Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 93, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 19, 1978 Page: 3 of 52
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BELIEVE
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Belts And The Largest Selection Of Belt Buckles In Denton County
320 W. Oak
387-6171
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They left Vietnam Oct
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permission to take it to
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have to leave after
repairs were made and
supplies put on board.
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But government of-
ficials said Saturday
they would not force the
ship out to leave, and
be
and
PORT
Malaysia
Call For Your Appointment Today
382-6883
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INTERNAL MEDICINE
CLINIC HOURS
8 AM 10PM M—F
8 AM-4 PM SAT.
2509 SCRIPTURF
382-2521
Notified by coded letters of the people targeted for
the trip out, these Chinese not only pay off the Ho
Chi Minh City officials but arrange for small fishing
boats to pick the passengers up and rendezvous with
larger craft at sea. Generally, the transfer ships are
small craft capable of carrying around 150 to 200
passengers
Investigate before you invest
and you will discover a big dif-
ference.
They sail across the South China Sea to Malaysia
where they have been landed secretly. From then
on it is up to relatives in the United States to ar-
range further financing and the paper work to get
them into America;
City selected for passage, along with the promise of
$2,000 for each person, payment in advance,
delivery guaranteed.
When the checks clear, the names are passed on
to Hong Kong where Chinese who have lived in
Vietnam take over. They have access not only to
ships such as the Hai Hong currently anchored off
the coast of Malaysia with 2,500 refugee aboard, but
also to ethnic Chinese who are still in Ho Chi Minh
City. Apparently, when Chinese businesses were
closed down earlier this year the proprietors were
able to hide most of their gold holdings.
MUNI 11
INIVTATION
Definition
Elegance
We pay no salesmen, so we
are able to return the interest on
pre-arranged trust plans to those
we serve.
reportedly bought their
way out of Vietnam with
the complicity of offi-
cials there, paying a
Hong Kong syndicate $5
Slip-on In leather upper.
Tan and Antique Brown.
Sizes 8-12 $37.95
TO PLACE
WANT AD
CALL
387-3811
That professional before need
funeral planning is a very impor-
tant investment; and should be
conducted by a licensed, profes-
sional funeral director.
$2095
im0 AND UP
“national”
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decided, the passengers
are emigrants, not
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Christmas
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sophisticated. Natural tapering to fit the
average American man. Available in
100% wool, Dacron/wool blends, and
texturized polyester. Regulars and longs .
. 38-44. $149.00-$169.00.
Our pre-need arrangements
, are all conducted in this manner
by our permanent staff of
professional funeral directors, in
our funeral home office.
profit. The Carter administration says this may
even be government policy and has rebuked the
Vietnamese government for “the practice of forcing
the refugees to buy their way out. It is particularly,
reprehensible.’’
The second reason is that the now-decimated
Chinese business community in Ho Chi Minh City is
using its hidden assets to arrange the payoffs for
boat people, in a financial operation — also highly
profitable — that is similar to the money black
market that functioned throughout the Vietnam
War.
Parallel to this situation has been an easing of
import restrictions by the Vietnamese government
that is allowing relatives in the United States to
regularly send hundreds of dollars worth of
cigarettes, blue jeans, cosmetics and other items
that are immediately convertible to cash on the
black market.
Vietnamese in Washington, D.C., and New York
who admit to having successfully used the 10,000-
mile connection, or who already have money in the
pipeline, say it works this way:
The exile grapevine has passed around phone
numbers for contacts in Los Angeles who prove to
be Vietnamese of Chinese ancestry. They accept
names and addresses of relatives in Ho Chi Minh
KLANG, and had government
(AP)
WILD BILL'S
LAYAWAY FOR CHRISTMAS
* LIZARDS
* KANGAROO
* SUPPLE CALFSKINS
* SHARKSKIN
* ANTELOPE
IN THE LATEST STYLES AND FASHIONS
... IT THE BEST BOOT
PRICES IN TOW V!4
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DON BARNES AND ASSOCIATES
525 N Elm at Congress
THE EYES HAVE IT!
and so do we...
Glares, Contact Lenses,
& Lens Duplicated
TEXAS STATE OPTICAL
Thursday night Till 7:30 P.M.
536 N. Locust at Congress 382-3535
refugees.. The, they sent security of- .
Malaysian government, ficers aboard to
refusing to accept them, fingerprint and register
had said the ship would , the refugees.
find havens for them million for the cruise
Representatives of
roen Funeral
Home
A definite step toward sheer
luxury from one of Americas
recognized leaders in mens
shoes. Fine leather uppers:
most with leather soles. $37.95-
$52.95
THE MEDICAL SURGICAL CLINIC
ANNOUNCES
JITENDRA BHATT M. D.
Weldon’s
Saddle & Western
Wear
war co
2 Blits. So. of Harpoof’s
Corner Of Bell & Hickory
Open Thurs. Nites Til 8:00
zaDE
Man -Sat. 9-6 till 8:00 Thors
The Difference Is:
We Care
Malaysia backed off
Saturday from its threat
to tow a rusty ship
crammed with 2,-500
Vietnamese refugees
into international
waters, allowing
France, Canada and the
United States to try to
. * Because it was a
commercial venture,
The refugees, Malaysian authorities
the three Western
nations met Saturday
with Malaysian
authorities in - the
capital, Kuala Lumpur,
to discuss what to do
with the stranded people
aboard the freighter Hai
Hong, most of them
ethnic Chinese who fled
southern Vietnam
France and Canada
have offered to take
some of the refugees,
but it was unclear what
commitment, if any, the 1
■ United States has made
The American quota of
25,000 Indochinese ref
ugees for 1978 has been
filled
The US Justice.
Department has said
Attorney General Grif-
fin Bell will meet with
congressional leaders to
discuss expanding the
— quota by 2,500
U.S Embassy
spokesman Michael
Brown said in Kuala
Lumpur that no
American commitment
had been made, al-
though U.N. refugee.
officials in Geneva said
Friday the United
States had agreed to
take some of the
refugees
1 Widespread sickness
was reported Saturday
on the 30 year old. 1.500-
ton coasting freighter,
which has baked in the
tropical heat since it
anchored off this west
Malaysian port 11 days
ago The Red Cross was
buying medicine locally
NEW YORK (AP) —A discreetly phoned
solicitation to lonely relatives. A $2,000 check
mailed to a Los Angeles post office box. A 16-week
wait for the delivery. .
That is the 10,000-mile connection.
But it is not hard drugs that moves along the new
international pipeline linking California with Hong
Kong and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. It is
human cargo, thousands of men, women and
children who are being spirited out of communist
Vietnam to neighboring countries and eventually on
to the United States.
An inquiry by The Associated Press shows that
scores of Vietnamese families who fled to the
United States when Saigon collapsed in 1975 have
started paying middlemen to arrange passage for
relatives out of Vietnam.
Many people who have already fled admitted
bribing their way out of Vietnam. But only in recent
months, informed sources amongst the Vietnamese 1
exile community report, have relatives with per-
manent American residency been able to
specifically order the passage of a loved one from
Vietnam. This development, has come for two
reasons, the sources report.
The first is that some corrupt Communist officials
in Ho Chi Minh City are aiding the exodus — at a
WILD BILL’S WESTERN WEAR
NLOCUSTe DENTON TE NAS 76201 PH 3826822__
. stomt HOURS 9 6. MON THRU SAT
Sunday, November 19, 1978 THE DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
Refugees paying high price
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