D) SOURCE SAID THAT HE HAD LEFT VIETNAM BECAUSE OF THE PERSECUTION OF AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CTBRIC CHINESE. FOR EXAMPLE, CHINESE CHILDREN WERE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO ATTEND SCHORL OR LEARN A TRADE (SIC).
C) SOURCE'S GROUP COMMENCED PREPARATIONS TO LEAVE IN SQUARE DRACKETS BEGIN FEBRUARY, SQUARE BRACKETS END 1979 AND BOUGHT THE
BOAT FOR SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN 15,069 DONG SQUARE BRACKETS END FROM A COMMUNE. THE COST WAS SHARED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. THE BOAT WAS CHEAP BECAUSE OF ITS OLD AND NEGLECTED CONDITION. SOURCE HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS HEAD OF THE COMMUNE FROM WHICH THE BOAT WAS PURCHASED. SOURCE SAID THAT THERE WERE 'ORGANISATIONS' WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECURITY (P S) OFFICE, WITH OFFICIALS WHO WOULD INTRODUCE PROSPECTIVE ESCAPEES TO CONTACTS' FROM WHOM THEY COULD BUY BOATS. THE P S OFFICIALS WERE PAID A 'FEE' FOR THIS SERVICE.
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ROBINSON.
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