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TAGS: ECON ETRD ELAB PREL VM BTA LABOR
SUBJECT: STAFFDEL ATKINS VISIT TO HANOI APRIL 15-18; BTA ON THEIR MINDS 
 
 
¶1. SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF VIETNAM'S NINTH PARTY CONGRESS, 
THE GVN HOSTED A LARGE DELEGATION OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF 
MEMBERS AND AN ACCOMPANYING U.S. BUSINESS GROUP.  THE U.S. 
VIETNAM TRADE COUNCIL UNDERWROTE THE EVENT.  DESPITE 
SENIORMOST GVN LEADERSHIP BEING TIED UP IN PRE-PARTY 
CONGRESS PLENUMS, THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, WITH SUPPORT FROM 
THE MFA AMERICAS DEPARTMENT, SUCCEEDED (AFTER MUCH EMBASSY 
PRODDING) IN SETTING UP A RANGE OF USEFUL MEETINGS FOR THE 
STAFFDEL, INCLUDING AT THE VICE MINISTERIAL LEVEL.  ALTHOUGH 
THE STAFFDEL REPRESENTED DIFFERING VIEWS, MUCH OF THEIR 
ATTENTION WAS DIRECTED TO LEARNING ABOUT VIETNAM'S ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT, THE LABOR SITUATION, AND PROSPECTS FOR BTA 
IMPLEMENTATION.  AT PRACTICALLY EVERY MEETING, THE GVN TOOK 
THE OCCASION TO ASK WHEN THE BTA WOULD BE TRANSMITTED TO 
CONGRESS.  END SUMMARY 
 
¶2. FROM APRIL 15-18, A DELEGATION OF TWELVE STAFF MEMBERS 
FROM BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE VISITED HANOI.  EARNEST 
"CHUCK"ATKINS, CHIEF OF STAFF, OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE BART 
GORDON (D-TENNESSEE), LED THE DELEGATION.  REPRESENTATIVES 
OF GE, APL, AIG, NIKE, ACE, U.S. BORAX, CITIGROUP, UNOCAL, 
AND BOEING, ALSO PARTICIPATED IN ALL EVENTS.  (A LIST OF THE 
FULL DELEGATION, INCLUDING STAFF MEMBERS AND BUSINESS 
PEOPLE, CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS CABLE.)   THE 
WASHINGTON-BASED U.S. VIETNAM TRADE COUNCIL SPONSORED THE 
GROUP'S VISIT TO VIETNAM.  EMBASSY FOREIGN COMMERCIAL 
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SERVICE AND THE ECONOMIC SECTION ASSISTED IN THE 
ARRANGEMENTS AND SUPPORT. THIS WAS THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL 
DELEGATION WE CAN REMEMBER THAT ARRIVED IN VIETNAM VIA THE 
LAND BORDER WITH GUANGXI, CHINA.  THE GROUP SUCCEEDED IN 
CROSSING AT DONG DANG WITHOUT DIFFICULTY AND SAW SIX HOURS 
WORTH OF NORTHERN VIETNAM EN ROUTE TO HANOI BY BUS. 
 
¶3.  WITH REGARD TO VIETNAMESE MEETINGS, THE DELEGATION MET 
WITH MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE 
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (LED BY COMMITTEE CHAIR DO VAN TAI); 
OFFICIALS OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (INCLUDING 
ASSISTANT MINISTER NGUYEN CHIEN THANG AND ACTING DIRECTOR OF 
AMERICA'S DEPT DOAN XUAN HUNG); OFFICIALS OF MINISTRY OF 
TRADE (LED BY FIRST VICE MINISTER LUONG VAN TU); OFFICIALS 
OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (LED BY FIRST 
VICE MINISTER NGUYEN LUONG TRAO); AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOR (LED BY VICE CHAIR DR. DANG 
NGOC CHIEN).  THE GROUP ALSO MET WITH MS. ROSEMARY GREVE, 
RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION, 
AND THE NGO COMMITTEE OF THE HANOI CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN 
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN VIETNAM.  THE EMBASSY PROVIDED AN 
EXTENSIVE BRIEFING FOR THE DELEGATION CHAIRED BY THE 
AMBASSADOR, WHO, TOGETHER WITH MRS. PETERSON, ALSO HOSTED 
THE DELEGATION TO A RECEPTION AT THE RESIDENCE.  FROM HANOI, 
THE DELEGATION TRAVELED TO HCMC FOR A BRIEFER PROGRAM IN THE 
SOUTH. 
 
¶4. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY MEETING NOTES PROVIDE A VIEW OF THE 
STAFFDELS INTERESTS AND THE GVN'S RESPONSES.  ASSISTANT 
MINISTER THANG BEGAN THE MEETING BY EXPRESSING THE DESIRE 
THAT THE STAFFDEL'S VISIT WOULD SERVE TO SPEED UP 
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RATIFICATION OF THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT  (BTA).  HE 
REFERRED TO RECENT IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE RELATIONSHIP, 
INCLUDING FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOVEMBER 2000 VISIT AND 
THE FATAL APRIL 7 CRASH OF A U.S.-VIETNAM MIA SEARCH TEAM 
HELICOPTER.   HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT BILATERAL RELATIONS 
WOULD CONTINUE TO PROGRESS DESPITE THE TRAGEDY OF THE CRASH. 
 
¶5.  HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE MINORITY STAFF COUNCIL 
TIM REIF PROVIDED THANG AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF BTA 
RATIFICATION ON THE U.S. SIDE.  NOTING THE CURRENT 
DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION, HE 
POINTED OUT THE BROAD CONSENSUS AMONG MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES 
AND PARTIES IN FAVOR OF PASSAGE.  HE SAID THAT THERE ARE TWO 
PRINCIPLE ISSUES OUTSTANDING, WHETHER THE BTA SHOULD BE 
CONSIDERED ALONE OR AS PART OF A PACKAGE WITH OTHER 
AGREEMENTS, AND THE ROLE OF LABOR STANDARDS. 
 
¶6.  DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF & LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR 
CONGRESSMAN CLAY SHAW (R-FLORIDA) CASTRO ASKED THANG WHETHER 
THE THEN UPCOMING PARTY CONGRESS (APRIL 19-22) WOULD 
CONSIDER SUCH ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION MEASURES AS PRIVATE 
OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY AND RELINQUISHING GOVERNMENT CONTROL 
OF THE ECONOMY.  THANG REPLIED THAT THE PARTY CONGRESS WOULD 
ACCELERATE VIETNAM'S "DOI MOI" ("RENOVATION") PROCESS.  HE 
SPELLED OUT THE HISTORY OF DOI MOI AND ITS ACHIEVEMENTS TO 
DATE.  HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE STATE SECTOR WILL 
CONTINUE TO PLAY THE PRIMARY ROLE IN VIETNAM'S MULTISECTORAL 
COMMODITY ECONOMY. 
 
¶7.  JOAB LESESNE, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR SENATOR HOLLINGS (D- 
SOUTH CAROLINA) ASKED THANG ABOUT VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP ROLE 
IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE ASEAN.  THANG REPLIED THAT 
VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP PROFILE HAS INCREASED SINCE ASSUMING 
THE CHAIR OF THE ASEAN STANDING COMMITTEE LAST YEAR.  HE 
SAID VIETNAM WOULD BE HOLDING THE 34TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL IN 
HANOI.  HE SAID THAT "THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN SITUATION" HAD 
BECOME DIFFICULT.  HE CITED RECENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC 
INSTABILITY IN INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, AND THE PHILIPPINES, 
POINTING OUT THAT VIETNAM, IN CONTRAST, "HAS MAINTAINED 
INTERNAL STABILITY."  HE SAID VIETNAM HOPES TO FOSTER 
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ASEAN DURING ITS TENURE AS CHAIR, AND 
NOTED THAT DESPITE INSTABILITY IN SOME ASEAN COUNTRIES, THE 
ORGANIZATION "STANDS UNITED." 
 
¶8.  COUNSEL REIF ASKED THANG TO COMMENT ON RECENT 
DEVELOPMENTS IN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE PRC. 
THANG REPLIED THAT BOTH ARE MAJOR POWERS.  THE RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN THE TWO HAS IMPLICATIONS ON PEACE AND SECURITY IN 
THE REGION, AND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.  AS A PEACEFUL 
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP GROWS, IT WILL SERVE TO ASSURE PEACE 
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IN THE REGION.  VIETNAM, HE SAID, HAS FOLLOWED THE EP-3 
INCIDENT WITH "KEEN INTEREST."  THANG CONCLUDED THAT VIETNAM 
DESIRES COOPERATIVE, FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PRC AND 
THE U.S. 
 
¶9.  AUDREY LESESNE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR CONGRESSMAN 
MIKE MCINTRYRE ASKED THANG ABOUT VIETNAM'S ABILITY TO 
IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LABOR STANDARDS.  THANG 
EXPLAINED THAT THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, WAR INVALIDS AND 
SOCIAL WELFARE (MOLISA), WITH WHOM THE STAFFDEL WAS MEETING 
SEPARATELY, COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION IN MORE DETAIL. 
NEVERTHELESS, HE POINTED OUT THAT VIETNAM IS A COUNTRY OF 
WORKERS, EIGHTY PERCENT OF THEM IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. 
THEY WORK UNDER EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, HE SAID, 
CAUSED BY THE LINGERING AFTERMATH OF THE WAR AND DIFFICULT 
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS.  HE ALSO CITED NATURAL DISASTERS, SUCH 
AS FLOODS.  HE SAID THAT THE PEOPLE OF VIETNAM "GREATLY 
VALUE THE VALUE OF WORK."   VIETNAM DESIRES THAT VIETNAMESE 
WORKERS LIVE UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS AS OTHER WORKERS IN 
THE REGION.  THE RIGHT CONDITIONS MUST BE CREATED SO THAT 
VIETNAM CAN TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS LABOR FORCE, HE SAID. 
HE ADDED THAT VIETNAM ALSO HAS IMPLEMENTED A LABOR CODE, AND 
HAS JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO).  HUNG 
ADDED THAT VIETNAM'S GOAL IS TO IMPROVE LIVING STANDARDS AND 
THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE.  IN THIS 
REGARD, HE SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH U.S.-VIETNAMESE 
SIGNATURE OF AN MOU ON LABOR COOPERATION. 
 
¶10.  OBSERVING THAT SIGNING THE BTA IS ONE STEP TOWARDS 
ACCEDING TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO), CASTRO ASKED 
WHAT ELSE VIETNAM IS DOING TO JOIN.  MAN SAID THAT VIETNAM 
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BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS TO ENTER THE WTO IN 1995.  THE FIRST 
STEP, CLARIFYING THE TRADE REGIME, IS NOW COMPLETE.  THE 
SECOND STEP IS PREPARING APPROPRIATE TARIFF REDUCTIONS AND 
REMOVAL OF NON-TARIFF MEASURES.  ALL RELEVANT VIETNAMESE 
MINISTRIES ARE NOW PREPARING FOR THE INITIAL OFFER, HE SAID. 
THE COMPARATIVE STRENGTHS OF THE VIETNAMESE ECONOMY MUST BE 
IDENTIFIED IN ORDER TO BRING VIETNAM INTO THE STRONGEST 
POSITION POSSIBLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER. 
VIETNAM HAS BEEN EXCHANGING VIEWS WITH COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE 
RECENTLY ACCEDED TO THE WTO, SUCH AS UKRAINE.  VIETNAM IS 
NOW ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY WHO WILL BE THE FIRST PARTNER TO 
NEGOTIATE WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE EU OR THE U.S. 
DOMESTICALLY, HE SAID, VIETNAM NEEDS TO CONTINUE DOI MOI, 
ADJUST THE LEGAL SYSTEM, AND CARRY OUT THE ECONOMIC 
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY.  THE DECISIVE FACTORS FOR 
INTEGRATION WILL BE THE EFFICIENCY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF 
THE VIETNAMESE ECONOMY, HE SAID. 
 
¶11. IN THEIR MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER TU OF THE TRADE 
MINISTRY, THE QUESTIONS MORE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON TRADE- 
RELATED MATTERS.  CHUCK ATKINS, THE STAFFDEL LEADER, ASKED 
ABOUT THE NATURE OF VIETNAM'S TRADE AND WHICH SECTORS WERE 
GROWING.  TU RESPONDED THAT DESPITE GAINS IN 
INDUSTRIALIZATION, VIETNAM REMAINS VERY MUCH AN AGRICULTURAL 
COUNTRY AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ACCOUNT FOR SOME THIRTY 
PERCENT OF TOTAL EXPORTS.  SEAFOOD PRODUCTS AND FISHERIES 
EXPORTS WERE DOING ESPECIALLY WELL.  HANDICRAFT ITEMS WERE 
IMPORTANT AND HELPED ABSORB EXCESS LABOR.  ELECTRONICS 
EXPORTS HAVE GROWN FROM ALMOST NOTHING TO A SIGNIFICANT 
SHARE OF TOTAL EXPORTS IN ONLY A FEW YEARS.  FINALLY, TU 
COMMENTED ON THE GOVERNMENT'S DESIRE TO PROMOTE SOFTWARE 
EXPORTS IN THE FUTURE, IN PART TO PUT TO WORK MANY CURRENTLY 
UNDEREMPLOYED, BUT TALENTED, VIETNAMESE. 
 
¶12.  TIM REIF ASKED ABOUT VIETNAMESE EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO 
IMPLEMENT TRANSPARENCY AND SERVICES COMMITMENTS, AS WELL AS 
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE GOODS CHAPTER OF THE BTA RELATING TO 
DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS, IN LIGHT OF THE MONOPOLIES OR NEAR 
MONOPOLIES OF SOES WHICH WILL RESIST SUCH LIBERALIZATION. 
REIF ALSO ASKED REGARDING INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS AND 
WHERE THE TRADE MINISTRY STOOD ON THAT ISSUE.  TU REPLIED 
THAT HIS GOVERNMENT DEEPLY APPRECIATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE USVTC (THROUGH A USAID 
GRANT) WHICH HAS PROVEN HIGHLY USEFUL.  HE MENTIONED THE BTA 
WAS NEGOTIATED WITH THE WTO IN MIND AND THE GOVERNMENT WAS 
ALREADY TAKING STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT.  A NUMBER 
OF VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN 
EXAMINING THE COMMITMENTS AND ANALYZING WHAT WILL NEED TO BE 
DONE TO ADDRESS THE COMMITMENTS.  REGARDING TRANSPARENCY, IN 
PARTICULAR, HE NOTED THIS SAME ISSUE ARISES NOT ONLY IN THE 
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BTA, BUT ALSO IN CONNECTION WITH DISCUSSIONS WHICH TAKE 
PLACE IN THE AFTA AND WTO CONTEXTS.  TU MENTIONED RECENT 
LAWS ALREADY PASSED (E.G., LAST YEAR'S INVESTMENT LAW 
AMENDMENTS), THE CUSTOMS LAW DRAFT WHICH WILL SOON BE 
SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, AND OTHERS AS EXAMPLES 
OF WORK UNDERWAY.  HE POINTED OUT THAT VIETNAM HAS LICENSED 
A NUMBER OF FOREIGN INSURERS, INCLUDING AIA OF THE U.S., 
THUS INDICATING THAT VIETNAM IS INDEED PURSUING SERVICE 
SECTOR LIBERALIZATION. 
 
¶13.  WITH REGARD TO GOODS DISTRIBUTION, TU MENTIONED THAT 
COMPANIES LIKE COCA COLA ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN DISTRIBUTION 
NETWORKS.  "WE'RE ALREADY BEYOND WHAT THE COMMITMENTS 
REQUIRE," HE CLAIMED AT ONE POINT.  FURTHERMORE, HE 
INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS EQUITIZING AN EVER-LARGER 
NUMBER OF SOES, AND THE IMF AND WORLD BANK ARE HELPING THE 
GOVERNMENT IN THAT PROCESS.  ON LABOR STANDARDS, TU DEFERRED 
TO MOLISA TO ADDRESS THE ANSWER, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE 
U.S. AND VIETNAM WERE ALREADY COOPERATING VIA THE MOU ON 
LABOR COOPERATION AND DIALOGUE SIGNED WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT 
CLINTON VISITED IN NOVEMBER 2000. 
 
¶14.  SENATOR MCCAIN'S COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR NANCY IVES 
MENTIONED THAT THE SENATOR WAS KEEN TO HAVE THE BTA TAKEN UP 
IN THE CONGRESS BECAUSE IT PROVIDED A `ROADMAP' FOR REFORM 
OF THE TRADE AND INVESTMENT SECTORS OF THE VIETNAMESE 
ECONOMY.  FINALLY, CONGRESSMAN DUNN'S LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR 
VERGIL CABASCO ASKED REGARDING VIETNAM'S APPROACH TO ILLICIT 
TRANSSHIPMENT OF GOODS THROUGH THE COUNTRY.  VICE MINISTER 
TU ADMITTED THAT ILLEGAL TRANSSHIPMENT WAS NOT AN EASY 
PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH IN LIGHT OF THE COUNTRY'S 3000 
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KILOMETERS OF COASTLINE AND 70 SEAPORTS, BUT THE GVN WAS 
AWARE OF ITS IMPORTANCE AND HAS BEGUN ADDRESSING IT VIA A 
NEWLY ISSUED DECREE SUBJECTING WOULD BE TRANSSHIPPERS TO 
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.  (NB. IN MID-MAY, THE U.S. CUSTOMS 
SERVICE WILL PRESENT SEMINARS IN HANOI AND HCMC TO 
VIETNAMESE CUSTOMS AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ON 
TRANSSHIPMENT ISSUES AND WAYS TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM. 
EMBASSY AND CONSULATE GENERAL HCMC ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH 
MINISTRY OF TRADE AND OTHER VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS IN MAKING 
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SEMINARS.) 
 
COMMENT 
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¶15.  THIS BACK-AND-FORTH PROVIDES ONLY A REPRESENTATIVE 
SAMPLE OF THE CONSIDERABLE INFORMATION ABOUT VIETNAM 
EXCHANGED DURING THE STAFFDEL VISIT.  WHILE THE BTA WAS 
CLEARLY FOREMOST ON THE STAFFERS' MINDS, THEY ALSO ASKED 
QUESTIONS THE ANSWERS TO WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE 
UPCOMING ANNUAL DISAPPROVAL VOTE FOR THE JACKSON-VANIK 
WAIVER EXTENSION.  IN ADDITION TO ECONOMIC MATTERS, THEY 
ALSO EXPRESSED KEEN INTEREST IN VIETNAM'S POLITICAL 
DEVELOPMENT.  REGARDING THE LATTER INTEREST, THE STAFFDEL 
ARRIVED IN HANOI AT ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING MOMENTS IN 
VIETNAM'S MODERN HISTORY, AS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTRY 
WAS BEING DECIDED IN PREPARATION FOR THE NINTH PARTY 
CONGRESS. 
 
¶16.  STAFFDEL LIST: 
 
EARNEST CHARLES ATKINS 
CHIEF OF STAFF - OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE BART GORDON (D- 
TENN) 
 
VERGIL CABASCO 
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR - OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE JENNIFER 
DUNN (D-WASHINGTON) 
 
ROBERT JAMES CASTRO 
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF & LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR - OFFICE OF 
REPRESENTATIVE CLAY SHAW (R-FLORIDA) 
 
LIONEL COLLINS 
CHIEF OF STAFF - OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM JEFFERSON 
(D-LOUISIANA) 
 
NANCY IVES 
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR - OFFICE OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R- 
ARIZONA) 
 
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AUDREY LESESNE 
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF - OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE MIKE 
MCINTRYRE (D-NORTH CAROLINA) 
 
JOAB LESESNE 
CHIEF OF STAFF - OFFICE OF SENATOR EARNEST HOLLINGS (D-SOUTH 
CAROLINA) 
 
MIKE MESSNER 
STAFF - DEMOCRATIC POLICY COMMITTEE, OFFICE OF HOUSE 
MINORITY LEADER RICHARD GEPHARDT (D-MISSOURI) 
 
DONNA M. PIGNATELLI 
CHIEF OF STAFF - OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE SHERROD BROWN (D- 
OHIO) 
 
TIM REIF 
DEMOCRATIC CHIEF TRADE COUNCIL - HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND 
MEANS 
 
BRADLEY SMITH 
CHIEF OF STAFF - OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE DAVID DREIER (R- 
CALIFORNIA) 
 
LINDA GENE SMITH 
CHIEF OF STAFF - OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD BERMAN (R- 
CALIFORNIA) 
 
¶17.  ACCOMPANYING BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES: 
 
GEORGE ROBERT WALLACE 
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DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY, GENERAL ELECTRIC 
 
LAWRENCE COSGRIFF 
VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, APL LIMITED 
 
JOSEPH DILLON 
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS, AIG 
 
BRAD FIGEL 
DIRECTOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS NIKE 
 
JOHN MORTIMER FISHER 
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ACE 
 
MICHAEL FLANNIGAN 
DIRECTOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS KENECOTT/US BORAX 
 
LIONEL JOHNSON 
VICE PRESIDENT DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL GOVT RELATIONS 
CITIGROUP 
 
RICHARD MERSKI 
VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AIG 
 
ORSON PORTER 
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS NIKE 
 
FRED SHEPHERD 
GENERAL MANAGER VIETNAM, UNOCAL CORP 
 
SUSAN WUNDERLY 
MANAGER LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS BOEING 
 
VIRGINIA FOOTE 
PRESIDENT, U.S.-VIETNAM TRADE COUNCIL 
 
PETERSON 
 
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