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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011  we feel that it is our duty -- and in the case of a nation in turmoil even the most humble people have their share of responsibility -- to speak the truth, to awaken public opinion, to alert the people, and to unify the opposition so as to point the way. We beseech the government to urgently modify its policies so as to remedy the situation, to defend the republican regime, and to safeguard the existence of the nation. We hold firm hope that the Vietnamese people shall know a brilliant future in which it will enjoy peace and prosperity in freedom and progress.

Yours respectfully,

1. TRAN VAN VAN, Diploma of Higher Commercial Studies, former Minister of Economy and Planning

2. PHAN KHAC SUU, Agricultural Engineer, former Minister of Agriculture, former Minister of Labor

3. TRAN VAN HUONG, Professor of Secondary Education, former Prefect of Saigon-Cholon

4. NGUYEN LUU VIEN, M.D., former Professor at the Medical School, former High Commissioner of Refugees

5. HUYNH-KIM HUU, M.D., former Minister of Public Health

6. PRAN HUY QUAT, M.D., former Minister of National Education, former Minister of Defense

7. TRAN VAN LY, former Governor of Central Viet-Nam

8. NGUYEN TIEN HY, M.D.

9. TRAN VAN DO, M.D., former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of Vietnamese Delegation to the 1954 Geneva Conference

10. LE NGOC CHAN, Attorney at Law, former Secretary of State for National Defense

11. LE QUANG LUAT, Attorney at Law, former Government Delegate for North Viet-Nam, former Minister of Information and Propaganda

12. LUONG TRONG TUONG, Public Works Engineer, former Secretary of State for National Economy Rh