LETTER TO PRESIDENT FROM ANNA CHENNAULT

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• Publication Date: September 22, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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THE PRESIDENT'S EXPORT COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230
1511 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
September 22, 1983
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. President:
Since my return from my lengthy trip to the Soviet Union, Europe, Middle
East and Far East, I had the good fortune to see you and Mrs. Reagan
at the tihite House twice already in the short period of t D weeks, however,
there were always other people around and I was not able to give you a
brief report on my mission. As a private citizen, as well as Vice Chairman
of the President's Export Council, I have already sent my report to
Mr. Ed Meese, Jim Baker, Mike Deaver, Judge Clark, Secretary of State
George Shultz and Cap Weinberger, but I do want to give you a brief
report on my tour.
I thought you might be interested to know during my visit to the P.R.C.,
I was a special guest of Mr. Deng Xiaoping and stayed at the state
guest house reserved for heads of state. I spent over an hour talking
to Deng Xiaoping privately without their officers attending. I also had
a private talk with their Foreign Minister Wu Xue-Qian who is now attending
the U.N. conference in New York and later on after his visit to Canada
will go to Washington for his official visit. Mr. Deng Xiaoping talked to
me on four issues:
1. Relationship between the United States and P.R.C.
2. Future of the P.R.C. and Taiwan
3. Sino-Soviet ongoing relationship and what is to be
expected in the years to come
4. South and North Korea situation and Chinese view on
Korean issue.
I arrived Seoul, Korea the day after the Korean plane was shot down. I
visited Korea at the invitation of President Chun as a private citizen and
as a friend. On September 2nd President Chun invited many of our Senators
who were attending the U.S.-Korea Security Conference for dinner to which I
was also a guest. After dinner President Chun asked me to stay over and
have a private talk with him. I know you will be visiting Korea in
November and are considering a visit to the P.R.C. in the near future.
As a friend and confidante of many of the Asian leaders, and other
people, I awn fortunate to have an in-depth knowledge of sane of the Asian
countries, however, I remain low-key and low-profile. If there should be
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any way I can be of help to you and your administration in dealing
with the Far East and Southeast Asia, I will be at your service.
With wannest regards to you and our First Lady, Nancy, I am
Respectfully yours,
Anna Chennault
Vice Chairman
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In August this year, during the recess of the U.S. Congress, I
travelled to Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East on a
good-will and trade promotion as well as fact finding mission
with Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senator Edward Zorinsky
(D-Nebraska). In my capacity Vice Chairman of the President's
Export Council, and Advisory Committee of A.I.D. and member of
the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service, and
finally, as President of my own organization, TAC International,
I had the opportunity to meet with not only leaders of the countries
we visited but also leaders in the private sector which assisted
this mission to gain updated information on the world problems
we face today and also exchange U.S. views on various issues with
our friends and allies, as well as with our adversaries.
This will be a lengthy report - I will do it c>untry oy ntry
in order to present a more in-depth analysis of my observations.
I also would like to point out since we were travelling as
government representatives we received briefings by each
United States embassy we visited. The letter from President
Reagan addressed to me emphasizing the importance of trade among
nations was extremely helpful to spread good-will. Finally,
serving a^ advisor to the Secretary of Defense's office and A.I.D.,
also pro-,,_ded me with other dimensions of contact particular?- in
some of the countries where we have been working very closely in
defense and trade.
Another point of interest which I c(-rider is important for the
taxpayer to know is while many other Congressional groups were
travelling around the world using government aircraft and having
expenses paid by the taxpayer, we travelled by commercial air
carriers and I paid for all my own travelling expense. Meeting
with our own U.S. Chamber of Commerce groups in various cities
during many early breakfasts, they cheered and applauded when I
told them we travelled in a small group and lthou,h we served
as official mission, no taypayer money was used to support our
assignment.
The following was our itinerary and schedule of appointments.
While most of the appointments in Europe, the Middle East,
Moscow was handled by Senator Hatch's office, the schedule for
the People's Republic of China, South Korea and Taiwan was
handled by my office through the highest level, directly with
each country concerned and it was that portion of the trip
this mission received the highest visibility and contact.
Our trip began on Friday August 18, 1983 from Washington DC to
London via New York by Pan American Airline. We were met by
the staff of the U.S. Embassy and was told almost every day
they had U.S. VIPs coming through London and saris during the
Congressional recess. The party spent the night at the Airport
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Sheraton Hotel and the next morning, Friday, August 19th, we
left London in the morning by British Airways for Moscow.
British Airways used Boeing 707 on this flight - there
were no first class seats - only economy. Attendants on the
flight made a casual remark to me "There are more people want
to get out of Moscow than want t^ go in."
MOSCOW
We arrived Moscow in the afternoon of Friday, August 19th.
At the airport we were met by the U.S. Embassy staff, Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Parris as well as the Commercial Director, Dr. Robert
Krause. The Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Arthur Hartman
was in the United States at the time and DCM Warren Zimmermann
was in charge. We went directly from the airport to t:-.? -n'assy
building where Warren and Tenny Zimmermann weia having a reception
honoring the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Animal Exchange Program. It was my
understanding this exchange is part of a global program sponsored
by the Smithsonian World called the Species Survival Plan, a
newly coordinated effort by zoos worldwide to determine which
species are most threatened, which should be helped, and how.
Last summer the U.S. and U.S.S.R. each exchanged three
Przewalski horses (Mongolian wild horse), a species extinct
in the wild and only surviving in captivity. In the past, the
U.S. has received Siberian steppe polecats, and Siberian crane
eggs (some of which became chicks enroute). In return the
U.S. has sent to the U.S.S.R. Musk ox( and Trumpeter swans
from Alaska, and Siberian cranes. Thi. Fall the U.S. will send
a male sea lion from southern California to the Moscow Zoo for
breeding.
Siberian tigers (Amur) are no longer caught in the wild. Their
captive population of a few hundred in the U.S. is all derived
from only 17 founder animals. This means their gene'ic
diversity or "gene pool" is severely limited a.,d outside
bloodlines are necessary to prevent degenerative inbreeding.
The three tigers in this exchange will go to the Bronx, Indiana-
polis and Omaha Zoos. This animal exchange is made possible by
the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Environmental Agreement, signed in 1972, which
provides for the continuing exchange of endangered species
between the two countries to improve their captive breeding and
ultimate survival. I do not mean to go on at such length talking
about the program, however, it demonstrates U.S. effort to
maintain a reasonable balanced relationship with the U.S.S.R.
In Moscow we stayed at the Rossiya Hotel, probably one of the
largest hotels in the world with almost 4,000 rooms, however,
the management of the hotel was typical of a Communist country.
Upon arrival at the hotel, each guest received their identification
card and with the identification card, the guest goes to the
floor assigned to him and receives the room key for his assigned
room. When one leaves the hotel, the key must be turned in and
in exchange you receive a card for re-entry into the hotel.
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I broke their system by giving packages of cigarettes to the
husky women minding the desk and the second day they all became
very friendly and willing to serve tea and coffee to me.
The Rossiya Hotel is located next to Red Square. When the
two Senators requested rooms facin" Red Square, their
requests were refused. The reason was no foreign guests are
allowed to stay in rooms facing Red Square.
It was my first visit to the Soviet Union - also a first for
both Senators Hatch and Zorinsky. Both Senators requested
meeting with Andropov but it was during the week-end and the
government officials sent word back that President Yuri V.
Andropov already met with a delegation of Democrat U.S.
Senators including Russell Long of Louisiana and Claibor--A Pell
of Rhode Island, therefore, they should meet with other ^^rs.
I did meet with officers of the U.S.S.R. Trade -erartment, as
well as Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Chetverikov. Mr. Chetverikov was stationed in Washington prior
to his new assignment at the Foreign Ministry. He is now in
charge of U.S.A. affairs in the Foreign Ministry in Moscow.
On Saturday, August 20th we received a briefing from DCM
Warren Zimmeriann. Both Senator Hatch and Senator Zorinsky
attended the evening meeting at the synagogue in Moscow and met
with Jewish leaders who gather in front of the synagogue
every Saturday afternoon. Senator Hatch, as Vice Chairman of
Foreign Policy of the Republican Senate 'teering Committee
talked to Gen. Milshtein who is Director of the USA-Canadian
Institute and also Gen. Nikolay Chervov, Chief of Soviet general
staff, Department for Arms Control, while Senator Zorinsky and myself
met with Boris Gordeyed, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade. Senator
Zorinsky is particularly interested in the question of grain sales
to the Soviet Union and both parties showed some gratification
that the grain sales agreement was signed prior -o our departure
from Washington, D.C. Of course, I must point cut all this
took place ten days prior to the Soviet downing of a South Korea
airplane with 269 people on board. Just for the information of
the readers of this report, I enclose a copy of Senator Pell's
delegation list to the Soviet Union. They were traveling by
government aircraft provided by the U.S. Government with 9
Senators and their wives, all Democrats, and about 20 staff
members. They were also provided a private plane to travel
around the Soviet Union. (Enclosure A)
Mr. Andropov made the statement to the group of U.S. Democratic
Senators that the U.S.S.R. assumes the commitment not to be
the first to put into outer space any type of anti-satellite
weapon, i.e., imposes a unilateral moratorium on such launchings
for the entire period during which the other states, including
the U.S.A. will refrain from stationing in outer space anti-
satellite weapons of any type. Senator Pell said "We must hope
that this moratorium is not a ploy but a step towards serious
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negotiations on eliminating these destabilizing weapons." At
the same time we read reports from the Washington Post that
Moscow planned to build mobile intercontinental missiles to
prevent its land base missile forces from becoming vulnerable
to attack from more accurate U.S. missiles that are being
developed. There were also reports in The Herald Tribune
stating that the U.S. and NATO allies may have to develop a
different kind of war plan for bases in Europe because the Soviet
missiles are becoming so lethal. The Soviet theater missile
that NATO nations are concerned about are the SS-21 with a
range of about 72 miles (116 kilometers) and the SS-22 and
SS-23 with a range of about 300 miles. U.S. aerospace
executives long have said that the advances in short take off
planes depends largely on how much money the Pentagon makes
available. After the Korean incident, hopefully our defense
budget will receive more serious and reasonable considerat=-n.
On the issue of trade, we talked about the White house instruct-
ing departments and agencies affected by East-West trade to
review the advantages and disadvantages of controls on oil
t.quipment exports to the Soviet Union.
Case in point concerned the Caterpillar Tractor Co. of Peoria,
Illinois, which is the principal U.S. maker of pipe layers.
It is locked it a global marketing struggle with Komatsu Co.
of Japan, which faces no export controls. Caterpillar lost
$264 million in the first half of this year and expects further
losses in the second half. Caterpillar says that the Russians
have turned to Komatsu for thousands of p:' - layers since the
controls were imposed by President Jimmy Carter in July 1978
in response to the jailings of Anatoli B. Scharansky and
Alexander Ginsburg, two Soviet dissidents.
Last January, the Commerce Department approved licenses for
200 pile layers, but the Soviet purchasers told Caterpillar
that they would not buy the equipment until the li-ensinc
requirement was eliminated, administration officiates said.
The 200 pipe layers would have cost $90 million.
Those opposed to relaxing controls argue that the U.S. position
in COCOM could be undermined by a relaxation, which would make
it appear that the United States cares more about commerce than
strategic issues. They also argue that the human rights
situation has not improved. Furthermore, they say, a relaxation
would benefit one company, rather than treat all producers
of oil and gas equipment equally.
The writer of this report takes no position on this issue except
to report some of the comments.
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On Sunday we took a tour of the Kremlin; also visited the Lenin
Stadium where they perform ballet on ice. The two Senators
and myself were also invited to visit the Embassy of the
People's Republic of China in Moscow and had tea with the PRC
Ambassador and staff at their very elaborate embassy which
I was told had a staff of about 300. asked the Chinese
officials about Sino-Soviet relations and they told me it has
slightly improved in recent months and high level negotiations
will continue to be conducted.
I consider the highlight of my visit to Moscow was the tour
of the Zagorsk - about an hour and fifteen minutes drive from
Moscow. Zagorsk is a showplace for the U.S.S.R. to show the
foreign visitors that under Communism religious worship is
still permitted. We toured many churches built during the er
of the Russian Czars. They were gorgeously preserved Bein,
a Sunday, every church was jam-packed with worshipp?rs as well
as tourists. As a Catholic, I have been to many cathedrals
around the world but was never as impressed as the mass I
at-ended at the Cathedral of Zagorsk.
After mass the priest invited our group to lunch at their
religious institute. Coffee, sandwiches, sweets and chocolate
as well as local]- made brandy were served. I gave the priest
and head of the religious institute Parker pens and a very
generous contribution to the cathedral. The Pell delegation
were also touring the same vicinity, however, I was told they
were not invited to lunch or tea by the mangy -ment. Maybe
there were too many of them in one group.
On my visit to the Soviet Union, I have one simple comment, on which
I am sure the majority of taxpayers will agree with me. Whether
we are in the private sector or in the public domain, in order
to make a sound and realistic global policy, one should not and
must not be utilized by any special interest group. We mu:,-
remember we are all Americans. America can only negotiate
from a position of strength not from a position of weakness.
We must have a broader global policy which benefits the common
interests of the United States. Our friends as well as our
enemies recognize the strength of our nation but also recognize the
weakness of our division. In the coming election of 1984, I
hope members of Congress as well as contenders for the Presidential
race, and their advisors will put the national interest as our
first priority.
I enclose a report from the United States Commerce office of
March 1983 of the 10 largest imports of the U.S.S.R. and 10
largest exports from the U.S.S.R. (Enclosure B)
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From Moscow we took Air France Flight 721 for Paris. We landed
at Charles de Gaulle Airport at 5:40 p.m. Monday August 22nd.
Since our stay in Paris was brief, I asked for a meeting with
our U.S. Commercial Attache in Paris, Mr. William Tatge. In
Paris we stayed at the Paris Hilton. The same evening we had
dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Brown, a _ersonal friend of
Senator Hatch and a promotor of the Program for Democracy.
Tuesday, August 23rd our party left Paris by TWA Flight 806
for Israel arriving Tel Aviv at 3:45 p.m. The party used the
King David Hotel in Jerusalem as our headquarters and conducted
our meetings with various parties concerned in the hotel and
away from the hotel. Prior to our arrival in Israel, C del
had requested a visit to Merkava Tank plant and the Israeli
aircraft industry, also meetings with Begin and Shamir. The
requ sts were granted and we had good visits at the factories
and with Begin and Shamir. As for the other countries in the
Middle East such as Beirut, Damascus, Cairo, Amman, Riyadh,
Dhahran, Doha and Bahrain, instead of giving my own observations,
I simply quote requests from Hatch's office to Embassy "for
Beirut, Damascus, Giro, Amman, Riyadh, Dhahran, Doha and
Bahrain: "Codel, including Mrs. Chennault but not wives
and Corkins is planning whirlwind tour to as many of these
posts as possible during the period August 26-28. Hope is to
provide broad strategic purview for these two anators, neither
of whom have ever visited these countries before. It is worth
noting that both Senators were original opponents of AWACS
but ended up voting in favor of the sale. Posts visited will
depend on Embassy recommendations and availability of heads
of state and other senior host government officials including
foreign ministers. Codel would be willing to add two additional
days to this portion of program if there is sufficient host
country interest. Embassies are requested to suggest programs.
Ideally, Codel will fly via military air from Israel to Beirut
on Friday,.August 26. They will call on Marine commander,
Lebanese officials, and have brief tour of city before departing
for Cairo. Overnight in Cairo, meet with country team and
Egyptian officials and depart for Amman at approximately noon
Saturday, August 27 for country team briefing. Calls on
Jordanian officials and overnight. On Sunday, August 28 they will
depart for Riyadh for AWACS briefing and calls on Saudi officials,
leaving Riyadh at noon for Dhahran where they will receive USMTM
briefing, overflight of oil fields, Congen briefing on Eastern
Province and possible visit to F-5 base. They will then depart
for Bahrain for briefing by country team, call on foreign
minister, and possible dinner with Admiral Gurney aboard the
Coronado or Helicopter flight to Spruance-class destroyer on
station. Codel will depart Bahrain for Sharjah in time to meet
flight to Beijing which departs at 1:40 a.m. Wives and Corkins
will not accompany above trip on military air but will take
commercial flight from Amman to Sharjah via Doha. "
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As a member of Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service,
(DACOWITS), I was invited to breakfast with Col. Amira Dotan,
who is the Chief of the Women's Corps of Israel, and her Deputy.
We had a lengthy discussion on Israeli women in the service.
We have some identical problems in the U.S. We touched on many
issues of defense and suggested improvemen-1 can be gradually pro-
moted in order to help women in the military service. We also
discussed with Col. Dotan the possibility of her visiting the
United States. Col. Dotan joined the army at the age of 18. Now
at the age of 36 she has been in the service for 18 years. She
is an extremely charming and attractive woman, married with two
young children. It proves a woman can have two careers - as
wife and mother at home and also serving her country with
dedication. Col. Dotan gave credit to her husband for his
support and understanding stating that without that blessing
she probably would not be where she is today.
In Israel one senses the urgency of preventing continued confronta-
tion but also the frustration and hopelessness of maintaining
peace LZ any kind. While we had the opportunity to tour Bethlehem,
and many religious sites as tourists to the Holy Land, we were
continuously being reminded that people who live in the Holy Land
and vicinity have been brothers and sisters for many generations
and yet they have bee: fighting long before Jesus Christ was born.
Some interesting information regarding Jerusalem:
"Jerusalem is situated in the Judean Hills about 40 miles from
the Mediterranean, at an altitude of 2,710 feet The physical
setting is dazzling. On a clear day you can look to the east
and see the Dead Sea (1,300 feet below sea level), the Jordan
Valley, and the Mountain of Moab. To the west, the outline of
Tel Aviv is visible. The Jerusalem consular district includes
the City of Jerusalem and the west bank of the Jordan River,
occuped by Israel during the 1967 War. The area of this district
is approximately 5500 square kilometers. It is almost e-tirel'
mountainous except for the valley of the Jordan River.
The population of the Jerusalem consular district includes a
variety of cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. The two
largest of these groups are an Israeli population of about
285,000 and a Palestinian Arab population of about 735,000.
There are other groups of varying sizes, including Armenians,
Druze, Samaritans and Beduin. Religion is an important element.
Jerusalem has vast significance for Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam alike. The religious holidays are felt and observed as
in no other city in the world. The Israeli population follows
Judaism in varying degrees of orthodoxy. The Palestinian
population is about 7.5% Muslim, (predominantly Sunni), and
about 7% Christian (of many different sects but predominantly
Greek Orthodox).
The status of the Consulate General -- indeed the status of the
city of Jerusalem itself -- is complex and frequently misunder-
stood. The following sketch provides a rough outline of U.S.
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policies and their origins, but readers should bear in mind that
no explanation as brief as this can really do justice to the
intricacies of the issues involved.
Circumstances have made Congen Jerusalem an unusual post. It
is one of two independent consular posts in 'he American Foreign
Service, the other being Hong Kong. The Consul General has the
status of Chief of Mission. And while the U.S. has had consular
representation in Jerusalem for almost 140 years, personnel
assigned here are not accredited either to the Government of
Israel or the Government of Jordan, both of which claim sovereignty
in the city.
The unique status of the Consulate General is itself the result
of the still unresolved status of Jerusalem in international law.
Immediately after the termination in 1948 of the British ma-'date
in Palestine, war broke out between the Arabs and Israeli.. At
the conclusion of hostilities, Jerusalem was divided, with
Arab forces in control of the walled city and suburbs to the
north anL east, and Israeli forces in control of West Jerusalem.
This regrettable division of the city was acknowledged "de facto"
but never "de jure" by the U.S. government and most of the inter-
national community.
It was widely agreed that the ultimate status of this unique
city should be resolved not by force of arms or unilateral action,
but through peaceful negotiations among the parties concerned.
Determined to avoid any step that might appear to -ejudge the
outcome of such negotiations, the U.S. kept its Embassy in Tel
Aviv (where Israel initially established its government) and left
it to the Consulate General to represent American interests in
Jerusalem -- on both sides of the ceasefire line.
The "de facto" division of the city continued until the Six Day
war in June 1967, when Israeli Defense Forces occupied the entirE
city of Jerusalem and the West Bank of the Jordan River. ohortly
after the war, the Israeli Parliament unilaterally enlarged the
Jerusalem municipal boundaries to include some areas of the West
Bank. Fourteen years later, in 1981, Israel formally annexed
the expanded city. The U.S. Government does not recognize
either the expansion or the annexation as legitimate. At the
same time, however, the U.S. has consistently made clear its
belief that Jerusalem should be a united city within which there
would be no restrictions on the movement of persons or goods,
with free access to holy sites by people of all faiths and
nationalities."
In general, people who live in the middle of the Mid-East conflict,
whether in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, or the U.A.E., do not
have much hope for peace in the near future. Of course we did
not go to Lebanon. There is a war going on. I for one did not
feel justified for our representatives to take care of Washington
visitors while they have more important things to do.
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EGYPT
We left Tel Aviv for Cairo on Sunday, August 28th. My purpose
for visiting Cairo was to talk to officials from the U.S.
Commercial Office and also to meet some of the U.S. business
leaders in Cairo. The U.S. Commercial Attache, Ted Rosen, met
me at the airport and made arrangements for me to lunch with
U.S. business leaders at the home of the U.S. DCM Henry Precht
and Mrs. Precht. U. S. companies in Egypt are active in
investment, trade and development. The A.I.D. and F.M.S.
contractors are also very much involved in that area since the
U.S. is spending very substantial sums funding many projects
in Egypt. U.S. business leaders would like to see a closer
working relationship between the A.I.D. representatives and
U.S. firms. I was impressed by the enthusiasm of our represent-
atives in Egypt and promised to pay them another visit with a
few representatives of the President's Export Council, hope-u ly
sometime early in 1984.
From Cairo we took Gulf Air to Sharjah, part of the United Arab
Emirates. On this flight, we saw the true practice of Moslem
custom of discrimination against women. The plane from Cairo
to Sharjah, via Bahrain, was fully booked. Many Arab women,
young and old, came on board the plane. Their faces were fully
covered by black veils, L.1d under the veils they had half-masks
on their faces.
Most of the passengers got off at Bahrain and a few of us on
board the plane went on to Sharjah. In Sharjah, we ere met
by the staff of the U.S. Embassy, also representatives of the
PRC and Manager of CNAC, since we were on our way to Beijing.
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Our party arrived Beijing, the capital of the PRC on Monday,
August 29th, at 1:40 p.m. We were met by U.S. Ambassador and
Mrs. Arthur Hummel, President of the Chinese People's Institute
for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hao Deqing, Secretary General of the
same institute, Li Xie and many others.
Since I was the principal guest of the PRC, both Senators and
accompanying party were given the courtesy to stay at the
government guest house Diaoyutai. The villa where we stayed
at Diaoyutai has a fixed rate for all VIPs local currency of
$6,000. per day. That is the equivalent of US$3,000. per day,
which includes transportation, breakfast, lunch or dinner if so
desired and service of men and women attendants at the villa.
The other congressional delegations, such as Senator Jackson's
delegation stayed at the hotel in Beijing. Both Senators Hatch
and Zorinsky were only charged $75.00 per day for their stay
and that included limousines, chauffeurs and cars for sight-
seeing. The villa Number 15 where we stayed, was to house
King Hussein and his party during his state visit to the PRC
(the day after we left China for Tokyo).
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I had private meetings with Deng Xiaoping, who now holds many
titles, however, he prefers the title of Chairman. I also
had a private meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr. Wu Xue-Qian, both of them spent more than an hour with me
alone. We talked on many issues which I promised I would not put
in writing nor make any statement. Both of them asked me for
another return visit alone to spend a little bit more time with
various officials which I promised I would do. The Minister
of Trade and Economics, Mr. Chen Mu Hwa, had a dinner in my
honor and mentioned the visit of our Secretary of Commerce,
Malcolm Baldrige which he considered a successful visit. I
also had lunch with the Minister of Air and Space, Mr. Chien
and breakfast with Mr. Chen Tao, the Director of Civilian
Air Administration who visited South Korea during the hijack
of the CACA aircraft from China to South Korea. He was the
highest ranking officer to visit South Korea in recent years.
As far as trade with the PRC is concerned, note the following
paragraph fo information:
"Subject: Trade Fair Certification China COMM 84
Beijing, People's Republic of China, November 6-13, 1984
Ref: a) US DOC 9456 b) t3DOC 10826
1. Commerce is pleased to announce the certification of the
subject event to be held at the Beijing Exhibition Certer.
2. Show contact: Ned Krause, Clapp and Poliak International,
7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Telephone: (301) 657-3090.
3. USDOC Contact: Ms. Terry Rettig, Cable code TD/EDOCGI/HTID/6211.
4. Projected number of U.S. exhibitors: 60 covering 900 square
meters.
5. Product categories to be exhibited: Equipment for the tele-
communications, computers, electronics and communications
industries. Many of the items likely to be exhibited fall
under the licensing requirements of commerce's office of
export administration. Potential exhibitors will be made
aware of the need for complying with the export control regu-
lations and OEA will screen items to be exhibited to ascertain
whether any licensing problems may occur.
6. Audience profile: Audience profile consists of end organiza-
tions. Upper and mid-level management personnel within govern-
ment manufacturing, transportation and distribution, etc.
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Show description: The Chinese government made a formal request
that a second China Comm exhibition be produced in 1984. This
request came at the conclusion of the highly successful China
Comm 82, where U.S. ten million dollars in contrac's were
negotiated for telecommunications, computers. "
Our party departed Beijing Thursday September 1, early in
the morning for Tokyo. Senators Hatch and Zorinsky met with
our U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Mike Mansfield, while I spent
time with members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for an
early breakfast at the Okura Hotel in Tokyo.
It was during our stay in Tokyo we learned of the sad incident
with the South Korean Airline Jumbo Jet with 269 passengers
aboard, shot dwn by the Soviet fighter north of Japan on
Thursday, September 1. The world was shocked by this bloody
criminal act.
We left Tokyo for Seoul, Korea on Friday, September 2nd. Prior
to my departure from Washington for this around the wor trip,
President Chun Doo Hwan asked me to stay a day longer
in order to have dinner with him and Mrs. Chun alone. Since that
was not possible, due to my tight schedule, I was invited to
dinner given by President Chun at the Blue House on September 2nd
honoring the participants in the Seoul forum on Korea-U.S.
Security Cooperation. During dinner, President Chun talked
about the brutality of the Soviet attack on an unarmed civilian
airplane carrying 269 people. After dinner President Chun
asked me to stay over for a private talk which lasted about
two hours. A special report on our talk will be presented to
President Reagan separately.
In addition to my private meeting with President Chun, I also
had a private meeting with the new Chairman of the Korean
Congress, Mr. Chae Mun-shik in fact, he sent his aide to
the airport to take me to his office upon my arrival in Seoul.
I also had a brief meeting with Foreign Minister Lee Bum-suk,
and promised that I will have another visit sometime next
year; hopefully it will be a trade mission representing the
President's Export Council.
From Seoul, Korea we took China Airlines to Taipei, Taiwan on
Saturday, September 3rd in the early afternoon, arriving Taipei
just in time to attend a dinner given by Prime Minister Y.S. Sun
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of the Republic of China on Taiwan. I had made arrangements
for both Senator Hatch and Senator Zorinsky to meet with
President Chiang Ching-kuo on Monday, September 5th, while
I had to return to Washington on urgent matters Sunday,
September 4th.
CONCLUSION
Although the schedule on this trip was tight and we were
trying to cover a lot of territory in a short period of time,
yet what we accomplished could not have been accomplished
by sitting in the office. It is gratifying to have this oppor-
tunity to talk to so many leaders person to person.
For those who read this report, I. welcome your comments and
if you should have any questions, please contact my office.
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TEN LARGEST U.S. EXPORTS TO THE USS1' JANUARY-1)EC1;MBI-R 1982
COMMODITY
A.*MOUNT (U.S.$)
Yellow Corn
Wheat, Un;rilled
Phos. Acid
Soybeans
Tracklaying Tractors, New
Pressure Sensitive Tape
Petroleum Coke, Calcined
Copper Ore
Insulating or Transformer Oils
Parts, NSPF, of Tractlaying Tractors
818,770,000
802,180,000
268,490,000
171,260,000
51,040,000
36,100,000
34,270,000
34,160,000
27,930,000
25,650,000
EN LARGEST U.S. IMPORTS FROM THE USSR, JANUAZY-DECEMBER 1981
Anhydrous Ammonia
Palladium
Unwrought Nickel
Urea
Gasoline
Uranium Fluorides
Vodka in Containers, Not Over
Sable Furskins, Whole, Raw
Metal Coins
Potassium Chloride
88,770,000
24,840,000
12,180,000
10,430,000
10,340,000
9,650,000
7,170,000
7,160,000
6,100,000
4,600,000
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Delegation List
Senator Claiborne Pell and wife Nuala
Senator Russell B. Long and wife Carolyn
Senator Dale Bumpers and wife Betty
-Senator-_Patr-ick- Leahy- and wi?e--Marcelle -. -
Senator Howard Metzenbaum and wife Shirley
Senator Donald Riegle and wife Lori
Senator Paul Sarbaned and wife Christine
Senator James Sasser and wife Mary
Senator Dennis Deconcini and wife Susan
Officer of the Senate:
Mr. Patrick Griffin, Se,:etary for the Minority
Senate Staff:
Mr. John B. Ritch, Professional Staff Member, committee on Foreign Relations
Mr. George William (Bill) Ashworth, Professional Staff Member, Committee on
Foreign Relations Senate Select Committee on
Mr. Eric Newsom, Professional Staff Member,
Intelligence
Ms. Jan Novins, Director of Interparlia^:ent ry ervicc
-Mrs. Jeanine Drysdale-Lowe, Executive Assistant to the Serge~r.~ ~-%
Ms. Jan Demers, Secretary to the Delegation
Mr. James H. Billington, Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Interpreter:
Mrs. Galina Tunik
Department of Defense:
Capt. Thomas Lynch, USN Medical Corps
Col. Nikita Tregubov, U.S. Army
Capt. Thomas Ellsworth, USN
Sgt. Geoffrey Roberts, USMC
Cpl. Kelly Bemis, USMC
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