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 CIS NO: 77-H461-72
 TITLE: Human Rights in Vietnam.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: vi+229 p.
 DATE: June 16, 21, July 26, 1977
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 95-1              SUDOC: Y4.In8/16:H88/26
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 77-604620               MC ENTRY NO: 78-1077

 Hearings before the Subcom on International Organizations to assess the
 human rights situation in Vietnam since establishment of the Socialist
 Republic of Vietnam (SRV) in 1975, and to consider its implications for U.S.
 diplomatic and commercial policy toward the SRV.
   Appendix (p. 169-229) contains a submitted statement and articles,
 including:
 a. Young, Stephen (atty, NY), "Unpopular Socialism in United Vietnam"
     Orbis, Aug. 1977 (p. 182-201).
 b. Musil, Robert K. (Center for Natl Security Studies), "Vietnam and the
     Press" (p. 211-229).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Human rights in Vietnam
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): VIETNAM (Human rights
     conditions); SUBCOM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
     HOUSE; CIVIL LIBERTIES; FOREIGN.RELATIONS; FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
     ("Vietnam and the Press"); SOCIALISM ("Unpopular Socialism in United
     Vietnam")

 77-H461-72 TESTIMONY NO: 1         June 16, 1977 p. 1-46
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     FORSYTHE, JULIA B. (Asia desk, Amer Friends Service Committee (AFSC);
        former AFSC worker, Quang Ngai, Vietnam)
     GELINAS, ANDRE (Rev.) (Far East province, Soc of Jesus; former Chinese
        history prof, Univ of Saigon; former staff member,
        Alexander-de-Rhodes Student Center, Vietnam)
     TURLEY, WILLIAM S. (assoc political science prof, Southern Ill Univ;
        former visiting prof, Univ of Saigon)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Differing views on nature and extent of alleged
     SRV human rights violations; background of SRV treatment of ethnic and
     religious minorities, including Chinese and Catholics; support for U.S.
     diplomatic recognition of Vietnam and initiation of economic assistance.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Human rights in Vietnam
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE
     COMMITTEE; FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE; RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; CATHOLIC CHURCH;
     MINORITY GROUPS (Chinese minorities repression in Vietnam,
     allegations)

 77-H461-72 TESTIMONY NO: 2         June 21, 1977 p. 48-144
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LUCE, DON (co-dir, Clergy and Laity Concerned)
     JACQUENEY, THEODORE (dir, Democracy Intl; former Officer, AID,
        Vietnam)
     MCCLEARY, PAUL F. (Rev.) (exec dir, Church World Service, Natl Council
        of Churches of Christ)
     MEINERTZ, MARGARET A. (dir, southern Asia, Church World Service, Natl
        Council of Churches of Christ)
     COI, NGUYEN VAN (former provincial rep, Quang Duc Province, Vietnam)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Contradictory evidence regarding purposes of
     Vietnamese so-called re-education centers; refutation of charged SRV
     civil liberties transgressions; recommended U.S. efforts on behalf of
     specific Vietnamese political prisoners (list, p. 57-58) and initiation
     of food and medical assistance programs. (p. 48-72)
       Personal account of political imprisonment in Vietnam and observations
     of postwar abridgements of religious and other human rights by SRV;
     opposition to establishment of U.S.-SRV diplomatic relations. (p.
     73-144)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Human rights in Vietnam
 DESCRIPTORS: DEMOCRACY INTERNATIONAL; NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF
     CHRIST; POLITICAL PRISONERS; RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE;
     CLERGY AND LAITY CONCERNED

 77-H461-72 TESTIMONY NO: 3         July 26, 1977 p. 145-167
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HOAN, NGUYEN CONG (former provincial rep, Phu Khanh Province, Vietnam)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Reasons for recent escape from Vietnam,
     including Communist control of SRV and resulting religious persecution
     and curtailment of individual freedoms; urged ban on U.S. provision of
     assistance to SRV government.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Human rights in Vietnam
 DESCRIPTORS: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; COMMUNISM; FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE