Are you sure they fly the flag there, or is that some unfounded internet rumor you are repeating?
Are you sure they fly the flag there, or is that some unfounded internet rumor you are repeating?
“Are you sure they fly the flag there, or is that some unfounded internet rumor you are repeating?”
Dear XXXXXXXXXXX:
My staff contacted Ford Motor in regard to your e-mail asking if they display
the North Vietnam Flag.
At Ford Corporate Headquarters in Southfield they have 42 flag poles that
display their international holdings — they do business in more than 200
countries. The largest flag pole, 70 ft. high, displays the U.S. flag.
Of the 42 international flags, various methods have decided which are flown.
For a long time, the flags were chosen for the largest producing counties.
Earlier last year, for a short time, flags were chosen based on the opening
of new plants, ventures, etc. The national flag of Vietnam was among these
due to the opening of a new manufacturing facility. Last fall, however, the
company re-examined their policy for choosing the flags, and is again
selecting flags based on market sales ranks. The Vietnam flag did not make
this list, therefore it was removed along with others .
Ford informed my office that some rumors had started that the flag was the
Viet Cong battle flag, or something other than the national flag of Vietnam.
This was not the case, but I’m sure you are more interested to hear that the
flag was removed.
If you need more information, Ford’s public relations office is very willing
to talk with you. Lydia Sisaruk at 313-323-0646 offered to speak with you
further.
Thank you for your e-mail.
Sincerely,
MIKE ROGERS
Majority Floor Leader
26th Senate District
You can apologize to me at any time, Newbie.
Thanks.