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MDTTAN 3942
(A)
FREEDOM OF EMIGRATION (INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL HIGH PROFILE CASES
SUCH AS HAN DONGFANG):
(B) PRISON LABOUR AND THE EXPORT OF GOODS MANUFACTURED IN PRISONS:
(C) THE U.S REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF OR ACCOUNTING FOR CHINESE IMPRISONED FOR THEIR RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, INCLUDING THOSE STILL DETAINED FOR THEIR PART IN TIANANMEN. THE U.S HAD
CITED 300 ILLUSTRATIVE CASES, AND HAD CONCENTRATED ON THOSE WHERE THERE WAS A HUMANITARIAN AS WELL AS A HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERN (FOR INSTANCE, WANG JUNTAO, AN IMPRISONED TIANANMEN SQUARE LEADER WHOSE LIFE WAS CURRENTLY THREATENED BY HEPATITIS AND A SERIOUS CORONARY AILMENT). SHATTUCK REQUESTED OTHER COUNTRIES TO TAKE UP SUCH CASES, AND SAID THE AMERICANS WOULD PREPARE A SHORTENED LIST OF NAMES TO GIVE TO US:
(D) THE AMERICANS HAD ALSO PRESSED FOR PRISON ACCESS FOR ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE ICRC. THERE HAD BEEN A RANGE OF
RESPONSES FROM THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES. THE PEOPLES' PROCURATORATE
HAD SHOWN INTEREST. THE MFA HAD BEEN FIRMLY NEGATIVE. THE MINISTRIES OF SECURITY AND JUSTICE HAD BEEN SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
5. SHATTUCK SAID HE HAD DISCUSSED THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL
INTEGRITY OF TIBET WITH THE CHINESE (INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF THE DALAI LAMA'S RETURN TO TIBET), AND HAD RAISED IN PARTICULAR REPORTS OF ABOUT 100 RECENT ARRESTS UNDER THE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY LAWS. DURING HIS VISIT TO TIBET, SHATTUCK HAD BEEN SURROUNDED BY SECURITY FORCES. BUT THE VISIT HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE. HE HAD MET THE
TIBETAN AUTHORITIES, VISITED 3 MONASTERIES AND HELD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MONKS. HE HAD VISITED A PRISON, WHERE HE HAD NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO SEE PEOPLE SERVING SENTENCES FOR COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY OFFENCES APART FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL (YULU DAWA TSERING) WHO HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS FOR COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITY FOR TALKING TO ITALIAN TOURISTS ABOUT TIBETAN AUTONOMY. A REAL EXCHANGE WITH TSERING HAD NOT BEEN POSSIBLE, BUT SHATTUCK HAD OBSERVED THAT HE WAS IN REASONABLE CONDITION AND LEARNT DETAILS OF
HIS ALLEGED OFFENCE.
6.
SHATTUCK CONCLUDED THAT HIS VISIT TO CHINA HAD BEEN POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE. THE CHINESE HAD BEEN ATTENTIVE AND INTERESTED IN THE DETAILS OF U.S CONCERNS. THIS DID NOT MEAN THEY WERE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. BASIC ISSUES OF SOVEREIGNTY HAD COME
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