It would be entirely appropriate to allow one or more of these private visits. The attached resolution demonstrates the support of the new Congress for democracy movements around the world and our commitment to increased economic ties and peopletopeople contacts between the American people and the people of Taiwan. If the administration continues to ignore the voice of Congress. it may be necessary to move further legislation amending United States immigration laws or reopening the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act in order to facilitate these changes. I urge the administration to reconsider its current position on a visit by President Lee. Certainly. there is ample precedent for allowing a private visit. After all. the administration has seen the benefit of having Yasser Arafat. leader of the PLO. attend a White House ceremony. Gerry Adams. head of Sinn Fein. the political wing of the Irish Republican Army. has been granted travel visas. Tibets exile leader. the Dalai Lama. called on Vice President GORE over the strong objections of the Peoples Republic of China. Each of these men represent unofficial entities with which the United States does not have official ties.
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