Sent in by the
AIIPOWMIAI
1220 Locust Avenue
Bohemia, Long Island, New York 11716-2169 USA
Voice: (1-516) 567-9057
Fax: (1-516) 244-7097
TDD: (1-516) 244-6996
E-mail Address
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado
United States Senate
Washington,, DC 20510-0605
February 11, 1999
Dear Colleague:
I am writing to invite you to be an original cosponsor of the "Bring Them Home Alive Act of 1999." This Act would create the vital incentive needed to persuade key foreign nationals to take the risks needed to return any possibly surviving American POW/MIA's to the U.S. alive.
This bill would grant asylum in the United States to foreign nationals from key countries who personally deliver a living American POW/MIA from either the Vietnam War or the Korean War to the United States. Specifically, citizens of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos or any of the states of the former Soviet Union who deliver living American POW/MIA's from the Vietnam War -- and citizens of North Korea, China or any of the states of the former Soviet Union who deliver living American POW/MIA's from the Korean War -- would be granted asylum under this Act.
The "Bring Them Home Alive Act of 1999" includes citizens of the states of the former Soviet Union since recent news reports confirm that Soviet officials had planned a program to bring captured "knowledgeable" Americans to the Soviet Union for intelligence gathering purposes. While Russian officials have claimed that this plan was never carried out, this is far from certain.
Naturally, that foreign national's immediate family, including their spouse and children, would also be granted asylum in the U.S. since their safety -- and even their lives -- would most likely be imperiled by such a daring rescue of surviving American POW/MIA's.
If this bill leads to even one long-held POW/MIA's being returned home to America alive this effort will be well worth it -- 10,000 times over. Even though it has been many years since these two wars ended, they have not ended for any Americans who may have been left behind and are still alive. As long as there remains even the remotest possibility that there may be surviving POW's in these regions, we owe it to our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines to do everything possible to bring them home alive. This is the least we can after all they have sacrificed.
I plan on introduce the "Bring Them Home Alive Act of 1999" soon. If you would like additional information -- or wish to be an original cosponsor of the Bring Them Home Alive Act of 1999 -- please have your staff contact Larry Vigil of my staff at 224-5852.
Sincerely
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
U.S. Senator
DISCLAIMER: The content of this message is the sole responsibility of the originator. Posting of this message to the POW/MIA E-MAIL NETWORK (c) list does not show AIIPOWMIAI endorsement. It is provided so you may make an informed decision. AIIPOWMIAI is not associated in any capacity with any United States Government agency or entity, nor with any non-governmental organization.
