Letter from the USA President Bill Clinton

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

October 9, 1996
Mr. Alexander Bolonkin
President International Association of Former Political Prisoners and Victims of Communist Regime
1310 Avenue R, Suite 6-F
Brooklyn. New York 11229

Dear Alexander:

Thank you for sharing your views about the welfare bill that I signed into law in August. I believe that this legislation represents our last, best chance to reform the current system, which is fundamentally broken and hurts the very people it was designed to help, Millions of women and children deserve a chance at independence, and with this bill. we have a historic opportunity to end welfare as we know it. The best antipoverty program is still a job. This legislation promotes the fundamental values of work, responsibility, and family, without many of the worst provisions of the previous congressional bills that I vetoed. The bill requires that welfare recipients work, limits the time they can stay on welfare, and provides child care and health care to help them move from welfare to work. It demands parental responsibility and includes the toughest child support enforcement measures in history, while maintaining child protection and foster care funding, the national nutritional safety net, and health care for the poor, the elderly, and people with disabilities. It also gives states positive incentives to move people into jobs and holds the states accountable for maintaining spending on welfare reform. Combined with the newly increased minimum wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit -- which this legislation maintains -- the bill will make work pay for more Americans. Now that we have required work, we should make sure the jobs are there. I have proposed a plan to move one million people from welfare to work over the next three years, by giving businesses tax credits and other incentives to hire people off welfare, using private job placement firms to place welfare recipients in jobs, and enlisting all sectors of society in the challenge of putting people to work. I know this legislation is far from perfect, and it includes some provisions I deplore and am determined to fix. Unfortunately, the congressional leadership insisted on using welfare reform to target other, unrelated programs. For example, the law cuts deeper than it should into nutritional assistance, especially for working families with children, and it cuts off assistance to legal immigrants. These provisions, which never could have passed on their own, are misguided, and I am committed to fixing them. In fact, I have already issued directives to ensure that legal immigrants and their children who remain eligible for benefits under the new law do not have those benefits cut off mistakenly, and to allow eligible legal immigrants to become citizens as quickly as possible. Under legislation I signed on September 30, legal immigrants who are currently eligible to receive food stamps will be able to continue to receive them until April 1, 1997. This is only the beginning of welfare reform. It is now up to all of us to work together to ensure that welfare is a second chance, not a way of life.

Sincerely, Bill Clinton, President of the USA (signature) Return to Contents

Лeвон Адомян
Открытое обращение ко всем бывшим грaждaнaм СССР!

Милые, дорогие!
Я бывший политзаключенный психиатрии, правозащитник, писатель, автор книги "Советские психиатрические истребительные острова: газовые камеры двадцатого века" на русском языке под псевдонимом Лев Араксян. Вы можете познакомиться с ним в мемориальном музее имени Сахарова в Москве.

Я родился 1955 г. Приблизительно с пятнадцатилетнего возраста начал заниматься подпольно-военно-политической деятельностью против СССР с целью освободить политзаключенных СССР и с целью осуществления прав человека в СССР. Те далекие годы, как вы помните, ситуация была такая, что каждый день могла начаться атомная война между СССР и США. Я же, имея с детства склонность к наукам и самообразованию, сознавал, что в случае войны погибнут все, и в том числе и политзаключенные СССР, ведь пуля, как и атомное оружие, не разбирает, где свои, где враги. Исходя из этого, я занялся научно-теоретическими исследованиями с целью найти, изобрести (теоретически) такие виды вооружения, которые вообще недопустили бы применения атомного оружия, я пытался с помощью этого помочь США победить СССР и таким способом осуществить мою мечту, а именно помочь освободить политических заключенных СССР, и прочих!

В ходе борьбы попал в руки провокатора КГБ и был с помощью провокации посажен в психушку без суда и следствия, в 1975г. Второй раз по даносу в 1981 г. Меня допрашивали под пытками в присутствии представительницы КГБ, но в обеих случаях я обманул их и выбрался оттуда. Но пытки даром не прошли, из-за пыток я получил болезнь сердца и другие чисто физические болезни. В дальнейшем меня психиатрия приследовала с помощью чужих рук, с помощью КГБ.
Все эти годы я продолжал борьбу и пытался бежать из СССР. Борясь за освобождение политзаключенных и за права, я надеялся и мечтал, что после победы именно вы, бывшие политзаключенные будете управлять бывшeй большой зоной и что бывшая большая зона и США будут жить в братстве и взоимоуважении. Но так не случилось. Страну развалили. В целях отомстить за вас, за себя и в целях защитить интересы бывших политзаключенных и народа, я написал книгу. Я сделал все, что мог. Но я много лет уже в беде и нуждаюсь в вашей помощи. Дело в том, что из-за отсуствия реальных прав человека в Армении и во всей стране (в бывшем СССР), в частости отсуствия серьезного закона о компенсации за нанесенный ущерб с помощью психиатрии, и отсуствия закона о наказании палачей психушек, тюрем , лагерей, как и нарушения прав человека с помощью законов, в Армении просто шантажируют меня не давая реабилитироваться, как и многим бывшим политзаключенным психиатрии.
Из-за этого нарушаются мои права - право на достоинство, право на достойную жизнь, право на безопасность и право на жизнь.

В связи с этим я написал открытое обращение-письмо народу и президенту США с просьбой учитывать, что я боролся не только за права человека и освобождение политзаключенных СССР, но и за военную безопасность США, и по этому, исходя из этого, я решил просить от них политическое убежище в США в виде особого случая. Но что бы это осуществить, нужна ваша помощь. В связи с этим, я прошу вас, если моя жизнь и борьба вызовет сочувствие и сострадание, то я прошу вас в знак поддержки моего открытого обращения к народу и к президенту США, поддержите меня вашими подписями.
Политическое убежище я прошу для меня и для моей старой бабушки, она тоже участница моей борьбы.

Адовмян Левон. 2000г.

Армeния, г.Ерeвaн 375096
2 норки мaссив. Ул. Тотовeнтс 85 2/2, кв.46
Адовмян Лeвон
Вы сможете это сделать следующим способом, а именно написать Ваш адрес, имя, фамилию и послать это по адресу:
IASPPV, 1310 Avenue R, #6-F, Brooklyn, NY 11229 USA

Adovmyan 7-26-00

Levon Adovmyan
The opened letter to the USA President Bill Clinton and to people of the USA

Dear ladies and gentlemen !
Dear Mr. President!

I appeal to you connected with a deed, which can be settled only by you. My name is Adovmyan Levon. In my early ages, since 1970, I stood for a man's rights in USSR. I was only fifteen at that time. But unlike rights defenders of Moscow, I had to struggle in Caucauses by real reasons for a man's rights in USSR by political-military-underground scientific methods. Moreover, because of two reasons, and at the same time I struggled for a military safety of the USA from threat of USSR. I did it voluntary by calling of my hart and soul. The first reason was, mat I wanted to help the USA with the aim in case of war between USSR and me USA, to help the USA to win USSR, and with that to liberate political prisoners from madhouses of colony and from USSR camps, and to liberate all people from communist's dictatorship. I wanted to realize the man's rights in USSR by this way. The second reason was sine love towards me USA. I didn't infringe man's rights, but I infringed laws of USSR. And I understood the danger of my state. The methods of my struggle were simple. May be the point is, that in my early ages I liked science and technique very much, and I studied myself in these spheres of science and technique, which I had been interested on.

By this way I used my inclinations in science and technique in favor of man's rights and me USA with the aim to create such an unusual kind of weapon, with the help of which it could be possible to win USSR without using atomic weapon and with roe aim to create such kind of weapon for the USA, with the help of which could be possible not to admit me usage of the atomic bombs from USSR in case of war against the WSA; Later, after a few years, when our family moved from Soviet Georgia to the Soviet Armenia, I tried to 1 find local political dissidents in Armenia, with the of which I should connect with the USA government with the. aim to present my modest science-theory deeds of military knowledge to me USA government. In attempt to do this, I got into provocateur’s bands from KGB. The provocateur pretended a dissident poet and a member of secret organization of Armenia against USSR. After a few month, by supporting a complicated fraud artificial madding a circumstance, which tie with service of me army, he put me into the madhouse. But since (for all cases) I was careful with him. I hadn't given him a chance to get acquainted with my science-theoretic deeds of military sphere. I got out from madhouse and I deceived him by saying, that 1 was going to leave his group and that I had to stopped to struggle. I don't now, whether he believed me or not, but he left me alone. It was in 1975. I continued struggling for rights and military safety of me USA with more carefulness, but it was so difficult for me.

I was deprived of all rights, as I was admitted by a psychic madman because of provocateur’s provocation. But my life was in danger and they could put me into the madhouse, ml 981 for the report to UK! police by the KGB secret informers, I was arrested and again was put into the madhouse without trial and inquest. This
time they produced me the charge: 1 was charged in listening radio-station, "The Voice of America" from the USA and in talking about well-known right-defender academic Andrey Dmitrevich Sakharov and so on. Besides I was suspected in secretly studying by scientific activities. I was exposed to sufferings and once I was interrogated by sufferings in the presence of spokeswoman representative from KGB. She had specially come to madhouse for it. But they didn't have real proofs, cause the report wasn't written educated enough. Formally I deceived them with great difficulty, and I was liberated from madhouse in half-live condition. After.
Garbachov's coming to government, their tried to kill me again as witness of crime of Armenian madhouse against the people. They were afraid of glasnost, cause I partly gave to publish my deeds without reminding the military works.

As for, local right-defenders, many of them didn't appear like that, cause they in their actions and intends were quidancing by nation interests, and I was strange for them, cause I struggled in my whole life for the
man's rights in whole USSR and for military safety of the USA.

I was for Aleksander Soljenitsin and Sakharov all time. 1 am brought up in Russia-Armenian soul. There is no one serious and justice law in independent republic of Armenia, with the help of which I could give to trial madhouse of Armenia for all, that had done with me, and the prior KGB too, and get serious compensation. There is also no one law, with the help of which I could trial them as criminals against the people, for their crimes, which, by the way, are known to all over the world.
Dear Mr. President, dear people of the USA ! Please, notice, that the laws of madhouse are arranged on purpose with the aim to blackmail all former political prisoners of madhouse. Please, pay attention to that fact, that if even get theory a moment, that the trial rehabilitates the former political prisoners of madhouse without commission psychothrists, so at any case, even in this case from madhouse of Armenia and laws side, by this step will be defeated automatically financial blow to former political prisoners of madhouse, cause after theoretical rehabilitation former political prisoners of madhouse lost their little pensions, which they received for being psychic. And in case of rehabilitation as many of the former political prisoners of madhouse were physically ill because of sufferings in madhouse, can't do physically serious work for a long time (or work at all) and soon they will die from hunger. Besides, as there is no serious law about compensation in Armenia, it is not only blackmail, but it is also a double murder. Besides, these laws are direction to make former political prisoners of madhouse keep silent.

And not only from madhouse, but generally all former political prisoners. These laws not only blackmail and murder, but they infringe man's rights and right to life, right to honor and worthy and even to physical self-safety from such a country like that. It's obvious and don't need any proofs. As for me, I struggled so many years for man's rights in USSR and for military safety of the USA, in order to subject psychologists commission. It's lower my honor and worthy, generally I don't admit jurisdiction of madhouse to settle my fate.

Dear Mr. President!

All these years in struggle for man's rights in USSR and for military safety of the USA, took part and helped me my grandmother, Aleksander Soljenitsin's partisan. Many times at the risk of her own life she secretly tried to tie with the USA government with the help of kind people and dissidents with the aim to help me struggle for man's laws and for military safety of the USA. My grandmother has been a mother for me since my birth, as my parents had divorced and parted at all. Recently she fell and broke her leg in four places. She'll never walk again, cause bones are not tie right. She needs warmth and normal food, but we are poor, cause we receive very small pension, but it isn't the real problem. She says, that she doesn't want to live any more. Our morals-political state is unendurable. My grandmother is in death dangerous state, I'll be put into the madhouse in every moment and will be killed.

Dear Mr. President! Dear people of the USA !

After long years of struggle for man's rights in USSR and for military safety of the USA, now we ourselves need safety from you.

Dear Mr President!

Please, take notice to our unselfish request and circumstances, and in tie with this to leave political ambush to us in the USA. In tie with me hard sickly state of my grandmother, in tie with my heart illness (which is the consequence of sufferings in madhouse), please, organize our straight delivery to the USA without these laws and formalities, which are in these cases in sphere of giving a political ambush, cause we can't just physically endure difficulties, which tie with office of vises and registrations in Moscow and with emigre camps. Please, defend us socially, namely to give us a house and a pension in the USA.

Our dates:
My grandmother's name is Keshishyan Araksi. She was born in 1912, on 1 of July in Georgia, in town Akhltskha. Widow, she was not trailed. She is Armenian.
My name is Adovmyan Levon. I was born in 1955, on 23 of March in Georgia. I am not trailed. I am Armenian.
Our address:
Republic of Armenia, town Erevan, Index 375096, 2 Norki Massiv, Totovents street, home 85 2/2, flat 46.

Sincerely, Levon Adovmyan