, espe-
Government gave all parties con-
J.R. HARRISON
cially when matching the US be.
cerned. a near underwriting to
Happy Valley
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1990
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
US attacked on
Haitian deportation
From MICHAEL CHUGANI
The study, issued by the 10-
abhorrence within the top levels
tion of the Hongkong policy as
Hongkong 10 accuse the US of
The committee's refugee
which intercept the Haiuan refu-
in Washington
fluential New York-based Law-
of the Bush administration.
proof of the US position on the
double standards.
project director, Mr Arthur
see boats at sea only have one
THE United States, which is
yers Committee for Human
"There is a more fundamen-
matter.
II points out that since the
Helton. who edited the report,
immigration official and inter-
sharply critical of Hongkong's
Rights, warns that the Haitian
tal question here which I must
"The reaction of the interna-
Hainan deportation programme
said: "Through improper screen-
preter to question and screen
mandatory repatriation of
deportation programme will re-
tell you comes from the very top,
tional community and particu-
was introduced by the adminis-
ing and arbitrary detention, gov-
asylum-seckers for refugee sta-
Vietnamese boat people, has
sult inevitably in refugees with a
which is an absolute abhorrence
larly by the United States to the
tration of former president, Mr
emment officials have consis-
lus.
come under fierce attack in a
well-founded fear of persecution
of the concept of accepting
forced repatriation of Vietnam-
Ronald Reagan. in September
tently demonstrated a bias
human rights report for its
being forcibly returned to Haiti.
forced repatriation under any
ese asylum-seekers who took ref-
1981, only SIX boat people have
against Haitians. It is time for
"Most of the interviews, even
Dwn policy of forcibly deport-
"If the programme cannot be
circumstances," Mr Eagleburger
uge in Hongkong is an example
been allowed to claim asylum in
this discrimination to end."
with the necessity of translation,
made fair, then it should be
told last week's House of Repre-
do not last more than two
Ing Haitian asylum-seekers to
of the strength of the principle,"
the US while 21,461 others were
Mr Helton also sharply criu-
discontinued." the report, to be
sentatives Foreign Affairs Com-
the report states.
A repressive homeland.
forcibly returned as economic
cised Hongkong's refugee poli-
minutes," the report states, add-
released today, demands.
millee.
Hongkong, which has been
migrants without being allowed
cies in a Lawyers Committee re-
ing that "these conditions make
The report accuses the US of
The committee's condemna-
The lawyers' report sets out to
swamped by more than 50,000
10 go ashore.
port issued last June, and he was
accurate fact-finding imposs-
violating international and
ible".
lion of the US policy against Hai-
show that the US is bound by in-
Vietnamese boat people. has re-
The report criticises the
recently in the territory with two
American refugee laws and calls
tians comes just days after the
ternational retugee protection
peatedly criticised the US for op-
screening procedure to identify
other human rights lawyers 10
Ironically, the US has been a
on the administration of the
Deputy Secretary of State, Mr
laws which are opposed 10 the
posing forced repatriation. yet
genuine refugees and concludes
prepare a legal case against the
strong critic of Hongkong's
President. Mr George Bush, to
Lawrence Eagleburger, told con-
forced return of any person who
continuing to deport Hailian
that "at least hundreds" of Hai-
Hongkong Government's treat-
screening procedure, claiming
suspend immediately the inter-
gressmen that Hongkong's man-
has a well-founded fear of perse-
asylum seekers.
tians have been forcibly returned
ment of Vietnamese boat people.
the process to be flawed and un-
ception at sea and deportation of
datory repatriation of Vicinam-
cution.
The report is bound to pro-
to Haiti "in violation of refugee
The latest report points out
fair to Victnamese asylum seek-
Haitian boat people.
ese boat people was viewed with
It points to American opposi-
vide extra ammunition for
law".
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EMBASSY OF MALAYSIA
2401 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., N.W.
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20008
AMBASSADOR
May 24, 1990.
BY FAX
Fax Ref No. : 352790
Hon. Sichan Siv,
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Public Liaison,
The White House,
WASHINGTON D.C.
Dear Sichan,
It was good to chat with you over lunch. As promised I am faxing you
with this note a report from the New York Times of May 5 and an extract
from the February 23 issue of Refugee Reports (A News Service of the U.S.
Committee for Refugees on the subject of the non-voluntary repatriation of
Haitian refugees.
Best wishes,
yours sincerely
Butu
DATO' A.S. TALALLA
AMBASSADOR
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P.1
MAY 24 '90 17:42 EMBASSY OF MALAYSIA W'TON DC
MAY 24 '90 17:43 EMBASSY OF MALAYSIA W'TON D C
P.2
NEW YORK TIMES - MAY 5, 1990
Long Docile, Haitian-Americans Turn Militant
Tem Salyer for The New York Times
Huitians at the Federal Krome Detention Center in Miami, where some inmates say they have been abused.
By JAMES LeMOYNE
have accepted millions of Immigrants,
use available political mechanisms
Special is The New York Times
but you arrest Haltians and Intern
better advantage."
them in camps where they are sub-
MIAMI. May 4 - Deeply angered at
For a growing number of the
jected to physical. mental and sexual
being treated as suspected AIDS carri-
mated one million Haitlan America:
abuse. What we are now suying is,
ers, illiterates and unwanted black Im-
that has meant shedding a former
'Enough is enough.'
migrants, Haltian Americans are
tude of docility and fatalism and like
Such deep feelings have prompted
abandoning years of quiet acceptance
to the streets to confront what they
emotional demonstrations by Haitian
and sharply demanding redress for
as gross injustice.
Americans in recent weeks and a new
what they charge is a pattern of preju-
determination to organize politically to
Last week more than 2,000
dice and abuse.
force the American Government to
strators broke down the front ga
The treatment of Haitlans in this
change the way it treats both Haitlans
the Immigration Service's Krom
country is shameful - It does not re-
seeking entry to this country and those
tention center here in an emotion
flect the true culture of America, which
who live here.
test prompted by numerous alles
historically has been democratic and
"There is definitely a new awareness
that guards there had physically
humane." Gerard Jean-Juste, execu-
among Haitian-Americans," said Socc-
sexually abused Haitians del
live Cirector of the Haitian Refugee
lyn McCalla, head of the National
after being charged with illegal
Conter in Minmi, heatedly contended
Coalition for Haltinn R. fugees, based
is telephone interview. You in New the need to
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MAY 24 '90 17:44 EMBASSY OF MALAYSIA W'TON D C
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aitian Immigrants Turning Militant
Continued From Page I
now say they are reviewing their policy
ment for Cuban Immigrants, b It that I
toward Haltian blood donors
has never done that for Haltian 1.
the United States.
"We have more problems than other
Officials of Haitian rights 6' ups as
Krome camp la a bare former
groups," sold Ringo Cayard, a leading
sert that this amounts to ism, as
Installation perched on the
Haltlan business and political leader in
especially explosive charge In liami,
of the Everglades. Nearly 400 ille-
Miami We get stigmatized not only as
city that is both dominated by a lorg
are being held there, most of
blacks, but also as Illiterates and dis-
Cuban-American community and
Unitians.
ease-carriers who come from an un-
city that suffers deep racial friction
derdeveloped country.:
that periodically erupts in riots
recorded by a barbed-wire fence,
Claude Charles, an assistant profes-
"Cubans come here and 1 ey are
full listlessly around the camp
sor of anthropology at the University of
welcome with open arms," said Mr
awaiting news, usually disap-
Miami, shares that view.
Charles, the authropology pt ofessor
about their pleas for asylum
"The American Government has
Haltians flee here In flimsy bi ats The
United States. A few lucky ones
made It harsh on us to show Haltians
the reception Is hostile."
been released to the custody of
that they are not welcome here,' Mr.
The Government has made strong
friends and relatives. But the
Charles charged. "This is the way a
effort to keep Haltions from negally
whelming majority are destined to
racist society deals with black people
entering the United States. OI erating
ported. a fate they seem depress-
trying to come here For Haltians it has
under & Presidential decree, U e Coas
well aware of.
been a kind of Calvary."
Guard since 1981 has maintaine J a pro
reports of abuse have forced a
In spite of such feelings of discrimi-
gram that intercepts boatload: of Hat
of
conditions
at
inc
nation, Hailians seem to have strug-
cians and forces them to retul home
camp by the immigration serv-
More than 20,000 Haitlans " C esti
an Investigntion by the Federal
mated to have been returned me by
of Investigation of specific alle-
Coast Guard patrols over the nine
of guards beating prisoners
A once-docile
years.
meeng women detainees to have
Leon Jennings, the chief II mgra
return (or lenient treatment
another striking outpouring of
group strikes
Uon Service officer involved II the in
terdiction effort said that will out the
protion, about 50,000 Haltian Amer-
filled the streets of New York
back against a
program, Florida would be (looder.
with unauthorized Haltian imn grant
April 20 to protest a Govern-
and that the Interdiction eff. rt had
recommendation that Haltians
negative image
begun after a public outcry aga nst the
be hunned from donating blood be
boatloads of destitute Haltians who in
cause they are considered especially
1980 and 1981 regularly lan ded at
Histly to be infected with the AIDS
Bled to achieve a measurable degree of
Miami Beach amid amazed ourlst
success as new Immigrants in the
and horrified local officials.
A Government advisory panel, has
since found no scientific basis for the
United States.
Languishing at Center
blanket categorization of Haltians as
rain contrast to the projudice they en
corriers of the virus and officials
counter, Haitlans are praised by Miami
Haltians who manage to 801 to the
United States fare often details ed for
of the Food and Drug Administra
officials as citizens who re particip
July, as educate
falsified documents or having
treate bushie and
od document They are alled in
employme
Meambs like
has been
"delention center,
to gain ritider
they Health for us to two years
Live. Dante
while backlogged burea seracy
from South Floriday Butt you
7thets for asylum. AL-
anybody who has worked with Haltians
most all are eventually deporte 1 back
to Hall
and you'll find that they are known and
Lawyers **working ;for the Miami-
respected as hard-working members of
based Haltian Refuges Center re cently
the community
But among the issues that sull (rou.
enthered 100 sworn affidavits Ir im de-
ble Haitians, perhaps the least easy to
tainees or people who have worked
resolve is the treatment of those who
with them. charging trainly ration
come to the United States without legal
guards at the Krome camp with ibuses
since 1987.
authorization. American immigration
"We take any allegation ver seri-
officials say the !aw obliges them to ar-
ously," said Duke Austin, chief bokes
rest such people as illegal allens and to
man for the immigration age :cy in
deport them back to Haiti.
Washington "If there are and vidual
Charges of a Double Standard
cases of abuses in that particular facili-
Haitian refugee groups charge that
ty, we want them ferreted out.'
the United States Government uses 0
Mr. Cayard says the experie ICC of
double standard. They say Haltions
forcing the Government to Inve: ligate
have suffered a number of especially
how prisoners are treated has cen
brotal Cictatorships, but have had
formative lesson.
particular difficulty In winning politi-
Ten years ago it would have been
cal asytom here.
Impossible for us to do this." he
To infustrate their case, Haitian-
'We are organizing - within 11)
Americans note that Congress passed
they Just won't be able to take 11
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P.4
Refugee Reports/February 23, 1990
PAGE 11
who had submitted affidavits of support on
came here to Krome, and I have have seen of-
their behalf. But, the directive added
ficers beat the detainees with my own eyes."
that "aliens who have final orders of
Another Haitian said, "They treat the
exclusion and/or deportation or whose case
other nationalities better than us. If
is on appeal, will not be paroled without
there is a misunderstanding between a Hai-
the approval of the District Director."
tian and another nationality, then they [the
According to Little, Smith told the
guards) will punish the Haitian person. If
Haitian Refugee Center on February 13 that
another person is sick, they go to the
138 Haitians had been paroled since the new
clinic right away, but not the Haitians."
policy went into effect November 1.
Refugee Reports asked one of the
However, Little points out that most of
Haitians if he had encountered any problems
the longer-term detainees remain because
at Krome. "For myself, I haven't had any
their cases are on appeal. In a letter to
problems," he told us. But then he
Smith following the November 1 announcement,
recounted what happened the day he was due
Little wrote, "It is fundamentally unfair
to be deported--but resisted: "I did not
to punish [people] and deny them parole
want to go back. When we got to the
simply because their cases are on appeal.
airport, I refused to go. They mis-
Moreover, if paroled, these individuals
treated me a lot then. They handcuffed my
would be in a far better position to secure
hands behind my back and pushed my body from
adequate legal representation."
behind against the van, and the handcuffs
Richard Walker, then Acting Director of
were so hard on my legs [his legs were also
the Krome facility, told Refugee Reports
shackled] that I couldn't lift my legs to
that the new parole policy announced on
get into the van--but he [the guard] pushed
November 1 "is just a slight variance [of
me hard into the van, and I fell so hard
the established parole process] in order to
against the chair that I hurt my chest."
accommodate the situation at the time."
Walker denies that Haitians are discri-
Walker added, "as the pepulation decreases,
minated against. "I don't think it's true,
we will go back to the original parole
and if anyone is saying it, I think it's
process."
unfounded," he told Refuges Reports. "I
think a lot of them [Haitians] are taking
Allegations of Bias, Harassment Persist
the official restrictions as a personal
The three-day hunger strike in February
affront to them," " Walker added.
indicates that tensions have not entirely
abated with reduced numbers. The hunger
strikers alleged a number of acts of
harassment and heavy-handedness by Krome
Current Research
guards. These included allegations that
they were confined to their quarters, and
HAITIAN INTERDICTION VIOLATES
denied access to telephones and use of the
INTERNATIONAL LAW, LAWYERS GROUP FINDS
television.
The pattern is familiar to those who
At a recent congressional hearing on hunger
have followed events at Krome during the
(see related article, p. 5), the U.S.
past year. Little provided Refugee Reports
Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, Ambassador
with more than a pound of sworn affidavits
Jewel S. LaFontant, was asked about the
from Haitian detainees at Krome taken in
Haitian interdiction operation. "We have
1989. Their complaints include: being con-
heard heavy criticism on this," said Ambas-
fined to their dormitories for long periods
sador LaFontant. It was a matter of "common
of time; severe limitations on access to
sense," she said, that the interdiction
bathrooms and telephones, solitary confine-
policy be reviewed. She said that an inter-
ment for long periods; and verbal and physi-
agency task force had embarked on such a
cal abuse by INS guards.
review, and announced that its recommenda-
Former and current detainees voiced
tions should be out "in short order."
similar complaints to Refugee Reports at the
Of particular use to government policy
time of the December visit. "We left Haiti
makers will be a 108-page report issued on
because we were being abused by the
February 14 by the Lawyers Committee for
military," a former detainee said. "But we
Human Rights. Based on two site visits to
MAY 24 '90 17:45 EMBASSY OF MALAYSIA W'TON D C
P.5
PAGE 12
Refugee Reports/February 23. 1990
Haiti in 1989, the report makes a convincing
Haitians of fear of return to Haiti were
case that "at least hundreds of refugees
apparently disregarded."
have been wrongfully returned to Haiti over
It goes on to say, "Despite these alarm-
the course of the program and denied pro-
ing answers, no further amplification or
tection in violation of refugee law."
clarification is noted, and all were sum-
Refugee Refoulement: The Forced Return
marily returned to Haiti on April 2."
of Haitians under the U.S.-Haitian Inter-
diction Agreement finds that of the 21,461
Interviews of Returness The Lawyers Com-
Haitians interdicted by the U.S. Coast Guard
mittee also interviewed Haitian returness,
since the program began in 1981, only 6 per-
and published the accounts of several with
sons have been allowed to enter the United
strong refugee claims who were returned
States to pursue asylum claims. Of those
nevertheless. Among them was Mr. Philogene,
six persons, two had lived in the United
a passenger on the same ship from which the
States before and three were relatively
above INS interview notes were taken.
well-educated teachers, factors that may
Philogene told the Lawyers Committee
have helped them to articulate their claims.
that he had been the vice president of the
Through the Lawyers Committee report, a
Communal Electoral Bureau, established to
picture emerges about at least some of the
monitor the November 1987 elections (elec-
remaining 21,461--those denied, character-
tions which were cancelled and in which
ized as "economic migrants", and returned
people standing in line to cast their bal-
to Haiti.
lots were massacred). Seven days after the
aborted elections, Philogene, his wife, and
Shipboard Interviews The Lawyers Commit-
three children were arrested by the Haitian
tee was permitted to review on a confiden-
authorities. Shortly after his release, he
tial basis the Immigration and Naturaliza-
learned that the authorities were planning
tion Service (INS) questionnaires used to
to arrest him again, and went into hiding.
interview a boatload of 182 Haitians inter-
In 1988, he became involved in a movement
dicted and returned to Port-au-Prince on
to defend peasant rights, organizing a dem-
March 31, 1989. Although INS examiners had
onstration to protest the arrest of a peas-
told the Lawyers Committee team that they
ant leader. In March 1989, learning that
ask 17 questions in one-on-one interviews,
the authorities wanted to arrest him again
including questions about imprisonment, mis-
because of his activities with the peasants,
treatment, political involvement, and re-
he decided to leave the country.
strictions on freedom, the questionnaires
The report recounts what Philogene said
only reflect the first six questions: Name?
happened after his boat was interdicted by
Birthplace? Birthday? Current Address? Oc-
the Coast Guard:
cupation? and "Why did you leave Haiti?"
A sampling of the answers written down
Their boat was sunk and they were told
by the INS interviewer in response to the
that they would be brought to Miami.
question "Why did you leave Haiti?" include:
While on board the Coast Guard's cutter,
the Haitians were asked as a group by
"People are dying"; "to save my life";
the INS officer and his interpreter why
"people are being burned; cannot live";
they had left Haiti. Mr. Philogene told
"people are dying and being burned, peo-
them that he had left because he did not
ple are being robbed"; mother's house
feel safe in Haiti, and wanted to ask
burned, got beat up for no reason";
for asylum in the United States. The
"lost two kids by gunfire, brother-in-
INS officer ignored him and went on to
law killed"; "people being set on fire,
the next person. He was returned to
cannot return to Port-au-Prince, lost
Haiti along with the other passengers
three brothers, spent three years in
on the boat.
prison for nothing.'
After being returned to Haiti, Philogene
The report observes, "Although the [INS]
moved in with relatives in another town,
guidelines provide for a private interview
telling the Lawyers Committee that he was
if there is any indication of a refugee
afraid to return to his hometown. He has
claim, unequivocal statements by the
discontinued his work for peasant rights.
MAY 24 '90 17:46 EMBASSY OF MALAYSIA W'TON D C
P.6
Refugee Reports/February 23. 1990
PAGE 13
See No Evil, Hear No Evil Until 1986,
occasional follow-up interviews were con-
Projects and Programs
ducted by U.S. embassy personnel in Haiti to
ascertain whether returnees were ill-treat-
ed. À U.S. embassy official in Port-au-
Prince told the Lawyers Committee delega-
SCORR LINKS STATE REFUGEE COORDINATORS
tion that only a very small percentage of
returnees was actually interviewed because
"The State Coordinators of Refugee Resettle-
of the difficulty in locating them.
ment (SCORR) join together to establish and
Follow-up interviews were discontinued
enhance individual professional development;
entirely after President Duvalier's over-
to coordinate and thereby eliminate gaps in
throw in early 1986. The Embassy sent a
information dissemination; to promote im-
cable to Washington saying, "any legitimate
proved service delivery
[and]
to
advise
expectation that persecution might occur
and inform and thereby to facilitate respon-
based on the general character of the
sive planning within the federal govern-
Haitian governemnt was removed when the Na-
ment."
tional Governing Council succeeded President
Thus reads the mission statement of
Jean-Claude Duvalier on February 7 and imme-
SCORR, an organization formed by state
diately made several key changes in the
refugee coordinators in 1988. Representa-
government of Haiti's human rights policy,
tives of 41 states have joined SCORR. Be-
most notably the dissolution of the Tonton
cause SCORR does not have any funds or
Macoutes militia. This development and
staff, all of the organization's work is
past findings make continuation of the
done by members on a volunteer basis. SCORR
program unjustifiable on principle."
board members "meet" by telephone on regular
Follow-up interviews were never re-
conference calls.
sumed.
According to Maryland's refugee coordin-
Notwithstanding the U.S. embassy cable,
ator, Frank Bien, "Developing a system to
human rights violations did resume shortly
better share information among states is
after Duvalier's overthrow, according to
one of the organization's main objectives."
several human rights groups. Those viola-
Bien says that states can then use the in-
tions have been documented in such reports
formation to take more informed positions on
as Haiti: Duvalierism since Duvalier (Octo-
issues.
ber 1986) ; Haiti: Terror and the 1987
Citing an example of SCORR's informa-
Elections (November 1987); and The More
tion-sharing function, SCORR's president,
Things
Change Human Rights in Haiti
California Refugee Program Manager Walter
(February 1989), by Americas Watch, the
Barnes, said, "This past year we assessed
National Coalition for Haitian Refugees,
the potential impact of various budget
and Caribbean Rights.
alternatives that the Administration and
Recently, on February 20, the House of
Congress were considering for 1990, then
Representatives passed a resolution (H.
provided that information to states for
Con. Res. 250) saying that the U.S.
their use."
Congress:
One of the issues that first brought
SCORR members together was their common con-
condemns the military Government of
cerns over a significant change in the
Haiti for its arrests, beatings, and
pattern of refugee resettlement nationwide.
forced exile of opposition leaders, its
"Basically, a few states were receiving more
abridgement of civil and political
and more refugees," says Barnes, "and, con-
rights for Haitian citizens, and its
versely, many states were receiving fewer
blatant disregard for the Haitian Con-
refugees than they had in the past. States
stitution and International law.
receiving less refugees were afraid that
they would not receive enough refugees to
Refugee Refoulement is available from
keep their programs viable, while over-
the Refugee Project of the Lawyers Committee
impacted states were worried that their
for Human Rights, 330 Seventh Avenue,
resources would be stretched too thin."
10th floor, New York, NY 10001. (212)
Laurie Bagan, Colorado's refugee coor-
629-6170.
dinator, adds that "many of the state
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
May 3, 1990
FOR:
SICHAN SIV
FROM:
NANCY BEARG DYKE ND
Good news for your information.
05.01.90 04:26 PM *INS/CO CONGRESSIONAL P O 2
U.S. Department of Justice
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington, D.C. 20536
Contact: Verne Jervis or Duke Austin
News Release
Press Information Office
Phone (202) 633-2648
May 1, 1990
INS to Grant Refugee Status For
Vietnamese Unaccompanied Minors
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) will grant
refugee status in the U.S. for up to 700 unaccompanied minors
from Vietnam, Commissioner Gene McNary announced today.
The young people are currently in several countries in
Southeast Asia in refugee camps. Some have relatives in the
United States. Although all were under 18 when they arrived in
the camps, some are now in their early 20s, but will still be
offered the resettlement opportunity.
Interviews will begin this month, with the first arrivals
occurring in July. Interviews are expected to be completed by
August and all are expected to be in the United States by the end
of the year.
"The initiative to assist in resettling the youngsters in
this country demonstrates the INS commitment to the special needs
of unaccompanied minors and reflects the leadership role the U.S.
should play in implementing the Comprehensive Plan of Action and
setting an example for other countries," McNary said. The
Comprehensive Plan of Action is an international agreement
dealing with Indochinese migrants.
-more-
05.01.30 04:25 PM *INS/O CONGRESSIONAL O3 C
"The INS proposal seeks to balance humanitarian issues,
economic realities, legal constraints and international policy
concerns," McNary added.
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Phone: (703) 931-7231
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To:
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From:
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Pages:
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FAX & Telephone: 703/931-0618
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Chairman
June 6, 1990
Frank Vinh
Chair-Elect
John Lim
Co-Chair
Celso Barrientos, Ph. D.
President George Bush
Robert Hsueh, Esq.
The White House
Tom Dao
Washington, 20500
Michael Yuan
Michael Lee
Inder Singh
Pham Le Trinh
Secretary
Dear Mr. President:
Achamma Chandersekaran
Assist Secretary
Monica Vinh
Treasurer
After the Manila meeting on May 17-18, 1990, the first asylum
Rex Tu
countries in Southeast Asia gave the United States and Vietnam
Asst. Treasurer
six weeks to accept forced rapatriation or accept responsibility
Mary Chiang
for the consequence.
Public Relations
Remo dela Pena
Neeraj Baxi
We are writing in extreme concern that Vietnamese boat people
Advisory Board
will be rejected by countries of first asylum throughout the
Jane H. Hu, Ph D., Chair
Violeta dela Pena
region. Already over 6,000 boat refugees forced back to sea by
Gopal Basisht, M.D.
Malaysian authorities have subsequenly arrived in Indonesia.
Hon. David Valderrama
Kung Lee Wang
Nobody knows how many refugees died on the second forced leg
Ki Lee
of journey in their small boats.
Bharat Bhargava
Dr John Tan
Dr. Koshy
In Manila recently the first asylum nations served notice
Gus Mercado
Sharat Mehta
that they will begin forcing refugees back to sea after July 1
Narrine Sharma
unless there are new measures to deal with refugees screened out.
REGIONAL CO-CHAIRS
East Coast
Fred S. Tang
Mr. President, we know that you have been preoccupied with the
Prakash Parekh
Summit and other vital matters. We believe that the U.S. must
Nick Shency
Ven Parameswaran
exert immediate leadership to prevent the total collapse of first
Southwest
asylum.
Jyoti Bhatia
Tony Palaganas
Westcoast
We urge you to give your personal weight to prevent the abandonment
Irvin Lai
of refuge for Vietnamese. Since 1975, three Presidents have
Leslie Tang
Peter Kirn
sustained first asylum, one of our most important humanitarian
New England
achievements since the Marshall plan. We need your help now to
Larry Ho
save the situation. Thousands of lives and U.S. credibility are
Southeast
at stake.
Flossie Abrigo
Prakash Khatri
Mid-Atlantic
We would like to hear the final decision from you on this subject
Sam Mok
Gloria T. Capile
before the full steering committee meeting in Geneva next June
Om Arora
26 and 27, 1990.
Viren Sirohi
Natwar Mehta
Sincerely,
Midwest
Ben-Chiek Lie, Ph, D.
Northwest
Frank Vinh
Wesley Tao
National Chairman
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Chamber of Commerce
Indian
American
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Indochinese American Voters Coalition
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League of Korean Americans
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JOHN J. BRADY, JR.
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May 31, 1990
The Honorable Lawrence Eagleburger
Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Larry:
I am writing on a matter of considerable urgency. First asylum
for refugees in Southeast Asia is facing its gravest threat in at
least a decade. I am sure you are aware of the ultimatum that was
issued on May 17 in Manila by the ASEAN countries along with Hong
Kong. In short, it appears that our CPA partners in Southeast Asia
have given the United States until July 1 either to achieve consensus
on the mandatory return of non-refugees, commit to an "interim
solution" such as a holding center for the screened-out, or witness
the abandonment of temporary refuge throughout the region.
I share the President's misgivings on involuntary return to
Vietnam, as well as the Administration's doubts about the feasibility
of a holding center, particularly one on U.S. territory. But our
government is being pressed hard for a choice, and I believe that our
present course -- unconditionally oppose mandatory return while
implementing those aspects of the Comprehensive Plan of Action on
which there is consensus -- has been rejected categorically. If we
hold to it, I believe that many lives will be lost as first asylum
comes to an end.
Malaysia has now pushed back more than 6500 Vietnamese
asylum-seekers over past year. Indonesia has begun to do the same
with Camobodian boat people. If the CPA is abandoned, I fear there
will be no getting it back, at any price.
I believe that we must act quickly to address this ominous
situation. If we do not believe a holding center is a workable
interim solution, I believe that rather than block the international
consensus on mandatory return of non-refugees, we should ensure that
06 04 90 90 11:05
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such return takes place with the maximum number of safeguards. These
would include priority for voluntary repatriation (and no mandatory
repatriation so long as there are volunteers awaiting return), as well
as a delay in mandatory repatriation until UNHCR can affirm that the
provisions of the CPA -- including proper screening, proper
counselling on voluntary repatriation, and proper monitoring of those
who return -- are being fulfilled.
I appreciate your consideration of these concerns and I look
forward to hearing from you.
Cordially yours,
STEPHEN J. SOLARZ
Chairman, Subcommittee on
Asian and Pacific Affairs
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Triêu tâp môt ₫ai hôi thì có lē
Dugc khân câp dê trình cùng Quóc Dân Viet Nam vól cá lòng thành tín, tân tuy, ben bî
thúc lão thành 83 tuoi dã nhân
có qúa nhiêu Đai Hôi rôi.
cùng kiên thúc và nãng luc cúa Thanh Niên trong tô chúc VIÊT NAM TÂN DÂN CHÙ, vói ý thúc
lòi cúa Phong Trào ra dúng dâu
Nhung Đai Hôi vùa qua dã tién
trách nhiem Cúu Quôc dê phuc hung môt nuóc Viet Nam Ty Do, D&c Lôp, Dân Chù, Giàu Manh và
Noi Các Chính Phú Quõe Gia
Tién BQ trong ky nguyên mói cúa Khoa HQC và Ky Thuat.
môt buóc di vào lich sû. Ai cûng
Quyet tâm "LÃY LAI DÃT TÔ KHONG LÀM khô DÂN".
Vift Nam Lâm Thòi trong chúc
câu mong cho Đai Hôi thành
vy Thú Tuóng.
công nhung thành phàn tham
Chúng tôi mòi goi sy tích cyc tham gia cúa moi tâng lóp Quoc Dân Vift Nam, dãc biêt là Thanh Niên, Sinh
Viên, HQc Sinh và cifu Quân nhân, có nguyên vong và tâm huyet phuc vu To' Quoc, dé tryc dien duong dau vói
du thì lai hiém hoi. Nhung "con
các kê thù chung cúa Dân Toc chúng ta biên nay là : lõi thòi, lac hâu, dói nghèo và châm tién. Dong thòi chú
Uy tín, ₫ao dúc và tên tuôi cúa
chôt dã qua sông". Môt só ký gia
truong môt cuôc TÔNG TUYÉN CÚ TU DO, CÔNG BÌNH và HQP LÝ tai Viêt Nam, cūng nhu tranh
Quoc Lão Nguyên Trân thì hâu
lão thành và tiên liêu duqc thòi
dâu cho các nguyên vong cân bán cûa chúng ta bao gom các Quyen Sinh Tôn, Quyen Binb Dång,
nhu không mây xa la vói dong
Quyen Ty Do Tín Nguõng, Ty Do Ngon Luân và Ty Do Tu Tuong Kính mong Dong Bào và các To
cu¢c dã bât lên nhu vây khi thây
Chúc, Doàn The, Luc Luong Tien Phong hêt lòng úng hô.
bào, nhât là nhüng nguòi miên
ngay sau Đai Hôi là Chính Phù
nam vào thòi сц còn tai chúc vi
Quôc Gia Vift Nam Lâm Thòi
Khân thiét kêu goi Dong Bào và toàn thê Qúi VI dong lòng vól chung tôi vê bán thong cáo
Tinh Truong Djnh Tuong.
này, dé hien thuc quyen luc và quyen lgi tői cao cúa Dân Tôc Viêt phái do chính Quoc Dân
ra dòi.
Viet quyet dinh. Dong thòi cūng dê ung ho the he Thanh Niên dung len dám nhân vai trò
Nhung hâu hêt moi nguòi dêu
lich sû CÚU QUOC VÀ KIÊN TAO QUÊ HUONG.
muôn tìm hiêu vê nhân vât
Trong vięc làm táo bao nhung
khiêm nhuòng dúng sau hâu
Trân trong,
rât chuân xác, dáp úng duoc sy
truòng Chù Tich Phong Trào
mong ₫₀i cúa dông bào, phù
Hoa Ky ngày 15 tháng 3 năm 1990
Thanh Niên Sinh Viên HQC sinh
hop vói dién bién chính tri trên
Dai Dięn Ban Châp Hành Trung Uong
Vift Nam Tân Dân Chù, nguòi
truòng quôc té và sê tao ra
dúng ra triêu tâp Đai Hôi Dân
nhüng thay dõi bât ngò thành
П.
Chú Đoàn Kêt và hiên dang Xu
công vê phía nguòi quôc gia. Sy
Lý Văn Phòng Thuòng Tryc cúa
OH
DAO MINH QUÂN
kiên này dã tao nên môt luong
chính Phú,
sinh khí chính tri mói rât sôi
dong và phân khoi cho dông bào
và cûng là Hôi
TO QUÕC VIÊT NAM
biêt bao.
Quán cho các doàn thê, uu
CHÍNH PHU QUÕC GIA VIÊT NAM LÂM THÒI
tiên dê các anh chi cuu tù
Rât nhiêu nguòi dang dánh dâu
nhân công sán hôi hop và
UY NHIÊM THU
hói và muón tìm hiêu vê nhân
nhât là các thanh niên
vât lich sû này, chúng tôi dã cô
Viêt Nam dên dê trao giôi
SO:
gáng tìm hiêu và xin công hién
kiên thúc, giãi trí và giúp
Than chief :
doc giã môt sô tin túc xác dáng
do lân nhau. Dăc biet dây
Quyet dinh ala Dal Has Dan Chil Doan Kdt nady 21/10/1990
dê thoa mán du luân.
Bidn bdn cala The Ky Doan
cûng là noi mà các dông
Quyet dinh ala Ban Chap Hanh Trung Uong
bào Viêt Nam mói dên
Phong Trão Thank Nien Sinh Vien HQc Sinh Vies Nam Tan Dan Chil
Không phài là mói day,
Hoa Ky sê duoc huóng
Xét vì quyen lot tól thuong cùa dan toc Viet Nam
phài kê tù trung tuân
dan tân tình, day anh văn,
Xét vì nhu cau và tinh hình khan truong cùa To Quoc
tháng bay năm 1990, dông
nghê ngiêp dê mau chóng
Xét vì tam lý và nguyen vong cúa nhan dan Viet Nam
Xét vì lý turdng Dal Doan Ket cúa ngurol Quóc Gia Chan Chinh
bào Viêt Nam chúng ta
hôi nhâp vào dòi sõng
sit vi Dar thit it XM Jen by 3415 chin hank Trunglling
Xét vì thanh nien là ruding côt cúa dat nuc
khi di trên con duong
mói. Moi dich vu mà tru
Chúng t01, Nguyen Tran, chap ahan &eng ra dam durong trach vu Thi Tuong Chinh Phù
Brookhurst khoáng giúa
sõ này cung câp cho dông
Quóc Gia Viet Nam Lam Thoive uy nhiem cho: de ti hice the irm
Garden Grove Blvd. và
bào chúng ta gom môt thu
with guyen Krim
than
Tor' de night Ong Dào Minh Quân
Stanford thuôc thành phô
viên nhò, khám bênh vào
Garden Grove cúa quân
cuôi tuân, lóp anh văn, lóp
Dai dien cho Phong Trào Thanh Nien Sinh Vien Hoc Sinh Viet Nam Tan Dan Chd
Cam dêu nhìn thây môt
giãi thich vê dòi sông Hoa
14
vi trink buy hn toy thank prein
Quyen trieu tap, thành 14p, câng b6 Noi Các và xu If Van Phong Thudge True cua Chinh
tru sõ khang trang, sáng
Ky, lóp day nghê diên tú,
Phd Quoc Gia Vift Nam LAm Thoi. U.IL one: dong cuil lier. bian THE tugon barr all UN.
súa và uy nghi nàm trên
lóp thuc hành soft và hard
con durong này. Diêm dãc
ware, các dôi bóng tròn,
Nhiem vu nay se chám dut ngay sau khi mot Chinh Phù Quoc Gia Viet Nam Chinh Thuc
dugc thành 1ap bang cuoc Tong tuyen cut tal Viet Nam hoan tat.
biêt dáng chú ý nhât cúa
bóng chuyên
V...V...
tru so này là lá cò Viêt
Ong Dào Minh Quan chieu Uy Nhiem Thu nay dé thi hành.
Nam rât vî dai, có lē là vî
Dó là công súc dóng góp
Hoa Ky Ngày 25 thang 10 Nam 1990
dai nhât trên toàn the giói
dây thiên chí cúa chính
hiên nay kê tù ngày Sài
nguòi Viêt Nam chúng ta,
Thu Tuóng Chinh Phù Quoc Gia Vięt Nam Lam Thoi
Gòn roi vào tay viêt cong.
Thú an ký
Lá cò dài trên 80 feet
dãc biet là do các anh chi
(khoáng gân 30 thuóc ta),
cuu tù nhân công sán và
nàm vát ngang tru sõ vói
hau hêt là giói thanh niên
màu sác rât ruc rõ và huy
sinh viên Viêt Nam hy
hoàng cùng vói hàng chu
sinh, tân tình góp công súc
Nguyen Tran
VIÊT NAM TÂN DÂN
và thòi giò dê thuc hiên.
Nhung dông bào vân thac
CHU. Dây là tru SÕ cúa
PHONG TRAO THANH
mác : không biêt co sõ này
NIÊN SINH VIÊN HOC
do co quan, tô chúc nào
chúng tôi xin dang nguyên thú bút cùa cu Nguyen Trân
SINH VIÊT NAM TÂN
bao tro ?
DÂN CHU
dê rông durong du luân.
Dáng lē su bí mât này
Tin hiêu thêm vê vi Chú
Tiêu sú Ông Đào Minh
không bao giò duoc tiêt lô.
tich cúa công ty này là môt
Quân
Chúng ta thu làm môt con
thanh niên Viêt Nam tré
toán nho nhò xem chi phí
tuôi, khiêm nhuòng,
nhung dã tao duoc môt ít
Sinh nãm 1952 tai làng Ký
Chu nhân các co
trung bình cho tru sõ này
trong môt tháng là bao
thành công vê thuong mai
Hung, quân Tam Ký, tinh
sõ bán máy computer Dao
nhiêu :
trên dât nuóc Hoa Ky.
Quang Tín. Theo hoc truong Bá
Computer INC. Chù nhân hãng
- Thuê nhà : $2,500.00
Ông ta nguyên là ky su cúa
Ninh Nha Trang, Lê Bao Tinh
Dao Limousine Service. Chu
- Tiên diên : $500.00
hãng
diên
toán
Sài Gòn. Thòi tho âu ó Thi
Tich phân nhánh dia ôc Realty
- Tiên nuóc dùng và gas :
Measurement System and
Nghè-Gia Dinh. Thân phu là cu
World tai Anaheim. Chu nhiêm
$50.00
Control Inc., là môt công
Dào Thé (dá qúa vãng), quê cha
tap chí thuong mãi Vietnamese
- Tiên diên thoai : $400.00
ty chuyên sán xuât hê
làng Trúc Lâm- Thùa Thiên.
Business Magazine. Chù tich
- Tiên nuóc uõng : $40.00
thông CPM, MPM và
Thân mau là cu bà Nguyen Thi
công ty Mãi Dich Quoc Té
- Nhân viên quán tri :
Oasis, ông cûng là chuyên
Hanh ty Hanh Nguyên (dã qúa
Pacific Trading and Consulting.
$1500.00
viên thú nghiêm cúa hãng
vãng), quê me làng Phù
Ông nguyên còn là Truong doàn
- Xe rác : $65.00
System Group Inc., noi
Cam-Thùra Thiên.
vãn nghê dâu tranh (hay còn goi
- Tiên bao hiêm : $200.00
phát minh và sán xuât
là doàn van nghê áo den) cúa
system board. Ông dông
Ông dã sáng tác nhiêu ban nhac
Lyc Luong Nguròi Viêt Quoc
Tông công trên năm ngàn
thòi cûng là giám dôc ky
chién dâu và truong khúc vói
Gia, Chu Tich Ban Thuòng Vu
($5,000.00) môt tháng, dó
thuât cúa công ty
tên hiêu là Anh Thuong. Doàn
Hôi Dông Quoc Dân Nguyên
là không kê công súc các
Advanced Digital Corp. và
truong Thi Van Doàn Ra Khoi.
Lão, thành viên ung hô chính
giáo su, thay thuõc, các
chúc vi sau cùng là Tông
Chu biên tap chí Ra Khoi. Có
thúc (host Committee) cúa
huân luyên viên dêu tình
Giám Dôc cúa công ty này.
bút hiêu là Nam Quán. Ông
Dang Cong Hòa Hoa Ky 1990.
nguyên dóng góp vô vu loi
Dây là môt công ty diên
xuât thân khoá 5/71 Si Quan
cho dông bào qua các dich
toán quan trong hàng dâu,
Trù Bi Thú Dúc. Câp bâc sau
Ông là nguòi sáng lâp và Dai
vu cung úng dã kê trên.
noi tiêng trên khap thê
cùng là Trung Úy. Ó tù Viet
diên cho Phong Trào Thanh
Ngoài ra, tiên bão trì và
giói qua sán phâm
cong gân 4 năm. Vuot biên nãm
Niên Sinh Viên Hęc Sinh Viêt
son sûa tru sõ cûng rât tôn
Multi-User và PC/Slave,
1979. Dên Hoa Ky 1980.
Nam Tân Dân Chu, tô chúc dã
kém. Dó là không kê tò
mà ông là môt trong
dúng ra triêu tap Dai Hôi Dân
báo Dân Y môi tháng ra
nhüng nguòi phát minh
Nguyên là chuyên viên diên
Chu Doàn Kêt dê thành lâp
hai, ba ky. Tiên dó Ô dâu
chính yêu. Không nhung là
toán hãng System Group INC.
Chính Phù Quoc Gia Viêt Nam
mà ra ?
môt ky su trê tuôi và tài
Kj su chánh cúa hãng
Lâm Thòi ngày 21 tháng 10 năm
giói, ông lai còn là môt
Measurement System and
1990. Ông hiên dang Xu Lý Van
Dó là do công ty DAO
trong nhung nguòi Viêt
Control INC. Giám doc hãng
Phòng Thuong Truc cuá Chính
COMPUTER INC. bao
Nam dâu tiên triên khai
Advanced Digital Corp. Chu
Phù Quoc Gia Viêt Nam Lâm
tro. Hay nói dúng hon, do
hê thông dealer cúa
Tich công ty diên tù Clone
Thòi.
nghành vi diên toán trên
Master INC.
vi chú tich cúa công ty này
dóng góp tài chánh chú
khap Hoa Ky và môt sô
yêu.
các nuóc Âu châu và Úc
Châu, dã giúp phân nào
Nêu phài kê ra vi trí và su
nhiêm coi tôi nhu môt
chán phài thành công.
cho nguòi Viêt Nam
thành công cúa nhân vât
nguòi dai diên dê hành xu'
chúng ta ngày nay tai hãi
này là môt viêc dài dòng.
theo suy tu cúa môt thanh
Hôm nay rât cám on các
ngoai, duoc chiêm giù
Su dê câp chính không
niên con cháu Viêt Nam
anh dã dành nhiêu thì giò
nhung vi trí quan trong
phài vì su thành công cúa
cho dúng nghia là duoc.
dê chúng ta trao dôi, tâm
trong lành vuc phát minh,
ông ta trên chính truòng
su vói nhau. Xin durng coi
sán xuât và phân phôi hê
và thuong truong. Nhung
Riêng vê câu hói phurong
nhu là môt cuôc phóng
thông Personal Computer.
chúng tôi chi muôn nhân
pháp kêt hop các thành
vân. Chi là cuôc hôi dàm
Ngay cá Dài Loan, Hông
manh dên môt su hy sinh
phân Hãi Ngoai thì xin
bô túc mà thôi. Báo chí
Kong, Dai Hàn và chính
lón lao và thiên chí qúa
thua ràng : Chi có 2
phài phàn ánh duoc trung
nguòi Nhât Bôn cūng phài
dáng kinh trong cúa nhân
phuong pháp thôi : Thú
thuc cúa du luân. Biêt
kính nê và không the
vât này trong viec âm
nhât phài dăt dê quyên loi
huong dan duoc quân
khuynh dáo thi truong
thâm, khiêm nhuòng hy
tôi thuong cúa Dân Tôc
chúng vào viêc loi ích cho
này. Ông cûng tùng là Chù
sinh tât cà công súc và tài
Viêt Nam lên trên hêt.
quôc gia thì càng hiêm
Tich Công Ty Advanced
chánh trong viêc phuc vu
Thú hai phài tu thang su
qúy. Neu có dieu chi SO
Computer Company, sáng
dông bào và dung ra hô
kiêu ngao, tu ái không
xót, xin cú chân tình diem
lâp viên và là chú tich công
hào tranh dâu cho quyên
dúng chô và biêt hy sinh
xuyêt cho nhau. Tâm quan
ty diên toán Clone Master
loi tôi thuong cúa dông
nhân nhuc câu tiên và phài
trong cúa báo chí, truyên
Inc. dong thòi cûng là chú
bào chúng ta, dung lên
biêt nhìn thây lē phài mà
thông và truyên hình
tich công ty bán máy diên
dâu tranh chính tri chông
làm, mà theo. Nói nhiêu
Không thê nào phù nhân
toán sí và lē Dao
công sán Viêt Nam : Ông ta
cûng vây thôi. Cân nhât là
duoc, khong the thiêu
Computer Inc. Ông cûng
dã dám tù bo tât cá tài san,
bat tay vào viêc. Con
duoc trong su nghiêp dãu
nguyên là Chú Tich Công
danh lqi và dja vl dang có dé trò
durong lich sû dã vach ra.
tranh cúa toàn dân quân
Ty Mâu Dich Quôc Té
nên môt thanh niên Viêt Nam
Nguyên vong và nhu câu
Quóc Gia Viêt Nam tói
Pacific Trading and
binh thuong can dam hy sinh
cúa Tô Quoc Dông Bào
vinh quang, phúc løi.
Consulting và là chú nhân
dúng nghia cûa nó.
chúng ta dã rõ. Chân chù,
Chúc các anh thang tiên và
cúa môt phân nhánh thuôc
nghi ky và yêm thê chi so
càng thành công trong sú
hê thong dia õc Realty
Báo chí và dong bào Viêt
có tôi vói lich sû, vói luong
mang dai diên cho du luân
World và hê thong Dao
Nam dã tùng ca ngoi, üng
tâm mà thôi.
quân chúng.
Limousine Service. Ngoài
hô nhung tâm lòng vàng,
ra, ong cûng là nguòi chú
dù dó là môt chú cho, môt
Chính Phu vùa thành lâp
truong tap chí Gió Mói và
thuong gia hay van nghê sî
nên còn non yêu, sê còn
nguyên là Chú Nhiem tuân
nhung chúng ta dã bõ
khuyet diêm. Nhung biêt
báo Thurong Mai viêt
quên di nhung su dóng
láng nghe, biêt theo lòng
Nam. Ông ta cûng tùng là
góp to lón nhung qúa âm
dân, biêt thuân le Tròi,
Host Committee trong
tham và chiu dung. Thu
biêt câu nguòi hiên dúc,
project 90 cúa Dang Công
nghi xem ai trong chúng ta
biêt kêt hop luc dâu tranh,
Hòa Hoa Ky.
dám bo ra môt tháng gân
có duong lôi minh bach, rõ
ràng, durng dan thì chác
musi ngàn dong dê chi phí
Mà néu nguòi
cho công tác xã hôi, dù dó
mình không biêt dén thì luong
là dê giúp ích dong bào
luc vói Chính Phú dê dánh
tâm tôi cûng dã mãn nguyên vói
còn rông luong tao cho
hay dê muru câu viêc
chính mình vi dã trã no phàn
thang viêt công truóc dã.
chúng co hôi dê hôi cái,
chông lai bon Viêt Công ?
nào cho quôc gia".
Khi thành công rôi thì phài
quy thuân. Nêu chúng còn
trái dê phân bày. Hon nua
ngoan cô thì làm sao mà
Diêu dáng buôn không
Môt diêu mà it có ai biêt
cùng nguòi Viêt Nam
tha thú duoc. Truyên
phài vì chi phí qúa lón lao
dên là thanh niên này tuy
Quoc Gia vói nhau thì
thông Viêt Nam là rât
mà nguòi thanh niên nói
vê mat non nót, thu sinh
nhân nhuong và hóa giái
nhân dao, vi tha. Nhung
trên phài gánh vác môt
nhung lai là môt trong
dê dàng thôi. Ngoai trù
dong bào chúng ta cûng
mình, mà diêm chính yêu
nhüng con hõ dû cúa vùng
nhüng tên nàm vùng,
không dai dôt mà tha thú
mà chúng tôi muôn nêu ra
môt chién thuât. Ông ta
nhung bon gián diep viêt
cho ké dich dâm sau lung
day là : công dong viêt
xuât thân khoá 5/71, sô
công mói lo láng ngày dêm
chúng ta phài không qúi vi.
Nam Hãi Ngoai không
quân 72/140999, Si Quan
và tìm moi cách dê dánh
thiêu nhân tài, không thiêu
Trù Bi Thu Dúc, dã tùng
phá Chính Phú Quôc Gia
PV : Xin ông Dào Minh Quân
nguòi du tiên. Loai triêu
là chién sî xuât sác và cûng
chúng ta. Nhung "ông
vói tu cách thú linh cúa Phong
phú giàu có gâp chuc lân,
chính là don vi truong don
thay" cúa bon chúng là hô
Trào Viêt Nam Tan Dân Chu xin
gâp trăm lân thanh niên
vi xung kích vùng dia dâu
chí minh kia còn bi chúng
cho biêt thêm vè thân thé và qúa
này không phài ít. Nhung
giói tuyên. Ông ta tùng
ta dap vang ra khói Liên
trình hoat dông cūng nhu phuong
bác sî, thuong gia, nhüng
nám giú chúc vu sî quan
Hiêp quôc thì bon cát ké
pháp kêt hop các thành phân các
nhà dia Õc, nhüng luât su
an ninh chién tranh chính
nàm vùng nào có Γa gì. Tói
thành phân hãi ngoai ?
có hàng triêu dông tài san
tri cúa don vi, trung dôi
day khi có su công nhân
dia õc, có hàng triêu dong
truong trung dôi vû khí
cúa Chinh Phù Hoa Ky và
DMQ : cá nhân tôi thì
dâu tu sinh loi cûng rât
nãng, dai dôi truong dai
các quôc gia trên thê giói
thân là nguòi Viêt Nam bi
nhiêu. Nhung có ai dám
dôi chî huy yêm tro, tiêu
thì Chính Phú quõc Gia sê
công sán cuóp nuóc. The
bo tiên và chính yêu là
doàn 122 thuôc tiêu khu
thang tay thanh loc bon
là dang an nhò Ô dâu noi
công súc nhu nguòi thanh
Quang Tri.
chúng ngay. Chúng ta bo
dât khách quê nguòi. Nghî
niên nói trên ?
xú Γa di ty nan chính tri
lai càng thêm dau lòng túi
Su thât nói lên rât nhiêu.
trên khap the giói vì không
nhuc, có gì dê dáng nói
Chúng tôi dã tìm hiêu vè
Don vi cuôi cùng cúa ông
châp nhân công sãn. Bon
dâu các anh. Có gáng
Phong Trào Viêt Nam Tân
ta là tiêu doàn 122 thuôc
nguòi nào còn muôn giao
tranh dâu vuon lên chi dê
Dân Chu tù nhiêu tháng
tiêu khu Quang Tri, don vi
dich hay làm tay sai cho
trau giôi thêm khá nãng dê
duy nhât và cûng là don vi
viêt công thì chi có nuóc
nay. Muôn có môt bài viêt
giúp nuóc mà thôi. Su
vê cá nhân thanh niên này.
sau cùng bi bó roi tai Hãi
tông cô trô vê vói viêt
nghiep thì khi nào lây lai
Lang, nhung dã an toàn di
công mà thôi. Nêu viet
Quê Cha Dât Tô mói tao
Nhung ông ta không
chuyen toàn bô don vi vè
công thua rôi thì chúng
nhüng tù chôi và còn
dugc su nghiep vûng bên.
ngâm ngùi tâm su : "Thôi,
Thuân An (Huê) và giài
chay di dâu ?
Còn vài chi tiêt nhò cúa lý
tán trât tu tai Dà Nång khi
lich cá nhân tôi thì xin
dùng làm thê. Hãy cô chân thành
và bên bî thì dòng bào cûng sē
không còn liên lac duoc
Boi thây duoc buóc duong
tham kháo vói thân nhân
vói bât ky môt câp chi huy
cùng dó cúa bon chúng
nhân ban bè, chiên huu
biêt dên thôi.
dù truc tiép hay gián tiêp
nên Chính Phù Quoc Gia
cûng tam dú. Anh em tín
hoãc môt don vi ban nào.
lông ý kiên trì, chiu thú
và dung nuóc, chúng tôi
Thòi không nhung không
Dó là dêm 28 tháng 3 năm
thách, trui luyên thành súc
dã mao muôi dê ra môt sô
tao ra ngâu luc mà còn
1975, khi don vi Hãi Quân
manh qua cám dê an úi,
can ban. Sē nhò các bâc
biên thành phuong tiên
cuôi cùng cúa Viet Nam
tiêp thêm nghi luc cho anh
lão thành nghiên cúru,
cho các Tô Chúc, luc
Công Hòa rút vè miên
em chiên hūu cùng tù
dóng góp thêm. Hôm nay
luong quôc gia chân chính
nam bang thuy lô (Son
dùng ngã lòng.
chi xin ván tát thôi. Duoc
thêm tiêm nãng và chính
Chà). Vê dên Sài Gòn,
dip khác thuân tiên sê
nghîa dê phát trien rông
nguòi sí quan tré này lai
Ngày ông bi bon viêt công
trình bày nhiêu hon.
rãi hon. Ngay chính các
"ngu dai" trình diên Can
trong trai cái tao bat trói
hôi doàn hoat dông xã hôi,
Cú Chuyen Vân 3 dê duoc
và quy tôi tú hình ngay tai
PV : Truóc các ành huong phe
qua Chính Phù, ho có thê
tái bõ trí dê chông cu vói
ban chi huy trai (Bù Gia
nhóm dang tranh giành ánh
hoat dông quy mô hon,
viêt công và cuói cùng rút
Mâp) vì bi bat gap vo lên
huong mà không màng gì dên su
lui vê tú thú tai câu Phan
hûu hieu hon. Hoac các
tham nuôi và chuyen tin
dau khô cúa dong bào trong nuóc
luc luong biên thùy, dù
Thanh Gián (xa 10) và cuôi
túc giùm dông dôi ra bên
thì qúi vi nghî nhu thé nào ?
nhiêu hay it cúng chi là các
cùng bi tuóc khí giói vào
ngoài tai vuòn uom cao
hoat dong lē tê. Nhung
ngày 30 tháng 4 năm 1975
su, xá Minh Hung, Phuóc
DMQ : Các phe nhóm lúc
nay, nêu ho tro thành luc
và chính tôi, nguòi viêt bài
Long thì cûng ngay sau dó,
truóc thì phurong thúc dâu
luong cúa Chinh Phù thì
này, là môt nhân chúng
khi bi chuyen vê Bù Dóp
tranh khác nhau, nên phài
chác chán dân chúng se
sõng, dã chúng kiên khi tôi
dê xu' án thì ông dã trôn
tao ành huong cá biêt.
tham gia nhiêu hon, ho tro
còn dang làm viêc tai tiêu
thoát.
Nay dã có giêng môi
manh mê hon. Hiên nay
khu Gia Dinh.
Chính Phú. Làn phân biêt
dông bào chúng ta dang
May mán thay, duoc su
dã duoc vach ra : Môt bên
kho so, hôi hôp trong các
Trong tai tù cái tao, tù Tay
giúp do cúa môt vài nguròi
là nguy quyên viêt công, môt
trai ty nan, các doàn thê cô
Ninh, Trang Lón, Bù Gia
ban Hoa Kiêu, ông cái dôi
bên là Chính Phu Quôc Gia, thì
gang giúp do nhung không
Map, Phuóc Long... ông
tên thành nguòi Hoa và
ho sê không còn tranh
dã âm tham nhin nhuc,
có su can thiep hûu hiêu
dào thoát duoc ra nuóc
giành ánh huong gây cân
vì cūng chi là vói tu cách
nhung tieng hát dâu tranh
ngoài bang duong biên.
nhu lúc truóc. Vã lai, moi
doàn thê mà thôi. Nhung
cúa nhüng bài hát do ông
Han môt sô dong bào ty.
no luc dâu tranh chông
nay có Chinh Phù, nêu
sáng tác là môt trong
nan dang ký vuot biên
viêt công cúa nguòi Quôc
duoc su úng hô dông dão
nhiêu nghi luc giúp cho
cùng chiec thuyên VNKG
Gia Chân Chính cûng vì
cúa quân chúng thì chúng
ban dong tù vuot qua
0602, khi sáp bi bó lai,
quyên loi cúa dân tôc viêt
ta có chính nghia và tu thê
chông gai. "...Gè trên de tiéng
không thê nào quên duge
Nam chúng ta mà thôi. Ai
dê can thiep vói các quoc
búa nhip nhàng, hãa bùng lên
hình ánh cúa môt thanh
lai không màng dên su dau
gia ban có kêt qua và mau
thiêu hông gang thép..." Dó là
niên ôm nhu cây cúi, dã
khô cúa dong bào. Nói thê
chóng hon.
môt doan trong nhüng bài
phóng xuong giòng nuóc
thì ho dãu tranh dê làm gì
hát do ông sáng tác, môt
lû lúc hoàng hôn, mãc cho
? Dâu tranh cho ai ?
Chúng ta dã có Chính Phù
phài tà nguòi thuc viêc
công an, bô dôi trên bò
rôi. Chác chán moi nguòi,
thuc dê qua mát bon quán
dinh no súng ngăn chân dé
Su ra dòi cúa Chính Phù
moi tô chúc dêu phài vì
giáo, bô dôi vc, hai phài
kéo thuyen tró lai bo.
Quôc Gia viêt Nam Lâm
quyên loi chung mà hop
Thanh niên dó chi vì hon
Chua hêt,
200 nguòi trong sô gia
khi thuyên ra khoi gap bao
sê giãi quyêt duoc các
dình còn trên bò. Ho
tô. Ông dã qua cám, bình
phurong tiên kia.
nghîa. Nhung chúng ta
không thê coi thuong luc
không phài là thân nhân,
tinh lèo lái cho dên khi
Ngoài ra, Chính Phú sau
luong dang viên cúa viêt
ban bè hay ruôt thit gì cúa
gap tàu ngoai quôc cúu
ông ta cà. Ho chi là dám
vót. Chính ông cûng là
khi duoc thùa nhân, sê dòi
công gân 1.6 triêu và công
an bô dôi gân 2 triêu tên.
dông lân lôn nhüng nguòi
nguòi diêu khiên cho
lai các tài sán cúa chúng ta
dang tam thòi bi niêm
Dó là không kê su liên hê
Hoa và Viêt Nam dã dang
thuyên cap vào tàu Tay
phong tai các quôc gia có
gia the và ho hàng chàng
ký vuot biên. Nêu bi bô lai
Dúc giûa con bão tô và
thì sē ra sao ? Ho phài bán
chuyen nguòi lên tàu lón
liên hê dên Chính Phú
chit chúng dã tao ra tù bây
Viêt Nam Công Hòa lúc
lâu nay. Muôn chiên thang
tài sán, vay muon tiên dê
an toàn.
thì phài biêt tân dung thòi
có du sô vàng dóng cho
truóc. Chúng tôi tin ràng
co, tranh thú nhân tâm,
chú tàu. Tói lúc này, nêu
Trong lúc moi nguòi nhôn
các nuóc dông minh sē
tuyên truyên hûu hiên, cán
thuyên chay di bó ho và
nháo, lo SQ cho an toàn cá
không làm khó dê viêc này
bô phài có lâp truong
gia dình ∞ lai có khác nào
nhân và gia dình cúa mình
dâu. Vì không phài là tài
vûng chác, tình báo chiên
giêt ho. Nghi là làm và
nên tràn vê phía tàu Tay
sán cúa ho, giú mãi cûng
luoc phài tinh vi, khoa hoc
thanh niên dó dã phóng
Dúc, làm cho thuyên ty
không duoc. Tài sán cúa
ky thuât phài tân tiên
vut xuõng sông, boi thât
nan chòng chành co hô lât
quôc gia chúng ta nay trà
Dôi vói môt thàng nguòi
nhanh dên chiêc thuyên
úp thì môt lân nûa, ông lai
vê cho Chính Phú quôc gia
to lón, dánh muòi gây có
dang châm châm tiên ra
chúng minh cho thay su
Viêt Nam thì rât hop tình,
khi không hè hân. Nhung
biên. Cuoi cùng ông dã
sáng suôt và qúa cám cúa
hop lý mà thôi.
chot ngay yêu huyêt thì
trèo duoc lên thuyên và
mình khi yêu câu toàn thê
phài ngã lăn quay. Dánh
yêu câu quay trõ lai.
gia dình ông gôm VO và
PV : Chuong trình cúu nuóc và
viêt công không nên tâp
Thuyen dã quay lai và cúu
các con Ò lai thuyên, dê
dung nuóc bât dau và nhu thê
chú vào mat diên, mà nên
nhung dàn bà, trê em và
nào ?
thoát thêm hàng trăm
dánh thang vào tu diêm
các cu gìa lên tàu Tay Dúc
nguòi dang tuyêt vong
cúa chúng. Dó là hô chí
truóc. Khi thây chính gia
DMQ : Câu hói này phài
dúng trên bò láo nháo, hót
minh và dang công sán
dình cúa "thuyen truong"
do Nôi Các Chính Phú trà
hãi thât vong nhìn theo mà
Viêt Nam. Chúng dã dua
còn Ò lai thì tình trang lo
không thê có môt tiêng la
lòi. Nhung chúng tôi cûng
ra hõa mù cúa nhüng măt
SQ và giành giut trèo lên
hay phàn úng nào.
xin ván tát theo nhân dinh
trân văn hóa, măt trân
tàu lón dã giãm ngay. Mãc
cúa Phong Trào Viêt Nam
kinh tê, mat trân tu tuong
dù thuyên ty nan dang bi
Tân Dân Chú nhu sau :
Nêu công an, bô dôi hay
V...V... chúng ta không dê
lô hóng và nuóc tràn vào
duoc ra tay thì chi có tù tôi
Chúng ta phài phân biêt
bi mât lùa. Viêt công rât
hay chêt chóc mà thôi.
trong tình trang sap chìm.
hai phân rõ rêt. Phân môt
có sõ truòng trong bóng
Ông dã mêt qúa bât tinh
Có ai trong chúng ta làm
là sách lugc cúu quôc và
tôi, thoc gây bánh xe...
ngay liên sau dó. Hành
duoc nhu thê chua ? Có
phän hai là chuong trình
nêu chúng ta dua chúng ra
dông düng cãm này có
nguy nan mói biêt anh tài,
kiên quôc.
công khai là chúng lúng
mây ai trong ching ta có
có tú sinh mói biêt nguòi
túng ngay.
thê làm duoc.
hùng, nguòi ngay.
Viêt công tuy dang bi phân
Chiên Thuât, Chiên Luoc
hóa, túng thê và mât chính
và Chính Luqc cúu nuóc
Dông bào trên chiéc
tài công chính thì ông lai
tiêp tuc hoat dông thì
dên dâu cûng hon van
thuyen VNKG 0602 gôm
phài cô súc can dam thay
chúng tôi sê có quyêt dinh.
thang viêt công co mà".
524 nguòi, ngày nay sõng
thê câm lái dê dua thuyên
Chúng nó vì qúa ngu dôt,
luu vong trên toàn thé
ra hãi phân an toàn mà
PV : Qúi vi có nghî dên su kêt
lac hâu và mù quáng nên
giói. Môt sô không nhó
không hé môi nói ra su
hop chat chè các Tô Chúc dãu
mói bi loi dung gây Γa
dang có mat tai Hoa Ky.
thât vì SQ làm hoang mang
tranh hiên nay tai Hãi Ngoai và
cuôc nôi chiên. Nhung su
Ho có nguòi thêm con
moi nguòi. Cho dên khi
nêu có dua trên cân ban não ?
ngu dôt mà biêt doàn kêt,
cháu, có nguòi thành công
gân dên Mã Lai thì bi bão
có chi huy thông nhât thì
dõ dat, có nguòi thành gia
tó nhu dã de câp. That
DMQ : Su kêt hop chat
cûng là súc manh dáng kê.
thât. Có mây ai còn nhó
dúng là môt nguòi tân tuy
chè các tô chúc dâu tranh
Huong hô gì chúng ta
dên chuyen "xa xua" mà có
và có trách nhiêm biêt là
quôc gia tai hãi ngoai
khôn ngoan hon, sáng suôt
vài lòi cám on nguòi dã
chung nào.
không nhüng chi là nhu
hon, văn minh hon, nêu
cúru vót mình.
câu mà còn là su băt buôc
chiu thông hop lai thì làm
Chuyen vè nhân vât này
dê có dú súc manh dâu
sao có dôi thú, làm sao mà
Tôi (nguòi viêt bài này) có
còn rât dài, chúng tôi sê
tranh chõng viêt công.
không thành công ?
hói ông : có gap lai nguòi
tiêt lô thêm vào nhung sô
Nhung căn ban kêt hop
quen cú trên thuyen vuot
báo khác nêu có dip. Muc
phài dua trên quyên loi
PV : Huyet mach cua tô chúc
biên năm nào khong ? thì
dích cúa bài này ngoài su
lâu dài cúa Tô quôc Viêt
dãu tranh là vân dè phuong tiên.
ông trà lòi chua gap duoc
cung úng phân nào tin túc
Nam. Su kính trong,
Qúi vi dua vào su hô tro nào, hay
ai cà. Ông nhó ho qúa mà
vê nhân vât nói trên,
tuong nhuong, doàn kêt
là do khá nang cua Chinh Phu
khong biêt ho có còn nhó
nhung cûng nhàm gióng
vói nhau cho dên khi nào
mình ?
dên ong khong ?" The
lên môt tiêng kêu, dù biêt
dánh ngã duoc viêt công
thôi. Ôi ! that là cám dông
có the chi là tiêng kêu
rôi thì cùng là nguòi Quôc
DMQ : Dôi vói quan niêm
và khâm phuc biêt bao.
trong sa mac. Nhung biêt
Gia có gì sê bàn thào vói
cúa Phong trào thì huyêt
su thât mà im lang thì
nhau dâu có mât mát hay
mach cúa dâu tranh khong
Ông cûng tiêt lô cho chúng
luong tâm bi cán rút, nhât
thua thiêt gì. Nhó lúc
phài là phuong tiên mà là
tôi hay ràng ông cûng chi
là truóc dai cuôc cúru nuóc
trong tù, chúng ta phài dàn
sách luoc, là chính nghía,
là môt tài công "dõm"
dang bi khó khăn.
tu ái, chiu nhuc dê tam bi
là ý chí, tu turong và su
thôi. Vì ông là môt trung
"huóng dân" bói môt câu
doàn kêt cúa toàn dân.
úy bô binh, không phài là
Thông thuong it ai tin ai,
vê binh hay môt chú quán
Tuy nhiên có nhüng
trung úy hãi quân mà lai
nhât lai là vói nhung
giáo viêt công thì sao ?
phuong tiên rât chú yêu là
lái thuyên. Nhung khi tìm
nguòi dang làm nhung
Nay cùng là nguòi Quoc
cán bô và tài chính. Nay
biêt su thât là trong
viêc it nguòi có thê làm
Gia, không lē không nói
thì Chinh Phù và Phong
chuyên vuot biên này có 2
duoc. Thanh niên mà
vói nhau dugc. Dúng nhu
trào phài tu luc mình giái
nguòi tài công, môt chính,
chúng tôi dang dê câp dên
ông Nguyên Dúc Sⱼ dã
quyêt. Nhung nhu dã nói.
môt phu, mà ông chi là dai
dã và dang hy sinh qúa
phát biêu trong Dai Hôi
Khi giãi quyêt duoc các
diên tàu dê lo dôc thúc
nhiêu. Chi mong dong bào
Dân Chú Doàn Kêt vùa
khâu tu turong, sách lugc
dóng thuyen mà thôi. Dinh
nhìn thây mà góp môt tay
qua : "Môt nguòi quõc gia
và kêu goi duoc su úng hô
mênh tró trêu, khi công an
thì ôi ! sung suóng biêt
dù có bêt bát hay kém cói
rông rãi cúa dông bào thì
biên phòng bát giù nguòi
bao.
Nhìn vào nhung su viêc
Tôi là môt nguòi mà cho
nào tu mình dung ra lành
hay thuong lurong vói viêt cong.
mà nguòi thanh niên này
tói giò phút này, chua
dao dât nuóc duoc cà.
Chúng tôi chi châp nhân
dã hoàn tât cûng nhu dang
tham gia bât cú môt dang
Hãy dê cho dông bào
tranh luân vói viêt công tai
tiên triên tu dung tôi thâm
phái chính tri nào ngoài
mình quyêt dinh. Vã lai
Liên Hiep Quoc hoac tai
câu nguyên trong lòng : Xin
viêc khoát áo chiên y dê
Chính Phù này chi có tính lâm
môt quôc gia trung lâp vê
Tròi dât phù hô, xin sông núi
phuc vu cho mâu cò vàng
thòi mà thôi, sê giãi tán sau khi
các du luât cho cuôc bâu
hiên linh. Phài giúp cho ông ta
ba SOC do và nguyên ràng
Tong Tuyen Cu thành công nên
cú sáp tói vói su giám sát
mau chóng thành công, dánh
sê úng hô hêt mình cho
bon buôn dân, bán nuóc, chính
cúa Quôc Tê. Truóc áp
thang viêt công thì phuóc loi cho
nhüng ai cùng chí huóng
tri CO hoi dâu có muôn du phân
luc cúa các quôc gia trên
dó.
dân tôc biêt bao. Càu nguyên cho
tham gia. Do dó, cûng ta cûng
The Giói, cúa dông bào và
môi nguòi sê giúp ông ta thêm
tam gat ra duoc môt sõ không it
dac biêt là cúa Chính Phù
môt tay.
Chúng tôi suru tâp tài liêu
các vl "chò thòi" và "co hoi".
Hoa Ky, bon viêt công
này không có muc dích dê
phài nhuong bô mà thôi.
Chân tròi dã ló dang,
cao cá nhân dê xin tiên
Ngay sau khi Tong Tuyen Cú
Không thê có thành phân
Chính Phù dã ra dòi. Tuy
hay xin môt chúc tuóc gì
thành công, môt Quoc Hôi Lap
công sán trong chính
ông không chiu nhân môt
trong Phong Trào hay
Hiên sê duoc trung câu dân ý.
quyên Quôc Gia và nguoc
trong Chính phù. Vói khá
Lúc dó chúng ta mói có môt
lai. Chúng tôi không thiên
chúc vi nào trong Chính
năng tôi thùa súc dê giú
Chính Phù Chính Thúc và Hien
tá hay khuynh hûu gì hêt
Phú, chi xin tiêp tuc công
thung phiêu trong cuôc
Pháp do dân chon lua và quyêt
mà chi giú vûng dân tôc
viêc cúa môt ban Thuong
Tong Tuyên Cúr Tu Do,
djnh.
lâp truong, biêt hoc hõi,
Truc và sê giãi tán trong
Công Bang và Hop Lý tai
vân dung van minh khoa
môt ngày gân dây.
Viêt Nam, nêu Chính Phú
PV Qúi vi dang san sàng trô vè
hoc ky thuât tiên tiên cúa
quoc Gia viêt Nam Lâm
Viêt Nam dê hoat dông trong môt
các cuòng quôc dê kiên
Chãc chán dong bào sê khong
Thòi trên thuong tâng
thiêt dât nuóc. Biêt tranh
hê thõng da nguyên do viêt công
quên công on cúa ông. Lich sû
kiên trúc và Phong Trào
sáp xêp thì qúi vi dúng trên
thú su úng hô cúa các
dã duoc mõ ra trang sú
làm duoc chuyen dó. Dó
cuong vi nào ? thí du cuc hūu,
quôc gia yêu chuông tu do,
mói, băng cá su trang
là hoài bao cúa chính tôi
thiên tá hay trong hàng ngû
dân chú trên toàn thê giói.
trong, cân thân và bat dâu
và thiêt nghi cûng là cúa
Dân Tôc Viet Nam ?
Chúng tôi không châp
dâng lên môt bình minh
Toàn Dân Viêt Nam vây.
nhân liên hiep vói viêt
rang rõ cho dân tôc sau
DMQ : Sau khi Liên Hiêp
công thì làm gì có da
bao năm tháng mòn mõi
Chánh Trung.
Quôc thùa nhân và duoc
nguyên. Khi có Tông
15-11-1990
trong dêm tôi chêt chóc,
su úng hô cúa dông bào
Tuyen Cú thì durong nhiên
hãi hùng và ông dã là
Chank hang
cùng các dûng sí và chiên
viêt công phài thua rôi.
nguòi tiên phong.
huru dang chiên dâu tai
Chúng tôi dã dê ra biên
biên thùy và trong quôc
pháp ngan chân hûu hiêu
nôi, chúng tôi sê chính
su áp dáo, lùa bip và gian
thúc trô vê. Ranh giói
lân cúa bon chúng. Nhung
quôc gia và viêt công dã
sau dó, nêu dông bào châp
phân biêt. Không thoa hiêp
nhân cho dang công sán
Tiêu Sú Nhà Văn chánh
thoai thì chúng tôi goi lai
Phù còn non yêu vì mói ra
Trung
môt cách chí tình, có dia
dòi và còn nhiêu khuyet
chi thì chúng tôi gúri thu
diêm cân phài xây dung.
môt cách rât trang trong.
Nhung dôi vói thành phân
Tuy vây, phái trông vào
Quoc Gia Chân Chính thì
TO QUOC TREN HET
giói báo chí, truyên thông
chúng tôi tin turong các vi
và truyèn hình giúp do cho
ây sê úng hô chúng tôi
who chail Van
frm1
dang tái phô biên thì các
hoàn toàn, hêt mình.
thu mòi goi duoc loan di
Không lē nguòi Quôc Gia
rông rãi và nhân tài dât
lai di làm loi cho viêt công
nuóc mói hay biêt nhiêu
? Riêng câu hói : "úng hô
hon và tham du dông dão
trên vi trí nào ?" Thì xin
hon. Riêng các vi nào tuy
thua là phài trên vi trí cúa
dã có tên trong danh sách,
nguòi quôc gia chân chính
nhung nêu dông bào khiéu
và xác dinh rõ lâp truong
nai qúa nhiêu thì chúng tôi
cúa dân tôc Viêt Nam.
cūng phài theo ý kiên cúa
Vói thành phân nhu vây,
du luân mà lãy ra. Dong
chúng tôi tin ràng ho sê
bào là tai mát cúa Chính
không vì bá loi danh mà ra
Phù mà. Hiên nay Van
giúp nuóc và san sàng
Phòng Thuong Truc do
châp nhân tinh thân
anh em cuu quân nhân và
"nguòi tài có nguòi tài giói
thanh niên tu nguyên góp
hon" nên không qúa câu
Nhà văn Chánh Trung tên
Khóa An Ninh Trung câp
công súc chú chua có ngân
nê và so do qúa nhiêu vê
thât là Nguyen Dúc Sy,
tai truòng Cây Mai. Du
khoán nào dê hoat dông
dia vi và quyên loi cá
sinh năm 1936 tai My
hoc Nhât Bôn, khóa An
hûu hiên hon. Chúng tôi
nhân. Còn nhu dóng góp
Chánh, Hãi Lăng, Quãng
ninh Tinh Báo Thái Bình
vân cô gång hêt súc mình,
vai trò nào thì tùy khá
Trj. Câp bâc thiêu tá.
Duong tai Okinawa.
nhung thành công hay thât bai
nãng, hoàn cánh, phuong
Nguyên sí quan an ninh
là do su quyêt tâm và ung hô
tiên và nhiêt huyêt cúa
don vi Biêt Dông Quân.
Ông là tác gia tâp hôi ký
tham du cúa nhân sí và dong
tùng cá nhân dó hay tâp
Chúc vi sau cùng là
"NHÜNG BUÓC CHÂN
bào có dông dão hay không mà
the dó. Chính Phú chi là
Truong Phòng An Ninh
TÙ" xuât bán năm 1989
thôi. Riêng câu hõi uóc
công cu dê thuc thi nguyên
tiêu khu Gia Dinh, phu tá
tai Hoa Ky, phái tái bán
luong có bao nhiêu phân
vong cúa Quóc dân mà
Truong Ty An Ninh tiêu
nhiêu lân. Tap hôi ký này
trăm hàng ngû quôc Gia
thôi. Quoc Dân Viêt Nam
khu Gia Dinh. Nguyên
do ông ghi chép lai sau
úng hô thì xin thua ràng :
phái du phân quyêt dinh
xuât thân khóa 4 truong
hon 11 năm bi viêt công
phài nói là 100 phân träm, vì
vân mênh, tuong lai cúa
Trung Dôi Truong Đâp dá
câm tù tai trai 7 Hoàng
nguòi quôc gia mà không ung
chính ban thân, cúa gia
Huê. Tôt nghiêp khóa 1 Si
Liên Son, trai 6 Thanh
hô cho Chính Phù quôc Gia thì
dình và con cháu. Không
Quan dăt biêt Dông Dê.
chuong Nghê Tinh và trai
ung hô ai dây ? Có thê Chính
môt cá nhân hay tâp thê
3 Tân Ky Nghê Tinh.
Thú hai : dòi sóng tiên nghi
phài hùng manh dê bão vê
giúa nông thôn và thành thi
To quõc, Xã Hôi phài có
không dugc cách biêt
Nhân Chú Cuong Thuròng,
Thú ba : Trê em phài dugc giáo
Ngoai Giao phái dua trên
duc, hoc hành cho thành tài.
căn bán huu nghi, bình
Các cy gìa phài duoc chăm sóc
dang và phài tôn trong chú
day dù. Nhung nguòi thuong
quyên cúa nhau. Dó cûng
binh, cô nhi qua phu, tù si dã hy
là lý tuong phuc vu Dân
sinh cho Tô quôc Viêt Nam phài
Tôc cúa Chính The Viêt
duoc dãi ngô thât xúng dáng.
Nam Tân Dân Chú trong
Thú tu : Dòi sóng tiên nghi,
tuong lai, nêu dong bào
Vãn Minh Khoa Hęc Ky Thuât
châp nhân.
phài duqc nâng cao.
Thú năm : Nhân Quyen và Dân
PV : Nghe nói qúi vi dang sua
Quyên phài dugc tuyêt dôi tôn
soan cho ra mát Chinh Phù quôc
trong
Gia Viêt Nam Lâm Thòi môt
Thú sáu : Ty do tu turong, báo
ngày gàn dây. Qúi vi thu uóc
chí, ngôn luân, tín nguõng,
luong có bao nhiêu phàn trăm
buôn bán làm ãn phài dugc bào
hàng ngu Quõc Gia ung hô. Ung
vê
hô trên vi trí nào ? Vân dè lành
Thú bay : Các ngành nghê
dao hay trên vi trí giói han cua
Nông, Lâm, Ngu nghiêp phài
nhüng nguòi ái quôc bình thuòng
duoc phát triên
muôn dóng góp mà không tìm
Thú tám : Dòi sõng Giáo Chúc,
quyèn vi ?
Quân Dân Cán Chính phài
dugc nâng cao
DMQ : Chúng tôi dang
Thú chín : vai trò cúa nguòi
nhân úy nhiêm cúa Chinh
phy nù Viêt Nam phài dugc dê
Phú dê mòi goi, thành lâp
Nhà báo Duy Linh vói ông Dào Minh Quân và Văn phòng Thuòng truc
cao.
Nôi Các. Danh sách sê dê
trình lên Thú Tuóng và
Tuu chung, Phong Trào
Dai Hôi Dong Quoc Gia
Moi ý kiên dóng góp xin gúi vê
Tân Dân Chú chú truong :
duyêt xét. Bât cú ai mà
Van Hoá phài dua trên
dong bào hay nhân sî giói
Hôp Thu DÂN Ý
truyên thông Dân Tôc làm
thiêu là chúng tôi mòi
căn bán, dòi sõng dân
ngay. Rât tiêc nhiêu vi
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chúng phài duoc âm no,
chúng tôi không có dia chi
giàu có, Chính Tri dôc lâp,
nên chi nêu danh sách mòi
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chung trên báo chí. Nhung
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vi nào chúng tôi có diên
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nguyên nhân gây mât doàn
chúng ta dê lai. Tu turong
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thì chôp cúa Lê Nin, Các
ng
TOA SOAN
kêt dê chúng ta có câm
8780 EAST VALLEY BLVD SUIT E
nghî mình bi phân hoá. Có
Mác, Mao Trach Dông.
ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA 91770
DIEN THOAI (818)
khi nào môt nguòi này
Ban thân chúng nó thì dã
không dong ý vói nguòi
bán linh hôn cho công sán
NHÀ BÁO DUY LINH, 3 TIÊNG DÔNG
kia lai nhân mình không
thì làm gì có chút tài sán
HÔ VÓI ÔNG DÀO MINH QUÂN
phài là nguòi Viêt Nam
tinh thân hay vât chât mà
dâu ? The sao goi là phân
goi là phá sán. Tât cà là
CHÙ TICH VIÊT NAM TÂN DÂN CHÙ
hóa. Thiêt nghî khi moi
cúa Dân Tôc viêt Nam, tât
Bài PHÓNG VÂN
nguòi tán thành quan
cà là cúa dông bào Viêt
niêm nhu vây thì không
Nam, tât cà là cúa cha ông
cân hô hào, dông bào
chúng ta dê lai. Chúng nó
chúng ta sê tu doàn kêt, tu
dã cuóp di thì nay phài trá
VĂN PHÒNG THUÒNG TRUC
mình dep di môt vài ti
lai cho chúng ta mà thôi.
CHÍNH PHU QUOC GIA
hiêm cá biêt dê mà chung
Dó là công bình, hop tình,
súc vói nhau dánh dô công
hop lý thôi.
VIÊT NAM LÂM THÒI
sán và chông lai bât ky
môt thê luc ngoai lai nào.
Quyên tha hay buôc tôi xin
LTS : Thòi gian gân day, du
là cu Nguyên Trân.
dê cho dong bào mình
luân dông bào Viêt Nam nói
Dê dáp úng du luân và dê tìm
PV : Nêu môt khi chê dô viêt
phân xu. Chúng tôi hiên
chung và tai Hãi Ngoai nói riêng
hiêu thêm vê duong lõi hoat
công phá san toàn diên tai viêt
nay vì tình hình câp bách
rât xôn xao và phân khoi khi hay
dông và chú truong cúa Tân
Nam thì qúi vi có môt dè nghi
cúa dât nuóc mà tam thòi
tin Phong Trào Thanh Niên Sinh
Chính Phu hâu cung úng cho
não vè thê chê chính tri, kinh tê.
dung ra gánh vác mà thôi.
Viên Hoc Sinh Viêt Nam Tân
dong bào nhüng tin túc xác dáng,
cho tuong lai dât nuóc ?
Thê chê chính tri hay chê
Dân Chú dã mòi goi và triêu tâp
trung thât, báo Con Ong Chúng
dô xã hôi cúa xú só trong
Dai Hôi Dân chú Doàn Kêt ngày
tôi xin dăt cu phóng viên báo chí
DMQ : Xin lõi các anh.
tuong lai khi không còn
21/10/1990 vira qua dê xin ý kien
làm môt cuôc phòng vân câp toc
viêt công có tài sán dâu
công sán phài do dông bào
Nhân Si và dong bào trong viêc
ông Dào Minh Quân, Chu Tich
mà phá sán. Dáng công
mình, nhât là nhüng nguòi
có nên thành lâp môt Chính Phú
Phong Trào Thanh Niên Sinh
san Viêt Nam do hô chí
trong nuóc quyêt dinh lua
quoc Gia duy nhât dê truc diên
Viên Hoc Sinh Viêt Nam Tân
minh, môt tên tay sai công
chon.
durong dâu vói viêt công hay
Dân Chu, nguòi thay mat Phong
sán quôc tê dung nên. Môt
không.
Trào dê dúng Γa triêu tâp Dai
tên khô rách áo ôm. Môt
Tiên dip chúng tôi cûng
Hôi Dân Chú Doàn Kêt ngày
tay "vô sán" thú thiêt thì
xin trình bày môt vài quan
Dai Hôi thành công và các anh
21/10/1990 và dugc su tín nhiêm
làm gì có tài sán mà bi phá
niêm chính cúa Phong
em thanh niên trong Phong Trào
cúa Dai Hôi dê cu dung ra mòi
sán. Su nghiêp chính tri thì
Trào Viêt Nam Tân Dân
dugc uy nhiêm cúa Dai Hôi dê
goi thành phân Nôi Các Chính
do cuóp công cúa kháng
Chú là :
mòi goi các thành phân Quôc
Phú. Ông hiên dang Xu Lý Vãn
chiên. Dât dai ruông vuon
Gia chân Chính tham gia Nôi
Phòng Thuong Truc cúa Chính
thì cuóp giât, vo vét cúa
Thú nhât : Dân phài dugc âm
Các Chính Phù vói Thú Tuong
Phú. Cuôc phóng vân này có su
dông bào, cúa cha ông
no, giàu có
tham du cúa các viên chúc trong
Quôc Tê, bon công sán
trong khôi nguòi Viêt
Phài ! Chúng ta là nhüng
Vãn Phòng.
Viêt Nam thì dang phân
chúng ta. Chúng ta dâu có
viên kim cuong, khi bo
hoá, tê nan tham nhūng
2 hay 3 dân tôc Viêt Nam
chung vào môt bao dân
lan tràn và chúng dã hiên
dâu ? Ngoai bang dã cô
tôc do tình hình dât nuóc
PV : Hôm nay ngày 14/11/1990
rõ chân turóng chi là bon
dùng dia lý phân chúng ta
dòi hói, thì sê trô thành
lúc 13 giò, chúng tôi dai diên cho
tay sai dê quôc Liên Sô,
ra 3 vùng Nam Trung Bác.
môt súc manh doàn kêt,
Tuan Báo Con Ong, xin nêu lên
day thôi nát, bât tài và lùa
Bon tay sai dê quôc muôn
có súc manh van thang dê
môt sõ câu hói vè các hoat dông
bip. Công thêm vào su dau
dùng ý thúc hê dê chia ra 2
dap tung tât cà khôi bùn,
cúa qúi vi trong thòi gian gân day.
khô, ta thán và phân nô
miên Bac Nam. Thê
khoi bôt.
Vói tu cách là Chu Tich Phong
cúa quân chúng. Các cao
nhung bât cú nguòi Viêt
Trào Thanh Niên Sinh Viên Hoc
trào dâu tranh giành dôc
Nam nào, dù là trong quôc
Nhân ban là phài tùy
sinh Viêt Nam Tân Dân Chù và
lâp, dân chú, tu do cúa
nôi hay tai hãi ngoai, dù
thuôc tùng nguòi. Không
là Xu Lý Thuòng Vu cúa Chinh
toàn dân Viêt Nam dang
Bac hay Trung hay Nam,
ai có thê bat nguòi khác
Phù Quõc Gia viêt Nam Lâm
dâng cao, dúng là lúc mà
ai còn nhân mình là nguòi
nghî giõng mình, làm
Thòi xin ông Dào Minh Quân
moi con dân yêu nuóc
Viêt Nam thì làm sao có
giong mình dugc. Dó là
cho chúng tôi biêt nguyên do nào
Viêt Nam phài huong úng
phân biêt, phân chia. Dân
Dân Chú và Nhân Chú
khién qúi vi xuât hiên dê hoat
tham gia dê lât do nguy
Tôc Viêt Nam dù trong
thât su. Chi có nguòi viêt
dông và lâp truong cúa qúi vi ra
quyên Hà Nôi.
hay ngoài nuóc, dù truóc
Nam chúng ta vói quan
sao ?
hay sau cûng chi là môt
niêm dó nên mói không bi
Chúng tôi là bao gôm
thôi thì làm sao goi là
lê thuôc và dông hóa mà
DMQ : Truóc hêt chúng
thành phân thanh niên con
phân chia, phân hóa.
thôi. Tu ái dân tôc cúa
tôi chi xin dai diên cho
cháu Viêt Nam và là Curu
Nguròi Viêt Nam vì thông
chúng ta rât cao. Dúng !
Phong Trào Thanh Niên
Quân Nhân Quân Luc
minh và tu lâp nên rât tu
Vì dó là súc manh cúa To
sinh Viên Hoc sinh Viêt
Viêt Nam không thê nào
chú, kiên cuòng dê dua
Quoc Viêt Nam mà.
Nam Tân Dân Chu mà
khoanh tay im lăng ngôi
dên cao ngao. Nhung nêu
Không có tu ái dân tôc thì
thôi. Riêng nhung câu hói
nhìn. Nhung muôn dánh
có môt vài ý kiên bât dông,
làm sao chúng ta vuon lên.
vê phía Chính Phù, chúng
thang viêt công là môt bon
môt vài quan diêm không
Nhung chúng ta phài biêt
tôi chi xin trá lòi vói tu
gian ngoa, hiêm dôc, có
hop hay nêu có vì quyên
xu' dung cho dúng chô,
cách là môt Van Phòng
thuc luc và day bip bom
loi mà gay gat vói nhau thì
dúng noi. Rât tiêc hiên
Thuong Truc mà thôi. Các
xáo trá thì không thê môt
cûng là nguòi Viêt Nam
nay chúng ta dang bi môt
câu hói nào xét thây qúa
vài cá nhân, hôi doàn hay
mà thôi. Môi nguòi trong
su lam dung danh tù qúa
quan trong, chúng tôi sê
luc luong nào mà dú súc
chúng ta là môt viên kim
dáng. Môt vài hôi doàn
dê trình lên Thu Tuóng dê
manh. Phài có su tham du
cuong. Dúng ! Vì chúng ta
không vùa ý nhau, hay
xin chi thi.
cúa toàn quân, toàn dân
không muôn là dông bùn
chính ngay trong tô chúc
Viêt Nam và phái dugc su
hay thúng bôt mì chi cân
vói nhau cûng chua dông ý
Truóc tình hình biên
ho tro cúa Quoc tê. Do
có chút nuóc là dính lai
vói nhau hoàn toàn.
chuyen dôn dâp trên toàn
Dó, chúng tôi mòi goi su
vói nhau. Nhu truóc dây
Nhung dó chi là quan
thê giói, truóc su chuyen
Dai Doàn Kêt dê thành
môt ký gia nuóc ngoài dã
diêm cá nhân mà thôi.
huóng cúa Công Sãn
lâp môt Chính Phù hâu
tùng chê bai chúng ta.
Không thê dê trò thành
vuc Van Hóa, Chính Tri,
cung úng dú tâm vóc, uy
chúng ta dê lai là "kính lão
vân không nhung dã cô vo,
Tu Tuong thì các bô lão sê
tín và tâp trung duoc súc
dác tho". Làng nuóc thòi
dóng góp ý kiên thêm cho
xa xua ai lånh dao ? phài
giúp do ý kiên rât nhiêu
manh toàn dân quân, it ra
chúng tôi mà thâm chí còn
cho Chính Phú. Nhung
là tai hãi ngoai, dê hô tro
chăng có các cu Tiên Chi,
dóng góp thêm công súc
riêng lành vuc Kinh tê và
cho chú luc trong quôc nôi
bô láo trong làng dam
cho Vãn Phòng kê cà
durong. Các cu tuy không
Khoa Hoc K₇ Thuât thì
vùng lên lât dô bao quyên
nhung viêc nãng nhoc và
còn súc luc hay dúng hon,
các cu sê vui lòng nhuròng
viêt công.
linh tinh hang ngày. Chúng
lai cho Thanh Niên con
Lap truong cúa chúng tôi,
dã hy sinh tuôi thanh niên
tôi chi là nhung thanh niên
cháu ra gánh vác. Giói trê
cúa Phong Trào Viêt Nam
cho xú sõ, nay vê gìa thì
Viêt Nam nhiêt tình dóng
Viêt Nam dã may mán có
Tân Dân Chú và cúa
còn kinh nghiêm và kiên
góp cho Quôc Gia Dân
thúc dê chi lai cho hâu
măt trên kháp năm châu,
Chính Phù Quoc Gia Lâm
Tôc trong viêc dánh bai
tiêp thu rât nhiêu văn
Thòi là lây súc manh quân
sinh thay các cu mà hoàn
viêt công thì thiêt nghî, bât
thành. Chính Phù Quôc
minh khoa hoc ky thuât
chúng nhân dân làm can
cú su chi diêm và dóng
cúa các quôc gia tiên tiên,
ban, lây thanh niên làm
Gia Viêt Nam Lâm Thòi
góp ý kiên nào cúa cúa
chác chán không phu lòng
chú luc và lây kinh nghiêm
dê nghi Hôi Dông Quôc
dông bào và Nhân Si cûng
Lão cûng nhàm muc dích
cúa dông bào Viêt Nam
cúa các bâc tiên bõi làm
chi nhàm muc dích giúp
mòi goi các cu có lòng vói
trong nhiêm vu phuc hung
tro luc. Chú truong cúa
dõ cho chung tôi thêm
dât nuóc sau khi nguy
chúng tôi là : Lay lai dât tô,
dât nuóc, vói dông bào
thân trong, dè dãt và
quyên viêt công bi tiêu
khong làm khô dân". Thiêt
tham gia dê cô vân, tro ý
nhung kinh nghiêm qúy
diêt dâu.
nghî day cûng là nguyên
cho Chính Phú. Trong
gía dê vuot qua các tro
vong can ban, thiêt thuc và
Tròi dât có Âm Durong thì
ngai di dên thành công
Nhung Dù sao, Van Hóa,
dung dan cúa tât cá moi
chung mà thôi.
Chính Phu cúa chúng ta
Giáo Duc cûng là căn bán
nguòi dân Viêt Nam hiên
cûng cô gang thiêt lâp hai
cúa su phát triên Quoc
nay.
Tuy nhiên, su lón manh
co chê : GIÁO và HANH.
Gia. Nhà cách mang Lý
cúa chính Phu quôc gia
Giáo thì phân các cu mà
Dông A có nói : :Vãn Hoá là
PV : Qúi vi sē phán úng ra sao
dông nghia vói su khai tú
hành là dành cho thanh
khi có nhung du luân bât loi cúa
khoi diêm và là chung kêt cúa
cúa viêt công. Chãc chán
niên. Chi lo láng là các cu
chính tri". Diêu này theo
môt sô nguòi Viêt tai hãi ngoai
chúng sê no luc tôi da, tim
chiu cuc khô dã nhiêu, nay
dua ra ?
thiên ý, cho dên bây giò
dú moi cách trong nhung
muôn an nhàn, phúi tay
cûng vân còn là muc thuóc
ngày tháng sap tói dê dánh
mà thôi. Nói nhu thê
DMQ : Cho tói giò phút
cho chúng ta xây dung và
phá, dê tuyên truyên gây
nhung chãc chán các bô
này, chúng tôi chura thay
noi theo.
chia rê, ngô nhân và ngò
lão cûng sê vì thay tình
có môt du luân bât lœi nào
vuc trong hàng ngû Quoc
hình dât nuóc rôi ren
vê phía quân chúng. Trái
PV: Qúi vi làm thê nào dê châm
Gia chúng ta. Nhung
không no dung im nhìn,
lai, dong bào rât phân
dút nan phân hóa cúa khoi nguòi
chúng sê thât bai vì dông
thê nào rôi cûng lân dân
khói, hy vong. Tuy vân còn
Viêt ty. nan Hãi Ngoai ngày nay ?
bào dã qúa thùa kinh
môt phen ra giúp nuóc mà
hoi dè dat vì nhung kinh
nghiêm dê phân biêt trång
thôi.
DMQ : Thât su mà nói
nghiêm bi phán bôi trong
den. Vã lai ngày nay chúng
làm gì có su phân hóa
qúa khú. Nhung dong bào
Hy vong trong các lãnh
ta dã có hai chon lua qúa
rõ ràng : môt nguy quyên viêt
công thì có thùa. Hiên
không thê nào thay môt
dâu tu cho dât nuóc. Kê
công và môt Chính Phù Quoc
nay, su chiu dung, căm thù
vài cây côt duoc, mà phài
hoach phài rât quy mô và
Gia chông công rõ ràng. Tuy
viêt công cúa dông bào nói
thay thê lai toàn bô.
chi tiêt và còn nhiêu viêc
ràng chính Quyen quôc
chung và quôc nôi nói
Nhung phài thay nhu thê
phài làm. Hôm nay chi xin
Gia Lâm Thòi còn mói mē
riêng dã thâu tân mây
nào ? cách thúc ra làm sao
tóm tát dai cuong, có dip
và non yêu cân phài duoc
xanh. Môt dân tôc Viêt
thì tin ràng phài có kê
sê xin các nhân sî và nhân
su hop tác, dóng góp ý
Nam anh hùng, cân cù,
hoach quy mô, toàn diên,
tài cúa dât nuóc dóng góp
kiên cûng nhu tích cuc
tháo vát dáng khâm phuc
triêt dê, phài có su can
thêm ý kiên cho Chính
tham gia xây dung cúa
biêt bao dã phài nhân chiu
dám và ý chí cúa toàn dân
Phú.
Nhân Si và tât cá nguòi
qúa nhiêu tai ách chién
mói làm duoc. Không
Quôc Gia Chân Chính.
tranh và chêt chóc, tù dày
khéo xup căn nhà là tôi
PV Nêu chon vi trí cúa môt bô
Nhung nêu có nhüng du
do bon viêt công gây Γa.
nghiep cho dân ta phài
lão dê hoat dông thì quan niêm
luân hay nhung su tuyên
Trē không dú an, gìa
chiu thêm co hàn, khôn
qúi vi nhu thê nào trên lành vuc
truyên phá hoai công cuôc
không dú mãc, thanh niên
khó mà thôi.
vãn hóa, tu tuong, kinh tê, chính
dâu tranh cúa phe quôc
bao nhiêu nguòi duoc cáp
tri và ky thuât cho hâu viêt nam
gia mình, thì chác chán
sách dên truong ? An xin
Triêt Gia Kim Dinh có nói
sau viêt công ?
chúng ta phài biêt chúng
thì dây phô, dî diêm dây
: "Dao mât truóc, Nuóc
nó là thành phân nào rôi.
duròng. Oi ! nói sao cho
mât sau". Muon khôi
DMQ : Nhiêm vu giúp
Lúc dó cân gì phài nhân
hêt các túi nhuc, dau
phuc quê huong thì phài
nuóc dâu phân biêt thành
nhuong. Lúc dó chúng nó
thuong dó. Trong hòan
lây lai truyên thong dân
phân lón tuôi hay trê tuôi.
mói biêt phán úng cúa
cánh nhu thê, dân tình
tôc, Dao Nghia cúa Tô
Cu Nguyen Công Trú khi
nhu thê, ai là nguòi Viêt
Tiên Ông Bà làm căn gõc.
dông bào chúng ta ra sao.
xua trên 72 tuôi còn ra làm
Nam mà dành lòng nhám
Nhung dó là phân triêt lý
lính thú biên cuong,
mát làm ngo. Tôi nãng
can ban. Trên hành dông
PV : Theo nhân thúc cúa môt
Tuóng "gìa" Lý Thuong
nhât cúa viêt công là tiêu
thuc tê thì phài dánh xâp
nguòi dã tùng tranh dãu vói viêt
Kiêt vân câm dao truy kích
diêt su vuon lên cúa các
chú nghîa công sán truóc.
công, qúi vi quan niêm nhu thê
dich, ông Dăng Tiêu Bình
nào vê hoàn cành và nhu câu
thê hê mai sau. Chúng
Tông Tuyen Cú phài
trên 85 tuôi vân còn câm
không nhung tàn phá dât
thành công, dê cho Quôc
lich sû hiên nay tai Viêt Nam ?
muc thuóc cúa Trung
dai, mâm sông cúa Dân
dân chon lua môt chính
Quoc và chính cu Nguyên
DMQ : Xin dính chánh vói
Tôc, hūy hoai tuong lai
Phù Dân Chú, trong sach,
Trân dã 83 tuôi vân còn
cúa dât nuóc mà còn dua
dú uy tín và tài dúc dê câm
anh em (PV) ràng chúng
lăn lôi hy sinh ra nhân
tôi không dám nhân mình
quê huong chúng ta thut
giêng môi Quôc Gia. Sau
chúc vu Thú Tuóng thì
là nhung nguòi dã tùng có
lùi hàng chuc năm. Nhìn
dó vân dung duoc toàn bô
sao ? Miên là tính thanh
kinh nghiêm dâu tranh vói
hoàn cánh dât nuóc nhu
tài nguyên, nhân luc trong
niên hoat dông vân còn
thê, không phài nói Γa thì
nuóc và kêu mòi con dân
viêt công dâu. Chúng tôi chi
tiêm tàng trong nguòi thì
là nhüng con dân Viet Nam bi
các anh em cûng thay
Viêt Nam tú phuong thê
các bô lão cûng có thê tro
công san cuóp nuóc mà thôi.
duoc nhu câu cúa lich sû
giói dem tât cá tài nãng,
thành môt bâc Lão Thành
Kinh nghiêm tuy giói han,
nhu thê nào rôi. Ngôi nhà
kiên thúc vê khoa hoc ky
ra giúp nuóc thôi. Vã lai,
nhung dau khô vì viêt
Viêt Nam dã qúa muc nát,
thuât, kinh tê, quán tri, vê
truyên thông cúa cha ông