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1. I SPOKE TO MARK MOHR (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CHINA OFFICE, STATE DEPARTMENT) ON 16 OCTOBER ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR A BAKER VISIT TO CHINA (SEE MY TELELETTER OF 12 OCTOBER). HE CONFIRMED THAT BAKER WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR PROGRESS ON MTCR, AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS BEFORE AGREEING TO VISIT PEKING. STATE WERE OPTIMISTIC THAT THE CHINESE WOULD DELIVER ON MTCR, PROBABLY BY MAKING A PUBLIC STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY ABIDE BY MTCR GUIDELINES (IE THERE WOULD BE NO DELIVERIES OF WEAPONS PROMISED UNDER EARLIER CONTRACTS TO PAKISTAN OR SYRIA).
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MOHR WAS LESS OPTIMISTIC ON HUMAN RIGHTS. HE SAID IDEALLY THE AMERICANS WOULD LIKE THE RELEASE OF ALL TIANANMEN DETAINEES. BUT THEY DOUBTED WHETHER THIS WAS REALISTIC. THEY HAD THEREFORE BEEN PRESSING THE CHINESE TO OPEN THEIR PRISONS TO ICRC INSPECTION.
MOHR EXPLAINED THAT ICRC REPORTS WERE PRESENTED IN CONFIDENCE TO
THE GOVERNMENT, AND WERE NOT MADE PUBLIC. THE CHINESE OUGHT THEREFORE TO BE ABLE TO AGREE.
3. MOHR SAID THAT NO DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN ON THE BAKER VISIT.
HE THOUGHT THAT IF BAKER GOT SOMETHING ON MTCR BUT NOT ON HUMAN
RIGHTS HE WOULD STILL BE INCLINED TO GO. HE WOULD HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO QIAN QICHEN AT THE PARIS CAMBODIA
CONFERENCE. AT THEIR LAST MEETING (AT THE UNGA) ONLY SOLOMON (ASSISTANT SECRETARY) HAD BEEN PRESENT AND, ON BAKER'S INSTRUCTIONS, NO RECORD HAD BEEN CIRCULATED. THIS FUELLED THE SUSPICION THAT A POSSIBLE VISIT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT MOHR COULD NOT CONFIRM IT. (I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF MOHR'S CONFIDENCE ON THIS
COULD BE CAREFULLY RESPECTED.)
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