Mnumzane uMongameli,
Eminyakeni engamashumi amane nanhlanu eyedlule ngagwetshwa ngecala lokuphula umthetho weSelective Service Act. Esikhathini esithile kamuva, ngemva kokuqeda i-parole yami nokuphothula esikoleni somthetho, ngathola incwadi evela kuMengameli uCarter engimema ukuba ngifake isicelo sokuxolelwa kukaMengameli. Ngaleso sikhathi, leli thuba lalinikwa labo bonke ababenecala lokuhlukunyezwa komthetho we-Selective Service Act.
Kodwa kimi, ngikholelwa ukuthi lo mnikelo wawuphutha. Ngempela, ngangibekwe icala lokuphula umthetho weSelective Service Act, kodwa hhayi ukwenqaba ukungena emisebenzini ehlomile noma ukwenqaba ukubhalisa lohlaka. Ukukholelwa kwami kwakungenxa yokuzama, kanye nabanye abaningana, ukweba amafayili eSevisi okukhethayo ehhovisi lebhodi lokuhlela, ikakhulukazi, ukweba wonke amafayela we-1-A, okuwukuthi, amafayela alawo majaji ayengaphansi kokungeniswa okusheshayo.
Ukuphendula isimemo sokufaka isicelo sokuxolelwa, ngabhalela uMongameli uCarter incwadi, ngamtshela ukuthi ngicabanga ukuthi wenze iphutha. Ngibhale ukuthi ngicabanga ukuthi udidekile - ukuthi uhulumeni kumele ngabe ucela uxolo kimi, hhayi ngenye indlela. Futhi bengingazimisele ngokunikeza uhulumeni wami ushwele ngaleso sikhathi.
Angizange ngizwe emuva kuMongameli.
Ngiyakhula manje, futhi ngenxa yezizathu eziningana, ngicabange kabusha. Okokuqala, angifuni ukufa ngibambe le ntukuthelo engibambelele kuyo cishe cishe isigamu sekhulu leminyaka.
Okwesibili, eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ngizwile izinkulumo eziningi, ngibona amafilimu ambalwa, futhi ngifunde ngokuthethelela labo abathintekayo ngokuhlukunyezwa, ukuhlukumezeka okukhulu, nokuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu. Ngokuvamile, lezi zinginike okuningi okuzozicabangela.
Okwesithathu, ngathinteka kakhulu ukuvakasha kwakho ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule ku-El Reno Federal Correctional Institution. Lona kwakuyijele lapho ngase ngiqale ukukhonza isigwebo sami seminyaka emihlanu ngoNovemba 1971. Labizwa nge-El Reno Federal Reformatory ngaleso sikhathi. Ngangimangaza ukuthi wena unguMongameli wokuqala owake wavakashela ejele. Ukuvakasha kwakho kwangibonisa ukuthi uyazi ukuthi kodwa izingozi zezimiso ngokuvamile ezingaphezu kokuzilawula kwethu, okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu kokuphila kungahle kube nokushintshaniswa nalabo abanenhlanhla kakhulu.
Ngakho-ke nginqume ukuthi manje kufanelekile kimi, njengomuntu oyedwa, ukumema, njengesikhulu sikahulumeni wase-US esiphethe kakhulu kunqubomgomo yethu yangaphandle, ukungifaka isicelo sokuxolelwa ukuthi angingathandi ukunikeza ngesikhathi lokho kuhanjiswa kwezinhlamvu noMongameli uCarter.
Manje, angikaze ngibe nesicelo sokuxolelwa ngaphambili, ngakho-ke anginawo amafomu ongawagcwalisa. Kepha ngicabanga ukuthi isitatimende esilula sokuthi kungani uhulumeni wase-US kufanele axolelwe ngezenzo zakhe kulo lonke elaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ngalezo zikhathi ezimbalwa zangemva kweMpi Yezwe II kufanele zanele. Izinkomba zobugebengu obuthile zingasiza. Angihlosile ukunikeza ingubo, ushwele wohlobo lukaMongameli Nixon ngakho konke okwenziwe uhulumeni wami noma okungenzeka ukuthi ukwenzile. Masikugcine emacaleni esazi ngawo.
Kufanele wazi futhi ukuthi lolu xolelo, uma lungenziwa, luzovela kimi kuphela. Anginalo igunya lokukhulumela abanye abalinyazwe yizenzo zase-US - kungaba ngamasosha ase-US noma emajele ase-US, noma izigidi zabantu baseVietnam, abaseLaotians nabaseCambodi abahlupheka ngenxa yamacala ethu.
Kepha mhlawumbe kunokufaniswa endaweni yokuxolelwa kuleso sisho sokuthi uma ugcina impilo eyodwa, usindisa umhlaba wonke. Mhlawumbe uma uthola ushwele kumuntu oyedwa, ovela kimi, kungakulethela induduzo elingana nokuthi uxolelwe yibo bonke abantu abathintekayo, uma kungenjalo umhlaba wonke.
Sicela uphinde watshelwa ukuthi lokhu kuxolelwa akusebenzi kuma-US amasha kakhulu
ubugebengu, ezinye zazo, isibonelo, ukwehluleka ukufuna ukuhlukunyezwa kwe-US-ukuboshwa okuzibophezelekile, okukukhathalela ngokuqondile, Mongameli.
Ngiyethemba unaka kakhulu ukwamukela lesi simemo sokufaka isicelo sokuxolelwa ngamacala kahulumeni wethu. Uyacelwa ukuthi uqiniseke ukuthi, ngokungafani nanoma yimuphi umuntu ophakanyiswe eNkantolo Ephakeme, isicelo sakho sizobhekelwa ngokushesha nangokuqondile. Impela ungalindela impendulo evela kimi ngaphambi kokuphela kwesikhathi sakho sehhovisi.
Ngibheke phambili ukuzwa okuvela kuwe, futhi ngiyaxolisa ukuthi kungithathe isikhathi eside ukudlulisela kuwe lesi simemo.
Owakho ngokuzithandela,
UChuck Turchick
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I-BOP # 36784-115
