Subject: CND On-site Report on IFCSS 3rd Congress, July 11, 1991

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      CND On-site Report from IFCSS 3rd Congress, Washington D.C., USA

        		 July 11, 1991,  No.1

Table of Contents        				      No. of Lines

0. Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
1. Today: Delegates Confront "Real CSS Leaders" in US Congress . . . . .18
2. IFCSS 3rd Congress Ready to Commence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. Comments from CND Readers on IFCSS 3rd Congress . . . . . . . . . . .25
4. Phone Numbers of IFCSS 3rd Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
5. Tentative Schedule of the 3rd Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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0. Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
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Dear CND-US Readers:

    The Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
in the USA will hold its third congress in Washington D.C. from July 12
through July 14, 1991.  Now, CND is reporting the congress news from the
conference site.  We will do our best to keep you informed of the major
progresses of IFCSS 3rd Congress and interesting news in next few days.

    In the reports, we will not repeat what CND-US has carried in last
few months about the IFCSS 3rd Congress.  CND reports are NOT official
IFCSS News Releases, except those that are publicized by IFCSS and
re-distributed by CND.

    We would like to hear from you about what you want to know about the
3rd Congress so CND can provide more informative news and reports.  Please
send your requests to "[email-masked]", however, due to the
limit to our man-power and time, we might not be able to answer all incoming
mails and we thank you for your understanding of this matter in advance.

    Sincerely,

        			CND Reporting Team:

        			Xiong, Bo <[email-masked]>
        			Guan, Weihe;  Wu, Fang;  Wei, Yagui
        			From Washington D.C., USA

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1. Today: Delegates Confront "Real CSS Leaders" in US Congress . . . . .18
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>From: Bo Xiong <[email-masked]>

In the morning of July 11, about 20 IFCSS 3rd Congress delegates from 10+
states/universities went to US Congress to lobby for conditional renewal
of China's Most Favorite Nation trade status.  In the US Congress, they
learned that Senator Bob Dole was about to hold a news conference featured
with "most authoritative and respected Chinese student leaders" in support
of Bush's position on MFN.  CNN and other major TV, Radio and Newspapers
would present in the news conference.  The delegates decided to go and look
at the conference.

In the news conference held by Ms. Gong Xiaoxia, Mr. Lu Mai and Mr. Li
Xiangru, they were rebutted by IFCSS 3rd Congress delegates and their
qualifications for representing IFCSS and CSS in the US was questioned, the
organizer called for a close of the conference in just 15 minutes.  After
that, the news media turned their attention to 3rd congress delegates and
the delegates explained the position of IFCSS in the MFN issue.

IFCSS will issue a detail report on this incident tomorrow in the "3rd
Congress Newsletter" (Chinese edition).

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2. IFCSS 3rd Congress Ready to Commence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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>From: Bo Xiong <[email-masked]>  July 11, 1991

According to IFCSS HQ News Release No. 2145, so far 130 institutes have
decided to send representatives to attend the third Congress.  As far as CND
can learn, about 110 delegates from some 95 US institutes have registered
with the conference secretariat office as of 11:30PM EDT today. It's expected
that more institutes will be aarriving by tomorrow morning.

In a brief interview with IFCSS "one-day-to-go" president Dr. Chen Xingyu,
he especially praised Mr. Dong Qiqi, Mr. Zhang Xiaochuan and Chinese students
and scholars in the University of Maryland (host of the conference) on the
excellent and laborious conference preparation work they have done in last
three weeks.

Professor Fang Lizhi and some other overseas prominet dissidents will
attend the opening ceremony tomorrow.

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3. Comments from CND Readers on IFCSS 3rd Congress . . . . . . . . . . .25
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1) From [email-masked] Wed Jul 10 13:18:39 1991

Dear editor:

I think it is really a good idea that the student association in the United
States contributes some money from their Democratic funding to establish a
fund for those suffering in China because of their behavior during the 6.4
movement.

2) From [email-masked] Thu Jul 11 15:51:38 1991

To the President of IFCSS, Dr. Chen Xing-Yu,

I suggest that IFCSS initiate a donation among Chinese students and scholars
in USA for the people who are suffering from the recent flooding. This is a
very good thing to do because it shows that we Chinese students in USA,
represented by IFCSS, really hope best for our nation and our people. All we
did before, all we are doing now, and all we will do in the future is only
for the goal of having a better China.

I hope this motion can also be on the agenda of the coming 3rd IFCSS Congress.

With best regards,

Dajin Wang, Assis. Prof. of Computer Science
Department of Math/Computer Science
Montclair State College
Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043

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4. Phone Numbers of IFCSS 3rd Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
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>From: "IFCSS HQ" <[email-masked]>

Dear IFCSS Members:

The secretariat office of the third Congress has been set up in the
University of Maryland. It locate at the 8th floor of Laplata Hall, where
the representatives will stay during the Congress.  The telephone number is
             301-314-7411

Also there is a pay phone in the Hallway of the same floor.  The number is
             301-927-9568

One can call these numbers if cannot reach IFCSS headquarters office.

 Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the U.S.
       733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C. 20005
    Phone:(202)347-0017  Fax:(202)347-0018  E-mail:[email-masked]

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5. Tentative Schedule of the 3rd Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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>From: [email-masked] (IFCSS News Release 2144, July 9, 1991)

The following is the tentative schedule of the third Congress. It has been
send to the representatives (by postage mail). The schedule is subject to
change before the final approval by the Congress. Any suggestion/comment is
welcome.

Sessional Program

July 11, 1991 Thursday

12:00pm -   9:00pm   Registration
 9:00pm -   5:00pm   Delegates visiting U.S. Congress
 8:00pm -   9:00pm   "Remember June 4th, Keep the Hope Alive" --
                       slides show
 9:00pm - 11:00pm   "IFCSS Cup" Basketball

July 12, 1991 Friday

Morning                Plenary Session

 9:30am -   9:35am  Opening of the Third Congress
 9:35am -   9:40am  Observing one minute silence to mourn the
                      victims of June 4th massacre.
 9:40am -   9:45am  Opening Address
 9:45am - 11:00am   Guests' Speech
11:10am - 11:20am   Annual report of the headquarters
11:20am - 11:30am   Annual report of the council
11:30am - 11:40am   Annual report of the Supervisory committee
11:40am - 12:50pm   Delegates' inquiries and speech.

Afternoon

2:00pm - 4:00pm   Introduction of Bills/Amendments and delegates'
                    speech (plenary session)
4:00pm - 6:00pm   Panel discussion on special topics (group session)
6:30pm - 8:00pm   "IFCSS Cup" Soccer

Evening

8:00pm - 11:00pm  Cocktail party and informal meeting of delegates
                    with the candidates for President & Vice
                    President

Sessional Program, page 2

July 13, 1991 Saturday

Morning

 9:00am - 10:30am   Introduction of Bills/Amendments and delegates'
                      speech (plenary session)
10:30am - 11:50am   Bills/Amendments debate (group session)
11:50am - 12:00pm   Voting on Amendments.
12:00pm - 12:30pm   Announcing the voting results of Amendments
                     (plenary session).

Afternoon

 2:00pm -  2:10pm  Voting on Bills
 2:10pm -  2:40pm  Announcing the voting results of Bills
                    (plenary session)
 2:40pm -  6:00pm  Electing members of the Council & nominating the
                     candidates of the Supervisory Committee (group
                     session)

Evening            Plenary session

 7:00pm -  7:10pm   Announcing the election results of the Council
 7:10pm -  7:20pm   Announcing the candidates for the Supervisory
                      Committee
 7:10pm-  11:00pm   President & Vice President candidates debate
11:00pm - 12:00pm   Voting for President & Vice President

July 14, 1991 Sunday

Morning             Plenary session

 9:30am - 11:30am  Electing members of the Supervisory Committee
11:30am - 12:00pm  Closing of the Third Congress

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