[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 157 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 157

 Concerning the accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade 
during Operation Allied Force and the subsequent demonstrations at the 
          United States embassy and other facilities in China.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 1999

Mr. Gilman (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Brown 
   of Ohio, Mr. Rohrabacher, and Mr. DeLay) submitted the following 
     concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Concerning the accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade 
during Operation Allied Force and the subsequent demonstrations at the 
          United States embassy and other facilities in China.

Whereas military forces of the United States acting in conjunction with the 
        North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during Operation Allied Force 
        accidentally dropped at least three precision-guided bombs on the 
        Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on May 7, 1999;
Whereas on May 8, 1999, a joint statement by the United States Defense 
        Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) stated that NATO 
        hit the Chinese embassy, located 200 yards from the Yugoslav Federal 
        Directorate of Supply and Procurement, a weapons agency, because of 
        errors in detecting the location of the weapons agency;
Whereas on May 11, 1999, the Washington Post cited a United States official who 
        stated that the error of targeting the Chinese embassy went undetected 
        because the address was checked against outdated maps and databases, 
        which showed the location of the Chinese embassy before it moved in 
        1996;
Whereas apologies by the United States Government for the accidental bombing 
        went unreported in China by the Chinese Government controlled press;
Whereas it is reported in the New York Times that on May 10, 1999, marchers were 
        ushered by Chinese police officers to within 25 feet of the walls of the 
        United States embassy in Beijing;
Whereas protesters pelted the embassy walls with rocks and pieces of concrete 
        pried from the sidewalk of the embassy in full view of Chinese 
        Government security forces;
Whereas demonstrators on May 8 through May 11, 1999, trapped the United States 
        Ambassador, James Sasser, and 13 other staff members inside the United 
        States embassy in Beijing, unable to leave because adequate protection 
        was not provided by the Chinese Government;
Whereas the Chinese Government did not provide food for the ambassador and his 
        staff;
Whereas the embassy building in Beijing was damaged with broken windows, broken 
        signs, and paint-stains and cars on the embassy grounds were damaged;
Whereas 170,000 students demonstrated outside the Consul-General's residence in 
        Chendu;
Whereas the Chinese Government security forces did not prevent the Consul-
        General's residence from being set afire and burned down;
Whereas the Chinese Government security forces did not prevent the consulate in 
        Guangzhou from being set afire; and
Whereas protesters were not stopped by Chinese authorities from throwing rocks, 
        pieces of pavement, molotov cocktails, gasoline bombs, paint, and other 
        debris at American facilities throughout China: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That neither the United States, nor NATO, should reimburse the Chinese 
Government for the accidental damage of their embassy in Belgrade, 
Yugoslavia unless the United States is reimbursed for the damage of its 
government facilities in China.
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