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Cox panel findings frighten senators
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By Nancy E. Roman
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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House special committee and the Clinton administration have resolved most
of their differences over release of a long-awaited report on technology
transfers to China, clearing the way for it to be released to the public
within the next few days.
"The report will be amply illuminating," said Rep. Christopher Cox,
California Republican, chairman of the U.S.-Chinese national security
committee that put together the report. "No nation has succeeded in stealing
so much."
Mr. Cox said that disputes over what material to "redact," or censor,
have been winnowed from the hundreds to "just a handful," and that the
public will see only 70 percent of the committee's findings. The rest will
remain classified to avoid revealing damaging information about U.S.
intelligence methods. Some Republicans have said the White House also wants
to eliminate language that would be politically damaging as well.
But 70 percent will be enough, Mr. Cox said. Sen. Conrad Burns, Montana
Republican and one of 15 senators who were briefed on the report by Mr. Cox,
emerged with a one-word description of it: "Scary."
Mr. Cox said that news accounts of what is in the report -- based on
information "leaked by others" --have
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made headlines that merely tease.
"The report will explain the story behind the headlines," he said. The
document will be posted on the Internet at the address www.House.gov.
Most of the information that has leaked out has related to nuclear
warheads and China's nuclear capability. Mr. Cox said the report, which is
divided into 11 chapters, also includes sections on:
Supercomputer technology.
Stealth technology.
The manufacture of stealth airplanes.
China's acquisition of U.S. technology.
Mr. Cox met last night with Rep. Norm Dicks, ranking Democrat on the
committee, to discuss the few remaining disputes over what sections of the
report to censor.
The committee has wrangled with the White House since Jan. 1 over which
sections to release. The White House argued that most of the report was too
sensitive to make public. Members of the committee have said most of the
findings should be released to the public.
Congress set up the special committee last fall after reports
circulated suggesting the Clinton administration was granting waivers for
the transfer of technology that could enhance China's nuclear capability.
Loral Space & Communications Ltd. requested a waiver in February 1998
to transfer satellite technology to China. The Justice Department
recommended against it, saying Loral already had transferred technology to
improve the accuracy of intercontinental ballistic missiles that could be
targeting the United States.
But the administration approved the waiver anyway.
Mr. Cox said his committee will look at the Justice, State and Commerce
departments and the positions they took on the proposed transfer. He said
then that the committee would also examine reported political contributions
from Lt. Col. Liu Chaoying, vice president of the Beijing-backed China
Aerospace International Holdings Ltd.
Democratic fund-raiser Johnny Chung has said he received $300,000 from
Col. Liu, a lieutenant colonel in the Chinese military and the daughter of a
member of the Politburo. She has denied making the contribution.
Members of Congress who are eager to trade with China fear that Chinese
espionage and the findings of what China has managed to acquire through
legal technology transfers might dampen enthusiasm for trade with Beijing.
A struggle erupts annually in Congress over whether to extend favorable
trading conditions. The United States is also negotiating with China over
its admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Mr. Cox does not expect negotiations over WTO membership to be affected
by the findings of the report -- at least "not directly."
But he said the committee recommends that the bilateral relationship
"be made more sturdy."
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