European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 16, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 Vietnam trying to. Sen. Kerry says Hanoi Vietnam apr Vietnam has made a a significant increased Effort to help account for. Arkle Picans missing in action from the Vietnam War . Sen. John f. Kerry said saturday. Additional documents the vietnamese turned Over in december have been crucial to the accounting process Kerry d-mass., said after meeting with . And vietnamese officials. A they mention incidents a he said. A they mention people by name. They mention what happened. They mention the fact of death or burial. They re helpful in our efforts to try to corroborate what  but Kerry did not endorse lifting or relaxing the 19-year Trade embargo against Vietnam. He voted last september in the Senate foreign relations committee against lifting it. At the time As chairman of the Senate select committee on pow Mia affairs he said he did not think the timing was right though he believed the vietnamese had made Progress in cooperating with the United states. A if there is Progress then i think the american people Are going to want to respond appropriately. The key is whether or not there has been real results real Progress a he said saturday. Kerry said he did not want to make any con delusions before founding out his three Day fac finding trip today. Of his final Day in Vietnam he planned to visit . Teams in the Field investigating Mia cases. President Clinton has made Vietnam a cooperation on the Issue a condition for relaxing or lifting the embargo. China s Trade status tied to warns Beijing a pvt House majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt Tola China on saturday not to take lightly the possibility of its preferential Trade status being cancelled As punishment for human rights abuses. In a related matter chinese and . Negotiators began an Lith hour round of talks in Beijing to defuse a Trade conflict Over . Accusations of massive illicit chinese textile shipments to the United states. The Clinton administration announced recently that deep cuts in China a textile import quotas will take of feet monday. Beijing has Vowel to retaliate but has not said specifically what Steps it Wou Lej take. Gephardt headed the third . Congressional delegation to visit Beijing this month to discuss human rights and other issues with top chinese officials. The visits come just before Congress is to hold hearings on whether to extend most favored nation trading status or Man. President Clinton has linked renewal to improvement in Beijing a human fights record and must reach a decision by june. A it would be a grave mistake for anyone to believe that Man could not be stopped a Gephardt a Missouri Democrat said at a news conference after meetings with president Jiang Zemin and Qiao Shi head of the National legislature. A Clinton a absolutely could and will cancel China a Man status if not enough Progress is made on human rights Gephardt said. He repeated the Clinton administration position that the China a authoritarian communist government which imprisons people for their political and religious beliefs and severely restricts Freedom of speech has yet to make the necessary improvements in its human rights record. Gephardt refused to say what China needed to do to secure an Extension of Man. He would not say whether the release of a few prominent political prisoners an action China has taken in the past to improve its International image would be enough. The state run Xinhua news Agency quoted Qiao As reiterating the governments position that Trade and human rights should not be linked. Jiang was quoted As reminding Gephardt that Trade tics Are mutually beneficial. A a. A y although Gephardt who headed a six member delegation said the american Public stood behind Clinton chinese officials met earlier this month with some congressional members who have been critical of the presidents decision to link Man to human rights Progress. Iran studies plea to spare German Nicosia Cyprus apr Iran says it is considering Bonne a request that clemency be granted a German Engineer facing death on charges of spying for Iraq. The official islamic Republic news Agency quoted an official of the iranian judiciary saturday. As saying Germany a clemency re a quest for Helmut Szimkus was a under study a but had not yet been passed on to the supreme spiritual Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Under iranian Law Only Khamenei has the authority to Pardon Szimkus. His death sentence was upheld by the supreme court on Jan. 5. 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