Gift Details

Recipient Information

Recipient: First Family

Agency: NA

Gift Information

Value: $2050.00

Year Received: 2000

Date Received: NA

Gift Description

For Chelsea Clinton: 42" long wooden traditional Vietnamese musical instrument with one string and abalone shell inlay on the ends and the sides that depict flowers, dragons, and Vietnamese people, $200. For the First Lady: (1) Scalloped fan-shaped silver box with birds and a floral design on the lid, a farming scene on the sides, with red velvet interior, $350. (2) 22" x 31" yellow, green, orange, and black handwoven tapestry that depicts Vietnamese fisherman in two canoes on a river at sunset, framed and matted in a 33" x 42" wood frame with a plaque that reads ``With Compliments from President of S.R. Vietnam Tran Duc Luong and Madame,'' $600. (3) Pink photo album of pictures of the First Lady and Chelsea in Vietnam, $30. For the President: (1) 42 hardcover books. ``Tong Tap Van Hoc Vietnam Tron Bo 42 Tap: Volumes 1-42,'' published by Nha Xuat Ban Khoa Hoc Xa Hoi, $840. (2) Green photo album of pictures of the President in Vietnam, $30; Recd--November 17, 2000; Est. Value--$2050; Archives Foreign.

Justification

Non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government