HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09012004 - 70-716 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, NATE OF CALIFORNIA
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Prisoners of War Hold by the ) RESOLUTION NO. 70/716
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WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors has this day received a
communication from the Honorable Ed Reineake, Lieutenant Governor
of the State of California, pertaining to the humane treatment of
prisoners of war and to the release of American 'prisoners held by
the North Vietnamese; and
WHEREAS Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed November 11,
Veterans' Daffy, as P.O.W. Day in California; and
SEAS the North Vietnamese have refused to abide by the
terms of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War and have also
refused the services on behalf of the prisoners by humanitarian
organizations such as the American Red Gross- and
WHEREAS American prisoners of war in North Vietnam are suffering
great anguish as are their families, relatives and friends; and
WHEREAS an expression of public opinion might persuade the
North Vietnamese to alter their policy of silence on the state of
American prisoners of war as a tactic of warfare
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA
COSTA' COUX'TY, CALIFORNIA$ RESOLVED that citizens of Contra Costa
County are urged to sign a petition to the Government of North
Vietnam requesting that said government live up' to the obligations
of the Geneva Convention.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 27th day of October, 1970, by the
following vote
AYES: Supervisors J. P. Kenny, A. M. Dias,
J. E. Moriarty, E. A. Lins'eheid, T. J. Coll.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
RESOLUTION NO. _70/716