Lin Huang Dong Xiao Ray Wang Shuping Lu Yingying Li Special Delegation From CBS Incident Committee to CBS Luncheon of communication Dear Fellow Chinese: On May 19th, CBS aired that notorious news segment which has met with the strongest protest from our and other Asian communities. Tens of thousands of letters, faxes and phone calls poured in to voice one message --we, the Chinese, in this land enjoy just as much as civil rights as any other ethnic groups and gone are the days when anyone in this country thinks this group can be bullied or humiliated. It was under such circumstances, CBS Incident Committee came into being. It consists of 80 core members and more than 8,000 followers. The committee over a period of five months has coordinated a protest movement with a international scope, contacted relevant government agencies, media, civil rights groups and conducted thorough research on the so-called "spy myth." There were moments of frustration and there were moments of doubts. But what keeps firing us up and what keeps us going is the sense of support we receive from you all. We know that you are all behind us and with perseverance we, together, can make a difference. WE HAVE!!! On October 18th, as a special delegation, we went to the CBS headquarters and forcefully voiced our anger and demand. And the president of CBS News apologized for our hurt feelings and today he told us again in writing and promised on October 21st CBS Evening News, "a very serious effort to set the record straight." Even though we have yet to see what they will say in the program, we believe we have already scored a major victory against a media giant. In the tele-press-conference on October 20th, our victory was viewed as the unprecedented event in the history of Chinese in the United States for justice, and equality. We should be proud of our achievement! WE the Chinese people in the United States! We want to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has been actively involved in this arduous fight for justice and dignity, thank those who have either contributed financially or those who volunteered their time or work in any stage of our work. Dear fellow Chinese, even though our fight with CBS might be drawing to a close, we believe our fight for equality in this country has barely started. We hope we can keep our fighting spirits alive and we hope we will continue to receive your support. We know together we can make a difference. Lin Huang Dong Xiao Ray Wang Shuping Lu Yinying Li and all the Members of CBS Incident Committee ================================================================= CBS NEWS A Division of CBS Inc., New York, NY 10018 (212)876-8581 Eric W. Ober President October 20, 1994 Dear Ms. Gong: This letter is being written as we are still fresh from Tuesday's luncheon here as CBS, I am speaking for all the people from CBS News who attended the gathering when I say that we were impressed by the depth of the genuine feelings expressed by all of you. We also now appreciate how it is possible to misconstrue or misinterpret the report on efforts by the Chinese government to insinuate spies into the United States. We appreciated how members of the Chinese community felt they were unfairly singled out. We are fully aware that the vast majority of Chinese, Chinese Americans, and other Asian Americans are exactly what they seem to be: legitimate, law-abiding students, visitors, immigrants and citizens, both long and short-term. If our story did not convey that awareness, we fully apologize. After a series of discussions with the people at CBS News who were involved in the broadcast and its preparation, we have decided on a course of action. On this Friday's edition of The CBS Evening News, we will make a very serious effort to set the record straight. I hope you will be watching and will alert other members of the group that attended today's luncheon and the larger constituency they represent. I believe the dialogue we established will go a long way to re- establishing the historically strong relationship between the Chinese and Chinese American communities and CBS News. It is a relationship of which we are quite proud in the decades of service we believe we have performed informing America about developments in this country and all over the world. 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