It is good not to be ambiguous. I think it would help, not hurt. When Taiwan's president traveled through Los Angeles last month, the State Department made it clear he could not meet with administration officials and privately pressured him not to meet with U.S. legislators, either . When U.S. representatives and senators travel to Taiwan, there are no restrictions on them, he observed. Commenting on the tight restrictions on senior Taiwanese officials, who are not allowed to visit Washington or meet with administration officials and only permitted to transit through the United States, Chen said his countrymen and government would like to see the relationship with Washington improve in terms of access to higher officials.
People aspire to more, they want to be treated better.
Greek Anti-Terrorism Efforts Michalis Chrysochoidis, Greece's minister of public order, is meeting with Attorney General Janet Reno today to sign a memorandum of understanding between Athens and Washington on terrorism and organized crime. Over breakfast at the residence of Greek Ambassador Alexander Philon yesterday, Chrysochoidis said spillover from the Balkans and the migration of populations across changing borders have led to an increase in organized crime. Greece has had to take such new crime-fighting measures as deploying 3,000 guards along its borders, he said. He pointed out, however, that Greece has one of the lowest crime rates in the region. He referred to the case of British defense attache Brig.