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From: Bob Necci & Carol Hrdlicka, Andi Wolos
(POW-MIA FaxNetwork)

Re: Hearings Update

Date: July 20, 1997

The Finance Committee Hearings have a finite life span. And with the slow pace that is overtaking it, we may never publicly hear what the effects of this scandal had on US-Vietnam relations.

While the Senate belabors who can say what about whom and what party, while Just-Us red lines every request and drags its heels, the public is falling asleep waiting. Some highlights for consideration -

Direct evidence was presented showing John Huang helped channel funds from Lippo to the DNC. This was while Huang was still at Hip Hop Holdings, a Lippo subsidiary.

DNC said it will return the money.

An officcer of Hip Hop Holdings, Juliana Utomo, testified she signed a $50,000 for the DNC at Huang's request.

Huang wired Lippo asking for reimbursement for the DNC donation. This testimony prompted Senator Joseph Lieberman to remark, "There's a pretty clear document here requesting a reimbursement for a $50,000 donation to the DNC Victory Fund, which certainly looks like the movement of foreign money into an American campaign in 1992."

Other foreign nationals, upon promising donations, were even able to meet with then-deputy National Security Adviser Sandy Berger. It should be noted that Sandy Berger did a lot of 'damage control' when certain POW-MIA related reports and documents were made public. Was it not Sandy Berger who responded to Senator Bob Smith's questions and speech about Campaign Finances-Lippo-Peterson, during Smith's brief protest of Peterson's Confirmation as Ambassador?

Senator Smith then disclosed that Huang visited the Whitewash House 52 times while employed at Lippo.