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          TO:       Chinese Students and Scholars Nationwide

          From:          Haiching Zhao

          Date:          Sept. 28, 1992

     There have been conflicting messages regarding S1216 on the
net.  Many people called tonight about the rumor that the President
has vetoed the bill.

     The real situation is as follows:

     (1) As of tonight, S1216 is still in the Senate.  It has not
been enrolled and sent to the White House yet.  I have been urging
several key congressional offices today to push it out to the
President as quickly as possible.  It was said that the bill should
be on the President's desk sometime tomorrow.

     (2) Meanwhile, the President has vetoed, tonight, the bill to
condition China's Most Favored Nation trade status.  The bill was
passed by the House last Monday.  A veto-override vote is
anticipated in the Congress sometime later this week.

     For S1216, at this point, the Democrats are not much helpful
in gaining President's signature.  We have been pushing several key
Republican offices today to get some reading from the White House
on our bill.  According to Senator Gorton, the key sponsor of
S1216, a senior aide from the White House indicated today that the
best way to get the President to sign the bill at this point is to
keep a LOW PROFILE at the White House level.  He suggested that we
restrain ourselves for a couple of days from sending tons of phone
calls or FAXs to the White House in fear that it may raise too much
attention and pressure and cause a Presidential veto.  In other
word, let's first give him a chance to sign it quietly.

     We need to do the following:

     (1) Continue to call/write to Republican Senators. The message
should be very simple:  i) Thank them for their support of our bill
S1216, and ii) urge them to call their President to sign the bill.
At this election time, one Republican Senator's phone call to the
President is probably worth more than thousands of our calls.

     (2) Ask our American friends, (people who have votes), to
call/write Republican Senators with similar messages.

     (3) Ask American friends to write/call the White House, urging
the President to sign the bill.

     (4) Go to local media, editorial board, explain to them about
the situation and asking for their help.

     Please stay tuned for any further development and action plan.

/end
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