DATE=5/19/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249589
TITLE=CONGRESS-CHINA REPORT (L-ONLY/ONITER)
BYLINE=DAVID SWAN
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  A SPECIAL U-S CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE IS CLOSE TO 
RELEASING ITS LONG-AWAITED REPORT ON ALLEGED CHINESE SPYING AND 
BEIJING'S ACQUISITION OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY.  THE DOCUMENT IS 
EXPECTED AS SOON AS TOMORROW (THURSDAY) - AND AS V-O-A'S DAVID 
SWAN REPORTS, IT HAS ALREADY TRIGGERED A MAJOR CONTROVERSY.

TEXT: WHILE THE REPORT IS STILL OFFICIALLY CLASSIFIED, MANY OF 
ITS FINDINGS ARE KNOWN.  THIS INCLUDES ALLEGATIONS THAT A 
TAIWANESE-BORN SCIENTIST GAVE CHINA SOME OF THE U-S GOVERNMENT'S 
MOST GUARDED SECRETS ABOUT NUCLEAR WARHEADS. 

BUT THE HEAD OF THE INVESTIGATING PANEL, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN 
CHRISTOPHER COX, SAYS THE REPORT GOES BEYOND THE ESPIONAGE PROBE.

 HE SAYS IT COVERS TRANSFERS OF SUPER-SPEED COMPUTERS, THE 
"STEALTH" MATERIAL USED TO BUILD RADAR-EVADING WARPLANES, AND 
OTHER MILITARY HARDWARE.  THERE WILL ALSO BE CHAPTERS ON 
SATELLITE AND ROCKET TECHNOLOGY, WHICH BEIJING OBTAINED THROUGH 
CONTACTS WITH AMERICAN AEROSPACE FIRMS.

MR. COX SAYS THE REPORT IS NOT AN ATTACK ON THE CLINTON 
ADMINISTRATION, ALTHOUGH IT WILL DESCRIBE WHAT HE CALLS WINNERS 
AND LOSERS.  THE CONGRESSMAN REJECTS ATTEMPTS TO DOWNPLAY THE 
IMPACT OF THE CASE.

                           // COX ACT //

         THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WHO HAVE SAID THAT "EVERYBODY 
         SPIES."  I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT NOT EVERYBODY DOES 
         WHAT THE PRC HAS DONE.  FIRST OF ALL, NO NATION HAS 
         SUCCEEDED IN STEALING SO MUCH. SECOND, NATIONS THAT SPY 
         HAVE NOT USED THIS INFORMATION IN ORDER TO BUILD WEAPONS
         TO TARGET THE UNITED STATES.

                          // END ACT //

CHINA HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED SPYING.  WHILE THE PRIME SUSPECT (WEN
HO LEE) HAS BEEN FIRED FROM A NUCLEAR WEAPONS LAB, HE HAS NOT 
BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED.  BUT SEVERAL OTHER CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CASE, WHICH HAS ALREADY 
GIVEN FRESH AMMUNITION TO CRITICS OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S CHINA 
POLICY. (SIGNED)

NEB/DS/WFR

19-May-99 6:42 PM EDT (2242 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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