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1. WHEN I ACCOMPANIED SIR CHARLES POWELL ON SOME CALLS ON 10 DECEMBER, HE TOLD ME THAT KISSINGER HAD TOLD HIM EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT CHRISTOPHER HAD VERY RECENTLY WRITTEN TO QIAN QUICHEN IN ANOTHER EFFORT TO SPELL OUT PRECISELY WHAT STEPS WERE NEEDED FOR MFN RENEWAL, FOLLOWING THE CLINTON/JIANG ZEMIN SEATTLE MEETING. CHRISTOPHER HAD APPARENTLY CONSULTED KISSINGER BEFORE WRITING.
2. SIR C POWELL SAID THIS POINT HAD NOT BEEN MENTIONED TO HIM WHEN
HE CALLED ON 9 DECEMBER ON WINSTON LORD AT STATE.
3. SHATTUCK (ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN
AFFAIRS, STATE) TOLD A PRESS BRIEFING ON 10 DECEMBER THAT THERE WERE SOME INDICATIONS OF POSSIBLE PROGRESS OF THE KIND CALLED FOR IN THE PRESIDENT'S MAY EXECUTIVE ORDER, BUT NOT ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO WARRANT MFN RENEWAL IF THAT CAME UP TODAY. HE CITED
RECENT INDICATIONS THAT THE CHINESE WOULD ALLOW ICRC PRISON VISITS AND SOME FAMILIES OF DISSIDENTS TO EMIGRATE, AND CHINESE WILLINGNESS FURTHER TO OPEN PRISONS IN CHINA TO VISITS BY THE U.S CUSTOMS BUREAU (TO CHECK ON THE POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF GOODS FOR EXPORT). NO ICRC VISITS HAD YET TAKEN PLACE, BUT SHATTUCK'S PHRASING IMPLIED THAT THE ICRC AND CHINESE WERE DISCUSSING THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH VISITS.
SIGNED TR V PHILLIPS
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