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A SEPARATED ASA, IPPAS AND EXTRADITION).

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(B)

ASK WHETHER IT WOULD NOT BE SIMPLER TO REFER TO THE JD IN ITS ENTIRETY RATHER THAN QUOTE SELECTIVELY FROM IT.

(C)

WARN OF CHINESE SENSITIVITY AND THE RISK OF THE BILL

BACKFIRING ON US.

(D)

POINT SPECIFICALLY TO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND QUESTION WHETHER THIS IS REALLY NECESSARY. IF MCCONNELL ASKS, I WOULD INDICATE THAT A REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON THE US'S RELATIONS WITH HONG KONG WOULD BE EASIER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAN ONE THAT APPEARED TO INVOLVE EXTERNAL MONITORING OF A BILATERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.K. AND

CHINA.

4. ON THE LAST POINT, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF A REPORTING REQUIREMENT OF THE SORT WHICH THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE BILL CONTAINS IS NORMAL? I KNOW THE STATE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE REPORTS ON E.G. HUMAN RIGHTS WORLD-WIDE, BUT ARE THERE OTHER CASES WHERE THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO CONGRESS SPECIFICALLY ON INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS IN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY? AS WE READ IT, EVEN ON TAIWAN CU S/TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT 1979) THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT COVERS ONLY NOTIFICATION OF AGREEMENTS AND U S/TAIWAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS. IF, AS I SUSPECT, THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT IN THE MCCONNELL BILL IS UNIQUE, I MIGHT USE THE POINT TO SOFTEN THE EXPLANATION OF WHY IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE (AND INDEED NOT VERY WELCOME TO US, GIVEN THAT IT WOULD COMMENCE BEFORE 1997).

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