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CỘNG ĐỒNG NGƯỜI VIỆT QUỐC
GIA HOA KỲ
The Vietnamese American
Community of the USA
16204 Viki Lynn Pl., Pflugerville, TX 78660
____________
August 22, 2015
US Congress
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Congress,
On July 14, 2015, Mr. Ted
Osius, the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, visited the Vietnamese American
community in San Jose, California. The event was organized by the office of US
Congressman Mike Honda and San Jose Councilman Ash Kalra. Upon arrival to the
venue, an attendee, Ms., Ngoc Minh Do was asked by an agent to remove and
submit her lanyard that features the flags of the USA and Republic of Vietnam.
Appearing in front of the audience who has fled Vietnam to avoid revenge and
discrimination from the Communist tyranny, Mr. Ted Osius wore on his coat a
lapel pin with the flag of Communist Vietnam.
Ms. Do, as well as
several Vietnamese activists had sent letter to protest Mr. Osius and the
organizers and was explained that Mr. Osius “as the U.S. Ambassador to
Vietnam, he preferred not to be photographed with it given the potential
sensitivities” (Mr. Osius’s email to Mr. Michael Do, President of the
Vietnamese American Community of the USA on 07/30/2015) and the organizers “had
to abide by the requests of the U.S. State Department” (Mr. Edwin Tan –
District Director of Congressman Mike Honda – wrote to Ms. Minh Ngoc Do on
07/23/2015). Mr. Osius has at least once stated that he would lose his job if
taken picture with any symbol of South Vietnam.
On July 27, 2015, The
Vietnamese American Community of the USA had sent letter to the State
Department requesting an explanation, but so far, received no reply. In an
official letter to Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Ms. Julia Frifield (Assistant
Secretary) states that “Displaying the flag is obviously a lawful and
legitimate right for any American citizens.” Obviously, the flag of
Republic of Vietnam – recognized by about 50 States, Counties, and Cities in
the US as the Freedom and Heritage Flag – is the true identity of all
Vietnamese Americans.
On behalf of the
Vietnamese American citizens, we are writing this letter to express our
disappointment in regard to such humiliating behavior of a high official of the
Department of State and request an explanation from the State Department for
the following issues:
1.- Who in the State
Department requested the event organizers not to display the freedom and
heritage flag of the Vietnamese
Americans and to remove Ms. Do’s lanyard?
2.- Is the act of
requesting to remove Ms. Do’s lanyard with RVN flag a violation to the Freedom
of Expression that was written in the US Constitution and the 1st Amendment?
3.- Can such act
considered an emotional attack to the Vietnamese Community?
4.- Mr. Osius feared of
losing his job if photographed with the Vietnamese American symbols. Is this a
policy of the State Department? Who will fire him? Based on what
documentations?
We send this letter to
the Congress because you are our representatives and only the Congress has the
authorities to get the answers from the State Department. We really need
to find out who is/are responsible for such behaviors that hurt so much our
emotion.
Thank you for your
serious attention to this matter.
Sincerely yours,
Michael Do
CEO, President of the
VAC-USA
P.S. This letter will be
posted on Petition Online to gather signatures of Vietnamese American
supporters, and also be mailed to the members of Congress Foreign Affairs
Committees (both House and Senate)
Michael Do (Do Van Phuc)
Chairman of the Board of
Executives.
The Vietnamese American Community
of the USA
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