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Advisory of Wednesday, March 5, 2003, announcing request for written com-

ments on the Extension of Permanent Normal Trade Relations Status to

Armenia, Moldova, and Laos

Aid to Artisans, Hartford, CT, Clare Brett Smith, letter

Agarwal, Sumit, Providence, RI, and Souphala Chomsisengphet, Chevy

Chase, MD, letter

Akkhamountry, Kaykeo, Oslo, Norway; Bounlom Keobouahom, Bergen, Nor-

way; Sitthiroth Rasphone, Norwich, UK; Xayadeth Phouyavong, Ange, Swe-

den; Silavanh Sawathvong, Umeå, Sweden; Vilachith Phommasack,

Uppsala, Sweden; Phonephet Chounlamountry, Täby, Sweden; Khambou

Hagberg, Skarpnäck, Sweden; Vanthong Phengvichith, Uppsala, Sweden;

Vanvilay Phalamixay, Vällingby, Sweden; Amphone Souvannasy, Jokkmok,

Sweden; and Viengphet Vanthanouvong, Uppsala, Sweden, letter

Aloun Farms, Kapolei, HI, Alec Sou, letter and attachment

Alton, Charles, Vientiane, Lao PDR, letter

American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, Singapore, Kristin E. Paulson,

letter

American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, Ellen

Devlin, letter

American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA, David Elder, letter
Andersen, Phaeng Toommaly, United Laotian Community, Oakland, CA, let-
ter and attachment

Armenian Assembly of America, Hirair Hovnanian and Peter Vosbikian, let-

ter

Armenian National Committee of America, Glendale, CA, Aram S.

Hamparian, letter

Armstrong, Mark, Woodbridge, VA, letter (identical letter received from 163

other individuals)

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Association Boun enfants des rizières, Marseille, France, Boun Siyavong,

letter

14

Association Le Fragipanier, Mende, France, Khamsing Phothirath, M.D., joint
letter (See listing under Fraternite France-Laos, Le Vigan, France)

Autor, Erik O., National Retail Federation, letter

Bassett, Elizabeth, Charlotte, VT, letter

Baynham, Kirsten, PhonTong Handicrafts Cooperative, Vientiane, Lao PDR,

letter

Berk, Marvin, Long Island City, NY, letter (identical letter received from
11 other individuals)

Bledowski, Gary Lee, Belleville, MI, letter (identical letter received from

113 other individuals)

Bliatout, Sam, Fresno, CA, letter

Bliayang, et al., Moua Sao, Lanxang Democracy, Inc., Roseville, MN, letter

Boualouang, Sonelay, Saint Paul, MN, letter

Bounsouaysana, Prasith Sid, Dallas, TX, letter

Boutah, Anola, Arlington, VA, letter

Bower, Ernest Z., US-ASEAN Business Council, letter and attachment

Braun, Caristan, South Riping, VA, letter (identical letters received from

113 individuals)

California-Asia Business Council (Cal-Asia), Alameda, CA, Jeremy W. Potash,

letter

Cardin, Hon. Benjamin L., Commission on Security and Cooperation in Eu-

rope, letters

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Carroll, Mark and Janice Carroll, Big Lake, MN, letter

Caterpillar Asia, Singapore, Mark Schoeneman, letter

CFCO International, Tony R. Culley-Foster, letter and attachments

Chagnon, Jacquelyn, and Reverend Roger Rumpf, Warrensburg, MI, letter

and attachment

Chaleunrath, Vilay, Alexandria, VA, letter

Chang, Charlie J., Laotian Multi-Ethnic Alliance for U.S.A.-Laos Friendship,

Washington State Representation, Seattle, WA, letter and attachment

Chanthavong, Kommaly, PhonTong-CAMA Handicraft Cooperative, Vientiane,

Lao PDR, letter

Chanthyasack, “Sirch" Sourichanh, Jersey City, NJ, letter and attachments

Childress, Richard T., Flat Rock, NC, letter

Chomsisengphet, Souphala, Chevy Chase, MD and Sumit Agarwal, Provi-

dence, RI, letter

Chounlamountry, Phonephet, et al., Täby, Sweden, letter

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Hon. Benjamin L. Cardin

and Hon. Christopher H. Smith, letters

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Concern Worldwide, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Stuart Highton, letter

39

Congsa, Jack, San Diego, CA, letter (identical letters received from 168 other

individuals)

Consortium of World Education and World Learning, Boston, MA, Connie

Woodberry, letter

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Council of Lao Representatives Abroad-Oceanic Region, NSW Australia, Kat

Ditthavong, letter and attachment

Crapa, Joseph R., United States Commission on International Religious Free-

dom, letter and attachment

188

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Culley-Foster, Tony R., CFCO International, letter and attachments

Cyrille, M.D., Vongsouthi, Montpellier, France; Souk-Aloun Jocelin, M.D.,

Rodez, France; Souk-Aloun Phou, M.D., Le Vigan, France; Amphonesinh

Sengphet, M.D., Montpellier, France; Phothirath Khamsing, M.D., Mende,

France, letter

Dacey, Kristin, Stamford, CT, letter

Dalpino, Catharin E., letter

Dang, Bao N., Columbia, MD, letter

Dao, Yang, Laotian Multi-Ethnic Alliance for U.S.A.-Laos Friendship, Min-

nesota State Representation, Brooklyn Park, MN, letter and attachment

Dao, Yang, Laotian Multi-Ethnic Alliance for U.S.A.-Laos Friendship, Wash-

ington State Representation, Seattle, WA, letter and attachment

Dao, Yang, Laotian Multi-Ethnic Alliance for U.S.A.-Laos Friendship, Wis-

consin State Representation, Wausau, WI, letter and attachment

Darapheth, Chansamone, Fort Worth, TX, letter

DeBruin, Jerry, Toledo, OH, letter

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Devlin, Ellen, American Chamber of Commerce in Thiland, Bangkok, Thai-

land, letter

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Ditthavong, Kat, Council of Lao Representatives Abroad-Oceanic Region,

NSW 2177 Australia, letter and attachment

41

Doran, David, Mekong Law Group, Bangkok, Thailand, letter

138

Duckles, Madeline, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,

Philadelphia, PA, letter

213

Durant, Andrew G., letter

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Edgar, Joanne, New York, NY, letter

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Elder, David, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA, letter

Ferchak, John, Vientiane, Lao PDR, letter

10

Fraternite France-Laos, Le Vigan, France, Phoungeun Souk-Aloun, M.D., and
Association Le Fragipanier, Mende, France, Khamsing Phothirath, M.D.,
joint letter

Fund for Reconciliation and Development, New York, NY: John McAuliff,
letter and attachment, Susan Hammond, letter

General Assembly of Delegates of Laotians Abroad (GADLA), Scottsdale, AZ,

Sin Vilay, joint letter and attachments

Global Advance Technology, Inc., Wichita, KS, Khamphoui Manyseng, letter

Green, Hon. Mark, a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin,

and Hon. George Radanovich, a Representative in Congress from the State

of California, letter