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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993

SENATOR MCCONNELL:

Well, what we've tried to do

is encourage the President to consider his position of

last year largely campaign rhetoric and to modify his

position on this issue, as he has on some other issues; to

take into account the reality of the situation, which is

that conditionality or conditions attached to MFN are

simply not a constructive part of the process and certainly will not help Hong Kong and, in my view, it will do nothing to further free enterprise or democracy

someplace down the road in the PRC.

QUESTION: Mr. Senator, are you aware of the report submitted by the previous administration in accordance with the Hong Kong Policy Act?

SENATOR MCCONNELL: Yes, we took a look at the

report. It was all right. I would hope for a more detailed report next year.

QUESTION: Concerning political reform in Hong Kong, do you think that any action should be taken by the U.S. Government to support for the political reform in Hong Kong?

SENATOR MCCONNELL: Well it's, of course, not

our affair; it's between the U.K. and the PRC. But I

personally support what the Governor is trying to do to broaden democracy in Hong Kong. I think he's on the right track and I think that most people in this country, including most Government officials, feel very strongly that Governor Patten is going in the right direction.

GOVERNOR PATTEN: Thank you very much.

later in the day, I gather.

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