DATE=5/18/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249537
TITLE=CONGRESS/CHINA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=CONGRESS
CONTENT=
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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)



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