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Viewing cable 01HOCHIMINHCITY260, NOTES ON FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY FROM OFFICIAL VIETNAMESE MEDIA SOURCES

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01HOCHIMINHCITY260 2001-03-12 01:50 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


2001HOCHI00260 - UNCLASSIFIED
 
 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTO6190

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ACTION EAP-00   

INFO  LOG-00   NP-00    AID-00   AMAD-00  ACQ-00   CIAE-00  INL-00   
      DINT-00  DOTE-00  SRPP-00  DS-00    EB-00    EUR-00   FAAE-00  
      FBIE-00  UTED-00  H-01     TEDE-00  INR-00   IO-00    L-00     
      NSAE-00  OIC-02   OPIC-01  PRS-00   P-00     SP-00    SS-00    
      STR-00   TEST-00  USIE-00  DSCC-00  PRM-01   DRL-02   G-00     
      NFAT-00  SAS-00     /007W
                  ------------------D03DD7  120151Z /38    
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4723
INFO AMEMBASSY HANOI 
AMEMBASSY TOKYO 
AMEMBASSY BEIJING 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
AMCONSUL HONG KONG 
USMISSION GENEVA 
ASEAN COLLECTIVE
USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI
JICPAC HONOLULU HI
SECDEF WASHDC
DIA WASHDC
NSC WASHDC
DEPTTREAS WASHDC
USDOC WASHDC
UNCLAS HO CHI MINH CITY 000260 
 
SIPDIS 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV AND EAP/PD/JMARTIN 
STATE ALSO FOR DRL/IRF 
STATE ALSO FOR INR/EAP/SEA AND INR/IL/B 
CINCPAC FOR FPA 
SECDEF FOR ISA/EA/LSTERN 
DEPTTREAS FOR AJEWELL 
NSC FOR GENE CHRISTY 
USDOC FOR 4431/MAC/AP/OKSA/HPPHO 
ROME PLEASE PASS VATICAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KIRF PINR VM HUMANR RELFREE
SUBJECT: NOTES ON FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY FROM OFFICIAL VIETNAMESE MEDIA SOURCES 
 
1. SUMMARY: FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY SUBMITTED WRITTEN 
TESTIMONY HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO 
THE COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, WHICH 
HELD HEARINGS IN WASHINGTON ON FEBRUARY 13.  FATHER LY HAS 
SINCE BEEN PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST AND HAS BEEN THE 
TARGET OF EXTREMELY CHARGED ARTICLES IN THE VIETNAMESE 
MEDIA.  TWO ARTICLES, ONE IN NHAN DAN AND THE OTHER IN 
TUOI TRE, BOTH DATED MARCH 8, INCLUDE BIOGRAPHICAL 
INFORMATION AND OTHER INFORMATION ON HIS RECENT PROBLEMS 
WITH THE GOVERNMENT, SOME OF WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN 
TO POST.  FOLLOWING ARE NOTES EXTRACTED FROM THESE 
ARTICLES THAT MAY BE USEFUL BACKGROUND FOR THOSE READERS 
FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. NGUYEN VAN LY WAS BORN IN 1946 IN QUANG TRI PROVINCE. 
HE GRADUATED FROM HUE GRAND SEMINARY IN 1974, AND LATER 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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THAT YEAR BECAME A SECRETARY OF THE HUE ARCHBISHOP'S 
OFFICE.  IN SEPTEMBER 1977, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR 
DISSEMINATING DOCUMENTS WITH ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY CONTENT. 
HE WAS NOT PROSECUTED AT THAT TIME, HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH HE 
WAS DISMISSED FROM THE ARCHBISHOP'S OFFICE AND TRANSFERRED 
TO DOC SO PARISH IN HUE CITY.  FATHER LY WAS ARRESTED 
AGAIN AND SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT ON DECEMBER 
9, 1983.  (NOTE: THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES SAY HE WAS 
DISMISSED FROM DOC SO PARISH IN 1981 - THIS MAY BE THE 
YEAR HE WAS ARRESTED.) 
 
3. HAVING SERVED HIS TERM IN PRISON, FATHER LY RETURNED TO 
THE HUE ARCHBISHOP'S OFFICE.  ON NOVEMBER 24, 1994, HE 
DISTRIBUTED A DOCUMENT CLAIMING GOVERNMENT REPRESSION OF 
RELIGION.  THE ARTICLES THEN SAY "THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE 
OF THAU THIEN-HUE PROVINCE DECIDED TO FORCE HIM TO RESIDE 
IN... PHUONG DUC PARISH, HUE CITY." 
 
4. ON NOVEMBER 10, 2000, FATHER LY WAS AT THE CENTER OF A 
CONFRONTATION REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN IRRIGATION 
WORK NEAR THE CHURCH.  THE ARTICLES SAY, "WHEN THE LOCAL 
ADMINISTRATION INVITED HIM TO ITS OFFICE TO RESOLVE THE 
PROBLEM RELATING TO THE LOCAL SECURITY AND ORDER, HE TORE 
UP THE INVITATION PAPER IN THE FACE OF THE LOCAL CADRE." 
 
5. FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT, FATHER LY WAS TRANSFERRED TO 
AN TRUYEN PARISH IN PHU VANG DISTRICT, A COASTAL DISTRICT 
OF THUA THIEN-HUE PROVINCE, JUST EAST OF HUE CITY.  INSIDE 
THE CHURCH COMPOUND, FATHER LY HUNG BANNERS WITH SLOGANS 
SAYING "WE DEMAND FREEDOM" AND "FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR 
DEATH." 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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6. THE ARTICLES THEN GO ON TO REPORT INTERVIEWS OF PEOPLE 
FROM THE DISTRICT WHO ARE QUOTED DENOUNCING FATHER LY AND 
HIS ANTI-GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES. 
 
COMMENT 
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7. THE ABOVE PROVIDES SOME BACKGROUND INTO FATHER LY'S 
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE GOVERNMENT WHICH HAVE LED UP TO HIS 
RECENT HOUSE ARREST.  THE ATTENTION BEING GIVEN TO THE 
PRIEST AND THE VICIOUSNESS OF THE JOURNALISTIC ATTACKS ON 
HIM DEMONSTRATE THE GVN'S HEIGHTENED SENSITIVITIES IN THE 
DAYS LEADING UP TO THE PARTY CONGRESS AND THE DAYS 
FOLLOWING THE TURBULENCE IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. 
 
RAY 
 
NOTE: NOT PASSED TO ABOVE ADDRESSEE(S) 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED