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PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
FROM HEAD OF FED
PARIS ECONOMIC SUMMIT: POLITICAL DECLARATION ON CHINA
1.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU TOLD THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN HONG KONG THAT YOU WOULD OFFER SOME ADVICE ABOUT HOW CONDEMNATION OF THE REPRESSION OF STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN CHINA MIGHT BEST BE PRESENTED AT THE SUMMIT.
2.
THE FINAL MEETING OF SHERPAS TO PREPARE FOR THE SUMMIT
WILL BE HELD ON 7/9 JULY. MOST SUMMIT COUNTRIES WILL WANT A STRONGLY WORDED CONDEMNATION OF THE REPRESSION IN CHINA. THE JAPANESE ARE LIKELY TO BE THE MOST CAUTIOUS. THEY ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT A STATEMENT ON CHINA BUT WILL WANT TO AVOID REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC MEASURES. WE WILL BE PRESSING FOR A SHORT PASSAGE IN THE POLITICAL DECLARATION REASSURING THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
THE PRESENT FRENCH DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION ON CHINA (INCORPORATING THE AMENDMENTS WHICH WE INTEND TO PROPOSE) IS AS
3.
FOLLOWS:
(A) WE, HEADS OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS CONDEMN THE BRUTAL REPRESSION IN CHINA IN DEFIANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AND THE CONTINUATION OF EXECUTIONS DESPITE INTERNATIONAL
APPEALS FOR LENIENCY. WE URGE THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO
CEASE THIS REPRESSIVE ACTION AGAINST THOSE WHO HAVE DONE
NO MORE THAN CLAIM THEIR LEGITIMATE RIGHTS TO DEMOCRACY
AND LIBERTY.
(B) THIS REPRESSION HAS LED EACH OF US TO SUSPEND
BILATERAL MINISTERIAL AND HIGH-LEVEL RELATIONS AND ALSO
TO SUSPEND MILITARY COOPERATION AND ARMS TRADE WITH CHINA. FURTHER, IN VIEW OF CURRENT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES, EACH OF US HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE EXAMINATION OF NEW LOANS BY THE WORLD BANK AND NEW
REQUESTS FOR CREDIT INSURANCE BE POSTPONED. WE HAVE ALSO
DECIDED TO EXTEND THE VISAS OF THOSE CHINESE STUDENTS WHO SO DESIRE.
(C) WE EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT CONDITIONS WILL BE CREATED
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