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SUBJECT: ACTING SECRETARY TALBOTT'S MEETING WITH CHINESE
VICE PREMIER ZOU JIAHUA, MAY 3, 9:45-11:00 A.M.

1. SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT.

N 2. SUMMARY. DURING A 1-1/4 HOUR MEETING ON -MAY 3 WITH

CHINESE VICE PREMIER AND POLITBURO MEMBER ZOU JIAHUA
ACTING SECRETARY TALBOTT EMPHASIZED THE PRESIDENT'S DESIRE
TO BUILD A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE U.S.-CHINA RBLATIONSHIP,
NOTED THAT "POINTS OF OPTIMISM" HAD EMERGED DURING ZOU'S
MEETING THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH THE PRESIDENT, APPEALED FOR
ADDITIONAL PROGRESS IN HUMAN RIGHTS SO AS TO ENSURE MFN

D RENEWAL AND TO PERMIT FUTURE DELINKAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND

MFN, AND -- ON THE PRESIDENT'S INSTRUCTION -- ELABORATED
ON ISSUES RAISED BUT NOT FULLY DISCUSSED DURING THE
RELATIVELY BRIEF PRESIDENT/ZOU SESSION. EMPHASIZING
THROUGHOUT HIS PRESENTATION THE PRESIDENT'S STRONG
PERSONAL DESIRE TO BUILD A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHINA PREDICATED ON MUTUAL BENEFIT AND MUTUAL
RESPECT, THE ACTING SECRETARY ASO UNDERSCORED THE
ADMINISTRATION'S DESIRE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH CHINA IN
PROMOTING AND ENHANCING RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL VALUES

AND PRINCIPLES WHICH BOTH SIDES HAD SWORN, IN THE UNITED

NATIONS AND ELSEWHERE, TO UPHOLD.

3. MR. TALBOTT CITED THE SECRETARY'S VIGOROUS LOBBYING

EFFORT AGAINST THE SO-CALLED MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT, AND THE
PRESIDENT'S READINESS TO CAST A VETO IF NECESSARY, AS
CLEARCUT EVIDENCE OF THE ADMIN/STRATION'S FIRM ADHERENCE

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TO A ONE-CHINA POLICY AND ITS UNDIMINISHED COMMITMENT TO

THE UNDERTAKINGS CONTAINED IN THE THREE U.S.-CHINA JOINT
COMMUNIQUES: - DRAWING ATTENTION- TO -RECENT -PUBLIC - -
STATEMENTS BY THE DALAI LAMA DISAVOWING ANY INTENTION TO
PLACE TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE ON. THE AGENDA FOR TALKS WITH
BBIJING, MR. TALBOTT° URGED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO AGREE
ON A FIXED AGENDA AND -A DATE CERTAIN FOR TALKS WITH THE
DALAI LAMA'S REPRESENTATIVES. HE CONVEYED THE PRESIDENT'S
APPRECIATION.FOR-THE,CHINESE-GOVERNMENT DECISION-TO PAROLE .
WANG JUNTAO TO sEEE -MtD/CAL TREATMENT IN THE U.S:' -AND;" -- '
NOTING THAT THB PAilairAND FACILITATBD DEPARTURICHAD-----
OCCURRED UNDER PROVISIONS OF CHINESE LAW, CALLED UPON
BEIJING TO RELEASE OTHERS.

4. AMBASSADOR LORD DESCRIBED FOR ZOU THB CONCEPTUAL

NDERFINNINGS OF THE- PRESIDENT'S STRATEGY OF COMPREHENSIVE
ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA; POINTED OUT THAT U.S. ACTIONS,
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING IN SEATTLE WITH
PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN AND SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER'S FIVB
MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN, BESPOKE OUR %
STRONG INTEREST IN PUTTING BILATERAL RELATIONS ONTO A MORE
'CONSTRUCTIVE COURSE; EMPHASIZED THAT OUR GOAL IS TO MOVB
THE ANNUAL MFN DEBATE7PROM THE CENTER.OF THE RELATIONSHIP;
AND NOTED THAT CHINESE ACTIONS AT THE CURRENT CRITICAL
JUNCTURE WOULD HELP TOENSURE RENEWAL OF MFN IN JUNE.

5. VICB PREMIER ZOÚ EX-PRESSED APPRECIATION-FOR-THE-WARMTH

OF HIS RECEPTION IN WASHINGTON; CHARACTERIZED HIS MEETING
WITH THE PRESIDENT AS HAVING BEEN "FRIBNDLY AND FRUITFUL";
APPLAUDED THE SECRETARY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEADVANCING
OF U.S.-CHINA TIEST MOST RECENTLY DURING HIS-MARCH TALKS -
IN BEIJING; AND REPEATEDLY PROFESSED OPTIMISM-ABOUT-THE - -
FUTURE OF u.S.-CHINAVIES. ECU STUCK TO'GENERALITIES. *
HOWEVER, AND OFFEREDNEITHER INFORMATION---NOR-HINTSn0E--
ADDITIONAL HUMAN-RIGHTS ACTIONS IN THE OFFING.--THOUGH-HE-
BROUGHT NO FORMAL_SCRIPT TO THE MEETING, ZOUrS- MEMORY- WAS
MORE THAN ADEQUATETTOTTHE TASK. HE REHEARSED- AV-LENGTH:,
IN VERY -FAMILIARETERMS.-: THE CHINESE - CONCEPT=OFHUMAN -
RIGHTS; THE OUTRAGESEALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY.THLTIBETAN
OBILITY PRE-1949; TEEICHINESE INSISTENCE THAT MFN CONFERS
RECIPROCAL BENEFITS AND OUGHT NOT BE LINKED TO

"EXTRANEOUS".,MATTERS AND, MORE POSITIVELY, THE CHINESE .

LEADERSHIP'S- diONVICTION THAT CLOSE -U CHINA-77-TIESWILL - -
BENEFIT- THEIPEOPLESOFzBOTH NATIONS AND ADVANCE THB cAuSg
OF PEACE ANDTSTABILITY4IN THE WORLD. ZOTVINTERiTECtED ITO
HIS OWN MONOLOGUEz-ON1 -, EEVERAL OCCASIONS'_THEgOBSOITAtION--t-&-7 -7----
THAT HIS.MEETING:WITHiTHE PRESIDENT HAD "IXTTGITIE DEEPEST 7- 1.--
ImpREssoN.- :oFirtir ----almIDENT's DESIRE TO IMPROVEk4ND --77 - --:=----: -
DEVELOP BILATERALTTELATIONS.. .FULLY RECOGNIZING THE
IMPORTANCE-OF-SUCHRELATIONS TO THE TWO -NATIONSAND'-ITHE
WHOLE WORLD." :ENOSIJAHARY.

INTRODUCTIONHAKD4iiiTikG PARTICIPATIONT-7--
............ ............... - •

6 VICE PREMIER,OP=THECHINESE STATE COUNCILANDPARTYY?:---- -1-=*%-- g--- -

POLITBURO MRMBEFeZOUF_JIAHUA MET WITH ACTING---":SECRETARY =77:77 ,
STROBE TALBOTrilWMAV FROM 9:45. TO-1IITIRit&Kt=7:CLEARLY---
PLEASED BY-THE:RECEPTION ACCORDED HIM_-_IN±WASHINGTONAWD_____
RELISHINGTHE'OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A.MORE-77-RELAXED'DIALOGUE -7--
ON HIS FINAL moEXINGIIN WASHINGTON THAN'tN-THErODMPRESSED--- - '
MEETINGS THE -PREVIOUE-7-DAY, ZOU DELAYED -HIS- DEPARTURE
FROM WASHINGTON TO:,7ALLOW TIME FOR FUTZ:BI;OWbf-DIAIPGUE- '
ON BILATERAL RELATIONS'AT THE DEPARTMENTr'

7. ZOU WAS JOINED1

-2,INHE MEETING BY: _
MINISTER OF THE STATEPLANNING
VICE FORBIGN MINISTERI-AMBASSADOR TO THE-U:S.-LI-DAOYU-;_-
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN-AFFAIRS U.S. DIVISION'CHIEF- LIU
XIAOMING; AND MFA INTERPRETER JIANG JIANG.

8. PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING ON THE U.S. SIDB WERE:

ASSISTANT SECRETARY (EAP) WINSTON LORD; ASSISTANT
SECRETARY (HA) JOHN SHATTUCK; D SPECIAL ASSISTANT
MARK FITZPATRICK; EAP/CM DIRECTOR DON KEYSER; AND LS
INTERPRETER VIVIAN CHANG.

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OPENING AMENITIES

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; 9. AFTER GREETING ZOU AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT,
ESCORTING HIM TO H/S OFFICE, AND POSING FOR PHOTOS, ACTING
SECRETARY TALBOTT TOLDZOU THAT HE HAD JUST SPOKEN WITH
SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE SECRETARY.
0 MR. TALBOTT SAID, HAD ASKED THAT HE CONVEY GREETINGS-TO
THE VICE PREMIER AND APOLOGIES FOR BEING OUT-OF THE-
COUNTRY DURING HIS VISTT. OBSERVING THAT:THE SECRETARY 2-

D AS BOTH INTENSELY-INTERESTED AND PERSONALLY-INVOLVED IN

THE EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN'U.S.-CHINA TIES, MR.- TALBOTT TOLD
ZOU THAT THE SECRETARY.HAD BEEN PLEASED TO RECEIVE THE

I DETAILED REPORT ON 2064S MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT THE

PREVIOUS DAY -- AND TO NOTE THE "POINTS OF OPTIMISM" WHICH
HAD OCCURRED DURING THAT MEETING.

s 10. MR. TALBOTT RELATED THAT HE HAD ALSO JST MET WITH THE
PRESIDENT, WHO HAD EXPLICITLY ASKED THAT HE CONVEY HIS
SATISFACTION WITH THE DISCUSSION HE HAD HELD WITH ZOU.
11. ZOU, MORE RELAXED AND AVUNCULAR THAN IN HIS EARLIER,
HIGHLY SCRIPTED MEETINGS, EXPRESSED HIS "DEEP_THANKS" FOR.
THE RECEPTION ACCORDED_HIM AND HIS DELEGATION BY SECRETARY
BROWN, SECRETARY O'LEARY, THE ACTING_SECRETARY AND__
OTHERS. HE FELT "PERSONALLY HONORED" TO HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT-CLINTON, ZOU SAID, AND REGARDED THE
N MEETING AS HAVING BEEN.'"FRIENDLY AND FRUITFUL: IN HIS
ESTIMATION, THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS TO HIM HAD BEEN
-
#POSITIVE AND OPTIMISTIC." HE INDICATED THAT-HE-WAS -• ------- -
ACCORDINGLY •PLEASED.;--TO;HEAR THE ACTING SECRETARYJS-- -
CONFIRMATION THAT THK-'7PRESIDENT HAD ALSO BEEN-SATISFIED- = - 4 - •
WITH THE/R TALK. POSITIVELY APPRAISING THE CONTRIBUTIONS
BY SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER TO IMPROVING U.S.--OCENA - "' -
RELATIONS, ZOU STATED7THAT HIS GOVERNMENT APPRECIATED'THE----
D SECRETARY'S MARCH VXSIT=AND THAT HB PERSONALLY REGRETTED
THE LOST OPPORTUNITY:10WING TO THE SECRETARY'S MIDDLE EAST%
TRIP) TO CONVEY THIS-4ERSONALLY. THE CHINESR:-SIDE7=ZOU-'-7"
SAID, REGARDED THE-SECRETARY'S MARCH TRIP-AS -
"FRUITFUL...SERVING TO DEEPEN OUR MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING...(AND WHICH) ACHIEVED SOME SPECIFIC
RESULTS."
12. OFFERING-TNE7MdMARY AT THB OUTSET, ZOUTOLD-----THE----
- ---=
ACTING SECRETARY----THAT-5-21ALL OF US ARB OPTIMISTICI-ABOUT -1THE
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.t0FRELATIONS...AND ARE.;coNVINtE6-;TRAt i I'm 1211-2 1,52-
WITH JOINT EFFORTSWEGAN IMPROVE AND DEVELOP 72
7- 1.
RELATIONS." ,
13. RECIPROCATINCTWATZSENTIMENT, THE ACTINGSECRETARY-7--,---7 -
RECALLED THAT HE:HAPFIRST VISITED CHINA-AS-- 1A5-JOURNALIST-------
N -- IN THE COMPANY:OF DR=. KISSINGER AND WINSTON-LORD ----
ALMOST TWENTY YEARSAGO: AGAINST THAT BACKGROUND, HE
SAID, IT HAD BEENtGRATIFYING TO SEE DEMONSTRATEIIIINT:ZOUeS
MEETING WITH THEPRESIDENT THB SHARBD DETERMINATION-OF
BOTH NATIONS TO-RESOLWTHEIR DIFFERENCES -AND--1--BUIWON:MEC
AINS MADE OVER THESEg_TWO DECADES. WITH THAT,'-THE-ACTING-=-
SECRETARY INDICATEaTHAT HE WISHED TO CLARIFY-MDT-AMPLIFY-
-- ON THE PERSONAL--:-REWEST OF THE PRESIDENT SEVERAL -
D ISSUES WHICH COULIX:NOT=SE FULLY ADDRESSED-:DURING-THE
PRESIDENT'S MEETING-OWING TO TIMB CONSTRAINTS:
TIBET - • -
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i -
14. THE PRESIDENT-WANTED TO BE CERTAIN, MR. TALBOTT sA4p,
THAT THE CHINESE SIDEaUNDERSTOOD CLEARLY THEU.S-.---
GOERNMENT POSITION:OWTIBET. OUR "CLEAR, -CONSISTENT-AND-
-

-
- -

s UNCHANGING" VIEW ISSTHAT TIBET IS A PART OF CHINA.- AT•THE -

SAMB TIME, AS THB PRESIDENT'S MAY 1993 EXECUTIVE ORDER HAD
OTED, WE HOPE THAT CHINA WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE DISTINCTIVE CULTURE AND RELIGION
OF TIBET.
15. OUR HOPE, MR. TALBOTT CONTINUED, IS THAT THB CHINESE
OVERNMENT WILL TAKE INTO FULL ACCOUNT THE RECENT
TATEMENTS MADB BY THE DALAI LAMA THAT HE WOULD NOT EXPECT
TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE TO BE ON THE AGBNDA FOR TALKS WITH

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THB CHINESE. THE DALAI LAMA HAD MADE THAT QUITE CLEAR
DURING APRIL 27 RBMARKS TO THE NEW YORK LAWYERS ALLIANCE
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1111111 _ i FOR WORLD SECURITY AND THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
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E HOPED, ACCORDINGLY, THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MIGHT
PERHAPS VIEW THOSE COMMENTS POSITIVELY AND SET A FIXED
DATE FOR TALKS ACCORDING TO AN AGREED AGENDA.
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16. ZOU EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE REAFFIRMATION OF

THE CONSISTENT U.S. POLICY RECOGNIZING TIBET AS A PART OF

D CHINA, ADDING THAT THIS POINT WAS NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR

CHINA. ASIDE FROM THAT SINGLE ISSUE, ZOU SAID, CHINA WAS
PREPARED TO DISCUSS "ANYTHING" WITH THE DALAI LAMA.
WARMING TO HIS SUBJECT -- ONE ON WHICH ZOU PROJECTED SOMB
PASSION -- THE VICE PREMIER SAID "OF COURSE (UNDERSCORED)
WE WANT TO PROTECT THE DISTINCTIVE CULTURE AND RELIGION OF
TIBET...WE ARE DOING SO, AND HAVE ALREADY SPENT 100
MILLION YUAN ON RESTORATION OF THE POTALA PALACE."
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STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION BILL/MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT
18. PICKING UP ON ANOTHER THEME NOT FULLY DEVELOPED IN THE
PRESIDENT'S MEETINO.;WITH ZOU, MR. TALBarr TOLD-Z0U-THAT„- ,
THE ADMINISTRATION-ZaJTOTALLY COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENT, .
SCRUPULOUSLY THE AUGUST17, 1982 JOINT COMMUNIQUE-ON-U.S,-
ARMS SALES TO TAIWARIT AND INDEED THE OTHER -
COMMUNIQUES WHICH -TAKIN TOGETHER STAND AS.THE THREE
PILLARS OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. CKNOWLEDGING
CONCERNS EXPRESSED_B1ETHE CHINESE ABOUT THE CONTENT. AND.--
POTENTIAL IMPACT OF,--TNE SO-CALLED MURKOWSKI.AMENDMENT TO
N THE STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION BILL, MR. TALBOTT,'
ASSURED ZOU THAT NOTHING IN AMERICAN LAW HINDERS OR —
HAMPERS OUR ABILITY-TO;FULFILL OUR COMMITMENTS UNDER,THE. - ;21..V 7-4
AUGUST 17 COMMUNIQUE

0 19. MR. TALBOTT RECOUNTED THE ADMINISTRATION'S VERY_TOUGH: _

LOBBYING EFFORT AGAINST THE MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT, DECLARING:
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD OPPOSED THIS MORE VIGOROUSLY-
D THAN ANY OTHER PROVISION DRAFTED DURING THE.-RECENT-,-- - --- ,
CONGRESSIONAL SESSION. 'THE SECRETARY HAD PERSONALLY TAKEN
A LEADING ROLE IN THIS EFFORT, AND WE HAD ULTIMATBLY
PREVAILED. HAD WE NOT PREVAILED, MR. TALBOTT SAID, THE
PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO VETO THE ENTIRE
UTHORIZATION BILL A TOKEN OF OUR DETERMINATION TO
AVERT BINDING LEGISLATION THAT COULD HAVE ERODED OUR
POLICY COMMITMENTS TO CHINA UNDER THE AUGUST 17
COMMUNIQUE. FORTUNATELY, THAT ACTION HAD NOT BEEN
NECESSARY BECAUSE THE FINAL AUTHORIZATION BILL CONTAINED
ONLY NON-BINDING MURKOWSKI LANGUAGE. ZOU ACKNOWLEDGED
THIS PRESENTATION WORDLESSLY.
MEDICAL PAROLE OF WANG JUNTAO
20. AGAIN STATING THAT HE WAS SPEAKING ON THE EXPLICIT
REQUEST OF THE PRESIDENT, MR. TALBOTT EXPRESSED
APPRECIATION FOR THE CHINESE DECISION TO GRANT WANG JUNTAO

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A MEDICAL PAROLE AND TO FACILITATE HIS DEPARTURE TO THE

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UNITED STATES TO SEEK APFROPRIATB TREATMENT. "WE NOTE,
AND UNDERSCORE THAT WE NOTB," MR. TALBOTT CONTINUED, THAT
THE PAROLE HAD BEEN HANDLED IN ACCORDANCB WITH RELEVANT
/./
7.4 TIM 61 PROVISIONS OF CHINESE LAW. /N LIGHT OF ZOU'S COMMENT TO
THE PRESIDENT THAT FUTURE PROGRESS WAS POSSIBLB IN BOTH
THE SUBSTANCE AND ATMOSPHERE OF OUR RELATIONS, MR. TALBOTT
ASKED, ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT, THAT CHINA CONSIDER

D WHETHER OTHER PRISONERS MIGHT NOT ALSO BE RELEASED UNDER

SIMILAR PROVISIONS OF CHINESE LAW. AGAIN, ZOU DID NOT
RESPOND (HE REPEATEDLY CHARACTERIZED HIMSELF, ACCURATELY
ENOUGH, AS AN BCONOMIC PLANNER, AND "NOT A DIPLOMAT").

I PRESIDENT'S ASPIRATIONS REFLECTED IN ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY

21. MR. TALBOTT INVITED AMBASSADOR LORD TO COMMENT ON THE

s CURRENT STATE OF PLAY IN U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. AMB. LORD

THEREUPON OUTLINED THE STRATEGIC CONCEPT UNDERPINNING OUR
APPROACH TO CHINA POLICY FROM THE OUTSET OF THE
ADMINISTRATION. PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD COME TO OFFICE,
AMB. LORD RECALLED, RECOGNIZING FULLY THE IMPORTANCE OF
CLOSE U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS AND DESIRING TO MOVE THB
RELATIONSHIP FORWARD ONTO A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE TRACK. THE
PRESIDENT ALSO CAME TO -OFFICE WITH PROFOUND CONVICTIONS
ITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHBR AREAS, AND THESE HE
OUGHT TO BLEND INTO HIS FOREIGN POLICY GENERALLY AND HIS

N POLICY TOWARD CHINA SPECIFICALLY. THE PRESIDENT'S GOAL,

THEN AND TODAY, WAS TO MAKE PROGRESS ACROSS THE BOARD IN
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH-CHINA, TO ACHIEVE A STRONG DOMESTIC
POLITICAL CONSENSUS FAVORING A CONTRUCTIVE BILATERAL
RELATIONSHIP, AND TO BEGIN TO MOVE THE ANNUAL MFN DEBATE
OUT OF THE CENTER OF RELATIONS.

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22. AMB. LORD QUICKLY REVIEWED SOME OF THE- CONCRETE -
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE SUBSTANCE TO
THAT PLAN OF ACTION:- NEGOTIATION WITH THE CONGRESS OF AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER DETACHING NONPROLIFERATION AND COMMERCIAL
ISSUBS FROM MFN; IDBNTIFICATION IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER-OF
ARRAS FOR PROGRESS WHICH WERE DEEMED REALISTIC AND
ACHIEVABLE; LAUNCHING OF A COMPREHENSIVE ENGAGEMENT
STRATBGY LAST FALL WHICH ENCOURAGED A BROADENING OF OUR
DIALOGUE AT THE MOST SBNIOR LEVELS; THE PRESIDENT'S
MEETING IN SEATTLE LAST NOVEMBER WITH FRESIDENT - JIANG-
ZEMIN; AND SECRETARY-CHRISTOPHER'S FIVB MEETINGS-WITH-VICE
PREMIER AND FOREIGNMINISTER QIAN QICHBN. - *

23. IT HAD BEEN THErIADMINISTRATION'S HOPE AND. EXPECTATION;

AMB. LORD CONTINUEDT-1THAT THIS APPROACH WOULD CREATE AN . F7:;
ATMOSPHERE AND AN INCENTIVE FOR CHINA TO MOVE-IN SOME OF -
THE AREAS OF GREATESTCONCERN TO US -- EVEN AS WB LISTENED

N TO, AND RESPONDED TO, CHINESE CONCBRNS. THERE HAD BEEN-

SOME MOVEMENT, AMB.,LORD OBSERVED, UT THERE HAD ALSO BEEN

SOME CRITICISM DOMEgTICALLY OF THE PRESIDENT- FOR FAILOEE -

I

TO HAVE ACHIEVED MORE PROGRESS. HENCE, HE CONCLUDED. IT

WAS NO EXAGGERATION-In- DECLARE -- AS THE PRESIDENT HAD--
YESTERDAY -- THAT WRATH/ NOW AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE. THE
CHINESE HAD RECEIVED A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT WAS REQUIRED, IN

D UR VIBW, TO PROPEL-THE:RELATIONSHIF FORWARD.- WE-HOPED,

ACCORDINGLY, THAT ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN OVER THE NKrr -
SEVERAL WEEKS WHICH WOULD ENSURE THAT MFN COULD BE RENEWED
UNCONDITIONALLY, AS THE PRESIDENT WISHED.

PRINCIPLES GUIDING -RELATIONS WITH CHINA

24. MR. TALBOTT, RESPONDING TO ZOU'S LENGTHY MONOLOGUE-

(SHORT SUMMARY BELOW),-_-_OBSERVED THAT HE HAD DETECTED A
UMBER OF AREAS WHERE OUR RESPECTIVE VIEWS COINCIDED. FOR
EXAMPLE:.

-- WE AGREE WITH CHINA THAT OUR RELATIONS SHOULD BE

CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT FOR RELATIONS
BETWEEN GREAT POWERS MUST BE SO ROOTED AND NOT DEPEND UPON
RECIPROCAL GRANTING OF "FAVORS."

-- WE STEADFASTLY RESPECT CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY. AND INDEED

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DO NOT PRESUME TO INFRINGE UPON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ANY

NATION WITH WH/CH WE ENJOY FRIENDLY RELATIONS.

-- WE DO NOT SEEK TO IMPOSE OUR OWN VALUES, BUT RATHER TO

PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THOSE INTBRNATIONAL VALUES AND
PRINCIPLES EMBODIED IN THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER AND
ELSEWHERE WHICH CHINA AND THE U.S., AMONG OTHERS, HAVE
SWORN TO UPHOLD.

25. IN SUMMATION, MR. TALBOTT SUGGESTED TO ZOU THAT THE

TWO SIDES ALSO SHARED IN COMMON AN ASFIRATION TO CEASE
LINKAGE OF MFN W/TH OTHER ISSUES, AND TO MOVE THE
RELATIONSHIP FORWARD WITHOUT THIS DISTRACTING ANNUAL
DEBATE. AT PRESENT, HE DECLARED, WE HAVE BOTH THE
ATMOSPHERE AND THE MBCHANISMS AVAILABLB FOR A DIALOGUE TO
ENSURE MFN RENEWAL AND TO END THE LINKAGE. OBSERVING THAT
"PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS THS HIGHBST CONFIDENCE IN HIS
COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING AMBASSADOR LORD WHO IS WITH US
TODAY, IN THIS CLIMACTIC PHASE (OF THE MPN RENEWAL
ISSUE) " Ì . TALBOTT EXPRESSED OPTIM/SM ABOUT THE
PROSPEETS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF U.S.-CH/NA TIES BOTH IN THE
EAR FUTURE AND OVER THE LONG TERM.

ZOU'S PRESENTATION: HIGHLIGHTS

26. ALTHOUGH WITHOUT- A SET OF TALKING POINTS-FOR_THE

MEETING, AND ARMED ONLY WITH A SMALL NOTEPAD TO JOT DOWN -
REMINDERS, ZOU DISPLAYED A MBMORY AND MASTERY OF THE
ESSENTIAL BRIEF THAT-WAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE-TO THE-TASK.--
HE REHEARSED AT LENGTH:, IN VERY FAMILIAR TERMS:-- -THE-
CHINESE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS EMPHASIZING ECONOMIC
WELFARE AHEAD OF CIVIC=RIGHTS; THE CHINESEINSISTENCE-THAT -
MFN CONFERS RECIPROCAL BENEFITS AND OUGHT NOT BE LINKED TO
*EXTRANEOUS" MATTERS SUCH AS HUMAN RIGHTSvAND,'MORE- -
POSITIVELY, THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP'S CONVICTIONTHAT CLOSE
U.S.-CHINA TIES WILL- BENEFIT THE PEOPLES QF NATIONS
AND ADVANCE THE CAUSEflOF PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE.
WORLD. ZOU FROM TIME --TO TIME INTERJECTED INTO HIS --"OWN -
MONOLOGUE THE OBSERVATION THAT HIS MEETING WITH THE
PRESIDENT HAD "LEFT1THE DEEPEST IMPRESSION..-.OF THE
PRESIDENT'S DESIRE TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP=BILATERAL.
RELATIONS...FULLY RECOGNIZING THE IVWORTANCE-OF SUCH
RELATIONS TO THE TWOATIATIONS AND THE WHOLE-WORLD:.", -
_ - •
27. ZOU ESSENTIALLYCONFINED HIMSELF TO WARM-EXPRESSIONS- -
OF HOPE ABOUT THE RE1ATIONSHIP AND SET-PIECE GENERALITIES
WITH RESPECT TO THE7MAJOR AREAS OF DIFFERENCE.i ; ;HE
OFFERED NEITHER INFORMATION NOR HINTS OF ADDITIONAL -HUMAN,--1- -
RIGHTS ACTIONS IN-7THE--_--:_OFFING, THOUGH HE MADE-PLAIM-THAT -
THS CHINESE GOVERNMENT4IS PREPARED TO CONTINUH-1THH
DIALOGUE WITH US IN:THE WEEKS JUST AHEAD. . TO
TALBOTT OBSERVED THAT:20U HAD THROUGH HIS,MANNER AND--
PRESENTATIONS CREATEDAN ATMOSPHERE CONDUCIVE TO THE
PROGRESS BOTH SOUGHTSIADESIRED.

28. SINCE THE BULK_OP_ZOU'S PRESENTATION WAS-IN FAMILIAR-; .

LANGUAGE, WE WILL NOTAIECAPITULATE IT IN DETAIL-BUT SIMPLY,
NOTE BELOW SOME OF2THE±RELATIVELY MORE INTERESTING-_,:: •
FORMULATIONS.

ZOU ON BILATERAL RELATIONS

29. IN THE COURSE OP hIS PRESENTATION, ZOU DECLARED INTER

ALIA:
- -
-- "I THINK THAT THE- TONE OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S REMARKS
YESTERDAY WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE TONE SET IN SEATTLE, AND
ATTESTS TO THE FACT THAT BOTH SIDBS ATTACH /MPORTANCE TO
THEIR VERY IMPORTANT RELATIONS. THIS IS BECAUSE RELATIONS
RE IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO THE TWO PEOPLES, BUT ALSO
FOSTERS PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE WORLD."

-- "SO LONG AS BOTH SIDES PROCEED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF

MUTUAL BENEFIT, MUTUAL RESPECT AND SQUAL FOOTING, WE CAN
ADVANCE OUR RELATIONS. HOWEVER, IF ONE SIDE WAVBRS, AND

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• HAS NO CLEARCUT DESIRE FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SINO-U.S.

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RELATIONS, THEN IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO ADVANCE
• RELATIONS."

-- "I HAVE THE DEEPEST- IMPRESSION FROM MY MEETING

YESTERDAY WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON THAT HE HAS THE DESIRE TO
IMPROVE AND DEVELOP RELATIONS, BECAUSE HE FULLY RECOGNIZES
THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE RELATIONS IN THE WHOLE WORLD."

D ZOU ON MFN AND HUMAN.RIGHTS

30. ZOU ELABORATED AT LENGTH THE FAMILIAR CHINESE POSITION

THAT MFN IS A RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT WHICH CONFERS
BENEFITS ON BOTH PARTIES, THAT IT OUGHT NOT BE LINKED WITH
HUMAN RIGHTS OR OTHER "EXTRANEOUS" ISSUES, AND THAT IT IS
ASSURED IN THE U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED
IN CONNECTION WITH NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS IN 1979.
ZOU PUT A LITTLE DISTANCE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE STANDARD
- PREMIER LI PENG -- LINE ON MFN, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT MFN
REVOCATION "WILL SURELY AFFECT CHINA'S ECONOMY" BUT ADDING
THAT "CHINA'S ECONOMY WILL NOT COME TO A STOP AS A
RESULT." ZOU ALSO DREW ATTENTION TO THE CURRENT AND
PROSPECTIVE DOWN SIDE- TO THE U.S. OF REVOCATION OR THE
THREAT OF REVOCATION, CITING REMARKS MADE TO HIM BY MANY
U.S. BUSINESSMEN THAT THEIR LONG-RANGE STRATEGIC PLANNING
FOR CHINA WAS HAMSTRUNG BY DOUBTS ABOUT STATUS OF MFN.

N 31. ZOU REMARKED WITHOUT EXCESSIVE ACERBITY THAT THE-U.S.

SEEMS TO PAY "MUCH ATTENTION TO DISSIDENTS" BUT FAILS TO
APPRECIATE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT TO FEED AND
CLOTHE THE 80 MILLION CHINESE STILL BELOW THAT NATION'S
BASIC SUBSISTENCE LEVEL. EVEN SO, HE CONTINUED, "WE.RE
READY TO HAVE FREQUENT DISCUSSION WITH YOU ON THE QUESTION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS," AND FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN HAD ONLY

D
RECENTLY REAFFIRMED=PUBLICLY CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. CHRISTOPHER

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