May 12,1998---Al Gore

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Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation
B16F, No.3 Ta-Tun 2St.
Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
May 12, 1998.

Dear Mr. Vice President Al Gore,

If business affair to hurt United States security, would let it going again? Congressional Republicans plan a series of hearings to investigate whether President Clinton's policy on the export of commercial satellites to communist China has allowed the mainland Chinese to acquire technology to improve the accuracy of their nuclear missiles, according to GOP lawmakers and aides.

White House officials have denied any political influence on satellite policy, which they say has limited weapons proliferation by encouraging commercial cooperation with mainland China dating back to the 1980s.

" Our policy specifically excludes the transfer of sensitive U.S. technology." said National Security Council spokesman P.J. Crowley. "We believe there are adequate safeguards in place that preclude U.S. companies from providing assistance to China with respect to the design, development, operation, maintenance, modification, or repair of launch vehicles."

The issue stems from the desire of U.S. space firms to save time and money by launching their satellites on communist Chinese rockets, under sanctions imposed after the 1989 anti-democracy crackdown in Tiananmen Square.

Presidents Clinton and Bush have issued waivers for firms to export satellites under strict guidelines designed to safeguard U.S. technology. In communist China people have no freedom of expression persevering human right, and "legal avenues" to "express dissatisfaction with the government". It is very difficult to influence Beijing's government policy. The only way to press the " dictatorship " into "democracies"; is keeping forceful pressure from democratic countries. Just in time, on free market's routine. Communist's country needs United States to support its economic and business activity.

Weapons and high technology must be excluded by normal commercial exchange. Communist's post REP, Richardk, Armey, R-Texas, said at his weekly press briefing, "We now have revelations that we had special dispensation given to a defense contractor to sell to the communist Chinese the technology that would enable them to effectively target their nuclear weapons to the United States."

 

 

Sincerely Yours,
Yang Hsu-Tung.
President of
Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation

 

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