White House Spin-doctors Lie About Bush's China Policy: He DID NOT APPROVE Tech Export
Clinton Gives Nuclear AND Missile Technology to China Following Talks at White House with Jiang
By: Mary Mostert, Analyst, Conservative Net
The White House spin-doctors now are spinning nuclear weapons. Caught red-handed giving China technology which will enable it to accurately hit any target, including American cities, the White House claims that all President Clinton has done is "continue" the China policy of George Bush. This is an outright lie. Below is the Statement of Bush's Press Secretary Fitzwater issued April 30, 1991 in which the request to license the export of U.S. satellite components to China was DISAPPROVED.
Bush did waive sanctions for a China launch for an Australian launch of a Swedish satellite for communications and weather purposes. PRESIDENT BUSH SPECIFICALLY REFUSED TO SWALLOW THE CHINA PROPAGANDA ABOUT BEING "PRUDENT AND RESPONSIBLE IN ITS SALE OF MISSILE TECHNOLOGY.
Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Restrictions on U.S. on Behalf of President George Bush Satellite Component Exports to China
April 30, 1991
The President has decided not to approve a request to license the export of U.S. satellite components to China for a Chinese domestic communications satellite, the Dong Fang Hong 3 (DFH-3). The President made this decision because certain activities of Chinese companies raise serious proliferation concerns.
The United States has undertaken a major worldwide effort to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, particularly to regions of instability. We take this issue very seriously, and the President's decision not to approve satellite licenses in these circumstances underscores the importance attached to nonproliferation.
The United States is currently engaged in an intensive dialog with China on proliferation issues, aimed at encouraging China to observe internationally accepted guidelines on missile and missile-related technology exports. The Chinese Government has stated that it will be prudent and responsible in its sale of missile technology. We will be discussing our concerns about the activities of the Chinese companies involved in Dong Fang Hong with the Chinese Government.
U.S. satellites, their components and associated technologies are included in the U.S. Munitions List and require licenses for export to controlled destinations, including China. Under sanctions contained in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 1990-91, licensing of these exports is prohibited unless the President determines it to be in the national interest. Given our proliferation concerns, it would not have been appropriate to waive the legislative prohibition for the Dong Fang Hong.
At the same time, the President decided that it is in the national interest to waive legislative restrictions on exports for two other projects, AUSSAT and FREJA, that will launch satellites from China. The two U.S. -built AUSSAT satellites will provide needed communications services for our ally Australia. The President had previously waived legislative sanctions against launches from China for AUSSAT, but the project required additional export licenses. The President was concerned that we live up to our earlier commitment to allow Australia to proceed with this project. The Swedish FREJA satellite, a small scientific satellite, will be used by civilian atmospheric researchers in the U.S., Sweden, Canada, Germany, and Finland.
From Public Papers of George Bush - American Freedom Library
Editor's Note: Six years later, in June 199 7, a liberal Democratfrom San Francisco, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives about China giving weapons of mass destruction to Iran:
CHINA'S SALE OF MISSILES TO IRAN
Editor's Note: Recently we documented the trail of super-computers from Hazel OLeary to China. Rep. Pelosi (D-CA) in a speech in 1997 indicates that China may very well have shared some of the missile technology they may have received from the Clinton Administration with Iran. Is this what Clinton means when he talks about the "global economy?"
House of Representatives - June 18, 1997)
(Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, as we prepare for the debate and the vote on most-favored-nation status for China, I wish to call to the attention of my colleagues a statement made by Secretary William Cohen yesterday in which he said that Iran this month successfully tested a new air-launched antiship cruise missile obtained from China.
A Member should have serious concerns about China's proliferation behavior to Iran. We spend a great deal of time, money, and effort to promote the Middle East peace, and Iran is a menace to that peace. I would like to also call to the attention of my colleagues the statement by the Office of Naval Intelligence: Discoveries after the Gulf war clearly indicate that Iraq maintained an aggressive weapons of mass destruction procurement program A similar situation exists today in Iran with a steady flow of materials and technologies from China to Iran.
This exchange is one of the most active weapons of mass destruction programs in the Third World and is taking place in a region of great strategic interest to the United States. Mr. Speaker, this is also a place where our young people are in harm's way in the Persian Gulf. I urge my colleagues to seriously attend to the issue of proliferation as they decide on their vote and vote no on most-favored-nation status to China.
Editor's Note: When China Is Premier Jiang was visiting Clinton in the White House, only five months later, President Clinton announced he would CHANGE the Bush policy. He said he was changing it because "China has lived up to its pledge not to assist unsafeguarded nuclear facilities in third countries, and it is developing a system of export controls to prevent the transfer or sale of technology for weapons of mass destruction.
October 24, 1997
"REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN ADDRESS ON CHINA AND THE NATIONAL INTEREST
Next week I'll discuss with President Jiang the steps we can take together to advance the peace process in Korea. We'll look at ways to strengthen our military to military contacts, decreasing the chances of miscalculation and broadening America's contacts with the next generation of China's military leaders. And I will reiterate to President Jiang America's continuing support for our one China political, which has allowed democracy to flourish in Taiwan, and Taiwan's relationship with the PRC to grow more stable and prosper. The Taiwan question can only be settled by the Chinese themselves peacefully. Third, the United States has a profound interest in keeping weapons of mass destruction and other sophisticated weapons out of unstable regions and away from rogue states and terrorists. In the 21st century, many of the threats to our security will come not from great power conflict, but from states that defy the international community and violent groups seeking to undermine peace, stability and democracy. China is already a nuclear power with increasingly sophisticated industrial and technological capabilities. We need its help to prevent dangerous weapons from falling into the wrong hands. For years, China stood outside the major international arms control regimes. Over the past decade, it has made important and welcome decisions to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Biological Weapons Convention, and to respect key provisions of the Missile Technology Control Regime. Last year at the United Nations, I was proud to be the first world leader to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. China's Foreign Minister was the second leader to do so. China has lived up to its pledge not to assist unsafeguarded nuclear facilities in third countries, and it is developing a system of export controls to prevent the transfer or sale of technology for weapons of mass destruction.
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2C+missiles&bm=Oct&bd=19&by=]997&em=Nov&ed=02&ey=1997&sort_primary=DDATE Five days later Clinton approved Nuclear Sales to China as reported by Reuters:
Wednesday October 29 5:21 PM EST
Clinton Approves Nuclear Sales to China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Clinton Wednesday boosted the flagging U.S. nuclear industry and angered arms control advocates by authorizing sales of U.S. made atomic reactors to China at a summit with his Chinese counterpart.
Clinton said he made the decision - which was expected - after being satisfied that China will not sell such technology to troublesome states like Iran.
But officials did not publicly spell out the nature of those assurances that came during the summit with Chinese President Jiang Zemin, suggesting China has followed a familiar pattern of insisting only on making private pledges. "President Jiang and I agreed that the United States and China share a strong interest in stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction and other sophisticated weaponry in unstable regions and rogue states, notably Iran," Clinton told a news conference.
The assurances given for purposes of the nuclear agreement were "sufficiently explicit and clear" to comply with U.S. law and advance national security interests, he said.
The decision could mean billions of dollars in new sales to U.S. firms like Westinghouse, ABB and General Electric, which lobbied vigorously for the right to sell to China.
Clinton will implement the Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreement signed with China in 1985 but never put into effect because of concerns about Beijing's proliferation record.
Under U.S. law, the president must certify to Congress that China is not engaged in nuclear proliferation before the United States can sell China nuclear energy technology.
Anticipating the decision, a debate had already erupted over whether China can be trusted not to pass the technology to problem states like Iran, which Washington accuses of sponsoring terrorism and trying to acquire a nuclear arsenal.
Providing access to American technologies that could end up assisting Iran's nuclear weapons programs "would constitute an intolerable risk to U.S. national security," Reps. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, Benjamin Gilman., a New York Republican, and Christopher Cox, a California Republican, said in a Washington Post essay Wednesday.
China has "continually failed to live up to its promises," they complained. Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, a senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said China seemed minimally to meet U.S. requirements to qualify for reactor purchases.
"President Jiang's public commitments and private assurances must be backed up by clear, unequivocal actions," specifically termination of all nuclear cooperation with Iran, Biden said in a statement.
He warned that Congress will have a say in financing any nuclear projects by the Export-Import Bank and in granting export licenses.
The United States has long complained about China's willingness to export sophisticated weapons and nuclear technology to troublesome countries, like Iran and Pakistan.
But increasingly senior officials have argued that Beijing is building a markedly improved record of commitments and behavior, demonstrating a crucial new spirit of cooperation. Recently, China told U.S. officials it would stop selling anti-ship missiles to Iran that could threaten U.S. military ships in the Gulf region. China also agreed to halt future nuclear cooperation with Iran, officials said.
But so far China itself has not made such pledges public.
A joint statement issued at the summit commits China to work with the United States to bring the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty into force at the earliest date and to pursue early negotiations on a treaty banning fissile materials.
The two countries reiterated a vow not to assist nuclear program that are not subject to international inspection. Unlike 20 years ago when it rejected international norms, China is now a signer of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which all aim to stem the spread of arms.
U.S. officials cite this as evidence China is becoming a more responsible member of the international community. ^REUTERS
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