[Vacets-local-dc] [Hoi ky Doan Duy Thanh va cuu Dai Su Le Bang (now Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs)]

[Hai Tran]

 Hello,
Trong hoi ky "Lam nguoi la kho" cua Doan Duy Thanh, chuong 9b noi ve nhung cuoc di nuoc ngoai va trong nuoc dang nho co doan nhu sau:

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"Thăm Hợp chủng quốc Hoa kỳ

Tháng 9-1994, Đoàn doanh nghiệp Việt Nam gồm 150 nhà doanh nghiệp do tôi làm trưởng đoàn sang thăm Hoa Kỳ, tổ chức triển lãm tại thành phố San Francico tại bang California. Lần đầu tiên có đoàn doanh nghiệp lớn sang Mỹ trong điều kiện hai nước mới bắt đầu lập lại quan hệ ngoại giao, nên hai bên đều có sự thăm dò lẫn nhau. Ban đầu đoàn gồm 250 người, có một số quan chức cao cấp là uỷ viên Trung ương Đảng cùng đi. Nhưng sau vụ bắt sò huyết của Đại sứ nước ta, phía Mỹ đưa lên báo chí, phía ta sinh lo lãng, rút đoàn xuống còn 150 người. Tôi cũng thấy buồn vì
 đã chuẩn bị hàng năm cho cuộc triển lãm. Doanh nghiệp đăng ký rất đông, đã phải cắt đi rất nhiều, nay lại giảm 100 doanh nghiệp, rất khó nói. Tiền thu rồi, vé máy bay, visa chuẩn bị gần xong, nay cắt ai, để lại ai, cứ phải thương lượng từng người rất vất vả. Nhưng rồi mọi việc cũng ổn thỏa."

Chi tiet nay Doan Duy Thanh noi den viec Dai su Le Van Bang luc do an cap so o New York bi bat cung tai xe, phai gio tro noi doi la "Speak no English" ... Tren mang Internet sau do da co bai cham biem nhu sau:

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Diplomat Ticketed For Clamming 

AP Online 

AP 09/09 13:29 EDT V0089 

Copyright 1994. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. 

   NEW YORK (AP) -- Vietnam's ambassador to the United Nations is claiming 
diplomatic immunity after being accused of illegally digging for clams on Long 
Island. 
   Ambassador Le Van Bang and his driver, Toan Nguyen Dinh, were spotted July 
31 in East Hampton's Hog Creek, carrying plastic bags filled with clams, town 
officials said. 
   The two men "acted like they didn't speak English when they were confronted 
by the harbormaster," said the town prosecutor, Scott Allen. 
   After police were called, Le and Toan dropped the bags of clams and claimed 
diplomatic immunity, the Daily News reported Friday. 
   The men were ticketed for illegal shellfishing and littering. Clamming 
without a license carries a $250 fine. The men are due in town court Oct. 3. 
   Allen is researching whether diplomatic immunity applies. 
   "Apparently, there are two different levels of diplomatic immunity," Senior 
Harbormaster Bill Taylor said. "The ambassador is total diplomatic immunity, 
the driver may be at a different level." 
   Nguyen Thi Hong, a spokesman at Vietnam's U.N. mission, said the incident 
was a misunderstanding. 
   "They were not picking up clams. They were just swimming around," he said. 

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A Patriotic Vietkieu (Vie^.t Kie^`u Ye^u Nu+o+'c)  came to Mr. Le V. Bang's rescue ... 

Open letter to CNXHCNVN Ambassador to the UN Le Bang 
Independence - (minus) Freedom - (minus) Happiness 

To the DISHONORABLE Le Bang, 

We regret to hear about your arrest for stealing public clams by the 
local New York authority.  It is yet another proof of the US imperialists 
harassment; the war is over, but they continue to attack your private 
enterprise effort, in this case, collecting public clams for your own 
meal. 


We agree with you that the local clamming law is not fairly enforced: 
it did not consider public official, party member, or those who helped 
and contributed to the revolution any differently. 


This could not happen in CHXHCNVN. We in CHXHCNVN always treat 
party members, government officials with the highest respect, 
along with special privileges and most of all, above the law. 
And we don't even wait until night falls to enact our law: 


    Nu+o+'c trong leo le?o, ca' ddo+'p ca' 
    Tro+`i na('ng chang chang, ngu+o+`i tro'i ngu+o+`i 

Our VN model, which you are a living proof of the 
supremacy of socialist society (u+u vie^.t cu?a xhcn). You represent 
the training, the inner working, the "best and brightest" of our proud 
socialist communist system, the honesty and the integrity 
instilled in and passed on by great great Uncle Ho. Your highly 
visible position of CHXHCNVN ambassador to the UN is a testimony 
to that fact. And your quick-minded reaction to the local police has 
confirmed to us that you have reached "the zenith of human 
intelligence" (ddi?nh cao tri' tue^. loa`i ... cho^m chi?a), an achievement
only our VCP could accomplish. 

It is obviously ridiculuous to charge that you are stealing the 
clams on a public beach. With your position, power and money, 
you can have all the clams that you ever want, so why have to 
steal anything at all. Some said that it's 
come from the trained habit of party cadres, that forbidden fruits 
taste better (a(n vu.ng ngon ho+n a(n tha^.t). That's hogwash. The 
truth of the matter is you and your driver were going for a midnight swim in a cold and 
deserted public New York beach. And along the way, you were 
trying to do a good deed by cleaning the beach of these 
delicious clams. You should be rewarded instead of prosecuted. 

Of course, when the port authority arrested you, you were in 
such a shock that you were no longer able to speak English. This is 
perfectly reasonable. Facing such a life threatening situation, 
others have even become speechless, but with your training, you 
surpassed these people by at least able to speak Vietnamese, 
just temporarily forgot English. Many were confused that you were 
trying the "No Speak English" trick, and hoped that the port 
authority would think that you are an uneducated, unknowing 
immigrant and would have mercy and let you go. There is no truth 
to such allegation. 

The whole incident is just an attempt to smear such a law 
abiding, honesty and integrity person such as you. It is also 
just a conspiracy of the outcasted Vietnamese oversea to insult 
and paint a bad picture about you and the regime you 
represented. The truth is you and your driver were just swimming 
around at midnight in a freezing beach, no more no less. 

In any case, we would like you to know that no matter what 
happened, we believe in you, and wish you the best. Of course, if 
the Central Committee decides to recall you and let you "mo` to^m", 
we'll make sure that your name and your infamous act of "mo` so`" will 
have its own place in VN history: You will forever be known as "the 
first 'mo` so`' ambassador of the SRV." 

Respectfully yours not, 

1 Vie^.t Kie^`u Ye^u Nu+o+'c ... My~ 




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