CONFIDENTIAL
FM WASHINGTON
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1495
OF 042116Z JUNE 91
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLGC HONG KONG, ACTOR
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YOUR TELNO 1040 TO HONG KONG: CHINA/US RELATIONS: MFN SUMMARY
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VARIOUS TYPES OF CONDITIONALITY UNDER DISCUSSION. MOST DO NOT/NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT HONG KONG. THE ADMINISTRATION HOPE TO AVOID CONDITIONALITY BY GETTING TOUGH WITH CHINA IN NON-MEN AREAS (SUCH AS SATELLITE LICENCES). TOO EARLY TO SAY WHAT SORT OF CONDITIONALITY MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE. WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO RESIST CONDITIONALITY WHICH MIGHT ACT AS A DISINCENTIVE TO INVESTMENT IN
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2. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BILLS CIRCULATING ON THE HILL CONTAINING CONDITIONS FOR MEN RENEWAL. THE MOST INFLUENTIAL (INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MITCHELL) WOULD TERMINATE MFN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL, UNLESS THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES THAT CHINA HAD ACCOUNTED FOR AND RELEASED ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS, ENDED INTERFERENCE WITH THE VOA BROADCAST IN CHINA AND TIBET, CEASED RESTRICTIONS ON CHINESE AND FOREIGN JOURNALISTS, ENDED SURVEILLANCE AND HARASSMENT OF CHINESE NATIONALS OUTSIDE CHINA, CEASED PERSECUTION OF MEMBERS OF THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN CHINA, INCLUDING A CESSATION ON THE PROHIBITION ON PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY, PERMITTED UNRESTRICTED EMIGRATION, CEASED RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN CHINA AND TIBET AND QUOTE OTHERWISE CEASED VIOLATING INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED STANDARDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNQUOTE. BILL WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO CERTIFY THAT CHINA WAS PROVIDING ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR US COPYRIGHTS, FAIR AND UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO CHINESE MARKETS, WAS NOT ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL THE ORIGIN OF PRC MANUFACTURED GOODS BY TRANSHIPMENT THROUGH HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE, HAD DEMONSTRATED ITS GOOD FAITH PARTICIPATION IN EFFORTS TO CONTROL THE WEAPONS PROLIFERATION, AND HAD CEASED EXPORTING PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY CONVICT LABOUR.
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IN THE HOUSE, THE PEASE BILL WOULD REVOKE MFN IN 1992 UNLESS THE CHINESE HAD ACCOUNTED FOR AND RELEASED ALL THOSE DETAINED FOR THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS FOLLOWING TIANANMEN. THE PRESIDENT WOULD ALSO NEED TO CERTIFY THAT, IN ADDITION TO FREE EMIGRATION, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN REVERSING THE
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