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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993

PARTICULARLY

WITH

WELL, I CONCENTRATED

THE

GOVERNOR:

SECRETARY BENTSEN ON SOME OF THE TRADE ISSUES, BECAUSE AS YOU WILL KNOW

WHICH HE CHAIRED IN THE SENATE WAS COMMITTEE

PARTICULARLY CONCERNED LORD WITH U.S. TRADE POLICY, AND WITH ACTING SECRETARY WHARTEN AND MR

CONCERN THE ABOUT TRADE BUT ALSO ABOUT OTHER ISSUES WHICH TALKED ADMINISTRATION AS WELL

ABOUT AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS

EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT ARMS

I

HUMAN RIGHTS,

THEY'VE

PROLIFERATION, TOO.

I SET OUT AGAIN AS VIGOROUSLY AS I COULD OUR GENERAL THE POLICY CASE ON MFN AND I HOPE THAT WILL BE TAKEN ACCOUNT OF IN WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPS.

VOICE:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED.

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GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO PRESS AT SENATE HALL

FOLLOWING ARE THE REMARKS BY THE GOVERNOR, CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TO THE PRESS AT THE SENATE HALL ON TIME):

GOVERNOR: 1 HAD A VERY INTERESTING

WE EXCHANGED POINTS OF VIEW.

THE RT HON MONDAY (0.5.

MEETING WITH THE SENATOR.

I DON'T THINK EITHER OF US CHANGED ONE ANOTHER'S MINDS, BUT WE HAD A CIVILISED DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BEST WAY OF SECURING OBJECTIVES IN POLITICS. I FEEL, AS YOU KNOW, THAT MORE OPEN TRADE IS THE BEST WAY OF SECURING A MORE OPEN SOCIETY.

QUESTION: BUT HE DID SHOW

PROPOSAL.

SUPPORT ΤΟ YOUR DEMOCRATIC REFORM

GOVERNOR: WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT IN PARTICULAR, THOUGH HB DID IN PASSING REFER TO OUR PROPOSALS FOR ELECTIONS IN 1994 AND 1995,

BUT THE MAIN POINT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS MEN AND HE EXPRESSED, AS A NUMBER OF OTHERS HAVE TODAY, THE CONCERN, WHICH IS QUITE PROFOUND IN THE UNITED STATES, ABOUT PROLIFERATION, ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ABOUT SOME CHINESE TRADE PRACTICES.

WEAPONS ALLEGED

QUESTION: ANY INDICATION THAT HE MIGHT TONE DOWN THE CONDITIONS IN HIS BILL THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR HONG KONG TO ACCEPT AND FOR CHINA TO MEET?

GOVERNOR: I THINK THAT SENATOR MITCHELL IS IN

DISCUSSION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE MOMENT ABOUT HOW TO SECURE AN APPROACH TO MFN WITH THE WIDEST SUPPORT IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT WILL EMERGE FROM THAT, BUT I THINK THAT BOTH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LEADERSHIP ON THE HILL ARE TRYING TO FIND AN APPROACH WHICH COMMANDS THE WIDEST SUPPORT.

I WILL BE SEEING

REPRESENTATIVE PELOSI LATER ON THIS EVENING, AND FINDING OUT HER POSITION AS WELL. OKAY.

QUESTION: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOVERNOR: THANK YOU.