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We, the following Vietnamese American organizations
- "Cao Dai" Buddhist Youths Association ("Dai Dao Thanh Nien Hoi Cao Dai")
- Coalition of Vietnamese Military Police Association of Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
- Coalition of Vietnamese Veteran Association
- "Hoa Hao" Buddhist Youths Association ("Thanh Nien Doan Phat Giao Hoa Hao")
- NBH Youth & Cultural Development Center
- "Mien Quang Duc" Buddhist Association of South West of America ("Gia Dinh Phat Tu Mien Quang Duc")
- "Phan Boi Chau" Youths For Democracy
- Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California
- Vietnamese American Catholic Youths Association of Orange County ("Van Phong Gioi Tre")
- Vietnamese American Coalition
- Vietnamese American Community of Southern California
- Vietnamese American Professional Society
- Vietnamese American Public Affairs Committee
have united in the joint request of the US elected officials in Southern California for
their acknowledgment and support of their
constituents’ concerns regarding the lack of basic democracy due to the secret nature of the
land/sea concessions and human rights abuse in Vietnam when people spoke out against it.
We have obtained signed support letters from the US elected officials listed below.
Please note that some of the signed support letters have not been converted from the scanned
image format to PDF format, so they are quite large for download. We will convert
those remaining letters in image format to PDF for faster download.
- Resolution of City of Westminster, California
- Proclamation of City of Garden Grove, California
- Mayor Pro Tem Kermit Marsh, Westminster, California Page 1 Page 2
- Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, 45th District, California
- Assemblyman Lou Correa, 69th District, California
- Assemblyman Ken Maddox, 68th District, California
- Mayor Margie L. Rice, Westminster, California
- Councilman Russell C. Paris, Westminster, California
- Councilman Frank G. Fry, Westminster, California
- Mayor Bruce A. Broadwater, Garden Grove, California
We would like to thank these US elected officials for their support in this endeavor.
Please join us in spreading the news about these support letters to Vietnamese across the world
and people in Vietnam to
- Let people in Vietnam know that the concessions actually occurred since our concerns regarding
the secret land/sea concessions are signed and supported by US elected officials.
- Provide the encouragement for overseas Vietnamese communities in other regions to
do the same thing, so that the overseas Vietnamese can obtain widespread
support from elected officials across the US and other free countries.
- Inform people in Vietnam so that they know that we are helping them with our effort.
In addition, the signed support letters from
US elected officials regarding our endeavor against the land/sea concessions
will likely provide the motivation for people in Vietnam to spread the land/sea concession news
to other people and also speak out against the concessions.
- Create external and internal pressures on the Communist Vietnamese government regarding the
people it has arrested. Further, if it is working about additional
land/sea concessions, it may think twice before proceeding.
- Demonstrate to people in Vietnam of an actual instance of democracy at work where in a
free country such as U.S., Vietnamese Americans can obtain support from US elected officials
on matters like this one even though we are not Caucasian Americans.
With this instance, we show the people in Vietnam that the elected officials in free countries
such as the U.S. support the requests and concerns of their citizens. On the other hand,
the officials in Vietnam do not, and instead they are interested in their individual personal interests
as when they secretly sold out the land/sea that belong to the people of Vietnam
and arrested people such as Mr. Quang Chi Le just because those people spoke out
against the land/sea concessions.
Thank you for helping to spread the news about these support letters to achieve
the stated goals above.
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