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Case Number: 2014-1060-F
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UNCLASSIFIED
RECORD ID: 9801681
NSC/RMO PROFILE
RECEIVED: 05 MAR 98 17
TO: PRESIDENT
FROM: HUNG, DAO BA
DOC DATE: 28 FEB 98
SOURCE REF:
KEYWORDS: MFN
VIETNAM
PRESIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE
PERSONS:
SUBJECT: LTR RE INTENTSIONS OF US TO WAIVE JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT
ACTION: NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED
DUE DATE: 17 MAR 98 STATUS: C
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NSC/RMO PROFILE
RECEIVED: 05 MAR 98 17
TO: PRESIDENT
FROM: HUNG, DAO BA
DOC DATE: 28 FEB 98
SOURCE REF:
KEYWORDS: MFN
VIETNAM
PRESIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE
PERSONS:
SUBJECT: LTR RE INTENTSIONS OF US TO WAIVE JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT
ACTION: PREPARE MEMO FOR BERGER
DUE DATE: 17 MAR 98 STATUS: S
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PRESIDENT
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
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ADVISOR'S SIGNATURE WITHIN 10 DAYS. IF A LETTER DOES NOT REQUIRE A
RESPONSE, PLEASE RETURN IT TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT (RM 379) WITH
THIS FORM, ANNOTATED ACCORDINGLY.
1681
TÔNG HÔI KHONG LUC VIÊT NAM CONG HÒA
FEDERATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM AIRFORCE ASSOCIATIONS
DUOC
CiAN
Cδ Van Danh Du - Honorary Advisors: HUYNH HÜU HIEN
TRÄN VAN MINH
NGUYEN XUÂN VINH
KHONG
Tong Hôi Truong
3/5/98
President:
DÀO BÁ HUNG
February 28, 1998
Tong Hôi Phó
ASIAN
Vice Presidents:
NGUYEN VAN QÚY
President William Clinton
THÁI QUANG MINH TUÁN
c/o Mr. Samuel Berger, NSC
AFFAIRS
Phu Tá Dac Biet
Old Executive Office Building
Special Assistants:
Washington, DC 20501
NGUYÉN THI BACH MAI
TRÀN VAN NGQC
Dear President Clinton:
NG. NGQC CHAU PHONG
TRINH HÜU VĂN
We are disturbed by news that your Administration intends to recommend a waiver to the
Tong Thu Ký
Jackson-Vanik Amendment for Vietnam. Its communist government continues to violate the
Secretary:
human rights of its citizens, including the right to free emigration.
(KHUYÉT VI)
Vietnam's recent change in the procedure under the Resettlement Opportunity for Vietnamese
Thù Quy
Treasurer:
Returnees (ROVR) only delays the requirement for exit permission until a later stage- appli-
TRÀN VAN TÁN
cants approved for resettlement still need exit permission to emigrate. There is also mounting
evidence that local authorities have invented many different ways other than the denial of exit
Hôi Dong Dieu Hanh
permission to block access to ROVR.
Executive Directors:
CHAU THIEN ÂN
Beside ROVR, many eligible applicants under the General Orderly Departure Program (ODP)
Atlanta, GA.
are also facing problems with exit permission. They include former political prisoners, former
DĂNG VAN AU
U.S. employees, religious leaders, dissidents, immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, etc. As you
Houston, TX.
may agree, Jackson-Vanik was not created just for ROVR.
NGUYÊN VAN BA
Wichita, KS.
We also would like to call your attention to the deterioration in the general human rights condi-
LY BÓN DUONG
tions in Vietnam since the U.S. normanized relations with that country in 1995. More political
Oklahoma City, OK.
dissidents and religious leaders have been imprisoned. Freedom of the press has been much
TRUONG HÜU HANH
more severely curtailed than before. And this trends continues.
Hawaii
PHAM DINH KHUONG
Last month the Ministry of Interior established a new center to further tighten its grip on the
Westminster, CA.
press. In November 1997, the chief editor of a trade journal was arrested for exposing high-
NGUYEN BÜU LOC
level corruption. In April 1997, the government promulgated Executive Decree 31/CP, autho-
Queensland, Australia
rizing the administrative detention of political suspects for up to two years without trial.
NGUYÉN HUNG LUC
San Diego, CA.
The U.S. should not reward Vietnam with trade privileges until its communist government makes
NGUYÉN VAN MANH
significant concessions on human rights by truly honoring the right of its citizens to freely emi-
Orlando, FL.
grate and by releasing all political and religious dissidents from its system of prisons and labor
NGUYÉN HOÀNG MINH
camps.
New Orleans, LA.
KHUU VÁN PHÁT
Sincerely,
Arlington, VA.
REPUBLIC
OF
VIETNAM
AIR
HÀ TÁN PHÁT
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