DATE=5/18/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249537
TITLE=CONGRESS/CHINA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=CONGRESS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF U-S LAWMAKERS IS PREPARING TO MARK
THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON
PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS IN BEIJING'S TIANANMEN SQUARE. V-O-A
CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE HAS MORE FROM CAPITOL HILL.
TEXT: BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL VOTE ON A RESOLUTION IN THE
NEXT TWO WEEKS WHICH CONDEMNS CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AND
WHICH CALLS ON THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE 1989 MASSACRE OF DEMONSTRATORS IN AND AROUND TIANANMEN
SQUARE.
THE RESOLUTION HAS THE SUPPORT OF A BROAD COALITION OF
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS AND LIBERAL DEMOCRATS. AMONG THEM IS
VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF WHO SAYS THE MEASURE
RECOGNIZES THE EFFORTS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS BOTH INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE OF CHINA.
/// WOLF ACT. ///
WE WILL NOT FORGET YOU, THE SAME WAY WE DID NOT FORGET
(FORMER RUSSIAN DISSIDENY ANATOLY) SHCHARANSKI IN PERM
(CAMP) 35. WE DID NOT FORGET THE DISSIDENTS IN ROMANIA.
WE DID NOT FORGET THOSE PEOPLE. WE WILL NOT FORGET YOU
AND YOU WILL ULTIMATELY PREVAIL.
/// END ACT. ///
THE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS ALSO CALL ON THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
TO OPEN AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE 1989 KILLINGS IN
BEIJING AND TO RELEASE THOSE STILL IN PRISON AS A RESULT OF THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN THE PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM BOTH PARTIES SAY U-S--CHINESE RELATIONS
ARE AT THEIR WORST POINT IN YEARS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF HUMAN
RIGHTS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF ESPIONAGE
AGAINST CHINA AND BECAUSE OF THE RECENT ACCIDENTAL BOMBING OF
THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN BELGRADE BY NATO.
THE CHINESE EMBASSY DID NOT RESPOND TO V-O-A'S REQUEST FOR
COMMENT ON THE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS.
SUPPORTERS OF THE MEASURE EXPECT BOTH THE SENATE AND HOUSE TO
APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WELL IN
ADVANCE OF THE JUNE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRO-DEMOCRACY
CRACKDOWN (1989). (SIGNED)
NEB/JBM/PT
18-May-99 3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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