From: gaojeng@durras.anu.edu.au (J. Gao)
Subject: China News Digest (U.S.), Wed, 10/7/1992
Summary: CND
Keywords: CND
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date:  8 Oct 92 02:49:53 GMT

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                         Wednesday, October 7, 1992

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1. IFCSS HQ NR-4052:  Situation Analysis and Strategy on the 1992 
                      Chinese Student Protection Act (S1216) ............ 55

2. IFCSS-CCSA: Update and Analysis on Current Status of S1216
               with Different View on the Strategy ...................... 85

3. The 102nd Congress Delayed Adjournment ............................... 45
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1. IFCSS HQ NR-4052:  Situation Analysis and Strategy on the 1992 
                      Chinese Student Protection Act (S1216) ............ 55
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>From: IFCSS HQ <ifcss@WAM.UMD.EDU>
Source: china-net, Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 12:08:53 -0400

As of this morning, President Bush has not signed the Chinese Student 
Protection Bill. According to our information from both the White House 
and the Congress, the bill has passed all technical reviews by the various 
offices. It is now just waiting for President Bush's signature.

Since the bill  has cleared all technical reviews, if Bush choose to veto 
or pocket veto the bill, it must be a political decision. Therefore,  the 
best way to prevent a veto/pocket veto is to let Bush know the political 
implications of such a veto.

Some netters have suggested to raise the question of protection bill to
President Bush in tonight's [CNN] Larry King Live Show. That is a good idea.
We have consulted with our legal advisers on this matter and they fully
support this idea (they had planned for this project before we contacted
them.) Here is our plan:

     The show is scheduled for 9:00 pm. Telephone numbers
     will be released this evening. There will be perhaps thousands
     requests. CNN will have a pre-screening to choose the questions.

     Our primary concern is to let some one get through the
     pre-screening. We do not want to have massive phone campaign
     on the show because that does not increase our chances.

     We want to find some one, an American would be better, who
     is well-known or influential to ask the question for us. The
     President of University of California, Berkeley, Mr. Tian
     Chang Lin would be an ideal choice if we can get his help.

     We urge CSS across the nation to think about who are capable
     of doing this, contact them, and also let the HQ know.

     The question should be in this line:

     "The Congress has passed a Chinese Student Protection Act
     which is waiting for your approval. According to staffers in the
     White House, the bill has cleared all administrative reviews and
     is waiting for your signature. Your staffers also said that you
     will sign the bill. My question is: When are you going to sign
     the bill?"

We hope to get a definite "yes" or "no" answer from Bush in front of 
millions of TV viewers. If we can get some words from him directly, we can 
decide tomorrow what to do in the next several days.

Please call the HQ if you have any potential candidate who can help us in 
this project at Tel. (202)347-0017  Fax: (202)347-0018

Thanks for the cooperation.

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2. IFCSS-CCSA: Update and Analysis on Current Status of S1216
               with Different View on the Strategy ...................... 85
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>From: Zhao Haiqing <ZHAO@HUXTAL.bitnet>
Source: china-net, Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 17:37 EDT

Many students have been anxiously calling to find out the current status of 
S1216.  We have continued our low-key lobbying effort and closely monitored 
and kept contact with appropriate government agencies and congressional 
offices for any up-to-minute development.  The President has time up to next 
Monday to sign the bill into law.  Up to 5:00p.m. today, the word from the 
White House is that S1216 is in a pile of more than 100 bills passed by the
Congress in the last two weeks.  It is in the White House and has not been 
signed by the President yet.  The following is a brief report on the current 
status of the S1216.

(1) The White House.  We had a meeting at 1:00p.m. on Monday with a special 
assistant to the President on Public Liaison.  The meeting lasted for less 
than an hour followed with a brief encounter with the President on the West 
Side Lawn in the White House Rose Garden.  Our primary goal of the meeting 
was to express our concern and reason for the President to sign S1216, and 
to hear from the White House their official stand on the bill.

We were clearly told by the White House official that the President is 
"favorably disposed to the bill", and "he is inclined to sign it", and that 
"the bill has gone through various government agencies including the Justice 
Department and the Office of Management and Budget with all favorable 
recommendations".  He also characterized the timing of the signature as "it 
is a matter of days."

When Ji Yingquan asked about whether other bilateral issues such as F-16 
sale or MFN bill have complicated the situation with the bill.  The response 
was that "as far as the White House is concerned, they are separate issues 
thus far,"  which indicates there is no inconsistency for the President to 
veto one bill (MFN) and sign on another (S1216).  This also suggests that 
our low key approach on S1216 and high profile push on conditional MFN have
been successful.  He also favorably mentioned the fact that the White House 
has not received an out-burst of phone calls on S1216.

The result of the meeting was certainly positive and reconfirmed the success 
of our low key approach on S1216 in the past.

(2) I also called two officials that I have been friendly with from the 
State Department and the Justice Department.  After they called around, they 
came back to me and confirm independently what we have learned from the White 
House.

(3) Congressional offices.  Since last week, we have continued to visit 
Republican offices on the Capitol Hill.  Together with the New York 
delegation headed by Mr. Diao Fenghe and Mr. Li Jiang, and the Minnesota 
delegation headed by Mr. Ji Yingquan and Mr. Guan Jinhua,  we visited more 
than 20 congressional offices.  We met with Senator McCain.  After hearing 
our plea, he promised to do anything he can to let the President sign the 
bill.  Later, we started to hear the feedbacks from these congressional 
offices including Sen. Wallop, Sen. D'Amato, Sen. Packwood, Sen. Brown, 
Sen. Gorton, and Sen. Mitchell, that the response from the Administration 
on S1216 has been positive.  In addition, when we met with Rep. Joe Barton, 
he called the White House and was told by the Legislative Director from the 
White House that the President will sign the bill.

(4) Our strategy.  We should continue our successful low-key approach.  
Some people have called me today regarding the calling-in program tonight 
on CNN with the President.  I have quickly consulted with several key 
congressional offices including Sen. Kennedy's office regarding this event.
The advice was " I would stay out of it and wouldn't have students calling 
the President publicly on this bill."  "You certainly don't want to give the
public an impression that there are a bunch of foreigners beating up their 
President."

So far, everything regarding the bill seems to be smooth.  Our recommendation
for tonight's CNN caller-in program is NOT TO CALL the President directly.  
It is one thing to have an American university president calling him asking 
about the bill.  It is another to have a group students calling him publicly 
and risking unintentionally jeopardizing the signature at this delicate 
moment.

However, we fully recognize that everybody has the freedom of speech and can 
make the call on their own.  If you insist to call and happen to get through,
PLEASE BE VERY POLITE AND RESPECTFUL TO THE PRESIDENT.

We have worked so hard and so long on this bill, and we have got so close to 
the final success.  Our low-key approach has been successful and should 
continue.  However, we should certainly reserve the right and maintain the 
capability to conduct a massive White House lobbying campaign if there is a 
need.  We are currently monitoring the situation very closely and will 
certainly let you know of any further development.

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3. The 102nd Congress Delayed Adjournment ............................... 45
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>From: yzhou@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Joe Y. Zhou)
Source: talk.politics.china, abridged by CND

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The 102nd Congress delayed adjournment, until possibly 
next week, as the Senate faced time-consuming filibusters Tuesday on energy, 
water and tax bills that kept the chamber in a round-the-clock session.

The filibusters shattered plans by congressional leaders to quit for the 
year Tuesday, although the House, its agenda finished, went into a holding 
pattern, waiting for the Senate to complete action on the remaining bills.

In a session-ending news conference, House Speaker Thomas Foley, D- Wash., 
and Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell of Maine, both said the record 
of the Congress was one of "substantial achievement," but said it could have 
been better if President Bush had cooperated.

"This very substantial record has been achieved despite the fact" that Bush 
vetoed 36 bills, Foley said.

The record is "one of substantial accomplishment, but with much more that 
could have been done but for the president's unwise and excessive use of the 
veto power,"  Mitchell said.

Mitchell said they "look forward with great enthusiasm" to the next Congress 
with "a new president, and a new outlook that will turn this country around."

Asked about gridlock, Foley said, "the only gridlock that has existed in this
Congress has been the gridlock brought upon by the president himself, for 
which he is solely and entirely responsible" with his vetoes.

House Republican leader Robert Michel of Illinois disagreed, saying the 
session was "long on politics and short on legislation. The list of major 
legislation is meager at best."

He said the session began with Congress at its best, debating the Gulf War 
resolution, but "then proceeded to show Congress at its worst, rocked by 
scandal, internal struggle and partisan wrangling."

He charged that the Democratic leadership deliberately provoked Bush's vetoes.

Senate Republican leader Robert Dole of Kansas said the Democratic majority 
"achieved their primary objective, which was bashing President Bush for 
almost the last 18 months. That didn't help make much legislation, but it did
make a lot of headlines."

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