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THEIR LEGISLATION FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL
BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF THE FACT THAT THE LEGISLATION HAS NOW
BEEN TABLED AS ADDITIONAL LEVERAGE ON THE CHINESE.
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SEPARATELY, OTHER CONGRESSMEN HAVE STAKED OUT THEIR POSITIONS. HAMILTON HAS ARGUED THAT WITHDRAWAL OF MFN WOULD BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE, AND SUGGESTED USING OTHER FORMS OF DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE. SOME REPUBLICANS WHO SENSE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE ON
WHICH THEY COULD EMBARRASS THE DEMOCRATS ARE SPEAKING MFN RENEWAL.
OUT AGAINST
8. SO FAR THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PERHAPS NOT BEEN AS ACTIVE AS IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVER THIS ISSUE ON THE HILL. IT HAS NOT BEEN AT
THE TOP OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S AGENDA. BUT OUR CONGRESSIONAL CONTACTS CONFIRM THAT RECENTLY THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN A GOOD
DEAL MORE ACTIVE. FOR HIS PART, LORD WHO HAS HITHERTO BEEN PREVENTED FROM DOING SO BECAUSE HE HAD NOT BEEN CONFIRMED - TELLS
US THAT HE WILL INTENSIFY HIS INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH CONGRESSMEN
NEXT WEEK. HE WILL THEN MAKE THE ADMINISTRATION CASE AT A FORMAL
HEARING IN MAY.
RENWICK
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