A Letter Of Appreciation From
Omura Refugee Camp In Japan

( Originally in Japanese )

To: Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Dear Sir/Madam:

Greetings and best wishes to everyone in this early summer season!

We have already received 250 blankets, 246 pairs of sports shoes and books, sent for the refugees by your Association. On behalf of the refugees, we would like to extend to You our utmost gratitude.

We have distributed these donated items to those Vietnamese refugees returning to Au Lac, and conveyed Your warmest loving thoughts and friendship.

We hope that in the future, You will continue to contribute to the relief work for the refugees, and at the same time, continue to take into consideration the immigration regulations.

Finally, we wish You all the success in the further development and prosperity of Your Association.

Once again we would like to inform you that the donated items have been properly re¬ceived, and would like to extend to You our most sincere appreciation.

May 19，1995

Head of Omura Immigration Administrative Center
Matsuhira Kattsuhiko

Omura Camp is in Nagasaki County, south Japan. Formerly, it was a detention camp for Korean and illegal foreigners. Now, there are over four hundred Au Lac refugees being detained there together with foreigners of various nationalities.

Through a compassionate translator of the camp, Japanese fellow initiates came to know that the Au Lac refugees to be repatriated are living in pitiful conditions. They have nothing except the few pieces of clothes given to them previously by the Supreme Master Ching Hai, now old and tom, so he asked our Association for help. Supreme Master Ching Hai ever concerned about the needs of the refugees, especially instructed* the headquarters in Hsihu, Formosa to send gifts to Nagasaki.

Every Au Lac refugee to be repatriated received gifts: one pair of shoes, a blanket, and some of Supreme Master Ching Hai，s books and magazines to console their suffering souls.