TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993
27
Wonders what I get up to in my
spare time.
(Laughter.)
GOVERNOR PATTEN:
all realize is an oxymoron.
(Laughter.)
And sly lawyer, which you'll
GOVERNOR PATTEN: But the NCNA has not yet asked
services.
for my services, though they've done a wonderful job of
improving my name recognition around the world.
(Laughter.)
GOVERNOR PATTEN: Nor am I here to lecture the United States on your interests, though plainly, ending MPN would have consequences for the American economy. I know, I think, some of the arguments that concern you. But I can't help wondering whether you reduce the chances of China selling missiles to the wrong people by refusing to buy their peaceful products. And I can't help wondering whether the best way of pursuing your anxieties on human rights is through restricting trade on the one hand or increasing dialogue on the other. How
much influence did the rest of the world have on China during the years of the cultural revolution when we had no
contact with it.
/For me