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October 02, 2002

Letter of Support from US Congressman Steven Rothman to Falun Gong Practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net)

Congress of the United States

Washington, DC

September 27, 2002

(name and address withheld)

Dear Ms. (name withheld):

Thank you for contacting me regarding your recent trip to Iceland and the treatment you faced by the government of Iceland as a Falun Gong practitioner. I appreciate hearing form you and I welcome the opportunity to respond.

Letter of Support from Fremont City Vice-Mayor Judy Zlatnik to President Bush

(Clearwisdom.net)

President George W. Bush

The White House

Washington, D.C

Dear President Bush:

I am writing you on behalf of a Fremont resident whose sister has been arrested as a practitioner of Falun Gong. I know that many people have requested United States pressure on China in regard to human rights violations so I am going to present what may be a somewhat different rationale for approaching China. Our city, Fremont, California, is one of the 90 largest cities in the United States. The majority of our population is of non-European origin and 17 % are Asian. Fremont recently traveled to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China on a cultural and trade mission. Representatives from our city met with local representatives in Shanghai, Beijing and Xi'an. Discussions were held on ways to encourage economic ties between our area and theirs. Future trade between the United States' West coast and China will be important to Chinese as well as American economic interests. In addition, Chinese American citizens and Taiwanese American citizens are a tremendous economic force in California. Many of our largest companies are owned by such citizens.

City of St. Louis, Missouri Passes Resolution Expressing Support for Falun Gong

(Clearwisdom.net) On September 20, 2002, the City Council of St. Louis passed a resolution to express support for the free expression of the Falun Dafa practice and to thank the many Falun Dafa practitioners in the community for the examples they set and for their commitment. Representatives of local Falun Gong practitioners were present at the Council meeting and accepted the resolution.