PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20500

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT :

      PLEASE END MOST FAVORED NATION TRADE TO CHINA.

      CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD HAS NOT IMPROVED SINCE THESE PRIVILEGES WERE GRANTED IN 1998. IN FACT, THE SITUATION FOR ROMAN CATHOLICS AND OTHERS IN CHINA HAS WORSENED.

      THE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP "FREE THE FATHERS" HAS DOCUMENTED THAT OVER 100 CATHOLIC PRIESTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD PRISONER IN CHINA. SOME HAVE BEEN IN PRISON FOR DECADES.

      BISHOPS AND PRIESTS LOYAL TO POPE JOHN PAUL II ARE BEING DENIED THE RIGHT TO SAY MASS OR LEAD THEIR CONGREGATIONS.

       BISHOP JOSEPH FAN - 84 YEAR-OLD SPIRITUAL LEADER OF CHINESE CATHOLICS - WAS BEATEN AND TORTURED TO DEATH ON ORDERS OF CHINESE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

      THOUSANDS OF LAY CATHOLICS, ALONG WITH BAPTISTS, PRESBYTERIANS, AND PENTECOSTALS, HAVE ALSO BEEN SENT TO FORCED LABOR CAMPS.

       EVERY CATHOLIC PRIEST AND PROTESTANT MINISTER MUST BE FREED IN ORDER FOR CHINA TO ENJOY FULL CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD COMMUNITY.

    REVOKE CHINA'S MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS!

           SINCERELY,