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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993

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GOVERNOR PATTEN: Is there another group

QUESTION: One more please. If you did not add conditions to MFN, how to press for improvement of human rights in China and also the democracy of Hong Kong?

SENATOR MCCONNELL: Well, I think the Governor

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is doing a marvelous job of pressing for human rights. can speak for himself, but as an outsider my impression is the Governor is doing a marvelous job of pressing those issues in Hong Kong today.

GOVERNOR PATTEN: There are a number of countries which, as you know, have been pursuing the question of human rights with the Chinese authorities. The Australians have been doing it, the United Kingdom have done it with the Howe mission to China, and the French have done it as well. So there are lots of ways in which one can establish a dialogue on human rights. And in those in that dialogue the Chinese set out their OWN

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position very clearly, others set out their position, and

I think it leads to helpful progress.

I think that's the way of dealing with human rights matters, rather than dragging trade or economics into it. I still believe very strongly that trade throws dark throws light into dark corners and that more trade and more economic growth improves not just people's

standard of living, but their quality of life as well.

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What was the outcome of your meeting

QUESTION:

with Senator Mitch

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I mean Mitchell yesterday?

/GOVERNOR PATTEN: