[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[September 11, 1992]
[Page 1546]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress on Trade With China
September 11, 1992

To the Congress of the United States:
    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 902(b)(2) of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public 
Law 101-246), and section 608(a) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1992 (Public Law 102-140), I hereby report to the Congress that it 
is in the national interest of the United States to waive the 
restrictions contained in those acts on the export to the People's 
Republic of China of U.S.-origin satellites and Munitions List articles 
insofar as such restrictions pertain to the APSAT, Asiasat 2, Intelsat 
VIIA, STARSAT, AfriSat, and Dong Fang Hong 3 projects.
    Attached is my justification for the aforesaid actions.

                                                             George Bush

The White House,
September 11, 1992.