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WORLD & NATION i
Monday, October 23,1989
Officials say U.S. bitterness
impedes ties with Vietnam
Administration denies link between policy, legaci
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration’s
reluctance to grant diplomatic recognition to Vietnam
stems from the bitter legacy of military defeat, say a
handful of congressmen who argue that Vietnam has
met U.S. requirements for improving ties.
“We’re punishing Vietnam for inflicting a very em
barrassing failure on the U.S.” 14 years ago. Rep. Rob
ert Mfazek, D-N.Y., said.
Sen. Robert Kerrey, D-Neb., who lost part of a leg in
Vietnam, said the administration “isn’t thinking
through its Asian policy very well. It is driven by the
same lack of understanding that led us to the bumbling
mistakes of Vietnam.”
That argument, however, is rejected by administra
tion officials and what appears to be a majority in Con
gress.
“Obviously there’s a bitter legacy, but it doesn’t dic
tate our policy,” a senior administration official said,
who spoke only on condition of anonymity.
As a condition for establishing diplomatic relations
with Vietnam, for the first time since the fall of the
U.S.-backed Saigon government in 1975, the Bush ad
ministration demanded an end to the 11-year Vietnam
ese military occupation of neighboring Cambodia.
The Vietnamese say the last of their troops withdrew
from Cambodia last month. But ties are being stalled
over the make-up of a new Cambodia government that
the Bush administration seeks to replace. Vietnam in
stalled Hun Sen who remains in power despite U.S.
pressure.
The dispute over the Cambodian government, the
Bush administration official said, “is not a new barrier
we’ve erected to protect ourselves from the specter of
normalization” with Vietnam.
Critics of administration policy say recognizing Viet
nam would raise U.S. influence throughout the region.
“We must, for our strategic and national intercin
get back to Vietnam” to reassert U.S. influence
Southeast Asia, and compete with China, the Sore:
Union and Japan, Mrazek said.
U.S. policy is still influenced by “feelings of
and desire for revenge . . . motives that ill suitajustanc
powerful nation,” Rep. Chester Atkins, D-Mass,said.
At an international conference on Cambodia in Pars
in July, Vietnam refused to support a proposal toil
elude Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guerrillas in an it
terim government that would be led by U.S.-backedop
position leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk
The Khmer Rouge, who ruled Cambodia 1975-11
while in power killed an estimated 1 million compatnot
in an effort to restore the nation to a primitive agrare
society.
Khmer Rouge leaders, now fighting a guerrilla »ai
in the jungles along the Thai-Cambodian border,claiit
to have changed their ways, and have strong Chincsi
backing to be included as one of four Cambodian fat
tions in a coalition government.
In Paris, the Vietnamese balked at including lii
Khmer Rouge and are backing Hun Sen.
The United States accused Vietnam of intransigence
saying inclusion of the militarily strong Khmer Rouge
— loathsome as it may be — is essential for achieving!
negotiated settlement in Cambodia. Such a settlenw
would include a halt of foreign arms supplies to all par
ties, an international monitoring force and free elet
tions.
Mrazek and several other lawmakers argue thatiti
hypocritical to criticize Vietnam for opposing tk
Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge, and accuse the admini!
tration of backing a Khmer Rouge presence in an iu
terim government for fear of antagonizing China.
Lebanese parliament
passes peace accord;
Christians reject pact
TAIF, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The
Lebanese parliament on Sunday
passed a new power-sharing accord
to end the country’s 14-year-old civil
war, but Christian leader Michel
Aoun appeared ready to reject the
pact.
Fifty-nine of 62 deputies present
voted for the draft charter but made
their action contingent on approval
by Aoun and his rival, Moslem
leader Salim Hoss. Two deputies
abstained, and one voted against the
agreement.
Just as the session began, Arab
League envoy Lakhdar Ibrahimi
flew to Beirut, Lebanon, for sepa
rate talks with Aoun and Hoss. The
Arab League has been sponsoring
the peace efforts.
Aoun heads a Lebanese Christian
government competing for legiti
macy with the predominately Mos
lem Cabinet headed by Hoss.
In Beirut, Aoun appeared ready
to oppose the peace plan, saying ac
ceptance would be “a crime.”
Aoun said at a news conference
the plan did not meet his demands
for a specific timetable for a Syrian
withdrawal from Lebanon. He said
he accepted political changes that
would give more power to the Mos
lems.
“But I reject the part concerning
Lebanese sovereignty. We don’t
know what the Syrian role will be in
Lebanon — what for and how long,”
he said.
Aoun also said that if the Syrians
threaten to resume fierce shelling
that battered Beirut from March to
September, he is ready to defend
himself.
The general proposed putting the
peace plan to a referendum of the
Lebanese people since the parlia
mentary deputies had “exceeded
their jurisdiction and legal powers
by voting in these ambiguities that
compromise Lebanon’s sover
eignty.”
There was no immediate reaction
from Hoss.
Despite Aoun’s comments, Ibra
himi told reporters after his meeting
with Aoun that he was pleased that
there had been no new fighting in
Beirut. He also said he hopes “that
the atmosphere of optimism and the
steps that have begun materializing
will continue to ensure the interests
of the Lebanese people and end
their plight.”
In Washington, the White House
declined to discuss the proposed
accord. “We’re going to withhold
comment until things are pinned
down a little bit more,” a White
House official said on condition of
anonymity.
The parliament met to consider
the peace plan after Saudi Arabia
guaranteed it would be imple
mented and Christian deputies ap
proved it.
The proposal calls for Syria to
pull its soldiers out of a .6-mile ra
dius around Parliament in Beirut.
Kazem Khalil, a Shiite Moslem
deputy, said the deputies “achieved
a historic mission today for Lebanon
and the Arab world.” .
\
Report says
exports lag
in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Al
though Mexico has opened
borders to imports in order
meet international standards for
exports, its industry has not re
sponded by stepping up exports
news reports said Sunday.
Newspapers quoted Jorge
wagi Gastine, president of tk
National Chamber of Manufac
turing Industries, as sayingSatui
day, “We have the most
opened borders, in exchange for
nothing.” Kahwagi was speakins
at the Second International
Trade Seminar of the
Polytechnic Institute.
He was quoted as saying
only 150 companies in Me
most of them foreign-owned,
make up 80 percent of Mexico
exports. The official said tk
these companies send profits
of the country, leaving little for
the Mexican economy.
“We must have a developiMl
strategy for our own companies
to keep wealth from leaving tk
country,” Kahwagi said.
Another speaker at the semi
nar said that despite these
lems, Mexico must not close is
borders to foreign products and
investment as before.
“The opening is irreversible,
Manuel Angel Nunez Soto, direc
tor of foreign promotion of tk
Foreign Trade Bank, said, If
are fully convinced that we are
going to come out ahead.”
Atlantis will return early to avoid
predicted high winds at landing site
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— Adantis’ astronauts stowed their
gear and tested the shuttle’s steering
Sunday after Mission Control told
them to come home three hours
early Monday to avoid high winds at
the Mojave Desert landing site.
NASA earlier worked out a plan
to land one orbit early but decided
after looking at the forecast Sunday
to cut short the five-day mission by
two 90-minute orbits and land at Ed
wards Air Force Base, Calif., at 9:32
a.m. PDT.
The shuttle’s main business —
sending the $1.5 billion Galileo
probe on its way to Jupiter — was ac
complished 6-and-a-half hours after
liftoff Wednesday. The craft oper
ated flawlessly nearly 900,000 miles
from Earth on Sunday, NASA said.
In relaying the decision to return
early, Mission Control reported the
Edwards forecast called for af
ternoon winds gusting to 35 mph,
too high for shuttle safety rules,
which limit crosswinds to 18 mph
and headwinds to 29 mph.
At the new landing time, head
wind gusts of no more than about 23
mph were forecast, flight director
Ron Dittemore said Sunday. Cross-
winds are not a problem, because the
astronauts have six runways to
choose from at Edwards.
“Everything looks real good,” Dit-
We have no concern
about flying it right out to
those limits because we
know it’s been done before,
and it’s been done safely.”
— Don Williams,
Shuttle commander
temore said. “The crew is in fine
shape. The orbiter is in good shape
also, we’re not working on any prob
lems. (We’re) just looking at the
weather tomorrow at Edwards, and
we don’t expect a problem there ei
ther.”
Asked in a news conference from
space if the winds concerned him,
Atlantis commander Don Williams
yreplied, “We have no concern ak
flying it right out to those limits: 1
cause we know it’s been done bet
and it’s been done safely.”
? Williams, who flew on a sl# :
mission in 1985, described what
entry through the atmosphere
be like in the interview with Cak
News Network.
“Re-entry heating is rather spf
tacular if you see it in thedarknet)
. . It looks like you’re inside a:
looking out,” he said.
Another crew member, Fra#
Chang-Diaz, spoke of the Gak
probe sent on a six-year, 2.4-bft :
mile voyage to explore the colo£
of the solar system.
“We all certainly breathed at
of relief when it went according
plan, and we kept hearing all :
good news from the ground that)
spacecraft had done all the tk ■
that it had to do to get on its way,
said.
To get ready for the return ho'
Williams and pilot Mike McCu*
tested Atlantis’ flight control svstf^
and fired one of its steering th#