I think it is a powerful message and one that. hopefully. will be adopted overwhelmingly by this body. Mr. President. with every passing day. we learn of yet another step which the Chinese Government has taken to tighten the noose around the necks of those who strive for democracy. Thirty thousand prodemocracy demonstrators remain in prison. Chinese Embassy officials persist in their harassment of Chinese students on American campuses. And Fang Llzhithe Andrei Sakharov of Chinaremains a refugee in his own country. protected only by the four walls of the American Embassy. Mr. President. these developments all occurred before the Presidents National Security Adviser.