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(E) CHINESE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED AND CHINESE CHILDREN WERE NOT
ALLOWED TO ATTEND VIETNAMESE SCHOOLS OR LEARN A TRADE:
(F) ETHNIC CHINESE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ASSOCIATE WITH
VIETNAMESE :
(G) A CURFEW WAS IMPOSED ON ETHNIC CHINESE:
(H)
THOSE WHO DID NOT LEAVE OR GO TO THE N.E.Z WERE TO RECEIVE •
NO RATIONS;
(1) THE MAIL OF ETHNIC CHINESE WAS CENSORED:
(J)
(K)
ETHNIC CHINESE WERE THREATENED WITH LIQUIDATION''
OR IMPRISONMENT IN THE EVENT OF FUTURE HOSTILITIES WITH CHINA:
CHINESE BOAT OWNERS, MOSTLY FISHERMEN, HAD THEIR BOATS CONFISCATED, WHICH WERE THEN SOLD TO PERSONS SEEKING TO LEAVE: (1.) ETHNIC CHINESE FISHERMEN HAD TO BRIBE OFFICIALS TO AVOID
CONFISCATION OF THEIR BOATS.
THOSE WHO DECIDED TO LEAVE COULD OBTAIN BOATS THROUGH PUBLIC
SECURITY OFFICIALS OR MIDDLEMEN FOR A FEE. PUBLIC SECURITY OFFICIA
PREPARED LISTS OF THOSE ALLOWED TO LEAVE, SEARCHED BOATS BEFORE
DEPARTURE AND CONFISCATED VALUABLES. ON OCCASION THEY ACCEPTED
PAYMENT IN RETURN FOR NOT SEARCHING.
5.
A PUBLIC SECURITY VESSEL TOWED SMALL BOATS OUT TO SEA FOR
PAYMENT. BOATS WERE SOMETIMES INTERCEPTED BY OFFICIALS
SUBSEQUENTLY AND FURTHER PAYMENTS HAD TO BE MADE.
6.
THOSE LEAVING WERE WARNED NOT TO TALK ABOUT CONDITIONS SEMI- COLON IF THEY DID THEIR RELATIVES WHO REMAINED WOULD BE PERSECUTED,
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