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29 NOV 1993
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2631
OF 230030Z NOVEMBER 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG
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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, BONN, MOSCOW, ACTOR, PARIS, ATTC TAIPEI
MIPT: APEC:
CLINTON/JIANG ZEMIN MEETING
SUMMARY
1.
CLINTON/JIANG ZEMIN MEETING GOES BADLY.
ONLY HINT OF ANY LIGHT ON HUMAN RIGHTS FRONT ON ICRC PRISON VISITS. CHRISTOPHER RAISES HONG KONG WITH QIAN QICHEN: QIAN LISTENS BUT GRUMBLES. CHINESE DO NOT NIBBLE AT AMERICAN OFFER ON SATELLITE SALES/MTCR PACKAGE. AMERICANS SELL CRAY SUPER COMPUTER TO CHINESE METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU.
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2.
KENT WIEDEMANN (SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR ASIAN AFFAIRS, NSC) TOLD US ON 22 NOVEMBER THAT CLINTON'S ONE HOUR 20 MINUTE MEETING WITH JIANG ZEMIN ON 19 NOVEMBER HAD GONE BADLY. CLINTON HAD MADE VERY CLEAR THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE AMERICANS SINCERELY REGARDED CHINA AS IMPORTANT AND WANTED TO WORK ON WHAT WAS REQUIRED IN THE NEAR TERM TO PUT THINGS ON A BETTER FOOTING SO THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES COULD MOVE FORWARD BOTH BILATERALLY AND IN COOPERATION IN GLOBAL FORA. THERE HAD BEEN LITTLE CHINESE RESPONSE OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WHAT CLINTON HAD SAID. JIANG SIMPLY READ A PEDANTIC EXPOSITION OF THE ASIAN VIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS FROM A PREPARED SCRIPT. HE HAD BEEN SINGULARLY UNIMPRESSIVE AND DULL.
3.
IN RESPONSE TO JIANG'S SET PIECE, CLINTON HAD SET OUT 5 AREAS IN WHICH THE AMERICANS WERE LOOKING FOR PROGRESS IF MFN STATUS WAS TO BE RENEWED (ICRC VISITS TO CHINESE PRISONS: RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS: OPENING A DIALOGUE WITH THE DALAI LAMA: PROHIBITING USE OF PRISON LABOUR TO PRODUCE GOODS FOR EXPORT: ALLOWING RELATIVES OF DISSIDENTS EXILED IN THE U.S TO EMIGRATE HERE). CLINTON TOLD JIANG HE HAD FORMULATED THESE WITH A VIEW TO THEIR BEING ACHIEVABLE, NOT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO PUT CHINA UP AGAINST THE WALL. JIANG HAD SAID THAT TRADE WAS TRADE AND POLITICS WAS POLITICS. HE HAD BLANDLY ADVISED CLINTON TO GO TO CONGRESS AND SAY THAT THE MFN TREATY BENEFITED BOTH NATIONS AND SHOULD BE RENEWED. HE HAD SUGGESTED THAT CLINTON SHOULD READ SOME HISTORY ABOUT WHAT LIFE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN LIKE UNDER THE DALAI LAMA.
4. THE ONLY HINT OF LIGHT HAD EMERGED IN 4 HOURS OF MEETINGS BETWEEN SHATTUCK AND CHINESE OFFICIALS IN SEATTLE. THE CHINESE HAD INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD DIRECT THE CHINESE BRANCH/EQUIVALENT OF THE ICRC TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE ICRC IN GENEVA TO TRY AND WORK UP SOME KIND OF ARRANGEMENT (THE CHINESE HAD GIVEN NO HINT OF WHAT THIS MIGHT BE). THE ICRC IN GENEVA HAD SUBSEQUENTLY TOLD THE AMERICANS THAT THE CHINESE HAD NOT YET MADE CONTACT WITH THEM. IN ANY EVENT, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT THE CHINESE HAD IN MIND ON
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