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FOR W EHRMAN ESQ, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG
U.S/CHINA
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WM
ON 25 JUNE I CALLED ON BOB PERITO, DIRECTOR, CHINA OFFICE - STATE TO ASK HOW HE SAW THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OF U.S/CHINA RELATIONS
PERITO SAID THE NEW ADMINISTRATION NOW THE MFN DUST HAD SETTLED. WANTED TO MOVE AHEAD. THEY WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE VISITS BY SENIOR OFFICIALS (ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND UNDER SECRETARY). AIM WOULD BE TO PRESS THE CHINESE ON AREAS OF CONCERN (HUMAN RIGHTS, TRADE, PROLIFERATION).
THEIR
2. AT THE SAME TIME THE AMERICANS WERE CONSIDERING RECONVENING THREE BILATERAL COMMISSIONS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC,
HE SAID THERE WAS LITTLE ENTHUSIASM AT TRADE AND COMMERCE ISSUES. STATE FOR RESURRECTING SENATOR BAUCUS' PROPOSAL FOR A BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. BAUCUS HAD WANTED THE COMMISSION TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS. STATE PREFERRED TO HANDLE HUMAN RIGHTS ON A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT BASIS. THE CHINESE WOULD HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTIES WITH INVOLVING
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PERITO SAID THE BIG THORN IN U.S./CHINA RELATIONS WAS THE
THIS WAS GENERATING PRESSURE SUSPECTED M-11 TRANSFERS TO PAKISTAN. ON THE HILL. THE EVIDENCE WAS INCONCLUSIVE, BUT AROUSED STRONG SUSPICIONS. THE CHINESE CONTINUED TO DENY - AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS - THAT THEY HAD TRANSFERRED M-11S. THE AMERICANS WERE PRESSING THEM TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MYSTERIOUS DELIVERIES THEY HAD SEEN. IF THE TRANSFER WAS FOUND TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE, THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT SANCTIONS AGAINST CHINA UNDER U.S LAW (SEE SEPARATE TELELETTER).
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