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REF: A. HANOI 632 B. 2001 HANOI 2321

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1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D)


2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS CONTINUE
TO WRITE OPEN LETTERS TO THEIR COUNTRY'S LEADERSHIP AND TO
ATTEMPT TO DISTRIBUTE THESE LETTERS OVERSEAS. A JULY 6
LETTER COMPLAINED THAT GVN "POLITICAL SECURITY FORCES" HAVE
ACTED ILLEGALLY AGAINST THESE ACTIVISTS AND OTHERS. SOME
ACTIVISTS REPORT THAT THEY FACE PARTICULAR DIFFICULTY
CONTACTING FOREIGNERS BOTH IN VIETNAM AND OVERSEAS, AND
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FROM OVERSEAS. AT LEAST ONE CRITIC MAINTAINS OPTIMISM THAT
THE GOVERNMENT WILL "CHANGE" (SOMEHOW) IN TIME, BUT ALSO
PREDICTS THAT "NEW PEOPLE" WILL BE REQUIRED TO REALIZE ANY
SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES. END SUMMARY.


3. (C) VIETNAMESE DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SENT BY MAIL A
LETTER DATED JULY 6, 2002 TO VIETNAM'S TOP FOUR LEADERS
(PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG, COMMUNIST PARTY GENERAL
SECRETARY NONG DUC MANH, PRIME MINISTER PHAN VAN KHAI, AND

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN NGUYEN VAN AN) AND, INDIRECTLY
BY EMAIL ON JULY 10, TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS, PRESS FREEDOM ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER
INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING POLOFF. (UNOFFICIAL EMBASSY
TRANSLATION FOLLOWS IN PARA 9.) SEVENTEEN INDIVIDUALS
SIGNED THE LETTER; IN THE PAST, ONLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE HAVE
USUALLY SIGNED SIMILAR LETTERS. WHILE SOME OF THE
SIGNATORIES ARE WELL-KNOWN ACTIVISTS -- INCLUDING SEVEN
WHOM THE AUTHORITIES QUESTIONED IN SEPTEMBER 2001 OVER A
PROPOSAL TO SET UP AN ANTI-CORRUPTION NGO (REF B) -- THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OF THE OTHERS.
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A NUMBER IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS LONG-TIME PARTY MEMBERS
AND/OR MILITARY VETERANS. THREE OTHERS ARE FAMILY MEMBERS
OF ACTIVISTS DETAINED WITHIN THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS. ONE OF
THESE, MRS. VU THUY HA, IS MARRIED TO THE CURRENTLY
DETAINED DR. PHAM HONG SON, AND HAS RECENTLY WRITTEN AT
LEAST ONE OTHER WIDELY DISTRIBUTED LETTER CALLING FOR THE
RELEASE OF HER HUSBAND. (SEPTEL REPORTS ON SON'S CURRENT
STATUS.)


4. (C) THE JULY 6 LETTER CRITICIZED "POLITICAL SECURITY
FORCES" FOR THEIR ACTIONS AGAINST VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS,
INCLUDING SOME OF THE SIGNATORIES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS,
FROM APRIL 2001 TO THE PRESENT. THE LETTER CONCLUDED WITH
FOUR SUGGESTIONS: 1) THE POLITBURO SHOULD HOLD A
CONFERENCE ON SECURITY FORCE ADMINISTRATION TO PREVENT
ABUSES; 2) ACTIVISTS NGUYEN KHAC TOAN, LE CHI QUANG, AND
PHAM HONG SON SHOULD EITHER BE TRIED OR RELEASED SOON; 3)
DECREE 31/CP ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROBATION SHOULD BE REPEALED
AND BUI MINH QUOC, TRAN KHUE, AND HA SY PHU (ALL CURRENTLY
UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE PROBATION) SHOULD BE SET FREE; AND 4)
THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD RECONNECT THE PHONE LINES OF
ACTIVISTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.


5. (C) DR. NGUYEN THANG GIANG, ONE OF THE SIGNATORIES,
CONFIRMED TO POL/C AND POLOFF ON JULY 12 THAT THE LETTER
WAS TIMED TO CORRESPOND WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM
(CPV) CENTRAL COMMITTEE'S SIXTH PLENUM AS WELL AS THE
IMMINENT OPENING OF THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. HE ADDED
THAT THE ACTIVISTS ALSO TARGETED A UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN
RIGHTS DISCUSSION ON VIETNAM ABOUT WHICH THEY HAD LEARNED
FROM VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) AND RADIO FREE ASIA (RFA).
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(NOTE: WE ARE UNAWARE OF THIS MEETING. END NOTE.) WHILE
DR. GIANG SPECULATED THAT THE LETTER WOULD HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED AT THE PLENUM, HE ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT EXPECT
TO SEE ANY RESULTS. HE CONFIRMED THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN
ANY REPERCUSSIONS AGAINST THE ACTIVISTS SINCE THEY HAD SENT
THE LETTER. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE SEVENTEEN SIGNATORIES
HAD NOT MET TOGETHER, BUT HAD PASSED AROUND THE LETTER FROM
ONE HAND TO THE NEXT, WITH TRAN KHUE (CURRENTLY DETAINED IN
HIS HOME IN HO CHI MINH CITY) PARTICIPATING BY TELEPHONE.
DR. GIANG ADDED THAT FELLOW ACTIVIST PHAM QUE DUONG WAS
SEPARATELY WRITING LETTERS ABOUT THE NAM CAM CORRUPTION
CASE AND THE VIETNAM-CHINA BORDER ISSUE.


6. (C) RETIRED COLONEL PHAM QUE DUONG (REF A),SEPARATELY
NOTED TO POLOFF ON JULY 15 THAT HE DID NOT EXPECT ANY
RESPONSE TO THE JULY 6 LETTER. HOWEVER, HE EXPRESSED
OPTIMISM THAT VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP WOULD "CHANGE"
RELATIVELY SOON. A HOPEFUL SIGN OF CHANGE, DUONG SAID, WAS
THAT THE VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY (VNA) HAD ON MARCH 1 PUBLISHED
PRESIDENT BUSH'S FEBRUARY 22 ADDRESS AT CHINA'S TSINGHUA
UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING REFERENCES TO THE RULE OF LAW AND
POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.


7. (C) DR. GIANG AND COLONEL DUONG SEPARATELY DISCUSSED
THE NECESSITY OF AND THE DIFFICULTIES IN GETTING THEIR
THOUGHTS DISTRIBUTED WIDELY. DR. GIANG EMPHASIZED THE

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DANGER IN CONTACTING FOREIGN MEDIA SOURCES, SAYING THAT IT
IS TOO HAZARDOUS TO USE NAMES WHEN SPEAKING WITH FOREIGN
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JOURNALISTS. COLONEL DUONG REMARKED THAT IT REMAINS
DIFFICULT TO CONTACT FOREIGN JOURNALISTS. HE SAID THAT HE
AND FELLOW ACTIVISTS NGUYEN VU BINH, HOANG TIEN, AND DR.
GIANG HAVE DIVIDED UP RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTACTING
DIFFERENT NEWS SERVICES AND OVERSEAS INTEREST GROUPS,
NOTING THAT HE WAS THE "REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF)"
REPRESENTATIVE FOR VIETNAM. COLONEL DUONG CLAIMED THAT,
WHILE FOREIGN PRESS ORGANIZATIONS ARE WILLING TO PAY HIM
AND FELLOW ACTIVISTS FOR STORIES THEY PROVIDE, THE
AUTHORITIES HAVE BLOCKED WIRE TRANSFERS INTO THE ACTIVISTS'
BANK ACCOUNTS AND/OR PREVENTED THEM FROM OPENING NEW BANK
ACCOUNTS. HE SAID THAT, IF HE COULD BECOME AFFILIATED WITH
AN OVERSEAS COMPANY, HE COULD OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM.
(NOTE: SEPTEL REPORTS THAT THE GVN IS INVESTIGATING DR.
PHAM HONG SON, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR A FOREIGN
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, IN PART, FOR RECEIVING MONEY FROM
OVERSEAS FOR "ANTI-STATE" ACTIVITIES. END NOTE.)


8. (C) COLONEL DUONG GAVE POLOFF COPIES OF THREE LETTERS
ON CORRUPTION THAT HE HAS WRITTEN SINCE JUNE BUT HAS NOT
BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE OVERSEAS YET. HE SAID THAT HE
USUALLY SENDS SUCH LETTERS FROM INTERNET CAFES EITHER
HIMSELF, OR THROUGH HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HOWEVER, HE
EXPLAINED, THE POLICE HAVE FOLLOWED THEM CLOSELY IN RECENT
WEEKS AND THEY HAVE THUS NOT TRIED TO SEND THE LETTERS.

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9. (U) SRV
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TO: MR. NONG DUC MANH - SECRETARY GENERAL OF CPV
MR. TRAN DUC LUONG - STATE PRESIDENT
MR. PHAN VAN KHAI - PM
MR. NGUYEN VAN AN - CHAIRMAN OF THE NA

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS TO YOU, LEADERS
OF THE PARTY AND THE STATE, THE FOLLOWING THOUGHTS AND
SUGGESTIONS:

IN OUR REVOLUTION PROCESS, NEXT TO THE AREAS OF MILITARY,
DIPLOMACY, ECONOMICS . POLITICAL STRUGGLE ALWAYS HAS AN
IMPORTANT POSITION AND IT HAS CONTRIBUTED IN A NOT-TOO-
SMALL PART IN THE GENERAL VICTORY OF VIET NAM REVOLUTION.
HOWEVER, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE NINTH
CONGRESS, THERE ARE MANY SIGNS OF SHORTCOMINGS AND
WRONGDOING, ESPECIALLY IN THE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE
PROTECTION OF POLITICAL SECURITY.

BECAUSE OF THEIR WEAKNESS IN UPDATING AND DEVELOPING THEIR
REASONING, AS WELL AS THERE IS NO REGULAR, LOGICAL, LEGAL
ORGANIZATION IN IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE, THE CULTURAL AND
IDEOLOGICAL SECURITY FORCES OFTEN MAKE ILL-USE OF MANY
OPAQUE TRICKS AND REPRESSIVELY RUDE MEASURES. THEREFORE,
THE SOCIETY IS BECOMING MORE IRRITATED AND THE CONSEQUENCES
ARE IMMEASURABLE. THE RESILIENCE OF THE AWARENESS OF
CITIZEN'S RESPONSIBILITY, OF EARNEST IDEAS NECESSARY FOR
THE TRUE REFORM, WHEN BEING DEPRESSED, NOT ONLY MAKES THE
SOCIETY UNABLE TO DEVELOP WELL BUT ALSO NOURISHES DANGERS
THAT CAUSE COLLAPSE. BESIDE, THESE CONDITIONS ARE
WORSENING THE IMAGE OF THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE IN THE
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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, THESE CONDITIONS NOT
ONLY IMPEDE THE PROCESS OF NECESSARY INTEGRATION BUT ALSO
CAN PUSH THE COUNTRY BACK INTO PREVIOUS ISOLATION TOGETHER
WITH LINGERING SELF-MADE ENEMIES WHICH ARE ALWAYS TO BE
CONFRONTED.

WE WOULD LIKE TO LIST SEVERAL OBJECTIONABLE INCIDENTS WHICH
WERE RECENTLY INSTIGATED BY THE POLITICAL SECURITY FORCES:

1 - TWO DAYS AFTER SECRETARY GENERAL NONG DUC MANH TOOK
OFFICE, HAI PHONG POLICE ARRESTED A 70 YEARS OLD VETERAN,
VU CAO QUAN, DETAINED HIM FOR 9 DAYS TO INTERROGATE ABOUT
HIS WRITINGS AND THOSE OF OTHER SCHOLARS AND
REVOLUTIONARIES. MFA SPOKESWOMAN PHAN THUY THANH LOUDLY
DENIED THAT MR. VU CAO QUAN HAD BEEN ARRESTED. IN THIS WAY
THE NATIONAL HONOR NO LONGER EXISTS WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD
KNOWS THAT OUR STATE AND OUR PARTY LIE BLATANTLY.

2 - ON 12 JULY 2001, HO CHI MINH CITY POLICE STOPPED AND
ARRESTED GENERAL TRAN DO TO ROB HIS ARTICLES WHICH
EXPRESSED HIS IMPRESSION ABOUT THE NINTH CONGRESS. THAT
RUDE ACT WHICH INJURIOUSLY INSULTED HIS CHARACTER CAUSED
INDIGNATION TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WHO WAS AWARDED WITH HO
CHI MINH MEDAL, RESULTING IN A NEAR-DEATH HOSPITALIZATION.

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3 - ON 5 JULY 2001, JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR SIGNING AN
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APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH THE ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS WHO
SUPPORT THE STATE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION, COLONEL PHAM QUE
DUONG, SOCIOLOGIST TRAN KHUE, FORMER DEAN OF THE PHILOSOPHY
INSTITUTE HOANG MINH CHINH AND ALMOST 20 OTHERS, MANY OF
THEM VETERAN REVOLUTIONARIES, WERE EITHER DETAINED OR
HARASSED.

4 - THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF 2001, THE POLITICAL
SECURITY FORCES DISTRIBUTED ANONYMOUS ARTICLES WIDELY TO
MISREPRESENT AND TAINT NOVELIST HOANG TIEN, SOCIOLOGIST
TRAN KHUE; HELD PUBLIC DENUNCIATIONS IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES
TO TRY MSSRS. HOANG MINH CHINH, PHAM QUE DUONG, NGUYEN
THANH GIANG, LE CHI QUANG. THE SPECIAL ASPECT OF ALL OF
THOSE DENUNCIATIONS WAS TRIAL IN ABSENTIA; SEVERAL
ADHERENTS REVILED AGAINST THE ABOVE MEN BASELESSLY WITH NO
REGARD FOR TRUTH AND PRINCIPLES.

5 - REVOLUTIONARY POET BUI MINH QUOC WAS STOPPED AND
ARRESTED AFTER A TRIP TO THE NORTHERN BORDER PROVINCES. HE
WAS ORDERED TO BE DETAINED FOR 2 YEARS MERELY BECAUSE
DURING A SEARCH OF HIS LUGGAGE, SEVERAL HUNDRED PAGES OF
PRIVATE WRITINGS, WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH NATIONAL
SECRETS, WERE DISCOVERED. ALSO PUSHED INTO PRISON WERE

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SOCIOLOGIST TRAN KHUE, BIOLOGIST HA SY PHU.

6 - IN JANUARY 2002, VICE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND
INFORMATION PHAN KHAC HAI SIGNED A DECISION TO SEEK AND
DESTROY 4 BOOKS: "THOUGHTS BEFORE PASSING AWAY" BY VU CAO
QUAN, "CONVERSATION IN 2000" BY TRAN KHUE AND NGUYEN THI
THANH XUAN, "REFLECTIONS AND ASPIRATIONS" BY NGUYEN THANH
GIANG, "DIARY OF DRAGONS AND SNAKES" BY TRAN DO. THIS
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DECISION IS INVALID BECAUSE NOBODY IMPLEMENTS IT. NOT ONLY
THAT, IT WAS DENOUNCED STRONGLY BY DOMESTIC AND
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION.

7 - THE MASS ARREST OF OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT JUST
REASONS. THE IMPRISONMENT OF AMERICAN WAR VETERAN NGUYEN
KHAC TOAN FOR MORE THAN 4 MONTHS WITH THE "INDICTMENT":
DARING TO COLLECT PETITIONS AND ASSISTING OTHER PEOPLE
AGAINST CORRUPTION WHO HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED BY THEIR LOCAL
AUTHORITIES WHO DEMONSTRATED IN FRONT OF THE NA AUDITORIUM.
THE IMPRISONMENT OF LAW LECTURER LE CHI QUANG FOR MORE THAN
4 MONTHS MERELY BECAUSE OF HIS WRITINGS EXPRESSING HIS
PERSPECTIVES ON THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICIES OF THE
PARTY, GOVERNMENT. THE IMPRISONMENT OF MEDICAL DOCTOR AND
MASTER OF ECONOMICS PHAM HONG SON MERELY BECAUSE OF HIS
TRANSLATION OF "WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?" AND HIS LETTER TO
SECRETARY GENERAL NONG DUC MANH TO EXCHANGE IDEAS ON THE

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8 - FOR ALMOST A YEAR, WITHOUT OFFICIAL NOTICE, TELEPHONE
SERVICES HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED AT THE FAMILIES OF MSSRS.
HOANG MINH CHINH, PHAM QUE DUONG, HOANG TIEN, TRAN KHUE,
TRAN DUNG TIEN, HA SY PHU, NGUYEN DAN QUE, BUI MINH QUOC,
NGUYEN THANH GIANG, NGUYEN VU BINH, . THIS FURTIVE ACT DID
NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED EFFECT (BECAUSE ALMOST ALL HAVE
SWITCHED TO MOBILE PHONES AND MANY HAVE ANSWERED QUESTIONS
FROM FOREIGN PRESS MORE DRASTICALLY) IT ONLY MADE THE
AUTHORITIES LOOK LOST. THERE'S A COMMENT THAT STATES:
PRISONERS IN VIETNAM ARE TREATED WORSE THAN PRISONERS IN
WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE; THERE, TODAY, PRISONERS ARE STILL
ALLOWED TO USE TELEPHONES.
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9 - HARASS AND DETAIN MANY RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS AND CLERGY
...

THE CONTINUOUS BLUNT AND HAUGHTY OPPRESSION, WITHOUT REGARD
TO MORALS, EVIDENCE, REASONING THAT RUDELY VIOLATES THE LAW
AND CONSTITUTION CAUSES MANY PEOPLE TO COMMENT THAT:
TOGETHER WITH THE "HUMANITY MAGAZINE" AND "REEXAMINATION OF
ANTI-PARTY" MOVEMENTS, THIS IS ONE OF THE DARKEST PERIODS
IN THE HISTORY OF CPV IN THE AREAS OF CULTURE, IDEOLOGY,
REASONING.

THEREFORE WE TOGETHER SUGGEST:

1- THE POLITBURO NEEDS TO HAVE A CONFERENCE TO REEXAMINE
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECENT POLITICAL, CULTURAL,
IDEOLOGICAL SECURITY MEASURES IN WHICH ORGANIZATIONS OF
DOMESTIC POLICY, FOREIGN POLICY, TRADE, SCIENCE AND
EDUCATION PARTICIPATE. TO DEEPLY ANALYZE IMMEDIATE AND
LONG-TERM BAD IMPACTS WHICH WERE CAUSED BY THE SECURITY
FORCES IN ORDER TO RESHAPE, ADJUST, ADMINISTER RESOLUTELY
THOSE CADRES WHO HAD CAUSED THOSE BAD SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF
THEIR INEXPERIENCE OR OPPORTUNITY. TO CLEARLY DETERMINE
THE REASONS FOR LAX CONTROL THAT HAS CAUSE MAJOR PERILS
SUCH AS NAM CAM, THAI BINH, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ., WHILE
WEAPONS ATTACK SCHOLARS AND REVOLUTION VETERANS WHO HAVE

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2 - IF THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE, THEN TRY THEM OPENLY SOON;
OTHERWISE, RETURN FREEDOM TO VETERAN NGUYEN KHAC TOAN,
BACHELOR OF LAW LE CHI QUANG, MD MA PHAM HONG SON .

3 - TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE POET BUI MINH QUOC, SOCIOLOGIST
TRAN KHUE, BIOLOGIST HA SY PHU AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ANNUL
DECREE 31/CP, ONE THAT IS COMPLETELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
ILLEGAL.

4 - TO RECONNECT TELEPHONE LINES FOR THE ABOVE FAMILIES.
TO END ALL CURSING, LIBELING, HARASSING ACTS FROM THE
AUTHORITIES TOWARD CITIZENS. THE INDIGNITY, ANGER,
COMPLAINTS, SLANDERS . HAVE SPREAD NATIONWIDE AND GLOBALLY.
TO AVOID HEAVY JUDGMENT IN HISTORY, WE RESPECTFULLY AND
URGENTLY REQUEST YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE CONTENT OF
THIS SUGGESTION BECAUSE OF ITS URGENCY. THE REALITY
SERIOUSLY DEMANDS YOUR NECESSARY VISION, JUST AND
CLAIRVOYANT FOR THE SAKE OF A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY
THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR A WEALTHY, DEMOCRATIC,
JUST, MODERN COUNTRY.

HANOI, 6 JULY 2002
SIGNED

1 - NGUYEN VAN BAI - AGE 82 - TEACHER - NGUYEN KHAC TOAN'S
PARENT, 11 TRANG TIEN LANE - HANOI, TELEPHONE 8 260244

2 - NGUYEN VU BINH - FORMER CORRESPONDENT COMMUNIST
MAGAZINE, HOUSE NUMBER 26, APARTMENT 67B - VINH TUY - HANOI

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3 - HOANG MINH CHINH - FORMER GENERAL SECRETARY DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF VIETNAM, FORMER GENERAL SECRETARY VIETNAM UNITED
YOUTH ASSOCIATION, FORMER ACADEMICIAN OF TRIET STUDIES
INSTITUTE, 26 LY THUONG KIET - HANOI

4 - NGUYEN KIM CHUNG - AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER - LE CHI
QUANGS'S PARENT, 22 TRUNG LIET STREET - HANOI

5 - PHAM QUE DUONG - COLONEL PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM -
FORMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MILITARY HISTORY MAGAZINE, 37 LY NAM
DE - HANOI

6 - NGUYEN THANH GIANG - ACADEMICIAN, PROFESSOR OF
GEOPHYSICS, HOUSE A13P9, CAU GIAY DISTRICT

7 - VU THY HA - SECRETARY, DIRECTORS OFFICE, FRANCOPHONIE
ASIA-PACIFIC, 72B THUY KHUE - HANOI, TELEPHONE 9 840858

8 - VU KINH - AGE 73 - DISABLED VETERAN OF FRENCH WAR,
ENTERED MILITARY IN 1947, PARTY IN 1947, LIEUTENANT COLONEL
PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM

9 - TRAN KHUE - RETIRED CADRE OF LINGUISTICS INSTITUTE, 296
NGUYEN TRAI - HO CHI MINH CITY (COULD NOT SIGN IN PERSON
BECAUSE UNDER DETENTION)

10 - PHAN LONG (HONG LONG) - AGE 85, 56 YEARS IN THE PARTY,
REVOLUTIONARY SINCE 1936 IN DONG DUONG CONGRESS, FORMER
PROVINCIAL VICE CHAIRMAN, HOUSE 2, 43/43 CHUA BOC STREET -
HANOI, TELEPHONE 5 743698

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11 - NGUYEN XUAN PHUC - VETERAN OF AMERICAN WAR, 11 TRAN
TIEN LANE - HANOI

12 - TRAN THI QUYET - RETIRED CADRE, 11 TRAN TIEN LANE -
HANOI

13 - CHU THANH - POET, PEN NAME TU SOT, 16 NGUYEN THUONG
HIEN - HANOI, TELEPHONE 8 535911

14 - NGUYEN THU - AGE 75, FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF CENTRAL
ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT

15 - TRAN DUNG TIEN - VETERAN (NOTE: LISTS UNITS),12/95
CU LOC - THANH XUAN - HANOI

16 - HOANG TIEN - WRITER, APARTMENT 420, HOUSE A11, THANH
XUAN BAC - HANOI

17 - TRAN DAI SON - 54 YEARS IN THE PARTY, VETERAN (NOTE:
LISTS UNITS),51 HANG BAI - HANOI, TELEPHONE 8 263700
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