The following documents were obtained by Federal Court order in Smith V. Commerce 398cv716. The first document is an official Commerce letter to General Huai Guomo from then BXA Undersecretary Barry Carter. General Huai's reply letter appears in full chinese text and has the official heading of COSTIND - the translation is attached below. =============================================================== UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The Deputy Under Secretary for Export Administration washington. D.C. 20230 August 3, 1995 Lt. General Huai Guomo Vice Minister Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense Beijing, China Dear General Huai: Enclosed is a copy of our publication of U.S. businesses interested in investing in Chinese defense enterprises converting to civilian production, the U.S. Industry Directory. We are also forwarding to you, through Major General Chen of your Embassy here in Washington, an additional 750 copies of this publication for you to distribute among the COSTIND enterprises as you believe appropriate. I continue to believe that U.S. and Chinese cooperative activities in support of defense conversion, such as the publication of this directory, remain important even in the face of current difficulties between our two countries. We have made considerable progress toward realizing the goals of the U.S.- China Joint Defense Conversion Commission. I hope that you agree with me that there remain excellent opportunities to continue to make progress. One such opportunity is our open invitation to reschedule the visit by a delegation of Chinese defense enterprise representatives to the United States. The dates we have suggested for this trip are September 17-30, 1995, or some mutually convenient dates thereafter. I look forward to receiving your response to our invitation so that we may continue our important work together, and to our meeting again soon. Respectfully, Barry E. Carter =============================================================== ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOR REFERENCE AUGUST 30, 1995 Mr. Barry E. Carter Deputy Under Secretary Bureau of Export Administration U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, D.C. U.S.A. Dear Sir: Your two letters and the publications of "THE U.S. INDUSTRY DIRECTORY" duly received. I would like to express my appreciation to you and your collegues for your fruitful work in promoting the U.S.-China Joint Defense Conversion Cooperation. I agree with you that there does exist the opportunities to continue to make progress in our defense conversion cooperation even in the current difficulties between our two countries. The prepartaion work for organizing some of the enterprises to come to the U.S. for discussions of defense conversion projects has still been underway. This mission will be sent as the conditions are mature. Arrangements also has been made in regard to the defense enterprises leaders from China being trained in the U.S. as was set by the U.S.-China Joint Defense Conversion Commission. Wish our defense conversion cooperation achieve further results through joint efforts. HUAI GUOMO (signed) VICE MINISTER COMMISSION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE ================================================================ PLA General Huai Guomo official bio http://www.softwar.net/huai.html ================================================================ 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 Charles R. Smith SOFTWAR http://www.softwar.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pcyphered SIGNATURE: 6646783F74720949A59C4822E6573C16C2037624958E0631908F09EB9E40CEF6 78089712AAAA193BF80D749B7BBF7643B768C22D55249BF95E7E66CCBA678DB2 E8E367BC84DB5225 ================================================================ SOFTWAR EMAIL NEWSLETTER 07/30/99 *** to unsubscribe reply with "unsubscribe" as subject *** ================================================================
