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TIANANMEN BEHIND US AND MOVE ON WITH DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIP.
2.REPORT: FU PROVED TO BE EXCELLENT INTERLOCUTOR AND ADDRESSED
ALL ISSUES DIRECTLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. ATMOSPHERE THROUGHOUT
SESSION, WITH EXCEPTION OF SHORT PERIOD DURING DISCUSSION OF
HKONG, REMAINED WORKMANLIKE AND FREE OF RANCOUR. FU, AS
PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMAT (HE IS FORMER VMIN OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
EX-AMB TO JAPAN), SET TONE FOR SESSION BY STATING HE RECOGNIZED
BOTH GOOD INTENTIONS OF MPS IN RAISING HUMAN RINPD KUA A&T, LXHAD KEEN A
PPRECIATION FOR KIND OF CONSTITUENCY PRESSURES FACED BY
WESTERN PARLIAMENTARIANS.
3. FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE DID NOT/NOT PREVENT DELEGATION FROM
ADDRESSING FORCEFULLY CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE. ALL MEMBERS OF
DELEGATION SPOKE IN TURN RAISING ISSUES AND SPECIFIC CASES OF
INDIVIDUAL CONCERN. LETTERS AND LISTS OF NAMES WERE HANDED OVER
DURING SESSION, AND REPLIES WERE PROMISED (WE WILL FOLLOW UP IN
DUE COURSE). DELEGATION ALSO DEMANDED ACCESS TO PRISON FOR
POLITICAL PRISONERS AND OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH PRISONERS, BUT
THIS WAS, AS PER OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, DENIED ON PROCEDURAL
GROUNDS (ONLY RELATIVES CAN VISIT DETAINEES).
4. IN ADDRESSING ISSUE OF TIANANMEN AND AFTERMATH, FU STATED THAT
UNFORTUNATE AND FUNDAMENTAL DIVERGENCE OF THINKING CONTINUES TO
SEPARATE WESTERN AND CHINESE PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT MOVEMENT. FU
BLAMED WESTERN MISCONCEPTIONS ON MEDIA MISREPRESENTATION, AND
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