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 CIS NO: 86-S381-3
 TITLE: U.S.-People's Republic of China Nuclear Agreement.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+315 p.
 DATE: Oct. 9, 1985
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 99-1              SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:S.hrg.99-339
 ITEM NO: 1039-A; 1039-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.99-339
 LC CARD NO: 86-600941               MC ENTRY NO: 86-9237

 Hearing to consider congressional approval of proposed Agreement for
 Cooperation Between the U.S. and China Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
 Energy, signed July 23, 1985, and negotiated under the terms of the Nuclear
 Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Nuclear energy peaceful uses, US-China agreement,
     congressional approval
 DESCRIPTORS: NUCLEAR POWER; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC; EXECUTIVE
     AGREEMENTS; ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT; CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE
     RELATIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; EXPORT CONTROLS; NUCLEAR REGULATION;
     NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION ACT
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.99-183

 86-S381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 1          Oct. 9, 1985 p. 2-52
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GLENN, JOHN (Sen, D-Ohio)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Deficiencies of proposed nuclear cooperation
     agreement, including lack of International Atomic Energy Agency peaceful
     use verification safeguards and U.S. consent rights regarding reactor
     fuel reprocessing and enrichment; overview of and reservations regarding
     Chinese nuclear non-proliferation policy.
 INSERTION: 
     -- Sino-American Nuclear Verification Act of 1985, to provide for
        verification of peaceful uses of U.S. nuclear exports to China under
        the proposed nuclear cooperation agreement, draft bill text (p.
        40-45).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Nuclear energy peaceful uses, US-China agreement,
     congressional approval
 DESCRIPTORS: REACTOR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES;
     INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; SINO-AMERICAN NUCLEAR VERIFICATION
     ACT

 86-S381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 2          Oct. 9, 1985 p. 114-130
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HERRINGTON, JOHN S. (Sec, DOE)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Anticipated benefits of approving proposed
     nuclear cooperation agreement.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Nuclear energy peaceful uses, US-China agreement,
     congressional approval
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.ENERGY

 86-S381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 3          Oct. 9, 1985 p. 131-216
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KENNEDY, RICHARD T. (Ambassador At Large and Spec Adviser to Sec,
        Nonproliferation Policy and Nuclear Energy Aff, State Dept)
     WOLFOWITZ, PAUL D. (Asst Sec, East Asian and Pacific Aff)
     ALBRIGHT, RAYMOND J. (vp, Eximbank)
     MATHESON, MICHAEL J. (Dep Legal Adviser, State Dept)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Benefits for U.S. trade, national security, and
     nuclear non-proliferation of proposed agreement; description of Eximbank
     role in financing overseas sale of U.S. nuclear plants and equipment;
     outlook for Chinese purchase of foreign nuclear plants and related
     financing scenarios; ability of peaceful use safeguards contained in
     proposed agreement to meet requirements of U.S. nuclear export law.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. State Dept, U.S.-China nuclear cooperation agreement effect on
        Congress's ability to enact legislation regarding nuclear exports to
        China, legal memo, Oct. 25, 1985 (p. 151-161).
     b. U.S.-China nuclear cooperation agreement, sufficiency of peaceful
        use and reactor fuel reprocessing safeguards to meet Atomic Energy
        Act requirements, Exec br legal memo (p. 187-211).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Nuclear energy peaceful uses, US-China agreement,
     congressional approval
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; FOREIGN.TRADE; NATIONAL.DEFENSE;
     INTERNATIONAL.FINANCE; FOREIGN.LOANS; EXPORT-IMPORT BANK; REACTOR
     FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES; ATOMIC ENERGY ACT

 86-S381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 4          Oct. 9, 1985 p. 219-315
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     COPPER, JOHN F. (intl studies prof, Rhodes College)
     LEVENTHAL, PAUL L. (pres, Nuclear Control Inst)
     LUCK, EDWARD C. (pres, UN Assn)
     VAN DOREN, CHARLES N. (former Asst Dir and Dep Gen Counsel, Arms
        Control and Disarmament Agency)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Reservations regarding transfer of nuclear
     technology to China on the basis of viewed inconsistencies in Chinese
     foreign and nuclear export policies, domestic instability, and poor
     human rights performance; viewed failure of proposed agreement to
     satisfy U.S. nuclear export law and further U.S.-China non-proliferation
     objectives (related correspondence and news articles, p. 262-266).
       Arguments for approval of proposed agreement, citing viewed
     improvement in Chinese non-proliferation policy and adequacy of peaceful
     use safeguards.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Greenberg, Eldon V., "Legal Deficiencies in the U.S.-China
        Agreement for Nuclear Cooperation and the Need for Enhanced
        Congressional Review" Sept. 9, 1985 (p. 267-278).
     b. Greenberg, Eldon V., "Legal Deficiencies in the U.S.-China
        Agreement for Nuclear Cooperation: A Comment on the Executive
        Branch's Analysis" Sept. 20, 1985 (p. 279-289).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Nuclear energy peaceful uses, US-China agreement,
     congressional approval
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): NUCLEAR CONTROL INSTITUTE;
     UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION; GREENBERG, ELDON V. (China-US nuclear
     cooperation agreement legal defects, articles); HUMAN RIGHTS

 86-S381-3 TESTIMONY NO: 5          Additional Testimony
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PROXMIRE, WILLIAM ((Sen, D-Wis), p. 52-84)
     COHEN, WILLIAM S. ((Sen, R-Maine), p. 84-111)
     MCCLURE, JAMES A. ((Sen, R-Idaho), p. 111-114)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Differing views on proposed agreement.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Hsia, Tao-tai and Johnson, Constance A. (LC), "People's
        Republic of China and Treaty Observation" Oct. 4, 1985 (p. 65-75).
     b. Sino-American Nuclear Cooperation Act of 1985, to provide for
        verification of peaceful uses of U.S. nuclear exports to China under
        the proposed nuclear cooperation agreement, modified draft bill text
        (p. 101-109).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Nuclear energy peaceful uses, US-China agreement,
     congressional approval
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
     ("People's Republic of China and Treaty Observation"); LIBRARY OF
     CONGRESS ("People's Republic of China and Treaty Observation");
     SINO-AMERICAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION ACT