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AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA AND TO TELELETTER UKMIS NEW YORK
FROM: J N POWELL, WASHINGTON
TO: T FURNESS ESQ, HKD, FCO
CC: POLICITAL ADVISER, HONG KONG
HEADS OF CHANCERY:
PEKING
UKREP BRUSSELS
UKMIS GENEVA
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PATTISON'S TELELETTER OF 21 AUGUST (NOT TO ALL): MFN STATUS FOR CHINA: CLINTON
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1 GOVERNOR CLINTON'S OPPOSITION TO MEN STATUS FOR CHINA WAS POINTED OUT IN OUR EARLIER REPORTS ON HIS FOREIGN POLICY. HIS POSITION IS SET OUT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM: QUOTE CONDITIONING OF FAVOURABLE TRADE TERMS FOR CHINA ON RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA AND TIBET, GREATER MARKET ACCESS FOR U.S. GOODS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT ON WEAPONS PROLIFERATION UNQUOTE. CLINTON REPEATED THE LINE IN HIS MOST RECENT FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH IN LOS ANGELES ON 13 AUGUST: QUOTE WE WILL LINK CHINA'S TRADING PRIVILEGES TO ITS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AND ITS CONDUCT OF FREE TRADE AND WEAPONS SALES UNQUOTE.
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THE AMBASSADOR HAS LOBBIED CLINTON'S SENIOR FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER, PROFESSOR TONY LAKE, ON THIS ISSUE, AND I HAVE RAISED IT WITH THE DEPUTY FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER, SANDY BERGER, AND WITH HIS FOREIGN POLICY DIRECTOR, NANCY SODERBERG. THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE HONG KONG ASPECT.
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THERE IS, HOWEVER, LITTLE CHANCE OF PERSUADING CLINTON TO EAT HIS WORDS DURING THE COURSE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. CLINTON IS, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, TRYING TO MINIMISE FOREIGN POLICY DIFFERENCES WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, EG SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT ON THE GULF. ONE OF THE KEY DISTINCTIONS HE HAS SET UP, HOWEVER, IS IN CRITICISING BUSH FOR NOT PAYING
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