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U.S./CHINA: SNIPPETS

1. ON 1 APRIL JOHN NORRIS (CHINA OFFICE, STATE) GAVE ME A COPY OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S REPORT TO CONGRESS ON HONG KONG (REPORTED SEPARATELY). AT THE END OF OUR MEETING WE HAD A BRIEF TALK ABOUT CURRENT U.S./CHINA RELATIONS. THE FOLLOWING POINTS SEEMED WORTH RECORDING:

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(I) THE AMERICANS HAD SO FAR HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE

TO THEIR DEMARCHE ON CONCERNS WHICH NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE RUN UP TO THIS YEAR'S MFN DEBATE.

(II) THE ADMINISTRATION WAS CURRENTLY TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO LICENCE TWO U.S. SATELLITES FOR LAUNCH IN CHINA. THESE WERE AMONG THE SATELLITES WHICH PRESIDENT BUSH HAD DECIDED TO LICENCE AT THE END OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, BUT SOMEHOW THE PAPERWORK HAD NOT REACHED CONGRESS IN TIME. NEW LICENCES WERE THEREFORE REQUIRED. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION WAS STILL WORKING OUT ITS POLICY.

(III) THE DALAI LLAMA WILL VISIT WASHINGTON AT THE END OF APRIL. PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD AGREED TO MEET HIM, ON THE SAME BASIS AS WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH MET HIM IN 1991 (I.E. AS THE RELIGIOUS LEADER OF TIBET).

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